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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-16

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

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Feb 9Feb 16Feb 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 69 vs last sale 83▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 14▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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 $143.88/cwt on 7 head.

Average price

$143.88

7 head · 460 lb average

Value per head Derived

$662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$272

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

$22.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.84

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	479	147.02	704	6thin
Medium and Large 2	346	125.00	433	1thin

One grade step is worth $22.02/cwt here — about $272 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 sale7 hd

143.88

—

WV average3 barns · 141 hd

147.72

−3.84

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	2,016	97.87	1,973	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,713	84.50	1,447	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,309	80.89	1,059	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,158	67.55	782	5thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	368	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	543	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	346	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	433	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	546	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	152.41/cwt	150.00–155.00	716	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	604	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	800	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	324	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	429	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	416	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	624	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	488	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	744	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	576	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	835	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,016	97.87/cwt	93.00–104.00	1,973	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,081	58.58/cwt	58.00–59.00	633	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,209	73.53/cwt	69.00–78.00	889	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,264	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,112	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,332	77.34/cwt	73.00–82.00	1,030	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,638	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,343	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,788	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,556	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 16, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14Last week 83Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 14Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,638	82.00	82.00
1	—	1,788	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,264	88.00	88.00
2	—	1,332	73.00–82.00	77.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,081	58.00–59.00	58.58
3	—	1,209	69.00–78.00	73.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,016	93.00–104.00	97.87

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	368	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	346	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	150.00–155.00	152.41
1	—	604	132.50	132.50
1	—	390	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	416	150.00	150.00
1	—	576	145.00	145.00
1	—	488	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	324	132.50	132.50

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.