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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Feb 22

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Feb 15Feb 22Mar 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 16▼ 30 vs year ago 37 · −81.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 13▼ 10 vs year ago 22 · −45.5%

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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 $132.50/cwt on 4 head.

Average price

$132.50

4 head · 617 lb average

Value per head Derived

$817

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$65.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.38

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	495	165.00	817	2thin
Medium and Large 2	738	100.00	738	2thin

One grade step is worth $65.00/cwt here — about $79 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 sale4 hd

132.50

—

WV average4 barns · 33 hd

149.88

−17.38

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	1,957	114.46	2,240	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,595	82.50	1,316	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,230	70.98	873	6thin

Every lot

9 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 · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	495	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	817	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	724	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	688	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	752	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	790	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	590	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	885	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,957	114.46/cwt	108.00–118.00	2,240	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,118	67.46/cwt	66.00–69.00	754	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,276	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	957	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,453	78.03/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,134	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,914	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,723	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 22, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7Last week 16Year ago 37

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 13Year ago 22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,118	66.00–69.00	67.46
2	—	1,453	75.00–81.00	78.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,914	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,276	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,957	108.00–118.00	114.46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	752	105.00	105.00
1	—	724	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	150.00	150.00

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.