Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2020-08-19

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Aug 19

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Aug 5Aug 19Aug 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 14▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

39 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 9▲ 39 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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.75/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$130.75

6 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$693

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$10.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.75

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	138.00	789	2thin
Medium and Large 2	509	127.13	646	4thin

One grade step is worth $10.88/cwt here — about $143 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 sale6 hd

130.75

—

WV average3 barns · 71 hd

146.50

−15.75

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	1,748	87.43	1,528	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,290	64.57	833	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,229	56.54	695	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,096	51.41	563	15

Every lot

18 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	244	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	299	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	638	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	758	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	624	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	786	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	704	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	922	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	212	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	220	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	314	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	393	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	686	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	782	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	734	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	837	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	456	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	547	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	612	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	673	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,748	87.43/cwt	77.00–100.00	1,528	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,054	48.27/cwt	43.50–53.50	509	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,158	56.13/cwt	53.00–61.00	650	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,229	56.54/cwt	55.00–58.00	695	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,277	62.96/cwt	60.00–65.00	804	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,340	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	951	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 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 21Last week 14Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 9Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	734	114.00	114.00
1	—	212	104.00	104.00
1	—	572	120.00	120.00
1	—	668	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	314	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	145.00	145.00
1	—	704	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	244	122.50	122.50
1	—	624	126.00	126.00
2	—	583	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	456	120.00	120.00
1	—	612	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	71.00	71.00
4	—	1,277	60.00–65.00	62.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,229	55.00–58.00	56.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,158	53.00–61.00	56.13
9	—	1,054	43.50–53.50	48.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,748	77.00–100.00	87.43

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.