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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Mar 20

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Mar 13Mar 20Mar 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

29 head

▼ 54 vs last sale 83▲ 3 vs year ago 26 · +11.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

24 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 17▼ 3 vs year ago 27 · −11.1%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $235.67/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −76.76 against this barn's trailing median of $312.43.

Average price

$235.67

6 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,216

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$29.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.94

vs WV average

−41.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	255.00	1,301	2thin
Medium and Large 2	519	226.00	1,173	4thin

One grade step is worth $29.00/cwt here — about $127 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale6 hd

235.67

—

WV average3 barns · 40 hd

249.61

−13.94

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−41.56

This barn, trailing median4 sales

312.43

−76.76

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $359.46, low $277.25, median $312.43 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,421	138.43	1,967	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,609	131.32	2,113	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,597	125.33	2,001	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,263	118.29	1,494	7thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	901	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,155	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,263	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,353	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	840	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,386	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	964	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	224.91/cwt	220.00–230.00	974	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,046	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	250.19/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,178	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	509	228.33/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,162	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,301	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,205	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,328	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,421	138.43/cwt	111.00–159.00	1,967	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,130	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,198	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,285	120.34/cwt	113.00–125.00	1,546	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,420	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,732	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,609	131.32/cwt	129.00–134.00	2,113	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,685	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	2,140	2

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 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 29Last week 83Year ago 26

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 17Year ago 27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	235.00	235.00
4	450–500	471	240.00–260.00	250.19
2	500–550	510	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	615	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	220.00–230.00	224.91
1	450–500	465	225.00	225.00
3	500–550	509	225.00–230.00	228.33
1	550–600	550	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	265.00	265.00
1	400–450	420	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	505	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	840	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	106.00	106.00
6	—	1,285	113.00–125.00	120.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	122.00	122.00
2	—	1,685	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,609	129.00–134.00	131.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,421	111.00–159.00	138.43

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.