Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2023-02-22

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Feb 22
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872
Feeder Cattle receipts
7 head
9 vs last sale 16 30 vs year ago 37 · 81.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
1 vs last sale 13 10 vs year ago 22 · 45.5%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.50/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$132.50
4 head · 617 lb average
Value per head Derived
$817
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$65.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.38
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1495165.008172thin
Medium and Large 2738100.007382thin
One grade step is worth $65.00/cwt here — about $79 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 sale4 hd
132.50
WV average4 barns · 33 hd
149.88
−17.38
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
BullsAverage1,957114.462,2402thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,59582.501,3162thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,23070.988736thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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%1,11867.46/cwt66.00–69.007544
CowsLean 85-90%1,45378.03/cwt75.00–81.001,1342
CowsBoner 80-85%1,91490.00/cwt90.00–90.001,7231
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27675.00/cwt75.00–75.009571
Bulls1,957114.46/cwt108.00–118.002,2402
HeifersMedium and Large 2752105.00/cwt105.00–105.007901
HeifersMedium and Large 272495.00/cwt95.00–95.006881
HeifersMedium and Large 1495165.00/cwt165.00–165.008172
BullsMedium and Large 2590150.00/cwt150.00–150.008851

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.