Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-03

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $112.75/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$112.75

10 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.36

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	530	112.75	597	10thin

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 sale10 hd

112.75

—

WV average5 barns · 193 hd

120.11

−7.36

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	1,759	75.13	1,321	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,318	58.75	774	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,216	55.85	679	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,214	39.89	484	3thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	107.19/cwt	101.00–112.00	680	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	513	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,094	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	7,166	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	10,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,166	820.00/cwt	820.00–820.00	9,561	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	506	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,338	56.88/cwt	55.00–58.50	761	2
Bulls	—	—	880	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	550	1
Bulls	—	—	1,692	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	931	1
Bulls	—	—	1,894	79.81/cwt	72.00–93.00	1,512	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	55.85/cwt	54.00–57.00	679	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,318	58.75/cwt	58.00–61.00	774	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,325	49.83/cwt	47.00–52.00	660	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	198	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	773	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	358	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	404	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	208	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	229	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	586	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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