Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2020-09-22

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-22

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Sep 22

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884

← Sep 15Sep 22Apr 20 →

Receipts

541 head

▼ 187 vs last sale 728▼ 58 vs year ago 599 · −9.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Lower offering than last week's Graded Special sale. Demand higher for #1 Steers $4-$11 per cwt, #1 Heifers sold steady. Cool weather and ample pastures reported in N. Central West Virginia.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.73/cwt on 250 head.

Average price

$158.73

250 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$817

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$20.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.36

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	492	163.51	805	133
Large 1	549	154.23	846	107
Medium and Large 2	448	143.35	643	10thin

One grade step is worth $20.16/cwt here — about $163 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale250 hd

158.73

—

WV average8 barns · 1,423 hd

148.37

+10.36

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 1	326	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	528	2
Steers	—	Large 1	342	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	554	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	379	148.44/cwt	142.50–155.00	563	2
Steers	—	Medium 1	391	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	661	27
Steers	—	Large 1	391	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	641	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	409	142.33/cwt	135.00–150.00	582	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	452	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	683	4
Steers	—	Large 1	462	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	809	18
Steers	—	Medium 1	469	171.96/cwt	154.00–175.00	806	49
Steers	—	Medium 1	532	160.51/cwt	154.00–163.00	854	32
Steers	—	Large 1	536	156.99/cwt	149.00–159.00	841	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	549	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	681	2
Steers	—	Medium 1	601	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	877	17
Steers	—	Large 1	612	142.35/cwt	135.00–143.00	871	25
Steers	—	Medium 1	675	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	918	6
Steers	—	Large 1	695	133.45/cwt	125.00–136.00	927	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	315	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	384	3
Heifers	—	Medium 1	318	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	398	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	388	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	524	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	391	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	512	15
Heifers	—	Medium 1	395	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	537	33
Heifers	—	Medium 1	455	132.20/cwt	131.00–132.50	602	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	458	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	582	7
Heifers	—	Large 1	469	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	626	21
Heifers	—	Medium 1	526	127.51/cwt	125.00–128.50	671	25
Heifers	—	Large 1	532	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	697	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	542	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	634	2
Heifers	—	Medium 1	582	121.00/cwt	118.00–122.00	704	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	590	125.80/cwt	123.00–126.50	742	23
Heifers	—	Large 1	684	123.24/cwt	123.00–124.00	843	4

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 22, 2020

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

Receipts 541Last week 728Year ago 599

Lower offering than last week's Graded Special sale. Demand higher for #1 Steers $4-$11 per cwt, #1 Heifers sold steady. Cool weather and ample pastures reported in N. Central West Virginia.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	315	122.00	122.00
2	—	542	117.00	117.00
15	—	391	131.00	131.00
7	—	458	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	125.00	125.00
64	—	455	131.00–132.50	132.20
33	—	395	136.00	136.00
25	—	526	125.00–128.50	127.51
4	—	582	118.00–122.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	532	131.00	131.00
23	—	590	123.00–126.50	125.80
21	—	469	133.50	133.50
5	—	388	135.00	135.00
4	—	684	123.00–124.00	123.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	462	175.00	175.00
13	—	695	125.00–136.00	133.45
6	—	391	164.00	164.00
2	—	342	162.00	162.00
43	—	536	149.00–159.00	156.99
25	—	612	135.00–143.00	142.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	391	169.00	169.00
17	—	601	146.00	146.00
6	—	675	136.00	136.00
2	—	326	162.00	162.00
49	—	469	154.00–175.00	171.96
32	—	532	154.00–163.00	160.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	452	151.00	151.00
2	—	549	124.00	124.00
2	—	409	135.00–150.00	142.33
2	—	379	142.50–155.00	148.44

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.