Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-16

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $415.38/cwt on 192 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −61.48 against this barn's trailing median of $476.87.

Average price

$415.38

192 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$33.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.84

vs WV average

+10.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	541	423.23	2,289	112
Large 1	545	407.60	2,220	66
Medium and Large 2	547	389.32	2,128	14thin

One grade step is worth $33.90/cwt here — about $161 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 sale192 hd

415.38

—

WV average6 barns · 395 hd

403.54

+11.84

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

+10.74

This barn, trailing median3 sales

476.87

−61.48

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

58 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	650–700	671	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,130	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,227	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,566	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	404.57/cwt	392.50–418.00	1,906	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	377.99/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,988	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	361.29/cwt	345.00–379.00	2,074	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,239	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,092	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	390.98/cwt	390.00–402.50	2,123	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	413.26/cwt	382.50–415.00	1,632	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	345.28/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,820	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	379.38/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,155	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,083	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,733	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	396.83/cwt	355.00–399.00	1,833	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,780	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,240	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,010	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,944	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,236	2
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	611	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,062	14
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	674	329.75/cwt	310.00–332.50	2,223	8
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	422	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,635	2
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	550	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,788	1
Steers	Large 1	500–550	543	408.73/cwt	400.00–412.50	2,219	63
Heifers	Large 1	300–350	340	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,088	1
Steers	Large 1	350–400	392	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,136	10
Steers	Large 1	600–650	614	389.12/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,389	56
Steers	Large 1	450–500	471	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,143	33
Steers	Large 1	750–800	790	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,686	1
Steers	Large 1	400–450	435	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,979	1
Steers	Large 1	300–350	315	507.68/cwt	475.00–520.00	1,599	4
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	398	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,676	6
Heifers	Large 1	250–300	298	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,073	3
Steers	Large 1	550–600	580	383.77/cwt	350.00–400.00	2,226	3
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	536	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,863	23
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	464	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,868	18
Steers	Large 1	650–700	693	345.34/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,393	14
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	388	398.94/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,548	27
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	389	524.67/cwt	440.00–535.00	2,041	27
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	424	482.72/cwt	410.00–535.00	2,047	10
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	575	391.49/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,251	3
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	718	335.16/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,406	2
Steers	Large 1	700–750	735	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,720	1
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	471	502.64/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,367	72
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	607	391.03/cwt	350.00–397.50	2,374	61
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	540	424.10/cwt	402.50–425.00	2,290	109
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	314	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,625	5
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	690	358.40/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,473	8
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	534	362.35/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,935	62
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	469	393.73/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,847	73
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	775	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,713	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	409	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,636	4
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	339	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,203	4
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	619	335.25/cwt	332.50–336.00	2,075	23

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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