Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-11

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.50/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$123.50

12 head · 425 lb average

Value per head Derived

$525

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$6.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.77

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	450	125.75	565	8thin
Medium and Large 2	377	119.00	448	4thin

One grade step is worth $6.75/cwt here — about $117 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 sale12 hd

123.50

—

WV average4 barns · 86 hd

116.73

+6.77

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	1,332	77.00	1,026	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,368	56.00	766	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,088	45.00	490	1thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	868	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	655	1
Bulls	—	—	1,332	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,026	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	69.83/cwt	66.00–75.00	740	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	406	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	440	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	571	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	766	1

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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