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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Dec 21

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Dec 14Dec 21Jan 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

87 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 97▲ 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

56 head

▲ 29 vs last sale 27▲ 56 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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.67/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$156.67

47 head · 613 lb average

Value per head Derived

$960

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$42.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.54

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	166.58	992	36
Medium and Large 2	670	124.23	832	11thin

One grade step is worth $42.35/cwt here — about $160 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 sale47 hd

156.67

—

WV average3 barns · 120 hd

157.20

−0.54

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	1,134	90.00	1,021	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,549	78.98	1,224	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,347	76.08	1,025	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,230	73.00	898	24

Every lot

24 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	409	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	787	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	167.52/cwt	150.00–180.00	878	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	536	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	804	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	756	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	992	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	158.85/cwt	157.50–160.00	1,048	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	660	124.89/cwt	117.50–132.50	824	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	746	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	828	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	800	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	880	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	344	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	464	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	388	124.04/cwt	120.00–128.00	481	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	432	137.48/cwt	135.00–140.00	594	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	442	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	663	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	156.19/cwt	147.50–160.00	753	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	739	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,134	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,021	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,134	63.63/cwt	60.00–68.00	722	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,166	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	781	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,228	73.51/cwt	64.00–78.00	903	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,308	74.25/cwt	68.00–79.00	971	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,368	82.59/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,130	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,424	79.73/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,135	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,532	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,241	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,558	77.97/cwt	77.00–79.00	1,215	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 21, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 87Last week 97Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 27Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	524	150.00–180.00	167.52
5	—	409	192.50	192.50
4	—	565	175.50	175.50
22	—	660	157.50–160.00	158.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	137.50	137.50
1	—	536	150.00	150.00
4	—	660	117.50–132.50	124.89
2	—	800	110.00	110.00
2	—	746	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	432	135.00–140.00	137.48
2	—	388	120.00–128.00	124.04
1	—	344	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	482	147.50–160.00	156.19
4	—	532	139.00	139.00
2	—	442	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,166	67.00	67.00
8	—	1,424	75.00–82.00	79.73
11	—	1,308	68.00–79.00	74.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,134	60.00–68.00	63.63
3	—	1,368	81.00–85.00	82.59
17	—	1,228	64.00–78.00	73.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,532	81.00	81.00
2	—	1,558	77.00–79.00	77.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,134	90.00	90.00

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.