Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.46/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$114.46

10 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$25.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.64

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	506	119.64	605	8thin
Small and Medium 1-2	387	93.75	363	2thin

One grade step is worth $25.89/cwt here — about $243 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 sale10 hd

114.46

—

WV average7 barns · 1,048 hd

136.10

−21.64

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	1,783	84.59	1,508	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,407	60.61	852	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,168	56.67	662	32

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	354	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	742	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	452	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	599	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	306	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	306	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	468	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	118.37/cwt	117.50–120.00	559	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	886	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	833	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	648	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	560	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	532	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	642	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	768	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,354	715.00/cwt	715.00–715.00	9,681	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	815.00/cwt	815.00–815.00	9,291	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,270	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	965	1
Bulls	—	—	2,002	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,802	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,408	59.63/cwt	55.00–62.50	840	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,399	65.51/cwt	64.50–66.50	916	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	57.57/cwt	50.00–62.00	678	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,293	64.63/cwt	63.00–67.00	836	4
Bulls	—	—	1,842	85.22/cwt	80.00–93.00	1,570	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	926	38.54/cwt	33.00–46.00	357	3

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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