Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Replacement Cattle changed to Per Unit

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.00/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$193.00

13 head · 725 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,398

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$10

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

$64.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.00

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	232.80	1,357	5thin
Medium and Large 2	813	168.13	1,367	8thin

One grade step is worth $64.68/cwt here — about −$10 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 sale13 hd

193.00

—

WV average2 barns · 16 hd

194.00

−1.00

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	1,485	124.00	1,841	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,502	105.13	1,579	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,497	100.20	1,500	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,059	89.71	950	3thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,205	$1,519	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,231	$1,400	4thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,441	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,107	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	462	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,294	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,313	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,294	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,499	2
Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	420	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,083	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,327	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,453	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	220	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,031	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	1,518.76/head	1,490.00–1,550.00	1,519	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,231	1,400.01/head	1,300.00–1,475.00	1,400	4
Bulls	—	—	1,485	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,841	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	79.56/cwt	74.00–84.00	722	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,548	111.84/cwt	108.00–114.50	1,731	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	91.72/cwt	89.00–94.00	1,293	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,429	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,360	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,496	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	103.30/cwt	102.00–104.50	1,534	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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