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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Mar 15

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Mar 8Mar 15Mar 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 19▼ 4 vs year ago 11 · −36.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 24▼ 6 vs year ago 23 · −26.1%

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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 $140.00/cwt on 3 head.

Average price

$140.00

3 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$750

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$346

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

$15.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−31.17

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	340	150.00	510	1thin
Medium and Large 2	634	135.00	856	2thin

One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about −$346 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 sale3 hd

140.00

—

WV average5 barns · 140 hd

171.17

−31.17

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	1,449	105.37	1,527	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,389	98.68	1,371	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,493	96.00	1,433	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,229	89.86	1,104	10

Every lot

11 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 · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	510	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	634	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	856	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	334	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	501	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	389	160.08/cwt	150.00–170.00	623	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,449	105.37/cwt	95.00–114.00	1,527	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,172	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	938	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,223	87.80/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,074	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,260	97.28/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,226	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,389	98.68/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,371	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,492	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,492	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,494	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,374	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 Mar 15, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7Last week 19Year ago 11

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 24Year ago 23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,172	80.00	80.00
3	—	1,260	95.00–100.00	97.28
6	—	1,223	84.00–91.00	87.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,492	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,494	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,389	95.00–102.00	98.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,449	95.00–114.00	105.37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	634	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	389	150.00–170.00	160.08
1	—	334	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.