Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2020-08-05

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Aug 5

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Jul 29Aug 5Aug 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

14 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 7▲ 3 vs year ago 11 · +27.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 24▼ 18 vs year ago 27 · −66.7%

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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 $111.00/cwt on 3 head.

Average price

$111.00

3 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$666

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$6.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.43

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	664	115.00	764	1thin
Medium and Large 2	568	109.00	619	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.00/cwt here — about $144 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 sale3 hd

111.00

—

WV average4 barns · 88 hd

113.43

−2.43

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	1,424	89.00	1,267	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,251	60.04	751	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,548	52.50	813	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,280	50.50	646	1thin

Every lot

9 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 · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	526	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	621	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	610	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	764	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	564	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	620	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,424	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,267	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,162	56.06/cwt	55.00–57.00	651	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	646	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,428	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	971	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,548	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	813	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 Aug 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14Last week 7Year ago 11

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 24Year ago 27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	664	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	526	118.00	118.00
1	—	610	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	564	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,548	52.50	52.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,428	68.00	68.00
2	—	1,162	55.00–57.00	56.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	50.50	50.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,424	89.00	89.00

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.