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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-26

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Sep 26

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884

← Sep 19Sep 26Oct 10 →

Receipts

609 head

▼ 876 vs last sale 1,485▼ 323 vs year ago 932 · −34.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

It would be hard to beat the eagerness of the seller's market of last week and today saw a much lighter run by more than half. Quite a few highly marketable Feeders passed the block on that sale but still respectable numbers for this week. However, a corresponding lighter buyer attendance was noted as local farmer/feeder's presence wasn't felt as much today; some having filled their winter-feeding program last week or others holding for more favorable market conditions. Light #400 Steers sold higher while the middle of the run dipped by as much as $28 per cwt before selling steady to $7 per cwt higher for the heavy #600 Steers but it should be noted average weights for the #500 Steers were 6-28 pounds heavier today. Feeder Heifers flipped last week's trends with a firming up of the lighter end of the run by $15-$17 per cwt higher as the #600 weight breaks lowered $7-$10 per cwt; this despite the former averaging slightly higher in weight and the latter dropping by almost 10 pounds on average. Feeder Bulls sold $15 to $20 per cwt back from comparable Steers. It is worth noting that while the total head dropped, the quality of the offering remained essentially the unchanged: last week a high 80/20 split was noted between #1 and #2 muscling, this week followed suit almost identically with a 79/21 split along the same lines. All things considered, a firm demand with slight changes in preference chased a similar quality but lower offering today.

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 $250.56/cwt on 295 head.

Average price

$250.56

295 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,320

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$218

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

$25.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.80

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	415	272.20	1,129	42
Medium and Large 1	545	246.97	1,347	253

One grade step is worth $25.23/cwt here — about −$218 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 sale295 hd

250.56

—

WV average7 barns · 1,567 hd

246.76

+3.80

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

Every lot

34 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	304	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	851	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,087	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	398	284.23/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,131	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	405	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,083	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	452	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,187	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	268.89/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,253	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	539	235.00/cwt	225.00–237.50	1,267	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	245.70/cwt	235.00–252.50	1,327	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	597	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,290	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	229.52/cwt	216.00–231.50	1,421	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,538	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	706	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,560	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	204.08/cwt	202.50–208.00	1,663	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	674	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	324	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	672	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	391	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	925	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	393	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	904	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	409	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	961	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	451	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,040	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	225.74/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,052	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,134	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	215.58/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,158	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	593	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,216	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	595	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,250	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	604	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,238	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	182.52/cwt	180.50–190.00	1,254	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,349	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	300	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	690	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	954	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	248.32/cwt	227.50–252.50	1,073	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	233.97/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,132	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	225.80/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,174	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,158	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,232	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 26, 2023

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

Receipts 609Last week 1,485Year ago 932

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	432	227.50–252.50	248.32
2	—	367	260.00	260.00
2	—	666	185.00	185.00
3	—	579	200.00	200.00
5	—	484	230.00–240.00	233.97
2	—	300	230.00	230.00
6	—	520	220.00–227.00	225.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	706	221.00	221.00
7	—	815	202.50–208.00	204.08
61	—	466	266.00–270.00	268.89
84	—	540	235.00–252.50	245.70
20	—	398	270.00–289.00	284.23
38	—	619	216.00–231.50	229.52
17	—	685	224.50	224.50
19	—	597	216.00	216.00
3	—	405	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	539	225.00–237.50	235.00
14	—	452	262.50	262.50
19	—	378	287.50	287.50
4	—	304	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	687	180.50–190.00	182.52
52	—	537	215.00–216.00	215.58
3	—	321	210.00	210.00
2	—	393	230.00	230.00
70	—	466	225.00–230.00	225.74
2	—	714	189.00	189.00
10	—	409	235.00	235.00
14	—	595	210.00	210.00
15	—	604	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	530	214.00	214.00
24	—	451	230.50	230.50
3	—	593	205.00	205.00
7	—	324	207.50	207.50
30	—	391	236.50	236.50

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.