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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Jan 17

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Dec 13Jan 17Jan 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 8▼ 82 vs year ago 87 · −94.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 9▼ 40 vs year ago 56 · −71.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 3▲ 7 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 $210.00/cwt on 5 head.

Average price

$210.00

5 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,075

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.83

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	512	210.00	1,075	5thin

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 sale5 hd

210.00

—

WV average2 barns · 9 hd

199.17

+10.83

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	1,682	123.72	2,081	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,433	102.00	1,461	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,347	97.90	1,319	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,190	91.00	1,083	28

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,375	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,420	$1,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,357	$1,271	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,173	$1,170	2thin

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	512	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,075	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,682	123.72/cwt	109.00–139.00	2,081	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,148	90.74/cwt	85.00–97.00	1,042	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,205	72.39/cwt	70.00–75.00	872	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,327	95.16/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,263	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,387	103.37/cwt	102.00–105.00	1,434	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,395	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,381	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,414	101.75/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,439	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,470	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,544	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,130	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,215	1,290.00/head	1,290.00–1,290.00	1,290	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,350	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,360	1,230.99/head	1,200.00–1,260.00	1,231	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,375	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,420	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	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 Jan 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5Last week 8Year ago 87

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 9Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 3Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,205	70.00–75.00	72.39
4	—	1,414	97.00–104.00	101.75
22	—	1,148	85.00–97.00	90.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,395	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,387	102.00–105.00	103.37
6	—	1,327	91.00–100.00	95.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,682	109.00–139.00	123.72

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,375	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,215	1,290.00	1,290.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,420	1,300.00	1,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,350	1,350.00	1,350.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	1,050.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,360	1,200.00–1,260.00	1,230.99

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	512	210.00	210.00

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.