Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2019-11-20

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Nov 20
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
12 vs last sale 51 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
5 vs last sale 39 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
18 vs last sale 0 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Similar run head wise to last reported but saw a decrease in feeder offerings and an increase in replacement cattle. Similar head of slaughter cattle that sold steady. Majority of replacements were from a single source herd sell out. Few feeders by weight breaks and a weak market test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $116.10/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$116.10
10 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$521
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.25
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523121.006323thin
Medium and Large 2417114.004767thin
One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about $157 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 sale10 hd
116.10
WV average4 barns · 85 hd
119.35
−3.25
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
BullsLow1,42761.238747thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23540.605015thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12231.0734916

Every lot, as filed

30 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,10631.43/cwt25.00–36.003488
CowsLean 85-90%1,10823.59/cwt21.00–26.002615
CowsLean 85-90%1,18842.56/cwt37.00–46.005063
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26137.52/cwt37.00–38.004732
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16647.47/cwt44.00–50.005542
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32233.00/cwt33.00–33.004361
SteersMedium and Large 1586115.00/cwt115.00–115.006741
HeifersMedium and Large 268893.00/cwt93.00–93.006402
HeifersMedium and Large 254487.50/cwt87.50–87.504762
HeifersMedium and Large 246587.58/cwt85.00–90.004072
HeifersMedium and Large 263479.00/cwt79.00–79.005011
HeifersMedium and Large 1550103.00/cwt103.00–103.005672
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,150680.00/cwt680.00–680.007,8201
SteersMedium and Large 2425110.00/cwt110.00–110.004682
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2964610.00/cwt610.00–610.005,8801
SteersMedium and Large 1491124.00/cwt124.00–124.006092
SteersMedium and Large 269098.00/cwt98.00–98.006761
SteersMedium and Large 2308115.00/cwt115.00–115.003542
SteersMedium and Large 2383125.00/cwt125.00–125.004792
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,388675.00/cwt675.00–675.009,3691
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,093751.21/cwt700.00–795.008,2114
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,150550.00/cwt550.00–550.006,3251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,197648.74/cwt550.00–800.007,7657
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,000500.00/cwt500.00–500.005,0001
Bulls1,11456.27/cwt48.50–66.006274
Bulls1,84567.85/cwt64.00–73.001,2523
BullsMedium and Large 1-271281.00/cwt81.00–81.005771
BullsMedium and Large 1-263076.00/cwt76.00–76.004791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2572115.00/cwt115.00–115.006581
BullsMedium and Large 1-2482100.00/cwt100.00–100.004821

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.