Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2022-09-14

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Sep 14
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872
Feeder Cattle receipts
14 head
17 vs last sale 31 27 vs year ago 41 · 65.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
13 vs last sale 42 14 vs year ago 43 · 32.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Lighter run than last week for all head and all classes of cattle following yesterday's Feeder Calf Special Sale. No Market Test on Feeders this sale. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold steady compared to last.

Next Feeder Calf Special Sale Tuesday, September 20 at 9am--Weigh In Monday, September 19, 8am-7pm

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.48/cwt on 5 head.
Average price
$147.48
5 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.42
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1457151.856944thin
Medium and Large 2436130.005671thin
One grade step is worth $21.85/cwt here — about $128 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 sale5 hd
147.48
WV average5 barns · 509 hd
159.90
−12.42
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
BullsHigh1,738100.501,7472thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52685.631,3075thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25375.4394512
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,16953.9863110

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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39379.07/cwt77.00–81.001,1015
CowsLean 85-90%74014.91/cwt10.00–20.001102
CowsLean 85-90%1,30850.51/cwt38.00–57.006613
CowsLean 85-90%1,25871.69/cwt66.00–76.009025
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53387.58/cwt86.00–90.001,3433
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51682.70/cwt79.50–86.001,2542
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15071.00/cwt71.00–71.008171
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15473.14/cwt70.00–77.008446
Bulls1,648112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,8461
Bulls1,82889.00/cwt89.00–89.001,6271
SteersMedium and Large 2652140.00/cwt140.00–140.009131
HeifersMedium and Large 2436130.00/cwt130.00–130.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 1441154.13/cwt147.50–157.506803
HeifersMedium and Large 1506145.00/cwt145.00–145.007341
BullsMedium and Large 1-2707115.00/cwt115.00–115.008133
BullsMedium and Large 1-2644122.50/cwt122.50–122.507891
BullsMedium and Large 1-2506147.50/cwt147.50–147.507461

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.