Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle marked as Medium and Large 1-2 are farmer groups that were weaned and vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.19/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −169.14 against this barn's trailing median of $413.33.

Average price

$244.19

55 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,309

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$33.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.32

vs WV average

−8.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	521	248.00	1,292	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	542	245.39	1,331	37
Medium 1	525	240.00	1,260	10thin
Medium and Large 2	520	215.00	1,118	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.00/cwt here — about $174 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.00, low $336.82, median $413.33 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 sale55 hd

244.19

—

WV average7 barns · 328 hd

232.87

+11.32

National average183 barns · 16,319 hd

252.68

−8.49

This barn, trailing median3 sales

413.33

−169.14

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
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	508	317.07/cwt	290.00–318.00	1,611	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,071	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,180	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,207	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	239.54/cwt	234.00–242.00	1,988	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,026	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,499	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,331	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	743	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	233.30/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,376	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,445	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	255.35/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,869	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,146	3
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	521	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,292	7
Steers	Large 1	500–550	518	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,580	9
Steers	Large 1	400–450	400	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,020	1
Steers	Large 1	450–500	470	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,434	1
Steers	Large 1	550–600	570	255.17/cwt	246.00–265.00	1,454	2
Bulls	Large 1	500–550	528	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,478	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,505	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	250.51/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,308	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,569	6
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	436	242.42/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,057	21
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	365	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	840	2
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	429	293.61/cwt	275.00–297.50	1,260	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,082	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,358	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,492	3
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	450	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,339	8
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	355	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	941	1
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	705	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,696	1
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	335	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,039	2
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	525	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,260	10
Steers	Large 1	600–650	616	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,540	8
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	560	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,414	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	395	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,185	3
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	511	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,316	5
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	614	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,351	5
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	630	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,572	5

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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