Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2025-06-04

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Jun 4
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872
Feeder Cattle receipts
18 head
8 vs last sale 26 49 vs year ago 67 · 73.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
11 vs last sale 14 19 vs year ago 22 · 86.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
3 vs last sale 8 4 vs year ago 9 · 44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good break in the weather for haymaking in N. Central West Virgnia, moderate buyer attendance but trade active. Corresponding small offering today, no market test on any cattle. Feeder pigs $80.00 per head. Heiferettes at $1.89 per cwt.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $306.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 53.46 against this barn's trailing median of $359.46.
Average price
$306.00
2 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,738
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
25.81
vs WV average
32.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568306.001,7382thin
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 sale2 hd
306.00
WV average4 barns · 43 hd
331.81
−25.81
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
−32.24
This barn, trailing median1 sales
359.46
−53.46
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
BullsAverage2,005194.003,8901thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,600160.002,5601thin

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
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,118$2,2013thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,150$3,3251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)950$2,5501thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600568306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,7382
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500487326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,5883
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400360355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2781
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300275375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0311
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650600282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,6951
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550510325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6581
BullsMedium and Large 11,1182,200.98/head1,430.00–2,710.002,2013
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29502,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1503,325.00/head3,325.00–3,325.003,3251
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350310355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1011
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,6572
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700695315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1891
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,600160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,5601
Bulls2,005194.00/cwt194.00–194.003,8901
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650605282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,7091
Dairy SteersLarge 3900–950925140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2951
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550535347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,8591

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.