Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2026-07-28

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-28

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Jul 28

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884

← Apr 14Jul 28Aug 25 →

Receipts

165 head

▼ 286 vs last sale 451▼ 31 vs year ago 196 · −15.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Light offering but a nice set of light fleshed cattle.

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 $336.82/cwt on 42 head, down $97.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 7 comparable sales and sits +2.98 against this barn's trailing median of $333.84.

Average price

$336.82

▼ 97.17 vs prior sale

42 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,896

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$388

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

$35.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.66

vs WV average

−23.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	573	345.21	1,978	30
Medium 2	586	327.52	1,919	4thin
Medium and Large 2	513	310.00	1,590	8thin

One grade step is worth $35.21/cwt here — about $388 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 sale42 hd

336.82

—

WV average4 barns · 72 hd

344.48

−7.66

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

−23.70

This barn, trailing median7 sales

333.84

+2.98

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

34 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium 2	525	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,890	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,456	7
Steers	550–600	Medium 2	560	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,128	1
Steers	550–600	Medium 1Fleshy	562	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,939	2
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	592	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,546	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,457	6
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	632	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,133	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	396.57/cwt	391.00–400.00	2,617	8
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	660	366.67/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,420	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	746	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,708	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	334.71/cwt	332.50–336.00	2,721	11
Steers	800–850	Medium 1	826	331.21/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,736	4
Steers	900–950	Medium 1	948	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,749	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium 1	998	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,944	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1-2	322	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,369	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium 2	335	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,474	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium 3	402	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,387	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	474	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,588	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,590	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2	532	349.49/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,859	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	586	327.52/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,919	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2	588	343.66/cwt	322.50–360.00	2,021	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1-2	608	327.67/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,992	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium 2	623	322.57/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,010	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1	694	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,290	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1-2	695	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,241	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium 2	710	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,357	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium 2	772	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,478	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium 1	795	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,568	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium 1-2	852	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,726	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1	580	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,856	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium 2	638	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,755	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium 1	700	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,170	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium 2	763	270.08/cwt	245.00–295.00	2,061	2

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 28, 2026

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

Receipts 165Last week 451Year ago 196

Light offering but a nice set of light fleshed cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	562	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	592	430.00	430.00
3	600–650	632	337.50	337.50
3	650–700	660	360.00–370.00	366.67
4	800–850	826	330.00–335.00	331.21
2	900–950	948	290.00	290.00
2	950–1000	998	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	534	460.00	460.00
6	600–650	630	390.00	390.00
8	650–700	660	391.00–400.00	396.57
5	700–750	746	363.00	363.00
11	800–850	813	332.50–336.00	334.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	525	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	560	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	700	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	638	275.00	275.00
2	750–800	763	245.00–295.00	270.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	694	330.00	330.00
3	750–800	795	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	513	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	425.00	425.00
8	500–550	532	330.00–370.00	349.49
22	550–600	588	322.50–360.00	343.66
8	600–650	608	320.00–340.00	327.67
4	650–700	695	322.50	322.50
2	850–900	852	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	440.00	440.00
4	450–500	474	335.00	335.00
4	550–600	586	325.00–330.00	327.52
4	600–650	623	320.00–325.00	322.57
1	700–750	710	332.00	332.00
3	750–800	772	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	402	345.00	345.00

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.