Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-02

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.67/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$123.67

6 head · 395 lb average

Value per head Derived

$489

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$93

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

$2.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.73

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	341	125.00	426	2thin
Medium and Large 2	423	123.00	520	4thin

One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about −$93 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 sale6 hd

123.67

—

WV average3 barns · 124 hd

124.39

−0.73

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	1,333	81.40	1,085	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,285	56.33	724	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,578	54.50	860	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,104	47.15	520	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	778	89.84	699	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,334	119.00	1,587	1thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 2	—	406	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	589	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	756	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	304	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	510	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	52.28/cwt	50.00–55.00	603	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	42.02/cwt	35.00–48.50	443	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	860	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	552	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,334	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	583	1
Heifers	Choice	—	778	89.84/cwt	86.00–94.00	699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	339	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	427	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	894	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	760	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	627	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	880	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	528	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	56.33/cwt	52.50–63.00	724	10
Bulls	—	—	1,333	81.40/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,085	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	318	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	445	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	640	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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