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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-30

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Aug 30

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884

← Jul 26Aug 30Sep 13 →

Receipts

343 head

▲ 190 vs last sale 153▲ 78 vs year ago 265 · +29.4%

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.46/cwt on 159 head.

Average price

$175.46

159 head · 652 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,144

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$26.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.41

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	640	181.33	1,161	124
Medium and Large 2	693	154.69	1,072	35

One grade step is worth $26.64/cwt here — about $89 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 sale159 hd

175.46

—

WV average5 barns · 501 hd

176.87

−1.41

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

Every lot

29 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	346	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	692	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	809	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	175.69/cwt	170.00–185.00	838	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	496	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	794	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	950	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	539	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	822	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	577	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,131	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	582	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	757	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	991	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	176.23/cwt	171.00–178.00	1,034	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	181.36/cwt	177.00–186.00	1,130	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	663	165.37/cwt	140.00–169.50	1,096	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	185.33/cwt	177.50–188.00	1,240	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,285	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	753	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,182	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	172.58/cwt	162.50–173.50	1,350	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	801	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,105	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,264	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	916	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,319	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	976	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,391	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	168.03/cwt	165.00–170.00	901	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	167.13/cwt	158.00–170.50	969	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	606	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	894	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	641	165.89/cwt	165.50–167.50	1,063	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	152.20/cwt	152.20–152.20	1,021	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	145.65/cwt	142.50–150.00	1,041	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	738	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	978	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,135	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	824	125.47/cwt	122.50–127.00	1,034	6

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 Aug 30, 2022

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

Receipts 343Last week 153Year ago 265

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	671	152.20	152.20
22	—	580	158.00–170.50	167.13
10	—	641	165.50–167.50	165.89
8	—	536	165.00–170.00	168.03
7	—	715	142.50–150.00	145.65
5	—	762	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	606	147.50	147.50
6	—	824	122.50–127.00	125.47
5	—	738	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	916	144.00	144.00
24	—	669	177.50–188.00	185.33
11	—	477	170.00–185.00	175.69
22	—	782	162.50–173.50	172.58
6	—	537	177.00	177.00
1	—	976	142.50	142.50
12	—	587	171.00–178.00	176.23
1	—	872	145.00	145.00
1	—	426	190.00	190.00
1	—	346	200.00	200.00
2	—	734	175.00	175.00
8	—	623	177.00–186.00	181.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	496	160.00	160.00
13	—	753	157.00	157.00
3	—	583	170.00	170.00
7	—	663	140.00–169.50	165.37
6	—	801	138.00	138.00
3	—	539	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	577	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	582	130.00	130.00

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.