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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Mar 12

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Feb 26Mar 12Apr 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

69 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 62▼ 14 vs year ago 83 · −16.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

31 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 28▲ 14 vs year ago 17 · +82.4%

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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 $224.66/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −87.77 against this barn's trailing median of $312.43.

Average price

$224.66

4 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,286

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$20.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−53.83

vs WV average

−90.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	234.82	1,338	2thin
Medium and Large 2	575	214.49	1,233	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.33/cwt here — about $105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale4 hd

224.66

—

WV average3 barns · 101 hd

278.48

−53.83

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−90.30

This barn, trailing median4 sales

312.43

−87.77

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	1,653	146.01	2,414	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,533	134.00	2,054	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,329	131.56	1,749	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,198	94.25	1,129	5thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	247.30/cwt	240.00–255.00	915	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	406	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,523	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,113	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,530	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	345.66/cwt	317.50–355.00	1,960	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,740	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,732	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	240	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	720	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	276.51/cwt	257.50–287.50	1,051	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	414	220.42/cwt	201.00–255.00	913	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	252.52/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,053	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,188	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,314	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	234.82/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,338	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	214.49/cwt	200.00–228.00	1,233	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,286	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,474	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,404	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	763	180.41/cwt	175.00–186.00	1,377	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,120	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,134	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,343	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,104	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,499	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,653	146.01/cwt	142.00–152.00	2,414	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,146	85.06/cwt	80.00–87.00	975	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,319	129.07/cwt	124.00–139.00	1,702	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,380	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,987	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,405	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,841	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,533	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,054	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 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 69Last week 62Year ago 83

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 28Year ago 17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	131.00	131.00
4	—	1,146	80.00–87.00	85.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	144.00	144.00
5	—	1,319	124.00–139.00	129.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,533	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,653	142.00–152.00	146.01

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	465	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	410	327.50	327.50
3	500–550	517	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	380	257.50–287.50	276.51
3	400–450	417	250.00–257.50	252.52
6	450–500	496	265.00	265.00
2	550–600	570	225.00–245.00	234.82
1	600–650	605	212.50	212.50
2	650–700	655	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	414	201.00–255.00	220.42
2	450–500	495	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	575	200.00–228.00	214.49
1	650–700	685	205.00	205.00
2	750–800	763	175.00–186.00	180.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	240.00–255.00	247.30
1	400–450	420	265.00	265.00
2	650–700	655	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	332.50	332.50
4	550–600	567	317.50–355.00	345.66
1	700–750	725	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	845	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	406	375.00	375.00

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.