Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2020-04-14

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-14

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Apr 14

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884

← Dec 4Apr 14Jul 28 →

Receipts

525 head

▲ 525 vs last sale 0▲ 525 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 $126.05/cwt on 201 head.

Average price

$126.05

201 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$678

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$0.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.95

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	538	126.21	679	120
Medium and Large 1	538	125.82	677	81

One grade step is worth $0.39/cwt here — about $3 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 sale201 hd

126.05

—

WV average5 barns · 751 hd

121.10

+4.95

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

Every lot

41 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	161.06/cwt	152.00–162.50	620	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	396	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	594	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	640	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	155.88/cwt	154.00–157.50	652	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	144.41/cwt	135.00–153.00	605	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	454	160.68/cwt	158.00–166.00	729	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	460	162.44/cwt	161.00–163.00	747	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	153.59/cwt	150.00–156.00	730	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	144.90/cwt	144.00–145.00	762	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	529	152.53/cwt	148.00–157.00	807	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	146.35/cwt	145.00–148.00	825	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	152.87/cwt	137.00–158.00	868	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	132.65/cwt	120.00–140.00	834	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	128.56/cwt	120.00–132.00	875	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	118.03/cwt	114.00–125.00	843	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	726	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	893	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	110.71/cwt	108.00–114.00	845	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	336	132.42/cwt	129.00–137.00	445	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	366	138.73/cwt	135.00–140.00	508	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	382	129.38/cwt	122.50–133.00	494	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	394	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	522	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	128.08/cwt	117.50–132.50	537	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	421	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	560	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	131.52/cwt	115.00–134.00	612	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	132.90/cwt	126.00–137.00	621	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	482	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	694	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	128.95/cwt	128.00–132.00	690	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	540	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	745	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	123.12/cwt	115.00–127.00	705	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	127.32/cwt	123.00–129.00	738	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	124.30/cwt	122.00–125.50	758	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	766	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	650	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	761	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	110.24/cwt	109.00–112.00	747	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	746	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	734	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	815	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	792	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	689	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	802	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	738	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	440	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	561	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	520	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	572	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	594	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	594	6

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 Apr 14, 2020

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

Receipts 525Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	763	108.00–114.00	110.71
13	—	681	120.00–132.00	128.56
20	—	526	144.00–145.00	144.90
8	—	419	135.00–153.00	144.41
13	—	564	145.00–148.00	146.35
16	—	629	120.00–140.00	132.65
4	—	396	150.00	150.00
9	—	475	150.00–156.00	153.59
13	—	714	114.00–125.00	118.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	726	123.00	123.00
3	—	454	158.00–166.00	160.68
3	—	400	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	418	154.00–157.50	155.88
9	—	568	137.00–158.00	152.87
15	—	385	152.00–162.50	161.06
8	—	529	148.00–157.00	152.53
14	—	460	161.00–163.00	162.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	394	132.50	132.50
12	—	573	115.00–127.00	123.12
2	—	724	103.00	103.00
11	—	419	117.50–132.50	128.08
15	—	467	126.00–137.00	132.90
2	—	623	123.00	123.00
5	—	802	92.00	92.00
12	—	678	109.00–112.00	110.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	366	135.00–140.00	138.73
9	—	482	144.00	144.00
6	—	540	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	650	117.00	117.00
5	—	336	129.00–137.00	132.42
16	—	580	123.00–129.00	127.32
26	—	610	122.00–125.50	124.30
4	—	792	87.00	87.00
8	—	382	122.50–133.00	129.38
24	—	535	128.00–132.00	128.95
4	—	734	111.00	111.00
7	—	421	133.00	133.00
22	—	465	115.00–134.00	131.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	594	100.00	100.00
4	—	520	110.00	110.00
2	—	440	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.