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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Jan 24

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Jan 17Jan 24Jan 31 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

23 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 5▲ 15 vs year ago 8 · +187.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 16▲ 9 vs year ago 5 · +180.0%

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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 $235.37/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$235.37

12 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,199

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$17.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.36

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	239.67	1,236	9thin
Medium and Large 2	490	222.50	1,090	3thin

One grade step is worth $17.17/cwt here — about $147 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 sale12 hd

235.37

—

WV average2 barns · 190 hd

214.02

+21.36

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	1,290	121.00	1,561	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,557	105.47	1,642	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,302	103.57	1,349	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,592	102.19	1,627	3thin

Every lot

13 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,027	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	452	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,028	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	541	239.57/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,296	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,201	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	490	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	882	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,108	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	753	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,035	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,290	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,561	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,298	107.18/cwt	104.50–110.00	1,391	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,305	101.17/cwt	93.50–105.00	1,320	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,525	100.95/cwt	99.50–102.50	1,539	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,592	102.19/cwt	100.50–104.50	1,627	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,620	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,855	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 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 23Last week 5Year ago 8

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 16Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	753	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	212.50	212.50
2	—	452	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	541	239.00–240.00	239.57
2	—	428	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	520	213.00	213.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,592	100.50–104.50	102.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,305	93.50–105.00	101.17
2	—	1,298	104.50–110.00	107.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,525	99.50–102.50	100.95
1	—	1,620	114.50	114.50

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.