Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-27

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −29.46 against this barn's trailing median of $359.46.

Average price

$330.00

1 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,766

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−31.55

vs WV average

−39.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	330.00	1,766	1thin

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 sale1 hd

330.00

—

WV average5 barns · 131 hd

361.55

−31.55

National average160 barns · 10,603 hd

369.81

−39.81

This barn, trailing median1 sales

359.46

−29.46

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	1,633	186.64	3,048	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,258	165.63	2,084	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,090	135.14	1,473	15

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)	1,035	$1,639	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,070	$1,590	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	800	$1,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,400	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,213	$2,481	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,038	$2,207	4thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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%	—	1,133	151.98/cwt	146.00–159.00	1,722	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	114.84/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,129	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	780	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	312	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	165.63/cwt	154.00–174.00	2,084	16
Bulls	—	—	1,633	186.64/cwt	186.00–187.00	3,048	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	135.40/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,537	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,951	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,256	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,590.00/head	1,590.00–1,590.00	1,590	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	1,851.34/head	1,550.00–2,100.00	1,851	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	354.87/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,331	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,726	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,014	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	2,480.93/head	2,300.00–2,625.00	2,481	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	965	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,025	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,050	2,514.29/head	2,300.00–2,750.00	2,514	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	167.96/cwt	142.00–196.00	1,495	3

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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