Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-19

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.25/cwt on 4 head.

Average price

$117.25

4 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$16.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.91

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	493	121.33	598	3thin
Medium and Large 2	364	105.00	382	1thin

One grade step is worth $16.33/cwt here — about $216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

117.25

—

WV average3 barns · 71 hd

116.34

+0.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,822	86.01	1,567	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,283	65.89	846	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,045	55.75	582	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,328	51.50	684	1thin

Every lot, as filed

16 lots · USDA AMS · Buckhannon Stockyards Livestock Auction - Buckhannon, WV

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,120	930.00/cwt	930.00–930.00	10,416	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,144	742.31/cwt	700.00–780.00	8,492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	382	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,136	75.21/cwt	74.00–76.00	854	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,142	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	10,963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	745	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	194	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	233	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	427	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,328	51.50/cwt	51.50–51.50	684	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	69.73/cwt	68.00–72.00	939	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	59.95/cwt	58.00–63.00	720	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,030	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	546	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	57.00/cwt	56.00–58.00	580	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,272	60.50/cwt	60.50–60.50	770	1
Bulls	—	—	1,822	86.01/cwt	80.00–92.00	1,567	2

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every West Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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