Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2020-09-22

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Sep 22
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884
Receipts
541 head
▼ 187 vs last sale 728▼ 58 vs year ago 599 · −9.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Lower offering than last week's Graded Special sale. Demand higher for #1 Steers $4-$11 per cwt, #1 Heifers sold steady. Cool weather and ample pastures reported in N. Central West Virginia.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.73/cwt on 250 head.
Average price
$158.73
250 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$817
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.36
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1492163.51805133
Large 1549154.23846107
Medium and Large 2448143.3564310thin
One grade step is worth $20.16/cwt here — about $163 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 sale250 hd
158.73
—
WV average8 barns · 1,423 hd
148.37
+10.36
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

30 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315122.00/cwt122.00–122.003843
HeifersMedium 1—318125.00/cwt125.00–125.003983
HeifersLarge 1—532131.00/cwt131.00–131.0069733
HeifersMedium and Large 2—542117.00/cwt117.00–117.006342
HeifersLarge 1—590125.80/cwt123.00–126.5074223
HeifersMedium 1—455132.20/cwt131.00–132.5060264
HeifersLarge 1—469133.50/cwt133.50–133.5062621
HeifersMedium 1—395136.00/cwt136.00–136.0053733
HeifersLarge 1—388135.00/cwt135.00–135.005245
HeifersMedium 1—526127.51/cwt125.00–128.5067125
HeifersMedium and Large 2—391131.00/cwt131.00–131.0051215
HeifersLarge 1—684123.24/cwt123.00–124.008434
HeifersMedium 1—582121.00/cwt118.00–122.007044
HeifersMedium and Large 2—458127.00/cwt127.00–127.005827
SteersLarge 1—462175.00/cwt175.00–175.0080918
SteersMedium 1—391169.00/cwt169.00–169.0066127
SteersMedium and Large 2—452151.00/cwt151.00–151.006834
SteersLarge 1—695133.45/cwt125.00–136.0092713
SteersMedium 1—601146.00/cwt146.00–146.0087717
SteersMedium and Large 2—549124.00/cwt124.00–124.006812
SteersLarge 1—391164.00/cwt164.00–164.006416
SteersMedium 1—675136.00/cwt136.00–136.009186
SteersMedium and Large 2—409142.33/cwt135.00–150.005822
SteersLarge 1—342162.00/cwt162.00–162.005542
SteersMedium 1—326162.00/cwt162.00–162.005282
SteersMedium and Large 2—379148.44/cwt142.50–155.005632
SteersLarge 1—536156.99/cwt149.00–159.0084143
SteersMedium 1—469171.96/cwt154.00–175.0080649
SteersLarge 1—612142.35/cwt135.00–143.0087125
SteersMedium 1—532160.51/cwt154.00–163.0085432

How this sale compares

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.