Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2023-06-07

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Jun 7
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872
Feeder Cattle receipts
37 head
34 vs last sale 71 23 vs year ago 14 · +164.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
13 vs last sale 24 6 vs year ago 17 · 35.3%
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Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $218.79/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$218.79
18 head · 618 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,352
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$485
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$44.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.11
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1636226.271,44015thin
Medium and Large 2526181.409543thin
One grade step is worth $44.87/cwt here — about $485 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 sale18 hd
218.79
WV average3 barns · 134 hd
233.90
−15.11
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
BullsAverage1,440130.001,8721thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,615114.601,8503thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,371105.301,4444thin

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,486115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,7091
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,679114.40/cwt109.00–119.001,9212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,371105.30/cwt102.00–108.001,4444
Bulls1,440130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,8721
SteersMedium and Large 1780208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,6223
SteersMedium and Large 2526181.40/cwt165.00–195.009543
SteersMedium and Large 1684235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6076
SteersMedium and Large 1476227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0834
SteersMedium and Large 1598225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3462
HeifersMedium and Large 2460156.27/cwt155.00–157.507192
BullsMedium and Large 2338140.00/cwt140.00–140.004731
HeifersMedium and Large 1734170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2481
HeifersMedium and Large 1681190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2942
HeifersMedium and Large 1487192.01/cwt190.00–192.509355
HeifersMedium and Large 2525181.07/cwt175.00–187.509514
HeifersMedium and Large 2732165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2081
HeifersMedium and Large 1628186.25/cwt185.00–187.501,1702

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.