Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2025-04-02

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Apr 2
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872
Feeder Cattle receipts
52 head
17 vs last sale 69 14 vs year ago 38 · +36.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
10 vs last sale 31 12 vs year ago 29 · +41.4%
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Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $351.67/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$351.67
3 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,975
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+25.78
vs WV average
17.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562351.671,9753thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
351.67
WV average3 barns · 28 hd
325.89
+25.78
National average168 barns · 11,835 hd
369.01
−17.34
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
BullsAverage1,568151.402,3743thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,466129.331,8965thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,110128.211,42314
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,321127.011,6778thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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%1,312133.56/cwt131.00–138.001,7525
CowsBoner 80-85%1,335116.09/cwt113.00–119.001,5503
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,390133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,8491
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,545140.98/cwt140.00–142.002,1782
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,425115.84/cwt113.00–119.001,6512
CowsLean 85-90%1,090140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,5261
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600575280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6101
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700650220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4301
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550512295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5102
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650615285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7531
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350334365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2193
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500480300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4402
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500485370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7951
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750742275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0413
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450415340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4111
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450412316.99/cwt300.00–350.001,3063
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600580290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6822
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350–400365325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1861
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650629285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7931
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500468341.42/cwt310.00–372.501,5982
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600570357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,0382
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300275350.00/cwt350.00–350.009631
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550545340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8531
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500475370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7581
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500488285.05/cwt275.00–295.001,3914
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300295335.00/cwt335.00–335.009882
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550520335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7421
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750715287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,0561
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350325372.71/cwt365.00–377.501,2114
CowsLean 85-90%1,181120.08/cwt115.00–124.001,4184
CowsLean 85-90%1,080130.51/cwt121.00–143.001,4109
Bulls1,568151.40/cwt148.00–156.002,3743
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400370325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2032
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300280285.00/cwt285.00–285.007981
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450435305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3271

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.