Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-31

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.00/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$129.00

1 head · 394 lb average

Value per head Derived

$508

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.08

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	394	129.00	508	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

129.00

—

WV average4 barns · 83 hd

132.08

−3.08

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	1,766	86.98	1,536	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,450	66.00	957	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,207	63.62	768	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,070	48.34	517	11

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	984	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,872	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,187	808.72/cwt	800.00–825.00	9,600	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	7,638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	508	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	44.04/cwt	40.00–46.50	432	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,092	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,644	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,113	630.05/cwt	610.00–650.00	7,012	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	49.90/cwt	48.00–53.50	581	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	55.98/cwt	55.00–57.00	617	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	957	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	67.23/cwt	65.00–70.00	827	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	58.57/cwt	55.00–63.00	688	5
Bulls	—	—	1,766	86.98/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,536	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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