Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2020-06-10

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Jun 10
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
24 vs last sale 16 1 vs year ago 41 · 2.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
8 vs last sale 15 12 vs year ago 19 · 63.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
7 vs last sale 12 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.14/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$121.14
33 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$678
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.99
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565124.1770218thin
Medium and Large 2554117.5065015thin
One grade step is worth $6.67/cwt here — about $51 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 sale33 hd
121.14
WV average4 barns · 74 hd
122.12
−0.99
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%Average1,23468.308433thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57362.059762thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17962.027313thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
BullsMedium and Large 2344143.00/cwt143.00–143.004921
BullsMedium and Large 2642114.00/cwt114.00–114.007321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23468.30/cwt68.00–69.008433
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57362.05/cwt60.00–64.009762
CowsLean 85-90%1,17962.02/cwt61.00–63.007313
HeifersMedium and Large 1376128.00/cwt128.00–128.004811
HeifersMedium and Large 2656115.00/cwt115.00–115.007549
SteersMedium and Large 1502135.00/cwt135.00–135.006781
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4001,385.00/cwt1,385.00–1,385.0019,3901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 298071.00/cwt71.00–71.006961
Stock CowsMedium and Large 294479.80/cwt71.00–89.007533
HeifersMedium and Large 1611125.00/cwt125.00–125.007642
HeifersMedium and Large 1544125.00/cwt125.00–125.006806
HeifersMedium and Large 1590123.00/cwt123.00–123.007269
HeifersMedium and Large 2594115.00/cwt115.00–115.006831
HeifersMedium and Large 2262122.50/cwt122.50–122.503212
HeifersMedium and Large 2427122.50/cwt122.50–122.505233

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.