Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-28

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.01/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$157.01

37 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$866

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$28.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.84

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	164.85	907	27
Medium and Large 2	556	135.85	755	10thin

One grade step is worth $28.99/cwt here — about $152 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 sale37 hd

157.01

—

WV average6 barns · 320 hd

147.17

+9.84

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	1,699	91.84	1,560	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,351	74.30	1,004	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,179	66.13	780	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,528	63.21	966	5thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 2	—	392	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	684	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	739	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,090	943.67/cwt	900.00–985.00	10,286	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,310	940.00/cwt	940.00–940.00	12,314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	592	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	1,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	673	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	151.48/cwt	148.00–157.00	939	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	164.14/cwt	159.00–171.00	919	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	262	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	574	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	671	126.11/cwt	115.00–137.00	846	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	814	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,224	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	14,076	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	778	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	965	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	143.08/cwt	132.50–153.00	681	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	801	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	494	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	679	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	167.71/cwt	160.00–169.00	892	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,136	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	10,054	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	68.51/cwt	67.00–70.00	1,013	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,124	815.00/cwt	815.00–815.00	9,161	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	1,134	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,639	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,193	66.50/cwt	60.00–70.50	793	11
Bulls	—	—	1,699	91.84/cwt	79.00–104.00	1,560	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	378	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	56.62/cwt	54.00–59.00	629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	800	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,254	75.41/cwt	74.00–76.00	946	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,364	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	859	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,352	68.84/cwt	65.00–74.00	931	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,349	80.59/cwt	75.00–87.00	1,087	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	54.76/cwt	54.00–55.50	871	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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