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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Apr 2

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Mar 12Apr 2Apr 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

52 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 69▲ 14 vs year ago 38 · +36.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

41 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 31▲ 12 vs year ago 29 · +41.4%

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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 $351.67/cwt on 3 head.

Average price

$351.67

3 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,975

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+25.78

vs WV average

−17.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	351.67	1,975	3thin

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 sale3 hd

351.67

—

WV average3 barns · 28 hd

325.89

+25.78

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−17.34

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,568	151.40	2,374	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,466	129.33	1,896	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,110	128.21	1,423	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,321	127.01	1,677	8thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,219	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,411	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	341.42/cwt	310.00–372.50	1,598	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,758	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	485	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,795	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,038	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,753	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,793	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,041	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	280	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	798	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	988	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	365	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,186	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	285.05/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,391	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,682	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	963	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	372.71/cwt	365.00–377.50	1,211	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,203	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	316.99/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,306	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	512	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,510	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,742	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,610	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,430	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,056	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,568	151.40/cwt	148.00–156.00	2,374	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	130.51/cwt	121.00–143.00	1,410	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,526	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,181	120.08/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,418	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,312	133.56/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,752	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,335	116.09/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,550	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,390	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,849	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,425	115.84/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,651	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,545	140.98/cwt	140.00–142.00	2,178	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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 52Last week 69Year ago 38

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 31Year ago 29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,312	131.00–138.00	133.56
3	—	1,335	113.00–119.00	116.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	133.00	133.00
2	—	1,545	140.00–142.00	140.98
2	—	1,425	113.00–119.00	115.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	140.00	140.00
4	—	1,181	115.00–124.00	120.08
9	—	1,080	121.00–143.00	130.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,568	148.00–156.00	151.40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	325.00	325.00
2	500–550	512	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	575	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	650	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	350.00	350.00
4	300–350	325	365.00–377.50	372.71
3	400–450	412	300.00–350.00	316.99
1	500–550	520	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	715	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	615	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	334	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	415	340.00	340.00
2	450–500	468	310.00–372.50	341.42
1	500–550	545	340.00	340.00
2	550–600	570	357.50	357.50
1	600–650	629	285.00	285.00
3	700–750	742	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	325.00	325.00
2	450–500	480	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	580	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	285.00	285.00
1	400–450	435	305.00	305.00
4	450–500	488	275.00–295.00	285.05

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.