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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Feb 7

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Jan 31Feb 7Feb 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

25 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 0▼ 7 vs year ago 32 · −21.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 21▼ 34 vs year ago 53 · −64.2%

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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 $267.08/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$267.08

6 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,436

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$462

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

$32.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+29.09

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	272.50	1,518	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	440	240.00	1,056	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.50/cwt here — about $462 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 sale6 hd

267.08

—

WV average2 barns · 38 hd

237.99

+29.09

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	1,500	129.00	1,935	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,667	102.23	1,704	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,354	99.61	1,349	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	77.70	897	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	890	90.00	801	1thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,056	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,518	5
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	890	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	801	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,500	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,935	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,145	71.83/cwt	68.00–75.00	822	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,168	85.52/cwt	83.00–88.50	999	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	107.50/cwt	104.00–110.50	1,387	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,380	96.46/cwt	92.00–101.00	1,331	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,667	102.23/cwt	99.00–107.00	1,704	3

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 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 25Last week 0Year ago 32

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 21Year ago 53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	557	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,380	92.00–101.00	96.46
2	—	1,290	104.00–110.50	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,667	99.00–107.00	102.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,168	83.00–88.50	85.52
4	—	1,145	68.00–75.00	71.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	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.