Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2020-04-15

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Apr 15

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Apr 8Apr 15Apr 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 23▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

26 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 3▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 1 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 $135.50/cwt on 15 head.

Average price

$135.50

15 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$37

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

$10.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.08

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	442	138.41	611	11thin
Medium and Large 1	508	127.50	648	4thin

One grade step is worth $10.91/cwt here — about −$37 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 sale15 hd

135.50

—

WV average5 barns · 755 hd

121.42

+14.08

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	1,241	58.60	727	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,554	51.47	800	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	51.41	550	2thin

Every lot

14 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	419	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	683	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	484	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	774	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	566	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	863	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	404	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	566	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	445	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	545	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	452	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	576	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	637	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	568	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	738	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	51.41/cwt	47.00–55.00	550	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,238	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	669	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,242	60.90/cwt	60.00–62.00	756	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,496	53.96/cwt	53.50–54.50	807	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,670	46.50/cwt	46.50–46.50	777	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,115	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	781	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 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8Last week 23Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 3Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year 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	—	484	160.00	160.00
2	—	566	152.50	152.50
3	—	419	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	404	140.00	140.00
7	—	463	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	122.50	122.50
1	—	452	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,496	53.50–54.50	53.96
1	—	1,670	46.50	46.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,238	54.00	54.00
2	—	1,242	60.00–62.00	60.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	47.00–55.00	51.41

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	70.00	70.00

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.