Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2023-10-10

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Oct 10
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884
Receipts
715 head
106 vs last sale 609 217 vs year ago 932 · 23.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This report is for the in-barn Graded Special Sale today. For Board Sale results, look under Buckhannon Board Sale

Heavier run than last Graded Special Sale by over 100 head. Quality of the offering follows the trend of the last two sales with the percent of #1 muscled calves making up 76% of the run compared to 79% on the last sale and 80% on the first sale. Demand slightly lower but not equally across the board with both dealer interest as well as farmer interest to fill up Winter feeding programs firming up the trend. Feeder Steers sold slightly lower on the heavier and lighter ends of the run by $4.50 per cwt while 5 weights saw an increase by $10-$11.50 per cwt while the same weight breaks averaged 10 pounds less today. Feeder Heifers sold $7-$15 lower while averaging the same weights, however, 5 weights followed a flatter trend of $2-$7 per cwt lower. No market test on Feeder Bulls; but more head offered today and were pursued with local interest, selling $25-$30 under Steers of similar weight and type.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $252.21/cwt on 318 head.
Average price
$252.21
318 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,352
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$195
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.15
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2468254.231,18951
Medium and Large 1549251.831,383267
One grade step is worth $2.40/cwt here — about −$195 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 sale318 hd
252.21
WV average6 barns · 2,010 hd
250.07
+2.15
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

60 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 and Large 2429252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,08314
SteersMedium and Large 2342289.00/cwt289.00–289.0098810
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added516279.62/cwt270.00–285.501,44346
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added458285.28/cwt278.00–287.001,30733
SteersMedium and Large 1531256.06/cwt252.50–257.001,36041
SteersMedium and Large 1581227.54/cwt227.50–228.001,32229
SteersMedium and Large 1437263.22/cwt242.50–267.501,15024
SteersMedium and Large 1603228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,3758
SteersMedium and Large 2504247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,2475
SteersMedium and Large 2619209.92/cwt205.00–215.001,2994
SteersMedium and Large 2766187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,4363
SteersMedium and Large 2260235.00/cwt235.00–235.006112
SteersMedium and Large 1764209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,5975
SteersMedium and Large 1877182.60/cwt160.00–190.001,6014
SteersMedium and Large 1714207.99/cwt206.00–210.001,4854
SteersMedium and Large 1325273.37/cwt270.00–280.008883
SteersMedium and Large 1836168.77/cwt160.00–177.501,4112
SteersMedium and Large 1353282.50/cwt282.50–282.509972
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added641232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,49010
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added666220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4654
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added583236.99/cwt226.00–240.001,38250
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added361302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0928
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added743202.21/cwt201.00–204.001,5025
SteersMedium and Large 11,064169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,7982
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added627230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,44217
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added548230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2609
BullsMedium and Large 1407230.00/cwt230.00–230.009362
BullsMedium and Large 1726176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,2781
BullsMedium and Large 1498235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1701
BullsMedium and Large 1298245.00/cwt245.00–245.007301
BullsMedium and Large 2333233.00/cwt233.00–233.007762
BullsMedium and Large 1623213.54/cwt200.00–220.001,3303
BullsMedium and Large 1672160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0752
BullsMedium and Large 1572200.77/cwt180.00–220.001,1482
BullsMedium and Large 1510235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1992
BullsMedium and Large 2419237.50/cwt237.50–237.509958
HeifersMedium and Large 2625199.68/cwt185.00–212.501,24816
HeifersMedium and Large 2514213.29/cwt213.00–214.001,09614
HeifersMedium and Large 2595208.23/cwt202.50–214.001,2394
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added535217.77/cwt217.50–218.001,16511
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added562215.39/cwt215.00–216.001,2108
BullsMedium and Large 2567231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,3105
HeifersMedium and Large 2484187.50/cwt187.50–187.509084
HeifersMedium and Large 2819167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,3722
HeifersMedium and Large 2797150.50/cwt150.00–151.001,1992
HeifersMedium and Large 2741177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,3152
HeifersMedium and Large 2371180.00/cwt180.00–180.006682
HeifersMedium and Large 2325220.00/cwt220.00–220.0071521
HeifersMedium and Large 1323217.50/cwt217.50–217.5070310
HeifersMedium and Large 1743187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,3933
HeifersMedium and Large 1813161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,3092
HeifersMedium and Large 1520208.76/cwt205.00–210.001,08632
HeifersMedium and Large 21,005127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,2813
HeifersMedium and Large 2422225.79/cwt207.50–227.5095323
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added528219.80/cwt210.00–222.501,16132
HeifersMedium and Large 1696167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,1662
HeifersMedium and Large 11,050142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,4911
HeifersMedium and Large 1620190.58/cwt185.00–201.001,18219
HeifersMedium and Large 1426220.93/cwt200.00–227.5094117
HeifersMedium and Large 1482225.99/cwt224.50–230.001,08914

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.