Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-05

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.08/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$160.08

42 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$927

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$66

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

$14.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.47

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	552	164.08	905	30
Medium and Large 1	647	150.06	971	12thin

One grade step is worth $14.02/cwt here — about −$66 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 sale42 hd

160.08

—

WV average6 barns · 793 hd

171.55

−11.47

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	1,945	87.76	1,707	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,489	77.00	1,147	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,318	76.00	1,002	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,183	74.48	881	10

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 2Fleshy	—	629	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	849	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	504	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	882	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	562	173.12/cwt	170.00–175.00	973	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	465	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	788	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,022	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,099	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	492	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	408	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	392	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	666	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	163.76/cwt	162.50–165.00	778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	147.69/cwt	146.00–152.50	899	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,014	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,344	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	161.35/cwt	142.50–165.00	912	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	539	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	586	110.16/cwt	103.00–115.00	646	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	128.89/cwt	119.00–135.00	744	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	579	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	883	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	907	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,229	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	668	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	131.59/cwt	120.00–137.50	491	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	130.24/cwt	128.00–132.50	1,059	4
Bulls	—	—	1,945	87.76/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,707	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	69.88/cwt	68.00–72.00	759	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	980	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,021	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,147	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,248	77.54/cwt	76.00–80.00	968	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	828	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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