Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2023-04-18

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Apr 18
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884
Receipts
738 head
194 vs last sale 932 88 vs year ago 650 · +13.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Fairly heavy run of cattle for the in-barn Feeder Special Sale, many quality offerings coming off a good winter feeding and management program to make desirable turn out cattle. Warm weather and some rainfall over the past two weeks shoring up stocker producer's pasture availability in N. Central WV. Compared to the board sale two weeks ago Feeder steers sold steady to $6-7 per cwt lower. Demand slightly lower for light Feeder Heifers by $10 on the lighter breaks while remaining steady for the heavier end of the run. Considering that buyer confidence and demand are higher for board sale lots this sale expressed the high demand for Feeders locally and looking at the strong Futures for when they are marketed later this year. Roughly half the offerings had a vaccination guarantee which is reflected on this report as value added. Red white face Steers represented as Medium 2. The results of the board sale lot offered today reported as Medium and Large 1-2. Small run of Feeder Bulls, no market test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $225.40/cwt on 395 head.
Average price
$225.40
395 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,317
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$25.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.48
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571229.551,311223
Medium and Large 1-2688225.001,54872
Medium and Large 2531218.281,16087
Medium 2594203.951,21113thin
One grade step is worth $25.60/cwt here — about $100 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 sale395 hd
225.40
WV average5 barns · 1,611 hd
228.88
−3.48
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

65 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
SteersMedium 2690195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3461
SteersMedium and Large 1362230.90/cwt220.00–245.008367
SteersMedium 2394190.00/cwt190.00–190.007491
SteersMedium 2557194.12/cwt190.00–202.501,0813
SteersMedium and Large 2657205.79/cwt205.00–207.001,3525
SteersMedium and Large 1425243.86/cwt220.00–255.001,03620
SteersMedium and Large 1521238.64/cwt205.00–258.001,24325
SteersMedium and Large 2489225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1004
SteersMedium and Large 2634204.08/cwt202.00–222.501,29411
SteersMedium and Large 1683214.12/cwt207.00–215.001,4629
SteersMedium 2816199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,6242
SteersMedium and Large 1774189.93/cwt180.00–202.001,4706
SteersMedium and Large 1632220.00/cwt193.00–247.501,39049
SteersMedium and Large 1824198.17/cwt198.00–199.001,63312
SteersMedium 2618195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2051
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added421243.51/cwt240.00–255.001,02522
SteersMedium and Large 1472239.93/cwt235.00–250.001,1329
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added519242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2596
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added688225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,54872
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added719210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5105
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added626232.56/cwt227.50–235.001,4566
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added451260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,17317
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added582255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4844
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added430230.00/cwt230.00–230.009893
SteersMedium 2Value Added430225.00/cwt225.00–225.009683
SteersMedium and Large 1733214.89/cwt190.00–218.001,57512
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy617168.96/cwt160.00–177.501,0422
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy759164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,2452
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,1852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2377161.59/cwt160.00–165.006093
BullsMedium and Large 1-2511191.26/cwt165.00–200.009774
BullsMedium and Large 1-2417130.00/cwt130.00–130.005422
SteersMedium and Large 2295175.00/cwt175.00–175.005162
SteersMedium and Large 1881190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6742
SteersMedium 2711208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4792
SteersMedium and Large 2359180.00/cwt180.00–180.006462
SteersMedium and Large 2328199.54/cwt182.00–210.006545
SteersMedium and Large 2416217.50/cwt217.50–217.509051
SteersMedium and Large 2573219.92/cwt206.00–227.501,26025
HeifersMedium and Large 1754160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2062
SteersMedium and Large 2518231.16/cwt200.00–249.001,19729
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added421212.42/cwt197.50–216.0089415
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned478197.00/cwt197.00–197.009428
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy538215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1572
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy642200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2842
HeifersMedium and Large 2625195.37/cwt186.00–199.001,22126
SteersMedium and Large 1593232.60/cwt220.00–240.001,3798
HeifersMedium and Large 2660186.65/cwt185.00–187.501,2329
HeifersMedium and Large 1740157.86/cwt155.00–158.001,16820
HeifersMedium and Large 2472196.73/cwt187.50–199.0092919
HeifersMedium and Large 1468197.86/cwt185.00–206.0092616
HeifersMedium and Large 2424191.64/cwt187.50–197.508135
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added477210.20/cwt202.50–214.001,00323
HeifersMedium and Large 3398162.50/cwt162.50–162.506472
HeifersMedium and Large 3587175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0275
HeifersMedium and Large 3435167.50/cwt167.50–167.507292
HeifersMedium and Large 2742155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1502
HeifersMedium and Large 1386192.34/cwt185.00–200.007422
HeifersMedium and Large 2522202.18/cwt192.50–206.001,05512
HeifersMedium and Large 1530199.14/cwt192.50–209.001,05512
HeifersMedium and Large 3664157.15/cwt137.50–162.001,0435
HeifersMedium and Large 2573202.11/cwt200.00–210.501,15827
HeifersMedium and Large 1564196.87/cwt182.50–205.001,11019
HeifersMedium and Large 1626185.36/cwt177.50–195.001,16025
HeifersMedium and Large 2374195.87/cwt180.00–212.0073314

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.