Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-17

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $241.13/cwt on 235 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −235.73 against this barn's trailing median of $476.87.

Average price

$241.13

235 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,299

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$27.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.57

vs WV average

−25.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	537	246.09	1,323	125
Large 1	543	238.15	1,292	95
Medium and Large 2	527	218.72	1,153	15thin

One grade step is worth $27.37/cwt here — about $170 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $496.30, low $415.33, median $476.87 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale235 hd

241.13

—

WV average6 barns · 386 hd

244.70

−3.57

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

−25.51

This barn, trailing median3 sales

476.87

−235.73

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

46 lots · USDA AMS · Buckhannon Stockyards Special Graded Sale - 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
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	338	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	777	4
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	470	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,123	107
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	606	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,315	23
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	537	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,302	38
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	407	211.48/cwt	185.00–237.50	861	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	201.22/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,231	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	443	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	975	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	301.12/cwt	245.00–303.00	1,183	31
Steers	Large 1	750–800	795	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,590	3
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	310	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	853	1
Steers	Large 1	550–600	582	226.19/cwt	202.50–241.00	1,316	8
Steers	Large 1	350–400	399	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,237	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,317	30
Steers	Large 1	300–350	322	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	974	7
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	700	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,453	16
Steers	Large 1	500–550	539	239.25/cwt	200.00–241.00	1,290	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	232.86/cwt	200.00–235.00	759	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,104	47
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	552	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,311	4
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	396	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,247	41
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	472	293.08/cwt	290.00–293.85	1,383	107
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	537	246.37/cwt	244.00–255.00	1,323	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	291	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	978	2
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	610	214.37/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,308	48
Steers	Large 1	450–500	474	276.58/cwt	245.00–282.50	1,311	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,387	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	714	3
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	396	251.05/cwt	230.00–252.00	994	41
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	533	227.46/cwt	200.00–234.50	1,212	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	394	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,005	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	966	18
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	425	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	893	1
Heifers	Large 1	300–350	320	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	688	4
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	704	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,429	4
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	396	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	792	5
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	470	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,034	19
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	616	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,309	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	218.72/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,153	15
Steers	Large 1	400–450	404	275.05/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,111	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	303.26/cwt	240.00–307.50	964	16
Steers	Large 1	650–700	688	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,438	18
Steers	Large 1	600–650	610	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,302	46
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	775	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,628	1
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	420	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,218	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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