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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Dec 1

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Nov 5Dec 1Dec 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

367 head

▲ 366 vs last sale 1▼ 41 vs year ago 408 · −10.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

46 head

▼ 51 vs last sale 97▲ 35 vs year ago 11 · +318.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 166 vs last sale 175▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

For todays board sale prices see Buckhannon Stockyards Board Sale report. 13 Bred hair ewes sold between 225-237.5 per head. 2 older bred ewes sold by the pound for 107.5 per pound and weighed 152 pound each. 22 bred nannies averaged between 175-265 per head. 2 kid nannies were 155-175 each. The only pygmy nanny sold for 170/hd.

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 $127.31/cwt on 114 head.

Average price

$127.31

114 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$13.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.98

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	499	129.58	647	95
Medium and Large 2	474	115.92	549	19thin

One grade step is worth $13.67/cwt here — about $97 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 sale114 hd

127.31

—

WV average2 barns · 132 hd

125.32

+1.98

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	1,594	80.30	1,280	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,355	56.72	769	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,142	49.98	571	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	867	35.63	309	5thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,283	$825	3thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	164.81/cwt	160.00–174.00	628	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	412	133.73/cwt	130.00–137.50	551	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	169.70/cwt	167.50–174.00	720	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	165.99/cwt	159.00–171.50	790	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	157.00/cwt	155.00–160.00	809	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	141.65/cwt	130.00–150.00	729	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	569	138.05/cwt	135.00–142.00	786	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	148.94/cwt	148.00–155.00	874	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	146.62/cwt	145.00–148.00	911	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	651	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	983	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	752	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	996	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	141.65/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,111	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	858	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	879	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,247	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,060	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	848	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	309	116.35/cwt	110.00–120.00	360	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	122.47/cwt	120.00–125.00	447	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	131.16/cwt	126.00–136.00	483	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	133.97/cwt	128.00–136.00	573	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	443	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	543	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	457	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	526	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	136.08/cwt	126.00–138.50	665	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	127.01/cwt	122.00–130.00	659	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	574	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	666	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	725	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	619	102.96/cwt	100.00–106.00	637	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	117.23/cwt	107.00–123.00	730	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	706	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	748	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	342	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	513	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	386	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	550	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	417	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	667	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	443	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	647	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	457	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	631	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	503	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	709	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	135.23/cwt	130.00–140.00	707	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	122.22/cwt	120.00–123.00	697	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	595	126.38/cwt	125.00–135.00	752	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	632	121.17/cwt	120.00–126.00	766	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	633	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	744	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	675	114.17/cwt	112.50–115.00	771	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	716	115.50/cwt	115.00–117.50	827	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	772	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	714	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	832	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	707	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	864	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	691	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	991	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	793	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,280	72.90/cwt	70.00–75.00	933	3
Bulls	—	—	1,907	87.69/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,672	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	714	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	179	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	905	38.29/cwt	31.00–44.00	347	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,142	49.98/cwt	45.00–53.00	571	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,355	56.72/cwt	54.00–60.00	769	9
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,283	825.06/head	790.00–850.00	825	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	824	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	3,378	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	928	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,712	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,418	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	9,926	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	798	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,988	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,046	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,845	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	808	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	687	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 Dec 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 367Last week 1Year ago 408

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 97Year ago 11

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 175Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	716	115.00–117.50	115.50
7	—	417	160.00	160.00
1	—	342	150.00	150.00
4	—	503	141.00	141.00
5	—	632	120.00–126.00	121.17
7	—	595	125.00–135.00	126.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	443	146.00	146.00
2	—	633	117.50	117.50
1	—	832	85.00	85.00
2	—	991	80.00	80.00
3	—	523	130.00–140.00	135.23
4	—	570	120.00–123.00	122.22
6	—	675	112.50–115.00	114.17
1	—	386	142.50	142.50
1	—	772	92.50	92.50
1	—	864	80.00	80.00
2	—	457	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	145.00	145.00
2	—	651	151.00	151.00
23	—	476	159.00–171.50	165.99
14	—	587	148.00–155.00	148.94
5	—	515	155.00–160.00	157.00
11	—	424	167.50–174.00	169.70
10	—	621	145.00–148.00	146.62
8	—	381	160.00–174.00	164.81
6	—	784	140.00–145.00	141.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	858	102.50	102.50
1	—	752	132.50	132.50
5	—	569	135.00–142.00	138.05
3	—	515	130.00–150.00	141.65
2	—	630	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,060	80.00	80.00
2	—	412	130.00–137.50	133.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	115.00	115.00
3	—	443	122.50	122.50
3	—	309	110.00–120.00	116.35
1	—	540	110.00	110.00
2	—	365	120.00–125.00	122.47
2	—	619	100.00–106.00	102.96
5	—	574	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	428	128.00–136.00	133.97
1	—	706	106.00	106.00
2	—	585	124.00	124.00
4	—	368	126.00–136.00	131.16
10	—	623	107.00–123.00	117.23
34	—	519	122.00–130.00	127.01
22	—	489	126.00–138.50	136.08

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,283	790.00–850.00	825.06

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	928	400.00	400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	824	410.00	410.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,418	700.00	700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	798	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,046	750.00	750.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	808	85.00	85.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,280	70.00–75.00	72.90
3	—	1,907	85.00–91.00	87.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,142	45.00–53.00	49.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,355	54.00–60.00	56.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	905	31.00–44.00	38.29
1	—	714	25.00	25.00

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.