Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2019-12-11

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Dec 11

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Nov 20Dec 11Dec 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

26 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 39▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 34▲ 9 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 $112.08/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$112.08

12 head · 416 lb average

Value per head Derived

$466

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$15.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.93

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	416	113.41	472	11thin
Medium and Large 2	414	97.50	404	1thin

One grade step is worth $15.91/cwt here — about $68 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 sale12 hd

112.08

—

WV average4 barns · 130 hd

106.16

+5.93

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	1,506	67.82	1,021	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,097	38.74	425	4thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	290	116.62/cwt	115.00–120.00	338	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	314	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	408	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	362	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	471	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	407	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	456	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	548	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	583	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	275	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	316	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	302	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	347	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	431	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	414	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	404	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	444	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	466	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	523	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	652	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	382	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	439	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	424	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	509	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,506	67.82/cwt	65.00–70.00	1,021	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,089	37.99/cwt	34.00–39.50	414	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	459	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 Dec 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26Last week 39Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 34Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	314	130.00	130.00
1	—	362	130.00	130.00
1	—	474	123.00	123.00
1	—	438	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	290	115.00–120.00	116.62
2	—	430	106.00	106.00
1	—	370	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	444	105.00	105.00
2	—	275	115.00	115.00
2	—	375	115.00	115.00
2	—	567	115.00	115.00
3	—	465	112.50	112.50
1	—	302	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	414	97.50	97.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	382	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	424	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	41.00	41.00
3	—	1,089	34.00–39.50	37.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,506	65.00–70.00	67.82

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.