Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-14

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.17/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$185.17

8 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,032

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$444

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

$36.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.52

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	658	210.00	1,382	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	445	192.50	857	1thin
Medium and Large 2	540	173.78	938	5thin

One grade step is worth $36.22/cwt here — about $444 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 sale8 hd

185.17

—

WV average4 barns · 113 hd

202.69

−17.52

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	132.94	2,426	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,380	106.33	1,468	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	94.00	975	2thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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 1	—	720	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,386	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	175.96/cwt	175.00–178.00	938	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,137	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,214	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	859	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,086	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,553	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,426	2
Bulls	—	—	1,825	132.94/cwt	130.00–136.00	2,426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	857	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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