Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2020-09-15

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Sep 15
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884
Receipts
728 head
498 vs last sale 230 264 vs year ago 992 · 26.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Larger run than last reported starting into Fall feeder calf sales. Ample pasture reported in N. Central West Virginia, wetter than average weather. Compared to last reported demand was stronger for #1steers 12-13 per cwt; demand steady to slightly lower for #1 heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.65/cwt on 382 head.
Average price
$158.65
382 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$763
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.42
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1478160.81768223
Large 1505155.86787133
Medium and Large 2387154.4359826
One grade step is worth $6.38/cwt here — about $170 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 sale382 hd
158.65
WV average6 barns · 831 hd
149.23
+9.42
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

26 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
SteersLarge 1537153.03/cwt149.00–154.0082251
SteersMedium and Large 2463144.00/cwt144.00–144.006676
SteersLarge 1469163.00/cwt163.00–163.0076438
SteersMedium 1462164.43/cwt164.00–164.5076099
SteersLarge 1603140.00/cwt140.00–140.0084423
SteersMedium 1531154.70/cwt148.00–156.0082174
SteersLarge 1396170.00/cwt170.00–170.0067318
SteersMedium 1393169.00/cwt169.00–169.0066435
SteersLarge 1313150.34/cwt150.00–151.004713
SteersMedium 1606141.00/cwt141.00–141.0085410
SteersMedium and Large 2383162.00/cwt162.00–162.0062013
SteersMedium 1329162.00/cwt162.00–162.005335
SteersMedium and Large 2330149.32/cwt145.00–150.004937
HeifersMedium 1402136.50/cwt136.50–136.505496
HeifersMedium and Large 2317137.50/cwt137.50–137.5043618
HeifersLarge 1536136.00/cwt136.00–136.0072928
HeifersMedium and Large 2532127.00/cwt127.00–127.006764
HeifersLarge 1471133.50/cwt133.50–133.5062928
HeifersMedium and Large 2442128.00/cwt128.00–128.005664
HeifersLarge 1597124.00/cwt124.00–124.0074014
HeifersMedium 1459134.55/cwt131.00–135.0061870
HeifersLarge 1402134.00/cwt134.00–134.0053910
HeifersMedium 1525127.69/cwt125.00–128.0067038
HeifersLarge 1314117.50/cwt117.50–117.503693
HeifersMedium 1397136.50/cwt136.50–136.5054226
HeifersMedium and Large 2393135.00/cwt135.00–135.0053118

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.