Buckhannon Stockyards Livestock Auction Market Report

Buckhannon, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 26, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	78	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,278	—
435	435	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,479	—
452–470	461	4	336.00–342.50	$339.31	$1,564	—
525	525	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,522	—
590	590	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,578	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	352.00	$352.00	$1,654	+49.50
525	525	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,706	+23.98

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	5	265.00	$265.00	$771	—
310	310	2	275.00	$275.00	$852	—
390	390	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,053	—
418	418	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,108	-2.83
545	545	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,417	—
585	585	8	263.00	$263.00	$1,539	+2.99
628	628	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,382	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	233	2	235.00–265.00	$249.52	$581	—
285–295	292	3	242.50–245.00	$243.31	$710	—
525	525	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,160	-1.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,340	—
410	410	3	340.00–370.00	$350.00	$1,435	—
535	535	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,632	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	340.00	$340.00	$952	—
525	525	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,444	—
665–690	678	2	215.00–252.50	$233.40	$1,582	—
715	715	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,537	—
765	765	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,454	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	224.00	$224.00	$1,512	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1290	1208	85-90%	7	122.00–135.00	$129.30	$1,562	+36.17
950–1480	1215	85-90%	6	90.00–114.00	$101.85	$1,237	+8.72

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1665	1340	80-85%	5	118.00–137.00	$128.60	$1,723	-17.49
1360	1360	80-85%	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,537	—
1345–1680	1513	80-85%	2	147.00–149.00	$148.11	$2,241	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1720	1720	75-80%	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,978	-25.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–2310	1943	3	146.00–160.00	$155.08	$3,013	—

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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.