Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-24

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.20/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$291.20

12 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$497

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

$77.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.39

vs WV average

−18.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	297.68	1,630	11thin
Medium and Large 2	515	220.00	1,133	1thin

One grade step is worth $77.68/cwt here — about $497 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale12 hd

291.20

—

WV average5 barns · 186 hd

302.59

−11.39

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

−18.35

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	1,586	147.85	2,345	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,355	121.26	1,643	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,429	111.89	1,599	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,205	110.79	1,335	11

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1	550–600	573	269.85/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,197	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	229.15/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,210	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,115	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	927	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	308.11/cwt	265.00–332.50	1,658	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,748	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,851	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,342	126.59/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,699	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	110.79/cwt	108.00–116.00	1,335	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	115.93/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,586	3
Bulls	—	—	1,586	147.85/cwt	127.00–168.00	2,345	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,482	109.18/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,618	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,270	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,584	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	936	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,133	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,376	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	242.61/cwt	205.00–277.50	808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,151	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	224.87/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,275	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,204	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	263.41/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,225	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	249.11/cwt	245.00–260.00	909	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	943	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	988	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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