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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-29

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Jul 29

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884

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Receipts

196 head

▼ 206 vs last sale 402▲ 196 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This report covers the in-barn cattle sold today. For concurrent Board Sale results see Buckhannon-Board Sale report.

Light run of Feeder Cattle, trade fairly active and good attendance. Much of the offering made up of yearling cattle, many with reported vaccinations/guaranteed health program. Price trends mostly steady for the offering.

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 $349.49/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −60.48 against this barn's trailing median of $409.98.

Average price

$349.49

12 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,917

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$299

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$62.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.38

vs WV average

−32.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	359.89	1,965	10thin
Medium and Large 2	560	297.50	1,666	2thin

One grade step is worth $62.39/cwt here — about $299 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 sale12 hd

349.49

—

WV average3 barns · 31 hd

364.88

−15.38

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

−32.19

This barn, trailing median7 sales

409.98

−60.48

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

40 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	369.48/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,563	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,449	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	358.77/cwt	340.00–382.50	1,919	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,498	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,074	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,843	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,830	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	337.86/cwt	327.50–345.00	2,095	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	667	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,001	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	338.62/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,292	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	713	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,246	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	324.53/cwt	315.00–328.00	2,359	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,558	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	318.44/cwt	317.50–320.00	2,602	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	860	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,365	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	894	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,794	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	312.23/cwt	310.00–313.00	2,863	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,351	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,337	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	333.58/cwt	322.00–337.50	1,618	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	269.77/cwt	245.00–315.00	1,376	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	316.86/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,774	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	316.30/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,781	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	606	313.22/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,898	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	332.51/cwt	295.00–345.00	2,048	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	313.63/cwt	312.00–315.00	2,117	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	692	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,076	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	314.05/cwt	310.00–318.00	2,258	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,211	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,242	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,331	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,400	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,213	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,430	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	318.23/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,709	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,887	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	260.37/cwt	240.00–280.00	1,752	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,850	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 Jul 29, 2025

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

Receipts 196Last week 402Year ago 0

This report covers the in-barn cattle sold today. For concurrent Board Sale results see Buckhannon-Board Sale report.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	440	325.00	325.00
3	500–550	537	315.00–325.00	318.23
3	550–600	555	340.00	340.00
2	650–700	673	240.00–280.00	260.37
1	750–800	755	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	357.50	357.50
1	400–450	405	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	475	325.00	325.00
4	550–600	560	315.00–322.50	316.86
12	600–650	616	295.00–345.00	332.51
9	650–700	675	312.00–315.00	313.63
13	700–750	719	310.00–318.00	314.05
6	750–800	785	297.00	297.00
5	800–850	822	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	485	322.00–337.50	333.58
3	500–550	510	245.00–315.00	269.77
4	550–600	563	312.50–320.00	316.30
6	600–650	606	295.00–320.00	313.22
3	650–700	692	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	725	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	760	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	350.00–380.00	369.48
1	450–500	465	370.00	370.00
7	500–550	535	340.00–382.50	358.77
3	550–600	572	362.50	362.50
11	600–650	620	327.50–345.00	337.86
21	650–700	677	320.00–345.00	338.62
5	700–750	727	315.00–328.00	324.53
2	750–800	780	328.00	328.00
8	800–850	817	317.50–320.00	318.44
5	850–900	894	312.50	312.50
4	900–950	917	310.00–313.00	312.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	535	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	585	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	600	305.00	305.00
5	650–700	667	300.00	300.00
3	700–750	713	315.00	315.00
1	850–900	860	275.00	275.00

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.