Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2023-05-24

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, May 24
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872
Feeder Cattle receipts
71 head
1 vs last sale 72 57 vs year ago 14 · +407.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
5 vs last sale 29 3 vs year ago 21 · +14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
1 vs last sale 5 8 vs year ago 12 · 66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Replacement cattle changed to per unit. 44lb feeder bulls deleted

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $198.81/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$198.81
31 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$918
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$351
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$59.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.92
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1471210.3199025
Medium and Large 2424150.916406thin
One grade step is worth $59.40/cwt here — about $351 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 sale31 hd
198.81
WV average5 barns · 130 hd
178.89
+19.92
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
BullsAverage1,808122.332,2125thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,225106.671,3073thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,504106.261,5985thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,226103.401,2688thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,357$1,6513thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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%1,09086.00/cwt86.00–86.009371
CowsLean 85-90%1,331114.71/cwt113.00–117.001,5273
CowsLean 85-90%1,18299.27/cwt87.00–108.001,1734
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,495105.32/cwt103.00–108.001,5754
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,538110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6921
CowsBoner 80-85%1,218112.51/cwt112.00–113.001,3702
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,1781
Bulls1,808122.33/cwt102.00–133.002,2125
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1901,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4401,750.97/head1,700.00–1,800.001,7512
HeifersMedium and Large 1485204.19/cwt190.00–215.009903
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed501225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1276
HeifersMedium and Large 1422208.16/cwt205.00–215.0087811
HeifersMedium and Large 1534201.07/cwt195.00–202.501,0745
HeifersMedium and Large 2531150.00/cwt150.00–150.007972
BullsMedium and Large 1514195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0021
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed525247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,2993
SteersMedium and Large 1715195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3942
SteersMedium and Large 1596227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3562
SteersMedium and Large 1415212.50/cwt212.50–212.508821
HeifersMedium and Large 2338160.00/cwt160.00–160.005411
HeifersMedium and Large 2381148.49/cwt140.00–165.005663
SteersMedium and Large 2350200.00/cwt200.00–200.007003
SteersMedium and Large 1478232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1115
BullsMedium and Large 2592150.00/cwt150.00–150.008881
BullsMedium and Large 1410195.00/cwt195.00–195.008001
BullsMedium and Large 1629190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1953
BullsMedium and Large 2534175.00/cwt175.00–175.009351
BullsMedium and Large 1368215.00/cwt215.00–215.007913
BullsMedium and Large 1483200.00/cwt200.00–200.009662

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.