Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.87/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −58.59 against this barn's trailing median of $359.46.

Average price

$300.87

6 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$57.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.02

vs WV average

−58.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	320.06	1,652	4thin
Medium and Large 2	538	262.50	1,411	2thin

One grade step is worth $57.56/cwt here — about $241 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 sale6 hd

300.87

—

WV average2 barns · 40 hd

332.90

−32.02

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−58.93

This barn, trailing median1 sales

359.46

−58.59

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	1,693	182.91	3,097	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,571	163.64	2,571	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,365	158.34	2,161	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,074	152.05	1,632	3thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	360.00/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,872	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,037	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	387.06/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,645	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,010	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,573	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,627	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	309.88/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,070	3
Bulls	—	—	1,693	182.91/cwt	157.00–194.00	3,097	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	161.40/cwt	159.00–164.00	2,534	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	158.34/cwt	142.00–165.00	2,161	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	158.57/cwt	157.00–160.00	1,757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,443	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,066	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	284.68/cwt	255.00–315.00	1,338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	320.06/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,170	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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