Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2020-12-16

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Dec 16

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Dec 9Dec 16Jan 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 36 vs last sale 59▼ 1 vs year ago 24 · −4.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 68 vs last sale 73▲ 0 vs year ago 5 · +0.0%

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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 $106.37/cwt on 15 head.

Average price

$106.37

15 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$542

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$22.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.59

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	504	115.28	582	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	517	93.00	481	6thin

One grade step is worth $22.28/cwt here — about $101 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

106.37

—

WV average3 barns · 161 hd

115.96

−9.59

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	1,429	46.67	667	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,124	33.00	371	1thin

Every lot

19 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 1-2	338	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	456	2
Steers	—	Large 2-3	440	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	396	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	446	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	495	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	482	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	410	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	594	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	719	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	397	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	378	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	321	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	396	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	426	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	430	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	443	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	492	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	554	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	555	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	533	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	630	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	702	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	754	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	566	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	372	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	876	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	657	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,124	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	371	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,378	48.94/cwt	45.00–53.00	674	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,480	44.39/cwt	43.50–45.00	657	2

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 Dec 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 23Last week 59Year ago 24

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 73Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	103.00	103.00
1	—	754	75.00	75.00
1	—	378	85.00	85.00
2	—	555	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	586	107.50	107.50
2	—	323	123.00	123.00
1	—	492	112.50	112.50
4	—	605	116.00	116.00
1	—	396	107.50	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	594	121.00	121.00
2	—	338	135.00	135.00
1	—	446	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	482	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	876	75.00	75.00
1	—	438	85.00	85.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,124	33.00	33.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	43.50–45.00	44.39
2	—	1,378	45.00–53.00	48.94

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.