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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Jun 18

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Jun 4Jun 18Jun 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

18 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 18▲ 14 vs year ago 4 · +350.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 3▼ 12 vs year ago 28 · −42.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 5▲ 1 vs year ago 3 · +33.3%

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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 $328.75/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 4 of 4 comparable sales and sits +16.32 against this barn's trailing median of $312.43.

Average price

$328.75

2 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,808

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$37.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.16

vs WV average

−5.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	347.50	1,842	1thin
Medium and Large 2	570	310.00	1,767	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.50/cwt here — about $75 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale2 hd

328.75

—

WV average3 barns · 29 hd

338.91

−10.16

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−5.36

This barn, trailing median4 sales

312.43

+16.32

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	1,845	199.43	3,679	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,489	165.23	2,460	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,114	150.39	1,675	4thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,229	$2,876	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	975	$2,425	1thin

Every lot

15 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,333	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,842	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,696	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,873	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	225.07/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,598	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	921	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,845	199.43/cwt	197.00–201.00	3,679	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	945	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,058	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,170	163.19/cwt	159.00–166.00	1,909	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,446	162.54/cwt	156.00–166.00	2,350	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,660	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,922	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	975	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,178	2,464.33/head	2,425.00–2,500.00	2,464	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,330	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	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 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18Last week 18Year ago 4

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 3Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 5Year ago 3

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	112.00	112.00
3	—	1,170	159.00–166.00	163.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	176.00	176.00
4	—	1,446	156.00–166.00	162.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,845	197.00–201.00	199.43

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,330	3,700.00	3,700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,178	2,425.00–2,500.00	2,464.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	2,425.00	2,425.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	347.50	347.50
1	650–700	675	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	640	265.00	265.00
2	700–750	710	215.00–235.00	225.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	335.00	335.00

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.