Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-24

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $235.37/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$235.37

12 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,199

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$17.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.36

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	239.67	1,236	9thin
Medium and Large 2	490	222.50	1,090	3thin

One grade step is worth $17.17/cwt here — about $147 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 sale12 hd

235.37

—

WV average2 barns · 190 hd

214.02

+21.36

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	1,290	121.00	1,561	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,557	105.47	1,642	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,302	103.57	1,349	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,592	102.19	1,627	3thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	753	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,035	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,201	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,108	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	239.57/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,296	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,027	2
Bulls	—	—	1,290	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,561	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,592	102.19/cwt	100.50–104.50	1,627	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,305	101.17/cwt	93.50–105.00	1,320	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,298	107.18/cwt	104.50–110.00	1,391	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,525	100.95/cwt	99.50–102.50	1,539	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,620	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,855	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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