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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Jun 4

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← May 28Jun 4Jun 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 26▼ 49 vs year ago 67 · −73.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 14▼ 19 vs year ago 22 · −86.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 8▼ 4 vs year ago 9 · −44.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good break in the weather for haymaking in N. Central West Virgnia, moderate buyer attendance but trade active. Corresponding small offering today, no market test on any cattle. Feeder pigs $80.00 per head. Heiferettes at $1.89 per cwt.

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 $306.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits −6.43 against this barn's trailing median of $312.43.

Average price

$306.00

2 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,738

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.81

vs WV average

−32.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	306.00	1,738	2thin

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 sale2 hd

306.00

—

WV average4 barns · 43 hd

331.81

−25.81

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−32.24

This barn, trailing median4 sales

312.43

−6.43

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	2,005	194.00	3,890	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,600	160.00	2,560	1thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,118	$2,201	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,150	$3,325	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$2,550	1thin

Every lot

17 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,657	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,859	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,189	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,031	1
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	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,278	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,588	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,738	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,709	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,658	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,695	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	900–950	Large 3	925	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,295	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,005	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	3,890	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,600	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,560	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,118	2,200.98/head	1,430.00–2,710.00	2,201	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	3,325.00/head	3,325.00–3,325.00	3,325	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 Jun 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18Last week 26Year ago 67

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 14Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 8Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	375.00	375.00
1	300–350	310	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	360	355.00	355.00
3	450–500	487	326.00	326.00
2	550–600	568	306.00	306.00
1	600–650	605	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	600	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	352.50	352.50
1	500–550	535	347.50	347.50
1	650–700	695	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	925	140.00	140.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,118	1,430.00–2,710.00	2,200.98

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	2,550.00	2,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	3,325.00	3,325.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,005	194.00	194.00

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.