Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2019-10-15

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-15

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Oct 15

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884

← Sep 24Oct 15Dec 4 →

Receipts

780 head

▲ 181 vs last sale 599▲ 780 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.76/cwt on 263 head.

Average price

$136.76

263 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$120

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

$0.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.14

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	459	137.07	629	90
Medium and Large 1	548	136.60	749	173

One grade step is worth $0.47/cwt here — about −$120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale263 hd

136.76

—

WV average4 barns · 1,432 hd

136.61

+0.14

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 lots · USDA AMS · Buckhannon Stockyards Special Graded Sale - 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	314	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	416	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	329	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	428	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	386	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	521	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	145.79/cwt	140.00–147.50	576	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	130.66/cwt	125.00–132.00	554	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	689	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	466	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	699	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	526	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	752	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	539	137.96/cwt	134.00–142.50	744	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	141.50/cwt	138.00–144.00	814	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	608	127.39/cwt	126.00–129.00	775	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	778	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	679	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	876	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	119.83/cwt	117.00–121.00	823	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	933	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	296	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	340	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	313	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	351	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	458	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	398	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	462	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	455	118.55/cwt	114.00–119.00	539	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	117.21/cwt	117.00–120.00	546	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	108.62/cwt	108.00–109.00	578	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	537	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	575	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	108.24/cwt	108.00–109.00	629	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	630	105.57/cwt	104.00–110.00	665	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	651	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	755	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	832	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	780	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	741	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	430	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	538	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	480	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	619	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	515	124.00/cwt	122.50–125.00	639	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	607	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	607	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 Special Graded Sale - Buckhannon, WV

Tue Oct 15, 2019

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

Receipts 780Last week 599Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	129.00	129.00
3	—	607	100.00	100.00
5	—	430	125.00	125.00
5	—	515	122.50–125.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	651	116.00	116.00
7	—	717	116.00	116.00
16	—	581	108.00–109.00	108.24
41	—	466	117.00–120.00	117.21
14	—	395	116.00	116.00
53	—	532	108.00–109.00	108.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	398	116.00	116.00
13	—	296	115.00	115.00
3	—	313	112.00	112.00
6	—	780	95.00	95.00
22	—	455	114.00–119.00	118.55
15	—	630	104.00–110.00	105.57
16	—	537	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	539	134.00–142.50	137.96
2	—	314	132.50	132.50
17	—	687	117.00–121.00	119.83
33	—	461	149.50	149.50
13	—	395	140.00–147.50	145.79
15	—	575	138.00–144.00	141.50
4	—	729	128.00	128.00
39	—	608	126.00–129.00	127.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	329	130.00	130.00
3	—	679	129.00	129.00
5	—	550	125.00	125.00
15	—	424	125.00–132.00	130.66
18	—	386	135.00	135.00
24	—	466	150.00	150.00
8	—	526	143.00	143.00
8	—	610	127.50	127.50

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.