Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-11

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.25/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$110.25

20 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$544

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$90

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

$3.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.62

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	464	111.29	516	14thin
Medium and Large 1	562	107.83	606	6thin

One grade step is worth $3.46/cwt here — about −$90 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 sale20 hd

110.25

—

WV average3 barns · 85 hd

106.63

+3.62

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	—	Low	1,489	72.50	1,080	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,384	47.73	661	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,235	45.97	567	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,147	38.37	440	10

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	477	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	336	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	423	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	489	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	126.66/cwt	122.50–131.00	548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	107.00/cwt	106.00–108.00	649	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	344	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	641	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	946	21.41/cwt	20.00–22.50	203	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,338	45.71/cwt	42.50–47.50	612	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	40.75/cwt	38.25–42.25	453	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	39.25/cwt	39.25–39.25	448	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	51.21/cwt	47.50–56.00	689	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	394	1
Bulls	—	—	1,162	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	697	1
Bulls	—	—	2,118	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,779	1
Bulls	—	—	1,439	72.67/cwt	69.00–75.00	1,046	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	43.53/cwt	40.50–46.25	512	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,643	45.85/cwt	44.50–47.50	753	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,255	48.67/cwt	45.00–51.00	611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	568	112.26/cwt	112.00–112.50	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	488	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	534	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	110.76/cwt	110.00–112.00	523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	292	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	339	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	961	540.31/cwt	475.00–620.00	5,192	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	126.95/cwt	122.50–130.00	606	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	128.74/cwt	127.50–130.00	494	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	504	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	509	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	634	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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