Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2024-07-24

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Jul 24
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872
Feeder Cattle receipts
10 head
56 vs last sale 66 23 vs year ago 33 · 69.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
2 vs last sale 33 9 vs year ago 22 · +40.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
5 vs last sale 14 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Replacement cattle changed from per unit to per CWT

Weight class

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb steers averaged $250.98/cwt on 5 head.
Average price
$250.98
5 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,170
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.99
vs WV average
61.08 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1457264.961,2113thin
Medium and Large 2480230.001,1042thin
One grade step is worth $34.96/cwt here — about $107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
250.98
WV average4 barns · 26 hd
265.96
−14.99
National average147 barns · 3,983 hd
312.06
−61.08
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
BullsAverage1,547148.202,2935thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,341132.461,77710
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,437130.081,8694thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,202116.111,39612

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
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,115$1,4252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)930$1,2001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,121$2,61713
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,270$1,8001thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Bulls1,547148.20/cwt125.00–170.002,2935
CowsLean 85-90%1,200101.94/cwt88.00–117.001,2235
CowsBoner 80-85%1,465117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,7141
CowsLean 85-90%1,219124.94/cwt115.00–133.001,5236
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1422,756.84/head2,700.00–2,800.002,7579
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0502,577.98/head2,450.00–2,700.002,5782
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500457264.96/cwt255.00–270.001,2113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,361138.13/cwt134.00–145.001,8804
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,360136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,8501
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,462128.11/cwt124.00–130.501,8733
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450448245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0983
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2051,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29301,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550526212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,1181
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500480170.00/cwt170.00–170.008161
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1933123.04/cwt120.00–126.001,1482
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0251,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2701,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2102,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29802,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed450–500480230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1042
CowsBoner 80-85%1,301131.02/cwt127.50–134.001,7055
CowsLean 85-90%1,110134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,4871

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.