Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2020-01-15

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Jan 15

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Dec 18Jan 15Jan 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

14 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 0▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▲ 29 vs last sale 0▲ 29 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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.71/cwt on 7 head.

Average price

$149.71

7 head · 431 lb average

Value per head Derived

$645

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$17.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.55

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	432	152.16	657	6thin
Medium and Large 2	426	135.00	575	1thin

One grade step is worth $17.16/cwt here — about $82 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 sale7 hd

149.71

—

WV average5 barns · 146 hd

128.16

+21.55

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	1,648	65.00	1,071	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,361	51.79	705	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,423	47.60	677	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,195	42.77	511	12

Every lot

12 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	426	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	575	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	152.16/cwt	152.00–152.50	657	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	418	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	502	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	408	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	571	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,648	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,071	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,062	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	542	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,162	39.17/cwt	36.50–42.00	455	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,228	46.37/cwt	44.00–49.50	569	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,346	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	592	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,436	51.99/cwt	50.00–54.50	747	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,449	48.80/cwt	48.00–50.50	707	3

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 Jan 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,228	44.00–49.50	46.37
6	—	1,162	36.50–42.00	39.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,449	48.00–50.50	48.80
1	—	1,346	44.00	44.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,436	50.00–54.50	51.99
1	—	1,062	51.00	51.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,648	65.00	65.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	426	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	432	152.00–152.50	152.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	386	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	408	140.00	140.00

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.