Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-14

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $243.20/cwt on 4 head.

Average price

$243.20

4 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$0.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.88

vs WV average

−37.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	243.44	1,249	3thin
Medium and Large 2	500	242.50	1,213	1thin

One grade step is worth $0.94/cwt here — about $36 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale4 hd

243.20

—

WV average3 barns · 76 hd

274.08

−30.88

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

−37.13

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	1,707	154.90	2,644	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,440	145.50	2,095	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,642	133.89	2,199	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,181	121.20	1,431	6thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,658	141.30/cwt	140.00–142.50	2,343	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	243.44/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,249	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,069	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	987	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,370	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,918	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,254	128.39/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,610	4
Bulls	—	—	1,707	154.90/cwt	152.00–158.00	2,644	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,634	130.19/cwt	127.00–135.00	2,127	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,575	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,268	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	106.81/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,105	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,094	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,134	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,053	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,214	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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