Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2020-01-29

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Jan 29
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872
Feeder Cattle receipts
0 head
0 vs last sale 0 0 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
0 head
0 vs last sale 0 0 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $124.00/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$124.00
2 head · 663 lb average
Value per head Derived
$822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
25.20
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540138.007451thin
Medium and Large 2786110.008651thin
One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about −$119 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 sale2 hd
124.00
WV average2 barns · 54 hd
149.20
−25.20
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28154.526988thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,17641.144845thin

Every lot, as filed

7 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%1,16640.92/cwt39.50–42.004774
CowsLean 85-90%1,21442.00/cwt42.00–42.005101
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26353.39/cwt51.00–55.506745
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28561.85/cwt60.00–64.007952
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36045.50/cwt45.50–45.506191
SteersMedium and Large 2786110.00/cwt110.00–110.008651
SteersMedium and Large 1540138.00/cwt138.00–138.007451

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.