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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-09

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Sep 9

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

131 head

▲ 107 vs last sale 24▲ 92 vs year ago 39 · +235.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

53 head

▲ 53 vs last sale 0▲ 50 vs year ago 3 · +1,666.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cow Sale Larger run than last reported due to greater supply of replacement and slaughter cattle. Run of feeders too light to establish trends; no market test on feeders. Demand steady for slaughter cattle. Small offering of slaughter hogs: $43-$46 per cwt.

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	1,678	86.81	1,457	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,373	54.05	742	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,589	53.65	852	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,167	47.96	560	23
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,222	98.07	1,198	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,337	100.00	1,337	3thin

Every lot

15 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
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,337	100.00/cwt	97.50–102.50	1,337	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,222	98.07/cwt	94.00–102.00	1,198	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,678	86.81/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,457	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,073	44.01/cwt	43.00–45.00	472	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,152	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	541	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,177	48.36/cwt	46.00–52.00	569	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,311	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	708	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,380	56.08/cwt	55.00–61.00	774	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,380	53.48/cwt	50.00–54.50	738	23
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,548	54.18/cwt	53.00–56.50	839	34
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,695	52.28/cwt	51.00–53.50	886	13
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,105	820.13/cwt	685.00–900.00	9,062	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,291	824.82/cwt	725.00–1,000.00	10,648	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,346	785.65/cwt	520.00–880.00	10,575	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,357	777.46/cwt	670.00–920.00	10,550	11

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.

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Buckhannon Stockyards Livestock Auction - Buckhannon, WV

Wed Sep 9, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 131Last week 24Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 0Year ago 3

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,337	97.50–102.50	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,222	94.00–102.00	98.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,678	83.00–90.00	86.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,152	47.00	47.00
10	—	1,380	55.00–61.00	56.08
23	—	1,380	50.00–54.50	53.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,695	51.00–53.50	52.28
34	—	1,548	53.00–56.50	54.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,311	54.00	54.00
6	—	1,073	43.00–45.00	44.01
14	—	1,177	46.00–52.00	48.36

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	—	1,346	520.00–880.00	785.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,291	725.00–1,000.00	824.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,357	670.00–920.00	777.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,105	685.00–900.00	820.13

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.