Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2020-03-25

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Mar 25

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Mar 11Mar 25Apr 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

49 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 36▲ 49 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 3▲ 4 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 $126.15/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$126.15

33 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$12.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.18

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	503	128.77	648	26
Medium and Large 2	485	116.43	565	7thin

One grade step is worth $12.35/cwt here — about $83 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 sale33 hd

126.15

—

WV average4 barns · 90 hd

118.98

+7.18

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	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,155	54.00	624	2thin

Every lot

13 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	381	135.07/cwt	125.00–142.50	515	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	540	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	461	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	645	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	720	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	541	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	844	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	402	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	523	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	118.33/cwt	115.00–120.00	562	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	132.07/cwt	129.00–136.00	633	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	539	127.25/cwt	122.50–131.00	686	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	546	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	573	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	755	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,002	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	591	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,308	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	641	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 Mar 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 49Last week 36Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 3Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	461	140.00	140.00
4	—	381	125.00–142.50	135.07
1	—	415	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	541	156.00	156.00
4	—	480	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	479	129.00–136.00	132.07
15	—	539	122.50–131.00	127.25
1	—	585	129.00	129.00
5	—	402	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	546	105.00	105.00
6	—	475	115.00–120.00	118.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,308	49.00	49.00
1	—	1,002	59.00	59.00

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.