Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.28/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$118.28

19 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$32.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.08

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	466	119.99	560	18thin
Medium and Large 2	402	87.50	352	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.49/cwt here — about $208 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 sale19 hd

118.28

—

WV average8 barns · 1,327 hd

128.36

−10.08

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	1,732	90.68	1,571	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	58.56	750	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,110	51.34	570	8thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1-2	—	402	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	111.47/cwt	110.00–113.00	519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	765	4
Bulls	—	—	1,732	90.68/cwt	84.00–104.00	1,571	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,384	930.00/cwt	930.00–930.00	12,871	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,021	682.56/cwt	500.00–795.00	6,969	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	961.50/cwt	920.00–1,000.00	12,307	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,204	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	9,752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	964	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	954	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,048	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	901	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	132.53/cwt	130.00–135.00	710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	853	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	402	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	357	118.84/cwt	114.00–128.00	424	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	117.07/cwt	110.00–126.00	483	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	670	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	58.56/cwt	51.00–76.00	750	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	484	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	52.24/cwt	48.00–58.00	582	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	315	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	118.13/cwt	114.00–123.00	676	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	123.95/cwt	118.00–127.00	590	6

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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