Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2024-12-18

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Dec 18

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Nov 13Dec 18Jan 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

54 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 68▲ 46 vs year ago 8 · +575.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

38 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 36▲ 29 vs year ago 9 · +322.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

37 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 34▲ 34 vs year ago 3 · +1,133.3%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Correction to Replacement Cattle*

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 $256.27/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −56.15 against this barn's trailing median of $312.43.

Average price

$256.27

20 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,427

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

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

$42.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.25

vs WV average

−28.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	264.69	1,485	16thin
Medium and Large 2	540	222.61	1,203	4thin

One grade step is worth $42.08/cwt here — about $282 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 sale20 hd

256.27

—

WV average5 barns · 216 hd

250.03

+6.25

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−28.68

This barn, trailing median4 sales

312.43

−56.15

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	2,315	124.50	2,882	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,370	117.12	1,604	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,505	113.75	1,712	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,232	97.76	1,204	12

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)	1,449	$2,237	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,195	$2,225	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,240	$1,651	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,213	$1,650	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,090	$1,300	1thin

Every lot

34 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	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,237	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	338.70/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,599	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,803	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	295.91/cwt	295.00–298.00	1,811	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	261.60/cwt	261.00–262.50	1,813	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	701	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	899	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	928	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,050	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	262.03/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,211	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	231.81/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,236	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,096	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	265.67/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,501	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,570	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,217	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,045	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	300.60/cwt	292.50–305.00	1,407	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,403	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,575	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,562	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,315	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	2,882	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,164	88.32/cwt	77.00–96.00	1,028	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,285	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	130.60/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,649	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,326	110.97/cwt	101.00–117.00	1,471	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,416	115.43/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,634	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,505	113.75/cwt	109.50–117.00	1,712	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,055	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,090	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,195	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,240	1,651.01/head	1,600.00–1,700.00	1,651	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,370	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,449	2,237.06/head	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,237	5

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 Dec 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 54Last week 68Year ago 8

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 36Year ago 9

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 34Year ago 3

*Correction to Replacement Cattle*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	255.00	255.00
5	300–350	327	275.00	275.00
1	350–400	395	235.00	235.00
2	400–450	420	250.00	250.00
5	450–500	462	240.00–270.00	262.03
1	500–550	500	250.00	250.00
15	550–600	565	255.00–271.00	265.67
8	600–650	628	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	533	225.00–235.00	231.81
1	550–600	562	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	340.00	340.00
3	450–500	468	292.50–305.00	300.60
1	600–650	630	250.00	250.00
2	700–750	735	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	610	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	472	330.00–346.00	338.70
5	550–600	567	318.00	318.00
10	600–650	612	295.00–298.00	295.91
5	650–700	693	261.00–262.50	261.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,240	1,600.00–1,700.00	1,651.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,350.00	1,350.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,195	2,225.00	2,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,370	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,449	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,237.06

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,315	124.50	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,326	101.00–117.00	110.97
7	—	1,164	77.00–96.00	88.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,416	110.00–120.00	115.43
2	—	1,263	129.00–132.00	130.60
1	—	1,260	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,505	109.50–117.00	113.75

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.