Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2025-01-29

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Jan 29

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Dec 18Jan 29Feb 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

44 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 54▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

41 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 38▲ 20 vs year ago 21 · +95.2%

View

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 $254.65/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −57.77 against this barn's trailing median of $312.43.

Average price

$254.65

7 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,454

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$390

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

$37.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.66

vs WV average

−49.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	260.01	1,513	6thin
Medium and Large 2	505	222.50	1,124	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.51/cwt here — about $390 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 sale7 hd

254.65

—

WV average2 barns · 30 hd

246.99

+7.66

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−49.99

This barn, trailing median4 sales

312.43

−57.77

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	1,855	145.85	2,706	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,310	138.21	1,810	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,582	135.65	2,145	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,244	108.59	1,350	7thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,361	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	301.02/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,583	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	264.78/cwt	257.50–272.00	1,544	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,839	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,824	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,062	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,124	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	267.83/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,149	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	236.68/cwt	235.00–237.50	1,101	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	253.29/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,208	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,124	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	260.01/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,513	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	294.68/cwt	265.00–310.00	1,370	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,582	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,657	1
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,045	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,385	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,855	145.85/cwt	140.00–154.00	2,706	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,225	93.13/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,141	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,251	114.78/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,436	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,303	132.95/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,732	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	146.09/cwt	144.00–148.00	1,928	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	133.47/cwt	130.00–137.00	2,002	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,745	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,443	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 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 44Last week 54Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 38Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	429	255.00–280.00	267.83
3	450–500	477	250.00–260.00	253.29
6	550–600	582	250.00–262.00	260.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	235.00–237.50	236.68
1	500–550	505	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	302.50	302.50
5	500–550	526	300.00–302.50	301.02
2	550–600	583	257.50–272.00	264.78
1	650–700	675	272.50	272.50
1	750–800	760	240.00	240.00
2	1050–1100	1,062	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	265.00–310.00	294.68
1	550–600	570	277.50	277.50
1	600–650	635	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,045	132.50	132.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,251	112.00–118.00	114.78
2	—	1,225	90.00–97.00	93.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,500	130.00–137.00	133.47
1	—	1,745	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	144.00–148.00	146.09
3	—	1,303	128.00–140.00	132.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,855	140.00–154.00	145.85

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.