Buckhannon Stockyards Livestock Auction Market Report

Buckhannon, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 15, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	94	43	130
Feeder cattle	41	22	44
Slaughter cattle	43	21	81
Replacement cattle	10	—	5

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	1	122.50	$122.50	$495	—
508–536	522	2	132.50–150.00	$141.48	$739	—
577	577	2	140.00	$140.00	$808	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
636–638	637	2	105.00–110.00	$107.50	$685	—
656	656	1	112.50	$112.50	$738	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
942–1162	1052	2	87.50–97.50	$91.98	$968	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	132.50	$132.50	$530	—
515	515	4	128.00	$128.00	$659	—
576	576	1	129.00	$129.00	$743	—
648	648	1	106.00	$106.00	$687	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324	324	1	85.00	$85.00	$275	—
362	362	1	102.50	$102.50	$371	—
670	670	1	100.00	$100.00	$670	—
772	772	1	124.00	$124.00	$957	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
786	786	4	112.50	$112.50	$884	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–430	425	2	117.50–120.00	$118.76	$505	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	65.00	$65.00	$234	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458–488	478	3	147.50–150.00	$149.20	$713	—
562	562	4	142.50	$142.50	$801	—
662	662	1	110.00	$110.00	$728	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314	314	1	100.00	$100.00	$314	—
480	480	1	120.00	$120.00	$576	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	1	60.00	$60.00	$185	—
550	550	1	60.00	$60.00	$330	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1006–1292	1094	85-90%	6	40.00–55.50	$49.87	$546	—
996–1292	1184	85-90%	7	58.00–64.50	$62.23	$737	-1.88
1126–1396	1241	85-90%	7	65.00–69.50	$66.76	$828	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1348	1315	80-85%	4	70.00–75.00	$72.09	$948	—
1244–1572	1368	80-85%	9	58.50–68.00	$64.69	$885	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1056–2204	1558	6	80.00–89.00	$84.25	$1,313	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	880.00	$880.00
988–1008	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	660.00–670.00	$664.95
1132–1296	1191	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–950.00	$884.34

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
944–1104	1024	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,060.00	$1,043.87	—
1185	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	1,165.00	$1,165.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1142	1142	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,190.00	$1,190.00	—

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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.