Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2019-06-12

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Jun 12

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Jun 5Jun 12Jun 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

41 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 41▲ 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 19▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.43/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$137.43

14 head · 443 lb average

Value per head Derived

$609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$0.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.16

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	504	137.71	694	7thin
Medium and Large 2	382	137.14	524	7thin

One grade step is worth $0.57/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale14 hd

137.43

—

WV average5 barns · 113 hd

116.27

+21.16

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	1,458	71.70	1,045	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,358	65.62	891	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,640	65.00	1,066	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,094	48.03	525	5thin

Every lot

17 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	941	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	286	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	315	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	395	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	573	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	412	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	515	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	647	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	715	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	784	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	387	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	561	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	456	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	634	5
Feeder Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	426	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	533	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,458	71.70/cwt	65.00–84.00	1,045	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	44.61/cwt	44.00–45.00	481	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,118	53.16/cwt	52.00–54.50	594	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	58.50/cwt	58.50–58.50	713	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,331	63.01/cwt	59.00–68.00	839	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,469	73.08/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,074	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,640	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,066	1

This sale against other markets

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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Buckhannon Stockyards Livestock Auction - Buckhannon, WV

Wed Jun 12, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Charleston, WV (LS-CW)

Feeder CattleReceipts 41Last week 41Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 19Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	395	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	412	125.00	125.00
1	—	286	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	440	147.00	147.00
2	—	572	125.00	125.00
1	—	622	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	426	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	687	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	456	139.00	139.00
3	—	387	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	52.00–54.50	53.16
3	—	1,078	44.00–45.00	44.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,469	71.00–75.00	73.08
1	—	1,218	58.50	58.50
3	—	1,331	59.00–68.00	63.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,458	65.00–84.00	71.70

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.