Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2024-03-26

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-26

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

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884

← Dec 5Mar 26Apr 16 →

Receipts

591 head

▲ 207 vs last sale 384▼ 341 vs year ago 932 · −36.6%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $306.81/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −103.16 against this barn's trailing median of $409.98.

Average price

$306.81

70 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

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

$34.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.81

vs WV average

−3.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	314.18	1,748	55
Medium and Large 2	557	279.78	1,560	15thin

One grade step is worth $34.41/cwt here — about $188 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale70 hd

306.81

—

WV average6 barns · 165 hd

309.62

−2.81

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

−3.45

This barn, trailing median7 sales

409.98

−103.16

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

7 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $496.30, low $364.21, median $409.98 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

32 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,072	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,411	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	354.05/cwt	325.00–368.00	1,508	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	285.01/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,217	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	285.16/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,326	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	325.21/cwt	305.00–345.00	1,548	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	314.71/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,655	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	273.52/cwt	272.50–280.00	1,461	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	313.86/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,805	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	285.25/cwt	272.50–295.00	1,649	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	266.45/cwt	260.00–273.00	1,652	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	282.50/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,780	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	672	262.94/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,767	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,851	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,775	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	785	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,766	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	285	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	727	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	880	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	949	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	245.10/cwt	240.00–250.00	931	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	407	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,058	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	437	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,256	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,283	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,219	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,388	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	559	247.50/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,384	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	249.33/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,518	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	242.33/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,587	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,115	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,220	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,488	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,532	3

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 Mar 26, 2024

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

Receipts 591Last week 384Year ago 932

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	295.00	295.00
2	400–450	428	285.00	285.00
3	500–550	547	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	255.00	255.00
12	350–400	372	255.00	255.00
3	400–450	407	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	475	270.00	270.00
8	500–550	534	260.00	260.00
3	600–650	609	249.00–250.00	249.33
3	650–700	655	241.00–245.00	242.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	400–450	437	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	255.00	255.00
10	350–400	380	240.00–250.00	245.10
3	450–500	478	255.00	255.00
4	550–600	559	245.00–250.00	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	427	282.50–290.00	285.01
4	450–500	465	280.00–290.00	285.16
7	500–550	534	272.50–280.00	273.52
8	550–600	578	272.50–295.00	285.25
2	600–650	620	260.00–273.00	266.45
15	650–700	672	255.00–272.00	262.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	312.50	312.50
6	350–400	394	358.00	358.00
16	400–450	426	325.00–368.00	354.05
14	450–500	476	305.00–345.00	325.21
21	500–550	526	300.00–325.00	314.71
34	550–600	575	300.00–327.50	313.86
11	600–650	630	275.00–285.00	282.50
8	650–700	678	273.00	273.00
2	700–750	710	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	785	225.00	225.00

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.