Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2020-08-26

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Aug 26

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

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Feeder Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 21▼ 2 vs year ago 16 · −12.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

24 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 39▼ 8 vs year ago 32 · −25.0%

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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 $114.84/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$114.84

6 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.79

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	582	114.84	668	6thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale6 hd

114.84

—

WV average5 barns · 280 hd

126.63

−11.79

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	1,693	86.37	1,462	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,344	64.31	864	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,253	58.46	733	5thin

Every lot

10 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	729	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	122.01/cwt	119.00–125.00	902	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	528	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	562	117.02/cwt	115.00–118.00	658	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	662	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	755	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,693	86.37/cwt	74.00–94.00	1,462	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,249	57.20/cwt	55.00–60.50	714	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,270	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	806	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,324	63.07/cwt	60.00–64.00	835	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,377	66.38/cwt	65.00–69.00	914	3

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 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14Last week 21Year ago 16

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 39Year ago 32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	739	119.00–125.00	122.01
1	—	540	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	115.00–118.00	117.02
2	—	662	114.00	114.00
1	—	480	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,249	55.00–60.50	57.20
1	—	1,270	63.50	63.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,324	60.00–64.00	63.07
3	—	1,377	65.00–69.00	66.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,693	74.00–94.00	86.37

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.