Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2025-07-29

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Jul 29
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884
Receipts
196 head
206 vs last sale 402 196 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This report covers the in-barn cattle sold today. For concurrent Board Sale results see Buckhannon-Board Sale report.

Light run of Feeder Cattle, trade fairly active and good attendance. Much of the offering made up of yearling cattle, many with reported vaccinations/guaranteed health program. Price trends mostly steady for the offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $349.49/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits 127.38 against this barn's trailing median of $476.87.
Average price
$349.49
12 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,917
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$299
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$62.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.38
vs WV average
32.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546359.891,96510thin
Medium and Large 2560297.501,6662thin
One grade step is worth $62.39/cwt here — about $299 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales
510474438401median 476.8703/2403/2404/1407/2807/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $496.30, low $415.33, median $476.87 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale12 hd
349.49
WV average3 barns · 31 hd
364.88
−15.38
National average143 barns · 4,821 hd
381.68
−32.19
This barn, trailing median3 sales
476.87
−127.38
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

40 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 1550–600555340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8873
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450405330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3371
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450440325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4301
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800755245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8501
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700673260.37/cwt240.00–280.001,7522
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550537318.23/cwt315.00–325.001,7093
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400385315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2131
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5441
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423369.48/cwt350.00–380.001,5633
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600572362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,0743
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700675313.63/cwt312.00–315.002,1179
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650616332.51/cwt295.00–345.002,04812
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950917312.23/cwt310.00–313.002,8634
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750727324.53/cwt315.00–328.002,3595
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400378357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,3513
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600560316.86/cwt315.00–322.501,7744
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850822292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,4005
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800785297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,3316
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750713315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2463
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700667300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0015
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500465370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7211
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800780328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,5582
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750719314.05/cwt310.00–318.002,25813
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700677338.62/cwt320.00–345.002,29221
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600563316.30/cwt312.50–320.001,7814
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650606313.22/cwt295.00–320.001,8986
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850817318.44/cwt317.50–320.002,6028
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620337.86/cwt327.50–345.002,09511
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900894312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,7945
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550535358.77/cwt340.00–382.501,9197
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550535280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4981
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600585315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8431
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750725305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2111
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500460315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4491
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700692300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0763
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500485333.58/cwt322.00–337.501,6184
SteersMedium and Large 2850–900860275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,3651
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650600305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8302
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800760295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2421
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550510269.77/cwt245.00–315.001,3763

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.