Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2020-01-29

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Jan 29

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

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Feeder Cattle receipts

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

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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 $124.00/cwt on 2 head.

Average price

$124.00

2 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$822

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$119

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

$28.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.20

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	138.00	745	1thin
Medium and Large 2	786	110.00	865	1thin

One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about −$119 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 sale2 hd

124.00

—

WV average2 barns · 54 hd

149.20

−25.20

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	54.52	698	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,176	41.14	484	5thin

Every lot

7 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 1	540	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	745	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	786	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	865	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,166	40.92/cwt	39.50–42.00	477	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,214	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	510	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	53.39/cwt	51.00–55.50	674	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	61.85/cwt	60.00–64.00	795	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,360	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	619	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 Jan 29, 2020

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,166	39.50–42.00	40.92
1	—	1,214	42.00	42.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,263	51.00–55.50	53.39
2	—	1,285	60.00–64.00	61.85
1	—	1,360	45.50	45.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	786	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	138.00	138.00

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.