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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Apr 23

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Apr 9Apr 23Apr 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

52 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 74▼ 20 vs year ago 72 · −27.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 24▼ 17 vs year ago 36 · −47.2%

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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 $276.65/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −35.78 against this barn's trailing median of $312.43.

Average price

$276.65

5 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,514

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$17.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.98

vs WV average

−53.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	283.83	1,624	3thin
Medium and Large 2	510	265.88	1,356	2thin

One grade step is worth $17.95/cwt here — about $268 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale5 hd

276.65

—

WV average6 barns · 204 hd

301.63

−24.98

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−53.30

This barn, trailing median4 sales

312.43

−35.78

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	1,913	146.36	2,800	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,320	137.24	1,811	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,360	129.00	1,754	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,184	126.28	1,496	9thin

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	352	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,285	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	355.51/cwt	325.00–387.50	1,493	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	260.71/cwt	220.00–300.00	1,103	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,684	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,288	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	352.23/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,832	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,091	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,032	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,492	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	257.50/cwt	255.00–260.00	876	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,030	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,205	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	282.43/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,195	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,302	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	265.88/cwt	247.50–285.00	1,356	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	283.83/cwt	272.50–307.50	1,624	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	275.09/cwt	267.50–282.50	1,714	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	243.83/cwt	233.00–255.00	1,536	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,889	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,083	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,128	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,698	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,641	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,332	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,913	146.36/cwt	140.00–156.00	2,800	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,143	107.47/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,228	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,148	129.27/cwt	115.00–137.00	1,484	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,303	128.72/cwt	121.00–144.00	1,677	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,342	148.60/cwt	142.00–161.00	1,994	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,360	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,754	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,485	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,168	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 Apr 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 52Last week 74Year ago 72

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 24Year ago 36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,303	121.00–144.00	128.72
3	—	1,342	142.00–161.00	148.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,148	115.00–137.00	129.27
1	—	1,485	146.00	146.00
2	—	1,143	100.00–114.00	107.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,913	140.00–156.00	146.36

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	410	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	720	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	485	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	525	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	365.00	365.00
2	400–450	420	325.00–387.50	355.51
3	450–500	455	370.00	370.00
3	500–550	520	340.00–375.00	352.23
1	550–600	565	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	635	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	220.00–300.00	260.71
1	500–550	515	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	775	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	305.00	305.00
2	400–450	423	280.00–285.00	282.43
3	550–600	572	272.50–307.50	283.83
2	600–650	623	267.50–282.50	275.09
2	650–700	692	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	255.00–260.00	257.50
1	350–400	355	290.00	290.00
2	450–500	465	280.00	280.00
2	500–550	510	247.50–285.00	265.88
2	600–650	630	233.00–255.00	243.83

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.