Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2019-05-29

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, May 29
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872
Feeder Cattle receipts
14 head
38 vs last sale 52 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
12 vs last sale 31 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
5 vs last sale 17 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Corrected to remove incorrect Replacement cattle record

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.36/cwt on 5 head.
Average price
$113.36
5 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
3.20
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2572113.366495thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
113.36
WV average4 barns · 57 hd
116.56
−3.20
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,85680.841,5004thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25764.128067thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,58657.009043thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05349.305194thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,014680.00/cwt680.00–680.006,8951
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5201,525.00/cwt1,525.00–1,525.0023,1801
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5181,476.36/cwt1,400.00–1,550.0022,4112
SteersMedium and Large 2506137.50/cwt137.50–137.506961
HeifersMedium and Large 2562113.93/cwt110.00–116.006403
HeifersMedium and Large 2656110.00/cwt110.00–110.007221
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,460875.00/cwt875.00–875.0012,7751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,510900.00/cwt900.00–900.0013,5902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5851,000.79/cwt950.00–1,050.0015,8632
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,620950.00/cwt950.00–950.0015,3901
HeifersMedium and Large 2520115.00/cwt115.00–115.005981
CowsLean 85-90%1,05349.30/cwt46.00–55.005194
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54858.00/cwt58.00–58.008982
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66255.00/cwt55.00–55.009141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25764.12/cwt61.00–67.508067
Bulls1,85680.84/cwt75.00–87.001,5004

How this sale compares

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.