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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, May 14

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← May 7May 14May 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

91 head

▲ 50 vs last sale 41▲ 77 vs year ago 14 · +550.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

31 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 47▲ 19 vs year ago 12 · +158.3%

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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 $345.16/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 4 of 4 comparable sales and sits +32.73 against this barn's trailing median of $312.43.

Average price

$345.16

17 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,873

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+18.22

vs WV average

+5.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	345.16	1,873	17thin

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 sale17 hd

345.16

—

WV average3 barns · 73 hd

326.94

+18.22

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

+5.28

This barn, trailing median4 sales

312.43

+32.73

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	1,819	197.18	3,587	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,339	159.78	2,139	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,533	152.85	2,344	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,091	143.94	1,570	6thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	302	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,314	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,216	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	383	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,647	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,575	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,718	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	398.30/cwt	375.00–404.00	2,087	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	375.92/cwt	367.00–385.00	2,154	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	357.14/cwt	330.00–371.00	2,164	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,722	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,027	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,215	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,101	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	349.86/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,259	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	353.37/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,449	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	327.41/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,565	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,641	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	299.23/cwt	285.00–307.50	1,730	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	608	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,098	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,039	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	358	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	985	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,920	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,528	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,819	197.18/cwt	180.00–214.00	3,587	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	935	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,253	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,122	145.93/cwt	133.00–158.00	1,637	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,325	154.29/cwt	149.00–158.00	2,044	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,353	165.27/cwt	164.00–167.00	2,236	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,508	142.25/cwt	140.00–144.00	2,145	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,550	159.92/cwt	156.00–163.00	2,479	3

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 May 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 91Last week 41Year ago 14

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 47Year ago 12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,819	180.00–214.00	197.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,325	149.00–158.00	154.29
3	—	1,353	164.00–167.00	165.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,508	140.00–144.00	142.25
3	—	1,550	156.00–163.00	159.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,122	133.00–158.00	145.93
1	—	935	134.00	134.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	320	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	420	375.00	375.00
2	450–500	455	377.50	377.50
5	500–550	524	375.00–404.00	398.30
6	550–600	573	367.00–385.00	375.92
3	600–650	606	330.00–371.00	357.14
3	650–700	690	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	302	435.00	435.00
3	350–400	383	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	670	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	355.00	355.00
3	350–400	360	345.00–355.00	349.86
3	400–450	410	340.00–365.00	353.37
2	450–500	478	325.00–330.00	327.41
2	500–550	505	325.00	325.00
3	550–600	578	285.00–307.50	299.23
3	650–700	663	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	540	360.00	360.00
12	600–650	608	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	650	235.00	235.00

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.