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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-04

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Sep 4

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Aug 28Sep 4Sep 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

81 head

▲ 38 vs last sale 43▲ 58 vs year ago 23 · +252.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 2 · +100.0%

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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 $224.43/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −88.00 against this barn's trailing median of $312.43.

Average price

$224.43

7 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,200

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$6

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

$1.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.66

vs WV average

−16.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	532	225.00	1,197	3thin
Medium and Large 1	537	224.00	1,203	4thin

One grade step is worth $1.00/cwt here — about −$6 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 sale7 hd

224.43

—

WV average3 barns · 33 hd

238.09

−13.66

National average148 barns · 7,025 hd

240.69

−16.26

This barn, trailing median4 sales

312.43

−88.00

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

4 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $359.46, low $277.25, median $312.43 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,075	$2,050	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,075	1thin

Every lot

29 lots · USDA AMS · Buckhannon Stockyards Livestock Auction - 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	235.12/cwt	230.00–240.00	759	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,188	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	228.41/cwt	200.00–257.50	959	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	275.03/cwt	272.50–280.00	1,279	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,116	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,293	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	218.42/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,162	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	229.92/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,403	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,457	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,589	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	830	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,432	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,020	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,785	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	739	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	689	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	212.16/cwt	200.00–225.00	774	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	239.81/cwt	220.00–250.00	899	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	851	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	227.76/cwt	220.00–232.50	984	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	222.53/cwt	217.50–225.00	1,073	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,197	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	224.00/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,203	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,360	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,082	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	987	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,193	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,125	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,250	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,075	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	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 Livestock Auction - Buckhannon, WV

Wed Sep 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 81Last week 43Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	220.00	220.00
2	350–400	365	200.00–225.00	212.16
1	400–450	405	210.00	210.00
3	500–550	532	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	735	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	308	240.00	240.00
10	350–400	375	220.00–250.00	239.81
9	400–450	432	220.00–232.50	227.76
3	450–500	482	217.50–225.00	222.53
4	500–550	537	221.00–225.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	300.00	300.00
5	400–450	417	285.00	285.00
4	450–500	465	272.50–280.00	275.03
2	500–550	517	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	620	235.00	235.00
2	1000–1050	1,020	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	230.00–240.00	235.12
2	400–450	420	200.00–257.50	228.41
1	450–500	485	230.00	230.00
3	500–550	532	215.00–225.00	218.42
2	600–650	610	220.00–240.00	229.92
1	750–800	775	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	830	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	257.50	257.50
1	450–500	450	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	500	225.00	225.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	2,075.00	2,075.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,075	2,050.00	2,050.00

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.