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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-14

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Apr 14

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884

← Mar 24Apr 14Jul 28 →

Receipts

451 head

▼ 69 vs last sale 520▲ 451 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Warm weather and above average early pasture growth in North Central WV. Aggressive trading today at the second Special Graded Feeder sale, three weeks since the last Feeder Special. A feeding frenzy and bullish seller's market to fill the stocker demand as we get lower on the calendar. Feeder Steers higher by $30 to $50 per cwt for light fives and light four weights respectively, six weights higher by $10 per cwt. Feeder Heifers higher by $22.50 to $24.00 for the lighter end of the run, $28.50 per cwt higher for the light sixes. Char/cross cattle represented as Large 1; red/white face type as Medium 2.

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 $496.30/cwt on 53 head, up $19.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 7 comparable sales and sits +86.32 against this barn's trailing median of $409.98.

Average price

$496.30

▲ 19.43 vs prior sale

53 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,676

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 1

$49.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.64

vs WV average

+7.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	548	509.83	2,796	18thin
Medium and Large 1	531	498.95	2,649	20
Medium 2	539	477.70	2,574	14thin
Large 1	540	460.00	2,484	1thin

One grade step is worth $49.83/cwt here — about $312 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale53 hd

496.30

—

WV average3 barns · 228 hd

485.66

+10.64

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+7.95

This barn, trailing median7 sales

409.98

+86.32

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

59 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	250–300	Medium and Large 2	277	634.69/cwt	490.00–700.00	1,758	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,920	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	2,467	2
Steers	350–400	Large 1	385	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,310	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	577.99/cwt	575.00–590.00	2,243	25
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	2,727	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	416	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,288	4
Steers	400–450	Medium 2	420	525.30/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,206	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,470	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	459	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,410	8
Steers	450–500	Large 1	460	422.64/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,944	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	524.80/cwt	500.00–535.00	2,514	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,425	1
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	490	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,401	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	496	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,678	4
Steers	500–550	Medium 2	520	487.51/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,535	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	498.95/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,649	20
Steers	500–550	Large 1	540	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,484	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	542	518.80/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,812	15
Steers	550–600	Medium 2	564	464.61/cwt	445.00–500.00	2,620	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,697	3
Steers	600–650	Medium 2	610	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,806	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	445.88/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,769	28
Steers	650–700	Large 1	655	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,686	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	687	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,885	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,786	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	717	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	3,155	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	769	395.72/cwt	395.00–400.00	3,043	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	808	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,868	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	859	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,092	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Large 1	320	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,312	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	331	477.47/cwt	440.00–515.00	1,580	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	475.78/cwt	470.00–482.50	1,784	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	458.63/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,779	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	425	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,785	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	471.33/cwt	465.00–482.50	2,017	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	448.19/cwt	435.00–465.00	1,941	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	448.79/cwt	400.00–497.50	2,105	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	440.01/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,086	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	480	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,944	1
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	480	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,920	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	448.58/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,360	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	420.66/cwt	415.00–465.00	2,229	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	532	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,540	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	539	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,223	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	464.93/cwt	415.00–482.50	2,618	28
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	570	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,195	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	578	364.92/cwt	345.00–385.00	2,109	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	595	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,231	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium 2	600	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,100	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	406.52/cwt	367.50–420.00	2,524	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	628	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,292	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,405	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	674	376.01/cwt	332.00–405.00	2,534	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium 2	680	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,278	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	716	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,828	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	356.69/cwt	355.00–357.50	2,568	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	721	375.17/cwt	347.50–390.00	2,705	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	828	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,708	3

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 Apr 14, 2026

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

Receipts 451Last week 520Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	388	575.00–590.00	577.99
7	400–450	449	550.00	550.00
1	450–500	485	500.00	500.00
20	500–550	531	485.00–505.00	498.95
5	700–750	701	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	500.00–550.00	525.30
2	450–500	490	490.00	490.00
8	500–550	520	480.00–490.00	487.51
6	550–600	564	445.00–500.00	464.61
2	600–650	610	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	277	490.00–700.00	634.69
3	300–350	320	600.00	600.00
2	350–400	355	695.00	695.00
5	400–450	410	665.00	665.00
19	450–500	479	500.00–535.00	524.80
15	500–550	542	500.00–530.00	518.80
3	550–600	580	465.00	465.00
28	600–650	621	435.00–460.00	445.88
3	650–700	687	420.00	420.00
8	700–750	717	440.00	440.00
14	750–800	769	395.00–400.00	395.72
2	800–850	808	355.00	355.00
10	850–900	859	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	600.00	600.00
2	450–500	460	410.00–435.00	422.64
1	500–550	540	460.00	460.00
1	650–700	655	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	416	550.00	550.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	496	540.00	540.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	459	525.00	525.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	420.00	420.00
1	450–500	480	405.00	405.00
6	550–600	578	345.00–385.00	364.92
2	600–650	600	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	680	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	375	470.00–482.50	475.78
13	400–450	428	465.00–482.50	471.33
8	450–500	474	435.00–445.00	440.01
9	500–550	530	415.00–465.00	420.66
2	650–700	668	360.00	360.00
3	700–750	720	355.00–357.50	356.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	532	477.50	477.50
4	700–750	716	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	331	440.00–515.00	477.47
7	350–400	388	455.00–460.00	458.63
9	400–450	433	435.00–465.00	448.19
12	450–500	469	400.00–497.50	448.79
3	500–550	526	425.00–460.00	448.58
28	550–600	563	415.00–482.50	464.93
11	600–650	621	367.50–420.00	406.52
34	650–700	674	332.00–405.00	376.01
9	700–750	721	347.50–390.00	375.17
3	800–850	828	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	480	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	570	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	595	375.00	375.00
3	600–650	628	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	539	412.50	412.50

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.