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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

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

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← May 8May 15May 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 49▼ 58 vs year ago 72 · −80.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 29▼ 17 vs year ago 29 · −58.6%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $285.00/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$285.00

1 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.05

vs WV average

−25.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	285.00	1,539	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

285.00

—

WV average2 barns · 27 hd

288.05

−3.05

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

−25.77

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,390	130.24	1,811	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,540	127.00	1,956	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,166	97.37	1,135	5thin

Every lot

12 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	200–250	Medium and Large 1	210	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	651	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,169	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,539	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,881	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,952	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	941	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,148	107.11/cwt	98.00–118.00	1,230	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,178	90.87/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,070	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,335	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,669	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,418	132.86/cwt	131.00–134.50	1,884	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,530	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	2,004	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,550	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,907	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 May 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14Last week 49Year ago 72

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 29Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	410	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	540	285.00	285.00
2	850–900	855	220.00	220.00
3	950–1000	952	205.00	205.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,418	131.00–134.50	132.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	123.00	123.00
1	—	1,530	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,148	98.00–118.00	107.11
3	—	1,178	88.00–93.00	90.87

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.