Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-24

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.50/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$107.50

1 head · 378 lb average

Value per head Derived

$406

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.46

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	378	107.50	406	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

107.50

—

WV average3 barns · 12 hd

107.04

+0.46

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	1,724	79.00	1,362	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,672	71.00	1,187	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,333	68.65	915	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,003	47.64	478	3thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	45.46/cwt	45.00–46.00	455	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	524	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,606	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,237	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,738	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,130	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,411	74.09/cwt	71.50–77.50	1,045	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	67.16/cwt	65.00–70.00	881	11
Bulls	—	—	1,724	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,362	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	856	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	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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