Buckhannon Stockyards Livestock Auction Market Report

Buckhannon, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 11, 2024

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $226.00/cwt ≈ $1,661/hd at 735 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	185	85	61
Feeder cattle	120	81	23
Slaughter cattle	55	—	36
Replacement cattle	10	4	2

Market comments — USDA reporter

**Correction: 8lb, 155lb slaughter cows deleted. 100lb slaughter steer deleted**

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–385	380	2	220.00–240.00	$229.87	$874	—
440	440	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,133	—
490	490	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,115	—
578–585	580	3	235.00–242.50	$239.98	$1,392	—
695	695	1	243.00	$243.00	$1,689	—
780	780	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,716	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–365	358	2	186.00–200.00	$192.85	$690	—
410	410	1	170.00	$170.00	$697	—
465	465	1	195.00	$195.00	$907	—
720	720	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,314	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105	1105	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,658	—
1320	1320	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,914	—
1565	1565	1	154.00	$154.00	$2,410	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	340	2	210.00–220.00	$214.93	$731	—
358	358	2	215.00	$215.00	$770	—
408–445	427	4	235.00–245.00	$240.22	$1,026	—
450–495	480	8	215.00–235.00	$230.63	$1,107	—
502–525	507	9	216.00–235.00	$228.65	$1,159	—
550–567	560	5	200.00–225.00	$209.82	$1,175	—
605–615	610	2	225.00–235.00	$230.04	$1,403	—
650	650	2	233.00	$233.00	$1,514	—
735	735	14	226.00	$226.00	$1,661	—
750	750	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,725	—
818	818	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,554	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	185.00	$185.00	$610	—
415–435	427	3	185.00–215.00	$195.89	$836	—
460–485	473	3	205.00	$205.00	$970	—
525–530	528	2	180.00–195.00	$187.54	$990	—
555–580	568	2	170.00–187.50	$178.94	$1,016	—
610	610	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,144	—
605–640	623	2	180.00–205.00	$192.85	$1,201	—
655	655	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,212	—
718	718	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,436	—
755	755	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,491	—
850	850	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,551	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	170.00	$170.00	$706	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	240.00	$240.00	$684	—
368–370	369	4	272.50–287.50	$283.73	$1,047	—
454–455	454	5	225.00–245.00	$240.99	$1,094	—
525	525	2	200.00–210.00	$205.00	$1,076	—
540 value added	540	3	232.50	$232.50	$1,256	—
585	585	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,126	—
635	635	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,254	—
780	780	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,346	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	159.00	$159.00	$827	—
728	728	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,201	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	220.00	$220.00	$803	—
415	415	1	200.00	$200.00	$830	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	190.00	$190.00	$732	—
465	465	1	165.00	$165.00	$767	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	85-90%	1	30.00	$30.00	$231	—
880–1150	1033	85-90%	8	62.00–99.00	$84.22	$870	—
970–1340	1132	85-90%	11	106.00–122.00	$112.36	$1,272	—
1015–1245	1142	85-90%	3	124.00–133.00	$129.64	$1,480	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1470	1383	80-85%	10	111.00–125.50	$119.49	$1,653	—
1375–1555	1456	80-85%	4	129.00–131.00	$129.72	$1,889	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420–1920	1643	7	120.00–138.00	$130.97	$2,152	—
2010–2040	2025	2	141.00–150.00	$145.53	$2,947	—
2520	2520	1	115.00	$115.00	$2,898	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1230	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00
1310	1310	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00
1420	1420	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760	760	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,292

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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
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—
1230	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—

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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.