Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-06

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.15/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$120.15

32 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$16.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.83

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	473	125.80	596	21
Medium and Large 2	491	109.36	537	11thin

One grade step is worth $16.44/cwt here — about $59 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 sale32 hd

120.15

—

WV average7 barns · 1,076 hd

128.98

−8.83

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	—	High	1,730	82.62	1,429	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,387	56.03	777	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,577	54.44	859	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,174	53.93	633	16

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	426	147.03/cwt	143.00–148.00	626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	354	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	551	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	143.66/cwt	142.50–146.00	891	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	136.07/cwt	132.00–140.00	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,084	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	294	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	359	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	—	780	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	285	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	371	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	321	130.67/cwt	127.00–132.50	419	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	137.35/cwt	132.50–142.50	570	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	225	129.70/cwt	125.00–132.00	292	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	641	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	941	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	129.65/cwt	124.00–135.00	613	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	125.80/cwt	125.00–127.00	416	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	293	108.49/cwt	107.00–110.00	318	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	312	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	115.50/cwt	115.00–116.00	854	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,975	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,379	55.74/cwt	52.00–59.00	769	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,427	61.74/cwt	60.00–65.00	881	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	46.65/cwt	42.00–51.00	635	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	54.44/cwt	50.00–58.00	859	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	47.12/cwt	43.00–49.00	517	8
Bulls	—	—	1,862	88.65/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,651	4
Bulls	—	—	1,624	77.80/cwt	70.00–84.00	1,263	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,244	57.42/cwt	52.00–60.00	714	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,261	66.25/cwt	65.00–67.00	835	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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