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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-29

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Aug 29

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884

← Apr 18Aug 29Sep 19 →

Receipts

508 head

▼ 230 vs last sale 738▲ 165 vs year ago 343 · +48.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This report is for the in-barn cattle sale today, check under "Buckhannon Stockyards -- Board Sale" for the board sale results.

Ample supply of quality Feeders for the first in barn sale of the season, majority of offering yearling type cattle and most had a vaccination guarantee. Unusual amount of rainfall in N. Central WV throughout August and the stockers coming off pasture for this sale in good flesh. Demand remained firm with prices trending higher than recent weekly sales which follows with the quality and numbers today. Looking back at the last month's board sale demand trends seem lower, however, it isn't an apples-to-apples comparison between these two types of sales.

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 $228.17/cwt on 227 head.

Average price

$228.17

227 head · 718 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$224

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

$2.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.15

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	643	229.67	1,478	65
Medium and Large 1	748	227.57	1,702	162

One grade step is worth $2.10/cwt here — about −$224 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 sale227 hd

228.17

—

WV average5 barns · 489 hd

231.32

−3.15

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

Every lot

38 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,166	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,276	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	538	256.16/cwt	242.50–258.00	1,378	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	580	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	943	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	581	242.61/cwt	237.50–247.50	1,410	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	590	252.79/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,491	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	629	232.01/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,459	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	245.30/cwt	237.00–255.00	1,666	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	681	234.51/cwt	228.00–246.00	1,597	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	714	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,482	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	233.93/cwt	215.00–242.00	1,719	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	745	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,818	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	217.65/cwt	210.00–221.00	1,713	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	804	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,528	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	209.04/cwt	205.00–225.00	1,716	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	211.23/cwt	204.00–215.00	1,831	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	929	186.67/cwt	182.50–187.50	1,734	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	954	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,832	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	841	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,055	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	492	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	861	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	551	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,267	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	610	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	854	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	627	217.73/cwt	190.00–225.00	1,365	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	223.29/cwt	207.50–229.00	1,402	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	682	222.97/cwt	190.00–239.00	1,521	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	691	232.05/cwt	212.50–239.00	1,603	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	692	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	727	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	709	217.79/cwt	186.00–236.00	1,544	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	720	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,404	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	221.56/cwt	180.00–242.00	1,606	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	197.18/cwt	196.00–202.00	1,506	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	783	187.88/cwt	182.50–190.00	1,471	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	207.05/cwt	177.00–217.50	1,675	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	827	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,662	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	188.29/cwt	179.00–191.00	1,629	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	694	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,162	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	720	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,314	1

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 29, 2023

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

Receipts 508Last week 738Year ago 343

This report is for the in-barn cattle sale today, check under "Buckhannon Stockyards -- Board Sale" for the board sale results.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	694	167.50	167.50
1	—	720	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	223.00	223.00
11	—	709	186.00–236.00	217.79
17	—	628	207.50–229.00	223.29
30	—	691	212.50–239.00	232.05
23	—	809	177.00–217.50	207.05
9	—	865	179.00–191.00	188.29
10	—	764	196.00–202.00	197.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	140.00	140.00
1	—	692	105.00	105.00
2	—	492	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	783	182.50–190.00	187.88
16	—	725	180.00–242.00	221.56
2	—	378	222.50	222.50
6	—	682	190.00–239.00	222.97
3	—	551	230.00	230.00
3	—	827	201.00	201.00
8	—	627	190.00–225.00	217.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	787	210.00–221.00	217.65
17	—	590	235.00–260.00	252.79
2	—	522	244.50	244.50
2	—	476	245.00	245.00
5	—	954	192.00	192.00
29	—	679	237.00–255.00	245.30
30	—	821	205.00–225.00	209.04
6	—	929	182.50–187.50	186.67
12	—	867	204.00–215.00	211.23
46	—	735	215.00–242.00	233.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	538	242.50–258.00	256.16
2	—	745	244.00	244.00
6	—	581	237.50–247.50	242.61
3	—	804	190.00	190.00
14	—	629	220.00–244.00	232.01
26	—	681	228.00–246.00	234.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	580	162.50	162.50
1	—	714	207.50	207.50

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.