Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-26

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $258.50/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −100.96 against this barn's trailing median of $359.46.

Average price

$258.50

10 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,486

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$365

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

$41.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.49

vs WV average

−48.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	262.67	1,525	9thin
Medium and Large 2	525	221.00	1,160	1thin

One grade step is worth $41.67/cwt here — about $365 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 sale10 hd

258.50

—

WV average3 barns · 109 hd

282.99

−24.49

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−48.51

This barn, trailing median1 sales

359.46

−100.96

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	1,943	155.08	3,013	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,386	131.53	1,823	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,211	116.63	1,413	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,720	115.00	1,978	1thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	128.60/cwt	118.00–137.00	1,723	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,513	148.11/cwt	147.00–149.00	2,241	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,537	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,978	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,215	101.85/cwt	90.00–114.00	1,237	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,208	129.30/cwt	122.00–135.00	1,562	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	952	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	771	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	853	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,417	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	233	249.52/cwt	235.00–265.00	581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,340	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	350.00/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,435	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	339.31/cwt	336.00–342.50	1,564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,108	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,539	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,053	1
Bulls	—	—	1,943	155.08/cwt	146.00–160.00	3,013	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	233.40/cwt	215.00–252.50	1,582	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	292	243.31/cwt	242.50–245.00	710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,160	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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