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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Feb 24

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Feb 10Feb 24Mar 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 5▼ 5 vs year ago 7 · −71.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 15▲ 12 vs year ago 8 · +150.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 11▼ 8 vs year ago 9 · −88.9%

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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 $107.50/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$107.50

1 head · 378 lb average

Value per head Derived

$406

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.46

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	378	107.50	406	1thin

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 sale1 hd

107.50

—

WV average3 barns · 12 hd

107.04

+0.46

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	1,724	79.00	1,362	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,672	71.00	1,187	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,333	68.65	915	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,003	47.64	478	3thin

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 · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	406	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,724	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,362	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	45.46/cwt	45.00–46.00	455	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,008	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	524	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,312	67.16/cwt	65.00–70.00	881	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,411	74.09/cwt	71.50–77.50	1,045	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,606	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,237	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,738	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,130	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	856	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	599	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 Feb 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2Last week 5Year ago 7

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 15Year ago 8

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 11Year ago 9

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	45.00–46.00	45.46
1	—	1,008	52.00	52.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,606	77.00	77.00
1	—	1,738	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,411	71.50–77.50	74.09
11	—	1,312	65.00–70.00	67.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,724	79.00	79.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	856	70.00	70.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	378	107.50	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	110.00	110.00

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.