Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2020-04-08

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Apr 8

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Apr 1Apr 8Apr 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 69▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 17▲ 3 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 $118.87/cwt on 11 head.

Average price

$118.87

11 head · 364 lb average

Value per head Derived

$433

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$4

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

$6.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.60

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	350	122.73	430	4thin
Medium and Large 2	372	116.66	434	7thin

One grade step is worth $6.07/cwt here — about −$4 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 sale11 hd

118.87

—

WV average4 barns · 524 hd

117.27

+1.60

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	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,480	42.00	622	1thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	288	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	432	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	304	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	365	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	352	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	493	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	436	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	578	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	456	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	616	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	313	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	391	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	372	116.66/cwt	107.50–120.00	434	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	120.46/cwt	119.00–122.00	466	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	332	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	465	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	362	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	503	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	362	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	453	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,480	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	622	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 Apr 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 23Last week 69Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 17Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	304	120.00	120.00
2	—	436	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	288	150.00	150.00
1	—	352	140.00	140.00
1	—	456	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	125.00	125.00
2	—	387	119.00–122.00	120.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	372	107.50–120.00	116.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	332	140.00	140.00
1	—	362	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	362	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	42.00	42.00

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.