Buckhannon Stockyards Livestock Auction Market Report

Buckhannon, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 21, 2020

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	177	80
Feeder cattle	110	—
Slaughter cattle	54	—
Replacement cattle	13	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
296	296	1	130.00	$130.00	$385
330	330	1	158.00	$158.00	$521
351	351	2	152.00	$152.00	$534
431–442	437	4	135.00–140.00	$137.50	$601
486–491	489	3	133.00–136.00	$135.01	$660
500–536	522	7	127.50–137.50	$131.63	$687
642	642	1	127.50	$127.50	$819
661	661	4	131.00	$131.00	$866
863	863	2	117.50	$117.50	$1,014

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
376	376	1	110.00	$110.00	$414
420	420	1	107.50	$107.50	$452
474	474	1	122.50	$122.50	$581
502–534	518	2	120.00–127.50	$123.63	$640
606–608	607	3	105.00–115.00	$111.67	$678
856	856	1	100.00	$100.00	$856

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1046	1046	1	82.50	$82.50	$863

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
228	228	1	112.50	$112.50	$256
312–330	321	2	120.00–130.00	$124.86	$401
410–433	422	6	117.50–124.00	$121.36	$512
458–484	471	2	116.00–122.50	$119.34	$562
550–578	557	4	110.00–113.00	$112.22	$625
636	636	1	115.00	$115.00	$731

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
476	476	2	92.50	$92.50	$440
540	540	4	107.50	$107.50	$580
558–596	577	2	100.00–105.00	$102.42	$591
608–610	609	2	106.00–107.00	$106.50	$649
664	664	1	101.00	$101.00	$671

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
290	290	1	110.00	$110.00	$319
382–396	389	2	110.00	$110.00	$428
444	444	2	106.00	$106.00	$471
478	478	1	100.00	$100.00	$478
578–586	582	2	105.00–109.00	$107.01	$623
644	644	1	104.00	$104.00	$670
836	836	1	92.00	$92.00	$769
878	878	1	73.00	$73.00	$641

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
330	330	1	48.00	$48.00	$158
506	506	1	87.00	$87.00	$440
558–568	565	3	67.50–75.00	$72.53	$410
786	786	1	75.00	$75.00	$590

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
566–580	573	2	95.00–102.50	$98.80	$566
718	718	1	92.50	$92.50	$664

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
302	302	1	89.00	$89.00	$269
576	576	1	97.00	$97.00	$559
620	620	1	108.00	$108.00	$670

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
382	382	1	90.00	$90.00	$344

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
225	225	3	131.00	$131.00	$295
377–386	379	4	149.00–151.00	$150.49	$570
408	408	1	140.00	$140.00	$571
450–484	467	4	127.50–133.00	$131.45	$614
571–586	576	4	120.00–123.00	$122.11	$703
638	638	1	125.00	$125.00	$798
650	650	1	121.00	$121.00	$786

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
304	304	1	119.00	$119.00	$362
434	434	1	125.00	$125.00	$542
518–525	522	4	116.00	$116.00	$606

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
298	298	1	110.00	$110.00	$328

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1018–1330	1147	80-85%	6	38.25–45.50	$43.15	$495
1102–1694	1392	80-85%	22	47.00–65.00	$53.72	$748

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
834–916	875	85-90%	2	32.00–43.00	$37.24	$326
1002–1364	1115	85-90%	7	42.50–54.00	$45.32	$505

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1374–1612	1506	75-80%	6	54.50–62.00	$57.27	$862

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1434–1782	1608	2	72.00	$72.00	$1,158
952–2034	1706	6	75.00–84.00	$80.38	$1,371
1732–2028	1880	2	88.00–93.00	$90.30	$1,698

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1244	1244	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	585.00	$585.00
1252	1252	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1376	1376	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	770.00	$770.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
744	744	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1084	1084	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00	$750.00
1138	1138	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	570.00	$570.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1460	1460	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.