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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-27

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Aug 27

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884

← Apr 16Aug 27Sep 17 →

Receipts

433 head

▼ 126 vs last sale 559▼ 75 vs year ago 508 · −14.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

For today's Board Sale look under Buckhannon Board Sale--this report covers today's in-barn Feeders.

First Feeder Special of the season, no market test, trade fairly active despite recent trends. Quality up and down with a mix of weaned, vaccinated Feeders as well as a good part of the run not weaned or with a health program guarantee. Supply and attendance somewhat moderate. Drought conditions affecting local demand, low supplies of hay and pasture reported as central WV moved to D3 status last week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $234.20/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −175.78 against this barn's trailing median of $409.98.

Average price

$234.20

31 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,288

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$16.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.08

vs WV average

−34.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	241.29	1,315	16thin
Medium and Large 2	550	227.21	1,249	12thin
Medium 1	575	224.33	1,290	3thin

One grade step is worth $16.96/cwt here — about $26 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale31 hd

234.20

—

WV average5 barns · 107 hd

258.28

−24.08

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

−34.35

This barn, trailing median7 sales

409.98

−175.78

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $496.30, low $364.21, median $409.98 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

51 lots · USDA AMS · Buckhannon Stockyards Special Graded Sale - Buckhannon, WV

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Large 1	407	253.28/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,031	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	288.19/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,190	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	260.94/cwt	242.50–280.00	1,195	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	279.85/cwt	277.50–282.50	1,363	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	497	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,243	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	248.22/cwt	230.00–257.50	1,316	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	531	231.40/cwt	212.50–240.00	1,229	7
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	545	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,199	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	235.90/cwt	234.00–250.00	1,314	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	221.34/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,275	5
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	590	226.50/cwt	226.00–227.00	1,336	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	242.64/cwt	226.00–256.00	1,500	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	242.91/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,552	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	651	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,686	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	251.03/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,664	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	666	232.10/cwt	217.50–239.00	1,546	7
Steers	650–700	Large 1	680	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,469	1
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	685	226.16/cwt	220.00–232.50	1,549	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	716	233.83/cwt	222.50–245.00	1,674	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	233.26/cwt	226.00–237.00	1,703	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	731	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,754	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	224.12/cwt	223.00–229.00	1,723	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,688	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	810	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,750	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	227.57/cwt	222.50–229.00	1,859	9
Steers	800–850	Medium 1	840	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,806	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	222.90/cwt	217.00–224.00	1,937	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	219.76/cwt	216.00–221.00	2,022	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	948	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,706	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,058	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	189.04/cwt	175.00–217.50	715	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	252.00/cwt	249.00–253.00	1,041	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	245.50/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,019	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	475	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	884	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	241.42/cwt	233.00–253.00	1,161	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	233.27/cwt	226.00–249.00	1,141	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	510	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,020	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	234.74/cwt	211.00–239.00	1,239	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,243	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	570	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,197	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	225.98/cwt	216.00–230.00	1,290	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	225.24/cwt	222.50–230.00	1,286	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	226.28/cwt	223.00–231.00	1,407	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	228.31/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,425	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	625	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,281	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	668	217.80/cwt	216.00–224.00	1,455	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	222.73/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,523	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	218.90/cwt	210.00–226.00	1,578	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	740	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,480	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	208.67/cwt	204.00–211.00	1,555	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,716	4

This sale against other markets

West Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every West Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Buckhannon Stockyards Special Graded Sale - Buckhannon, WV

Tue Aug 27, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Charleston, WV (LS-CW)

Receipts 433Last week 559Year ago 508

For today's Board Sale look under Buckhannon Board Sale--this report covers today's in-barn Feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	175.00–217.50	189.04
9	400–450	415	235.00–251.00	245.50
13	450–500	489	226.00–249.00	233.27
10	500–550	528	211.00–239.00	234.74
5	550–600	571	222.50–230.00	225.24
14	600–650	624	215.00–235.00	228.31
6	650–700	668	216.00–224.00	217.80
6	700–750	745	204.00–211.00	208.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	413	249.00–253.00	252.00
13	450–500	481	233.00–253.00	241.42
1	500–550	545	228.00	228.00
5	550–600	571	216.00–230.00	225.98
15	600–650	622	223.00–231.00	226.28
11	650–700	684	220.00–226.00	222.73
14	700–750	721	210.00–226.00	218.90
4	800–850	841	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	186.00	186.00
1	500–550	510	200.00	200.00
3	550–600	570	210.00	210.00
1	600–650	625	205.00	205.00
1	700–750	740	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	413	285.00–290.00	288.19
23	450–500	487	277.50–282.50	279.85
7	500–550	530	230.00–257.50	248.22
9	550–600	557	234.00–250.00	235.90
19	600–650	639	230.00–246.00	242.91
7	650–700	663	246.00–253.00	251.03
17	700–750	730	226.00–237.00	233.26
7	750–800	769	223.00–229.00	224.12
9	800–850	817	222.50–229.00	227.57
9	850–900	869	217.00–224.00	222.90
4	900–950	920	216.00–221.00	219.76
3	950–1000	980	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	242.50–280.00	260.94
7	500–550	531	212.50–240.00	231.40
5	550–600	576	215.00–235.00	221.34
15	600–650	618	226.00–256.00	242.64
7	650–700	666	217.50–239.00	232.10
6	700–750	716	222.50–245.00	233.83
1	750–800	785	215.00	215.00
2	800–850	810	216.00	216.00
3	900–950	948	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	651	259.00	259.00
10	700–750	731	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	220.00	220.00
2	550–600	590	226.00–227.00	226.50
2	650–700	685	220.00–232.50	226.16
1	800–850	840	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	497	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	407	245.00–260.00	253.28
1	650–700	680	216.00	216.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.