Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $224.66/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −134.81 against this barn's trailing median of $359.46.

Average price

$224.66

4 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,286

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$20.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−53.83

vs WV average

−90.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	234.82	1,338	2thin
Medium and Large 2	575	214.49	1,233	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.33/cwt here — about $105 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

224.66

—

WV average3 barns · 101 hd

278.48

−53.83

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−90.30

This barn, trailing median1 sales

359.46

−134.81

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	1,653	146.01	2,414	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,533	134.00	2,054	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,329	131.56	1,749	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,198	94.25	1,129	5thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,405	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,841	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,987	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	129.07/cwt	124.00–139.00	1,702	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,054	2
Bulls	—	—	1,653	146.01/cwt	142.00–152.00	2,414	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	85.06/cwt	80.00–87.00	975	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	234.82/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,338	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	200–250	240	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	247.30/cwt	240.00–255.00	915	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	345.66/cwt	317.50–355.00	1,960	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,314	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	276.51/cwt	257.50–287.50	1,051	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	252.52/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,053	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,343	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,499	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	406	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	220.42/cwt	201.00–255.00	913	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	214.49/cwt	200.00–228.00	1,233	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	180.41/cwt	175.00–186.00	1,377	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,404	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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