Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Average attendance and moderate trade this week, very similar head run compared to last week in both terms of total numbers and type. Feeder offering included more Bulls, quality somewhat up and down, no market test on Feeders. Slaughter Cows slightly lower by $4-$8 per cwt; smaller offering of Slaughter Bulls but sold steady. Heiferettes $150.00--$180.00 per cwt. Small run of piglets, $3--$6 per head.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $215.26/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$215.26

8 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.09

vs WV average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	520	215.26	1,119	8thin

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 sale8 hd

215.26

—

WV average3 barns · 17 hd

225.35

−10.09

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	1,831	145.00	2,655	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,354	125.96	1,705	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,390	117.90	1,639	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,089	103.53	1,127	21

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,310	$1,518	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$1,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,488	$1,497	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,005	$1,350	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,335	$1,320	1thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1-2	400–450	402	243.58/cwt	167.50–262.50	979	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	145.08/cwt	130.00–165.00	1,056	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,305	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	242.03/cwt	240.00–242.50	714	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	124.96/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,147	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	601	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	478	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	765	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	440	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	193.48/cwt	185.00–202.50	1,118	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	185.57/cwt	170.00–235.00	727	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	198.91/cwt	187.50–210.00	1,412	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,874	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,292	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	226.87/cwt	211.00–242.50	1,441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	224.76/cwt	210.00–230.00	863	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	211.76/cwt	180.00–222.00	1,002	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	595	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,086	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	620	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,009	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,286	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	195.72/cwt	192.50–199.00	1,251	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	199.08/cwt	155.00–220.00	577	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	182.33/cwt	170.00–195.00	1,017	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	172.99/cwt	160.00–185.00	810	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	226.23/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,147	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	145.12/cwt	130.00–160.00	907	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	243.88/cwt	205.00–255.00	549	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	827	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	1,518.04/head	1,110.00–1,750.00	1,518	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	1,320.00/head	1,320.00–1,320.00	1,320	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,488	1,496.52/head	1,410.00–1,575.00	1,497	2
Bulls	—	—	1,831	145.00/cwt	134.00–153.00	2,655	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	109.27/cwt	101.00–116.00	1,166	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	90.87/cwt	74.00–100.00	972	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	119.07/cwt	110.00–126.00	1,649	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,523	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,354	125.96/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,705	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,283	113.36/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,454	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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