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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-16

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

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Mar 2Mar 16Mar 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 24▼ 55 vs year ago 66 · −83.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 26▲ 9 vs year ago 14 · +64.3%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $168.58/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$168.58

6 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$983

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+50.33

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	168.58	983	6thin

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 sale6 hd

168.58

—

WV average3 barns · 44 hd

118.26

+50.33

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	1,791	102.61	1,838	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,416	83.12	1,177	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,423	80.14	1,140	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,307	79.79	1,042	10

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
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	354	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	460	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	138.40/cwt	135.00–142.00	659	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	678	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	686	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	840	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	556	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	979	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	614	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	952	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	662	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,010	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,791	102.61/cwt	89.00–110.00	1,838	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,276	86.22/cwt	86.00–87.00	1,100	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,316	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	869	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,329	77.41/cwt	72.00–84.00	1,029	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,398	83.43/cwt	79.00–87.00	1,166	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,400	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	980	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,423	80.14/cwt	78.00–81.50	1,140	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,460	89.05/cwt	86.00–92.00	1,300	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 Mar 16, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11Last week 24Year ago 66

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 26Year ago 14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,460	86.00–92.00	89.05
1	—	1,400	70.00	70.00
4	—	1,398	79.00–87.00	83.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,329	72.00–84.00	77.41
1	—	1,316	66.00	66.00
4	—	1,276	86.00–87.00	86.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,423	78.00–81.50	80.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,791	89.00–110.00	102.61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	662	152.50	152.50
4	—	556	176.00	176.00
1	—	614	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	476	135.00–142.00	138.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	354	130.00	130.00
1	—	532	127.50	127.50
1	—	686	122.50	122.50

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.