Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2022-08-17

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Aug 17
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872
Feeder Cattle receipts
16 head
5 vs last sale 11 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
3 vs last sale 14 17 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 $163.56/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$163.56
9 head · 579 lb average
Value per head Derived
$947
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$269
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.10
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1586167.009798thin
Medium and Large 2522136.007101thin
One grade step is worth $31.00/cwt here — about $269 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 sale9 hd
163.56
WV average4 barns · 240 hd
154.46
+9.10
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
BullsAverage1,663110.801,8436thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62478.741,2792thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17174.368719thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1586167.00/cwt167.00–167.009798
HeifersMedium and Large 2522136.00/cwt136.00–136.007101
SteersMedium and Large 1540165.00/cwt165.00–165.008911
Bulls1,663110.80/cwt88.00–120.001,8436
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62478.74/cwt78.00–79.501,2792
CowsLean 85-90%1,14379.10/cwt74.00–85.009045
CowsLean 85-90%1,20668.43/cwt65.00–74.008254

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.