Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2019-12-04

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Dec 4

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884

← Oct 15Dec 4Apr 14 →

Receipts

318 head

▲ 318 vs last sale 0▲ 318 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.37/cwt on 93 head.

Average price

$112.37

93 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$522

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$13.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.82

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	462	113.53	524	85
Medium and Large 2	491	100.00	491	8thin

One grade step is worth $13.53/cwt here — about $33 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 sale93 hd

112.37

—

WV average3 barns · 123 hd

110.54

+1.82

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

Every lot

32 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	460	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	345	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	431	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	401	112.51/cwt	110.00–115.00	451	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	141.50/cwt	138.00–145.00	614	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	151.29/cwt	140.00–157.00	697	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	118.32/cwt	115.00–120.00	571	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	137.61/cwt	137.50–138.00	732	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	554	135.33/cwt	135.00–136.00	750	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	711	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	607	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	713	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	638	132.98/cwt	130.00–137.50	848	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	741	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	926	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	119.65/cwt	115.00–122.00	912	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	806	122.75/cwt	122.00–125.00	989	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	948	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,043	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	274	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	274	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	314	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	314	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	347	118.50/cwt	112.50–120.00	411	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	114.22/cwt	110.00–125.00	428	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	411	113.43/cwt	110.00–115.00	466	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	117.65/cwt	115.00–119.00	573	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	107.65/cwt	105.00–110.00	551	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	113.66/cwt	109.00–115.00	655	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	602	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	698	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	287	146.99/cwt	146.00–147.50	422	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	338	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	493	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	364	125.22/cwt	120.00–135.00	456	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	410	147.50/cwt	143.00–152.00	605	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	424	122.60/cwt	120.00–126.00	520	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	451	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	654	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	512	118.04/cwt	115.00–120.00	604	5

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

Wed Dec 4, 2019

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

Receipts 318Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	287	146.00–147.50	146.99
3	—	451	145.00	145.00
6	—	338	146.00	146.00
12	—	410	143.00–152.00	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	364	120.00–135.00	125.22
5	—	512	115.00–120.00	118.04
7	—	424	120.00–126.00	122.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	576	109.00–115.00	113.66
9	—	487	115.00–119.00	117.65
5	—	347	112.50–120.00	118.50
8	—	602	116.00	116.00
16	—	512	105.00–110.00	107.65
19	—	375	110.00–125.00	114.22
19	—	411	110.00–115.00	113.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	314	100.00	100.00
1	—	274	100.00	100.00
5	—	605	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	948	110.00	110.00
4	—	434	138.00–145.00	141.50
9	—	532	137.50–138.00	137.61
10	—	461	140.00–157.00	151.29
11	—	638	130.00–137.50	132.98
2	—	741	125.00	125.00
3	—	762	115.00–122.00	119.65
2	—	315	146.00	146.00
4	—	806	122.00–125.00	122.75
6	—	554	135.00–136.00	135.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	345	125.00	125.00
2	—	401	110.00–115.00	112.51
2	—	607	117.50	117.50
3	—	483	115.00–120.00	118.32
5	—	578	123.00	123.00

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.