Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.06/cwt on 16 head.

Average price

$128.06

16 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$33.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.73

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	473	132.30	626	14thin
Medium and Large 2	567	98.37	558	2thin

One grade step is worth $33.93/cwt here — about $68 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 sale16 hd

128.06

—

WV average6 barns · 726 hd

129.79

−1.73

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	1,422	88.47	1,258	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,238	57.05	707	56
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,726	52.50	906	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,075	49.36	531	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,216	90.00	1,094	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,364	100.00	1,364	1thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	Small and Medium 1-2	—	696	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	835	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	274	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	356	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	487	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	776	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	739.12/cwt	630.00–835.00	8,300	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	707	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	127.75/cwt	127.50–128.00	967	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,062	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,638	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	6,710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	123.03/cwt	121.00–125.00	643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	137.61/cwt	110.00–154.00	636	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,364	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,364	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	140.67/cwt	136.00–143.00	746	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	292	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	358	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,726	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	906	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	49.36/cwt	45.00–62.00	531	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,216	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,094	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	98.37/cwt	84.00–112.00	558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,600	1
Bulls	—	—	1,422	88.47/cwt	75.00–98.00	1,258	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	103.83/cwt	92.00–110.00	688	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,111	45.19/cwt	42.50–47.00	502	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	73.04/cwt	64.00–86.00	880	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	56.47/cwt	45.00–66.00	705	49

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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