Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-31

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.02/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$147.02

10 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$778

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$7.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.62

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	148.47	810	8thin
Medium and Large 2	463	141.25	654	2thin

One grade step is worth $7.22/cwt here — about $156 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

147.02

—

WV average6 barns · 324 hd

156.64

−9.62

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	1,825	100.31	1,831	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,365	86.15	1,176	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,401	86.12	1,206	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,173	76.79	900	4thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	90.36/cwt	89.00–92.00	1,152	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,576	85.95/cwt	85.50–86.50	1,355	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Canadian Origin	—	1,298	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,077	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,016	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,387	87.20/cwt	86.00–88.50	1,209	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	448	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	618	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,064	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	831	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	148.81/cwt	145.00–150.00	722	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,023	3
Bulls	—	—	1,825	100.31/cwt	89.00–117.00	1,831	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	69.57/cwt	69.00–70.00	748	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,270	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,067	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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