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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-15

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Sep 15

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884

← Aug 25Sep 15Sep 22 →

Receipts

1,075 head

▲ 789 vs last sale 286▼ 50 vs year ago 1,125 · −4.4%

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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 $364.43/cwt on 200 head, up $0.22 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −45.54 against this barn's trailing median of $409.98.

Average price

$364.43

▲ 0.22 vs prior sale

200 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,962

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$2.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.15

vs WV average

−38.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	536	366.71	1,966	43
Medium and Large 1	539	363.81	1,961	157

One grade step is worth $2.90/cwt here — about $5 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale200 hd

364.43

—

WV average4 barns · 263 hd

364.58

−0.15

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

−38.93

This barn, trailing median7 sales

409.98

−45.54

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

28 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	250–300	Medium and Large 2	295	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,033	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	324	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,507	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	475.66/cwt	472.50–480.00	1,570	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	508.91/cwt	460.00–520.00	1,939	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	399	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,035	40
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,009	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	413.93/cwt	350.00–445.00	1,772	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,279	39
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	483.92/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,255	65
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	366.71/cwt	350.00–397.50	1,966	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	363.81/cwt	325.00–367.50	1,961	157
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	349.77/cwt	300.00–365.00	2,137	73
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	697	294.63/cwt	273.00–300.00	2,054	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,266	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	309	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,074	15
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,231	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,336	47
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,483	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	338.52/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,564	46
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,609	52
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	324.45/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,739	51
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,695	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,761	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,868	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	308.78/cwt	301.00–357.50	1,884	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,845	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,987	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 Sep 15, 2026

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

Receipts 1,075Last week 286Year ago 1,125

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	360.00	360.00
20	400–450	412	360.00	360.00
46	450–500	462	332.50–340.00	338.52
51	500–550	536	322.50–325.00	324.45
2	550–600	585	301.00	301.00
15	600–650	610	301.00–357.50	308.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	309	347.50	347.50
47	350–400	390	342.50	342.50
1	400–450	425	320.00	320.00
52	450–500	463	347.50	347.50
17	500–550	538	315.00	315.00
9	550–600	593	315.00	315.00
8	600–650	610	302.50	302.50
2	650–700	685	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	350.00	350.00
10	300–350	324	465.00	465.00
40	350–400	399	510.00	510.00
3	400–450	428	350.00–445.00	413.93
39	450–500	465	490.00	490.00
43	500–550	536	350.00–397.50	366.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	472.50–480.00	475.66
10	350–400	381	460.00–520.00	508.91
12	400–450	410	490.00	490.00
65	450–500	466	480.00–485.00	483.92
157	500–550	539	325.00–367.50	363.81
73	600–650	611	300.00–365.00	349.77
15	650–700	697	273.00–300.00	294.63
2	750–800	795	285.00	285.00

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.