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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Oct 8

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884

← Sep 24Oct 8Jul 29 →

Receipts

402 head

▼ 109 vs last sale 511▼ 313 vs year ago 715 · −43.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle marked as Medium and Large 1-2 are farmer groups that were weaned and vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.19/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −89.65 against this barn's trailing median of $333.84.

Average price

$244.19

55 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,309

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$33.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.32

vs WV average

−8.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	521	248.00	1,292	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	542	245.39	1,331	37
Medium 1	525	240.00	1,260	10thin
Medium and Large 2	520	215.00	1,118	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.00/cwt here — about $174 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale55 hd

244.19

—

WV average7 barns · 328 hd

232.87

+11.32

National average183 barns · 16,319 hd

252.68

−8.49

This barn, trailing median7 sales

333.84

−89.65

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.00, low $320.75, median $333.84 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

46 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium 1	335	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,039	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	352	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,082	6
Steers	350–400	Medium 1	355	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	941	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	358	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,146	3
Steers	400–450	Large 1	400	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,020	1
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	429	293.61/cwt	275.00–297.50	1,260	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,358	8
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	450	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,339	8
Steers	450–500	Large 1	470	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,434	1
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	508	317.07/cwt	290.00–318.00	1,611	30
Steers	500–550	Large 1	518	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,580	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,505	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,499	2
Steers	550–600	Large 1	570	255.17/cwt	246.00–265.00	1,454	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,569	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,492	3
Steers	600–650	Large 1	616	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,540	8
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	630	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,572	5
Steers	700–750	Medium 1	705	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,696	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	255.35/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,869	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	239.54/cwt	234.00–242.00	1,988	16
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,055	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,815	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	316	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	743	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	771	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	861	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	365	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	840	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,071	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	436	242.42/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,057	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,207	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	497	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,180	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,118	1
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	521	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,292	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	250.51/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,308	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	525	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,260	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	233.30/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,376	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	602	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,445	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	614	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,351	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,671	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,616	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,026	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium 1	395	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,185	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,063	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,331	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium 1	511	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,316	5
Bulls	500–550	Large 1	528	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,478	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1	560	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,414	1

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 Oct 8, 2024

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

Receipts 402Last week 511Year ago 715

Cattle marked as Medium and Large 1-2 are farmer groups that were weaned and vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	310.00	310.00
1	350–400	355	265.00	265.00
15	400–450	429	275.00–297.50	293.61
8	450–500	450	297.50	297.50
30	500–550	508	290.00–318.00	317.07
5	600–650	630	249.50	249.50
1	700–750	705	240.50	240.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	545	275.00	275.00
6	550–600	581	270.00	270.00
17	700–750	732	250.00–257.00	255.35
16	800–850	830	234.00–242.00	239.54
1	1050–1100	1,055	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	470	305.00	305.00
9	500–550	518	305.00	305.00
2	550–600	570	246.00–265.00	255.17
8	600–650	616	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	352	307.50	307.50
8	400–450	431	315.00	315.00
4	500–550	519	290.00	290.00
3	550–600	585	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	235.00	235.00
1	350–400	365	236.00	236.00
14	400–450	424	252.50	252.50
16	450–500	497	237.50	237.50
1	500–550	520	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	230.00	230.00
22	450–500	477	253.00	253.00
26	500–550	522	235.00–255.00	250.51
11	550–600	590	230.00–239.00	233.30
4	600–650	602	240.00	240.00
3	750–800	777	215.00	215.00
3	800–850	808	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	521	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	230.00	230.00
21	400–450	436	240.00–243.00	242.42
10	500–550	525	240.00	240.00
5	600–650	614	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	285.00	285.00
1	400–450	425	250.00	250.00
8	450–500	484	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	528	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	300.00	300.00
5	500–550	511	257.50	257.50
1	550–600	560	252.50	252.50

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.