Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $285.00/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$285.00

1 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.05

vs WV average

−25.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	285.00	1,539	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

285.00

—

WV average2 barns · 27 hd

288.05

−3.05

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

−25.77

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,390	130.24	1,811	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,540	127.00	1,956	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,166	97.37	1,135	5thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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	300–350	330	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,169	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,952	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,669	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,907	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	107.11/cwt	98.00–118.00	1,230	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,418	132.86/cwt	131.00–134.50	1,884	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	2,004	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	90.87/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,070	3

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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →