Buckhannon Stockyards Livestock Auction Market Report

Buckhannon, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 15, 2023

192 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M 1 steers $227.47/cwt ≈ $984/hd at 432 lb · 10 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $237.50/cwt ≈ $1,285/hd at 541 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	192	195	35
Feeder cattle	105	158	26
Slaughter cattle	61	37	9
Replacement cattle	26	—	0

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Feeder Steers

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	200.00	$200.00	$740	—
410–438	424	4	210.00–215.00	$212.42	$901	—
438 value added	438	6	237.50	$237.50	$1,040	—
452–480	468	6	210.00–215.00	$212.54	$995	—
505	505	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,060	—
630	630	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,323	—
690	690	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,346	—
852	852	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,534	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	10	237.50	$237.50	$1,285	—
588	588	4	211.00	$211.00	$1,241	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	185.00	$185.00	$786	—
500–540	520	4	195.00–197.50	$196.30	$1,021	—
610	610	1	160.00	$160.00	$976	—
690	690	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,173	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	2	207.50	$207.50	$1,021	—
620–635	628	2	177.50–180.00	$178.76	$1,123	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	2	155.00	$155.00	$732	—
505	505	1	152.50	$152.50	$770	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175	1175	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,386	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	170.00	$170.00	$493	—
315	315	1	180.00	$180.00	$567	—
350–365	358	2	170.00–175.00	$172.45	$617	—
412–443	435	8	180.00–187.50	$184.77	$804	—
452	452	4	185.00	$185.00	$836	—
560–590	570	3	163.00–165.00	$164.31	$937	—
605–628	620	3	140.00–145.00	$141.63	$878	—
670	670	3	132.50	$132.50	$888	—
705	705	1	130.00	$130.00	$916	—
815	815	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,345	—
890	890	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,424	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	157.50	$157.50	$433	—
370	370	1	170.00	$170.00	$629	—
400	400	1	160.00	$160.00	$640	—
535	535	1	142.50	$142.50	$762	—
585	585	1	125.00	$125.00	$731	—
625	625	1	127.50	$127.50	$797	—
650–680	665	2	155.00–157.00	$156.02	$1,038	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	145.00	$145.00	$718	—
540	540	1	168.00	$168.00	$907	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	1	126.00	$126.00	$832	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	165.00	$165.00	$701	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	185.00	$185.00	$610	—
375–390	383	2	175.00–190.00	$182.65	$700	—
470	470	1	170.00	$170.00	$799	—
508	508	1	120.00	$120.00	$610	—
685	685	2	140.00	$140.00	$959	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	225.00	$225.00	$788	—
505	505	1	180.00	$180.00	$909	—
635	635	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,111	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	140.00	$140.00	$665	—
745	745	1	127.50	$127.50	$950	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	160.00	$160.00	$928	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	110.00	$110.00	$742	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1050	998	85-90%	2	37.00	$37.00	$369	—
1035–1170	1110	85-90%	3	95.50–110.00	$103.47	$1,149	—
975–1415	1212	85-90%	21	80.00–94.00	$88.16	$1,068	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300	1300	80-85%	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,469	—
1185–1600	1382	80-85%	8	96.00–104.50	$98.65	$1,363	+10.12
1185–1655	1404	80-85%	13	86.00–95.00	$91.60	$1,286	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1605	1605	75-80%	1	90.50	$90.50	$1,453	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1605–1980	1781	4	110.00–119.00	$115.58	$2,058	—
1990–2060	2025	2	124.00–125.50	$124.76	$2,526	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1210	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,380.00	$1,380.00
1175–1275	1225	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,080.00–1,175.00	$1,129.44
1200–1410	1308	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,000.00–1,350.00	$1,216.58

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1585	1585	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1305	1305	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1285	1285	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
1305–1390	1348	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,525.00–1,725.00	$1,628.15	—
1390	1390	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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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.