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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Feb 26

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Jan 29Feb 26Mar 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

62 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 44▲ 62 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

28 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 41▲ 12 vs year ago 16 · +75.0%

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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 $258.50/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −53.93 against this barn's trailing median of $312.43.

Average price

$258.50

10 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,486

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$365

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

$41.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.49

vs WV average

−48.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	262.67	1,525	9thin
Medium and Large 2	525	221.00	1,160	1thin

One grade step is worth $41.67/cwt here — about $365 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 sale10 hd

258.50

—

WV average3 barns · 109 hd

282.99

−24.49

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−48.51

This barn, trailing median4 sales

312.43

−53.93

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	1,943	155.08	3,013	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,386	131.53	1,823	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,211	116.63	1,413	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,720	115.00	1,978	1thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,278	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,479	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	339.31/cwt	336.00–342.50	1,564	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,654	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,706	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,523	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,578	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	233	249.52/cwt	235.00–265.00	581	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	291	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	771	5
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	292	243.31/cwt	242.50–245.00	710	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	853	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,053	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,108	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,160	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,417	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,539	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,382	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	280	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	952	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,340	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	350.00/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,435	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,444	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,632	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	675	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,512	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	233.40/cwt	215.00–252.50	1,582	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,537	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,454	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,943	155.08/cwt	146.00–160.00	3,013	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,208	129.30/cwt	122.00–135.00	1,562	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,215	101.85/cwt	90.00–114.00	1,237	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,340	128.60/cwt	118.00–137.00	1,723	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,360	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,537	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,513	148.11/cwt	147.00–149.00	2,241	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,978	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 Feb 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 62Last week 44Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 41Year ago 16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,340	118.00–137.00	128.60
2	—	1,513	147.00–149.00	148.11
1	—	1,360	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,215	90.00–114.00	101.85
7	—	1,208	122.00–135.00	129.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,943	146.00–160.00	155.08

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	352.00	352.00
1	500–550	525	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	435	340.00	340.00
4	450–500	461	336.00–342.50	339.31
1	500–550	525	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	590	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	525	275.00	275.00
2	650–700	678	215.00–252.50	233.40
1	700–750	715	215.00	215.00
1	750–800	765	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	365.00	365.00
3	400–450	410	340.00–370.00	350.00
2	500–550	535	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	291	265.00	265.00
2	300–350	310	275.00	275.00
1	350–400	390	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	418	265.00	265.00
1	500–550	545	260.00	260.00
8	550–600	585	263.00	263.00
2	600–650	628	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	235.00–265.00	249.52
3	250–300	292	242.50–245.00	243.31
1	500–550	525	221.00	221.00

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.