Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2024-09-24

Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-24

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Sep 24

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884

← Sep 17Sep 24Oct 8 →

Receipts

511 head

▼ 1,039 vs last sale 1,550▼ 98 vs year ago 609 · −16.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Much lighter run than last reported but good attendance and very active trade. N. Central WV continuing in D3 drought conditions, short pasture and hauling water commonly reported affecting local farmer feeder demand. Compared to last prices more stable across the board. Steers sold higher by $20-$30 per cwt while Heifers sold steady to $10 per cwt lower. Greater or lesser trends could be observed in individual weight breaks; however, these are affected more by last week's volatility. Small run of Bulls, no market test.

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 $259.91/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −150.06 against this barn's trailing median of $409.98.

Average price

$259.91

103 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$6.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.45

vs WV average

−14.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	263.51	1,421	43
Medium and Large 1	552	257.34	1,421	60

One grade step is worth $6.17/cwt here — about $0 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 sale103 hd

259.91

—

WV average8 barns · 345 hd

256.46

+3.45

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

−14.38

This barn, trailing median7 sales

409.98

−150.06

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

31 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	993	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,016	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	398	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,234	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	305.73/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,247	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,286	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	285.20/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,346	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	293.44/cwt	270.00–298.00	1,394	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	503	274.00/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,378	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	238.26/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,277	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	258.34/cwt	246.00–262.50	1,429	57
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	254.38/cwt	235.00–285.00	1,453	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	248.70/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,520	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	237.92/cwt	232.50–240.00	1,492	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,556	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	238.07/cwt	237.50–239.00	1,595	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	381	232.32/cwt	220.00–237.50	885	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	231.18/cwt	225.00–232.50	890	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	190.06/cwt	185.00–200.00	779	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	229.74/cwt	222.50–230.00	963	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	221.79/cwt	220.00–222.50	1,025	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	224.87/cwt	218.00–227.50	1,068	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	214.70/cwt	212.50–218.00	1,142	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	218.06/cwt	215.00–227.50	1,169	45
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	592	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,154	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	599	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,273	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	207.53/cwt	192.50–210.00	1,272	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	257.42/cwt	255.00–260.00	960	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,094	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,224	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	176.85/cwt	167.50–183.00	1,114	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,281	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 Sep 24, 2024

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

Receipts 511Last week 1,550Year ago 609

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	255.00–260.00	257.42
1	400–450	405	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	480	255.00	255.00
3	600–650	630	167.50–183.00	176.85
3	700–750	708	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	385	225.00–232.50	231.18
3	400–450	410	185.00–200.00	190.06
34	450–500	475	218.00–227.50	224.87
45	500–550	536	215.00–227.50	218.06
6	550–600	599	212.50	212.50
8	600–650	613	192.50–210.00	207.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	381	220.00–237.50	232.32
30	400–450	419	222.50–230.00	229.74
22	450–500	462	220.00–222.50	221.79
22	500–550	532	212.50–218.00	214.70
4	550–600	592	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	305.00	305.00
15	400–450	408	280.00–310.00	305.73
35	450–500	475	270.00–298.00	293.44
3	500–550	536	235.00–245.00	238.26
57	550–600	553	246.00–262.50	258.34
31	600–650	611	240.00–251.00	248.70
13	650–700	670	237.50–239.00	238.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	307.50	307.50
7	350–400	398	310.00	310.00
3	400–450	425	302.50	302.50
18	450–500	472	280.00–290.00	285.20
20	500–550	503	255.00–275.00	274.00
23	550–600	571	235.00–285.00	254.38
6	600–650	627	232.50–240.00	237.92
1	650–700	655	237.50	237.50

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.