Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2019-06-19

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Jun 19
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872
Feeder Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 12▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 28▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 12▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.25/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$117.25
4 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$540
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.91
vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1493121.335983thin
Medium and Large 2364105.003821thin
One grade step is worth $16.33/cwt here — about $216 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 sale4 hd
117.25
—
WV average3 barns · 71 hd
116.34
+0.91
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,82286.011,5672thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28365.8984612
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04555.755826thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,32851.506841thin

Every lot

16 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1194120.00/cwt120.00–120.002331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2364105.00/cwt105.00–105.003821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606123.00/cwt123.00–123.007451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678121.00/cwt121.00–121.008201
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,82286.01/cwt80.00–92.001,5672
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92846.00/cwt46.00–46.004271
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01757.00/cwt56.00–58.005804
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03053.00/cwt53.00–53.005461
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20159.95/cwt58.00–63.007203
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27260.50/cwt60.50–60.507701
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32851.50/cwt51.50–51.506841
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34669.73/cwt68.00–72.009398
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,120930.00/cwt930.00–930.0010,4161
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,142960.00/cwt960.00–960.0010,9631
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,144742.31/cwt700.00–780.008,4922
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,13675.21/cwt74.00–76.008545

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.