Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2023-08-29

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Aug 29
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884
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

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

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2643229.671,47865
Medium and Large 1748227.571,702162
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, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—694167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,1621
BullsMedium and Large 1—720182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,3141
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,0552
HeifersMedium and Large 3—610140.00/cwt140.00–140.008542
HeifersMedium and Large 3—692105.00/cwt105.00–105.007271
HeifersMedium and Large 2—783187.88/cwt182.50–190.001,4717
SteersMedium and Large 1—787217.65/cwt210.00–221.001,71313
SteersMedium and Large 1—590252.79/cwt235.00–260.001,49117
SteersMedium and Large 2—538256.16/cwt242.50–258.001,3788
SteersMedium and Large 2—745244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,8182
SteersMedium and Large 1—522244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,2762
SteersMedium and Large 1—476245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1662
SteersMedium and Large 2—581242.61/cwt237.50–247.501,4106
SteersMedium and Large 1—954192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,8325
SteersMedium and Large 1—679245.30/cwt237.00–255.001,66629
SteersMedium and Large 1—821209.04/cwt205.00–225.001,71630
SteersMedium and Large 1—929186.67/cwt182.50–187.501,7346
SteersMedium and Large 1—867211.23/cwt204.00–215.001,83112
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—580162.50/cwt162.50–162.509435
SteersMedium and Large 2—804190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5283
HeifersMedium and Large 1—709217.79/cwt186.00–236.001,54411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—628223.29/cwt207.50–229.001,40217
SteersMedium and Large 2—629232.01/cwt220.00–244.001,45914
SteersMedium and Large 2—681234.51/cwt228.00–246.001,59726
HeifersMedium and Large 1—691232.05/cwt212.50–239.001,60330
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—720195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4041
HeifersMedium and Large 2—725221.56/cwt180.00–242.001,60616
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378222.50/cwt222.50–222.508412
SteersMedium and Large 1—735233.93/cwt215.00–242.001,71946
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—714207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,4821
HeifersMedium and Large 2—682222.97/cwt190.00–239.001,5216
HeifersMedium and Large 1—809207.05/cwt177.00–217.501,67523
HeifersMedium and Large 2—551230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2673
HeifersMedium and Large 2—827201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,6623
HeifersMedium and Large 1—865188.29/cwt179.00–191.001,6299
HeifersMedium and Large 1—764197.18/cwt196.00–202.001,50610
HeifersMedium and Large 2—627217.73/cwt190.00–225.001,3658
HeifersMedium and Large 3—492175.00/cwt175.00–175.008612

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.