Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-14

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $217.10/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$217.10

87 head · 606 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,317

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

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

$45.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.71

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	609	221.77	1,350	78
Medium and Large 2	587	176.66	1,038	9thin

One grade step is worth $45.11/cwt here — about $312 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 sale87 hd

217.10

—

WV average5 barns · 195 hd

195.39

+21.71

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	1,836	131.62	2,417	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,412	99.50	1,405	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,517	96.05	1,457	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,120	95.45	1,069	8thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	94.51/cwt	91.00–99.00	1,059	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,134	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	630	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	612	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,481	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	206.29/cwt	205.00–210.00	959	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	707	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,184	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	642	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	931	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,342	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	209.89/cwt	202.50–215.00	1,427	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	230.36/cwt	203.00–240.00	1,288	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	577	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,402	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	684	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,307	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	228.61/cwt	202.50–237.50	1,420	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	187.46/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,177	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,017	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	444	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,021	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	528	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,304	4
Bulls	—	—	1,836	131.62/cwt	130.00–134.00	2,417	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,412	99.50/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,405	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,180	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	97.43/cwt	93.00–100.00	1,494	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	944	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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