Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-23

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.52/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −64.34 against this barn's trailing median of $476.87.

Average price

$412.52

82 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,252

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$878

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$165.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.23

vs WV average

−4.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	546	425.17	2,321	32
Medium 1	548	420.57	2,303	38
Medium and Large 2	540	361.80	1,952	11thin
Medium and Large 3	555	260.00	1,443	1thin

One grade step is worth $165.17/cwt here — about $878 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

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 sale82 hd

412.52

—

WV average6 barns · 289 hd

393.29

+19.23

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

−4.57

This barn, trailing median3 sales

476.87

−64.34

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

71 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	411.49/cwt	375.00–455.00	1,708	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	371.10/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,933	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,680	1
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	340	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	402.86/cwt	345.00–407.50	1,897	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	352.19/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,529	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,443	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,624	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,948	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	395.39/cwt	355.00–400.00	1,313	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	352.34/cwt	322.50–357.50	1,860	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	371.98/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,990	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	332.91/cwt	310.00–345.00	2,081	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	272.41/cwt	250.00–295.00	1,779	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	314.88/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,937	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	357	462.15/cwt	400.00–495.00	1,650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	408.18/cwt	370.00–413.00	1,551	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	282.81/cwt	250.00–325.00	1,615	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,518	1
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	464	483.53/cwt	430.00–485.00	2,244	40
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	320	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,184	3
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	607	406.89/cwt	345.00–410.00	2,470	21
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	420	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,533	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	393	397.49/cwt	350.00–410.00	1,562	11
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	408	502.86/cwt	425.00–530.00	2,052	14
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	678	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,153	3
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	518	370.72/cwt	320.00–380.00	1,920	18
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	466	394.32/cwt	310.00–404.00	1,838	29
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	715	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,002	1
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	355	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,722	1
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	540	434.39/cwt	365.00–441.00	2,346	25
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	395	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,639	3
Steers	Large 1	250–300	295	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,298	1
Steers	Large 1	550–600	560	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,268	2
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	562	393.99/cwt	320.00–415.00	2,214	13
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	607	340.82/cwt	300.00–345.00	2,069	11
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	554	338.65/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,876	4
Steers	Large 1	650–700	693	365.82/cwt	335.00–370.00	2,535	16
Steers	Large 1	750–800	760	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,584	2
Steers	Large 1	600–650	604	401.19/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,423	29
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	700	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,184	2
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	478	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,924	11
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	533	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,105	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	468.94/cwt	390.00–480.00	2,171	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,853	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	306.80/cwt	230.00–345.00	1,832	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,176	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,188	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	303.98/cwt	260.00–350.00	2,350	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,275	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	327.47/cwt	260.00–347.50	2,014	5
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	2
Steers	Large 1	300–350	325	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,658	1
Steers	Large 1	500–550	545	426.52/cwt	355.00–436.00	2,325	30
Steers	Large 1	450–500	476	481.07/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,290	18
Steers	Large 1	400–450	412	453.32/cwt	380.00–480.00	1,868	6
Steers	Large 1	700–750	722	349.17/cwt	300.00–362.50	2,521	12

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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