Sale reports / West Virginia / Buckhannon Stockyards / 2026-03-24

Buckhannon Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Mar 24
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884
Receipts
520 head
183 vs last sale 337 520 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Above average attendance today for the first spring Feeder Cattle special sale. Trade quite active with demand remaining firm throughout. Good quality in the run with much of the offering coming off a winter-feeding program in excellent flesh for turnout. Quite a bit of the offering advertised as vaccinated. Char-x white cattle on the report as Large-1 for comparison's sake; red/white face cattle reported as Medium.

NOTE: This report is for today's in barn Feeder Cattle sale. For today's Board Sale results, please see Buckhannon Stockyards--Board Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $476.87/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $476.87.
Average price
$476.87
106 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$366
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium 2
$57.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.02
vs WV average
1.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2551492.492,71560
Large 1565460.002,5991thin
Medium and Large 1565456.902,58244
Medium 2540435.002,3491thin
One grade step is worth $57.49/cwt here — about $366 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale106 hd
476.87
WV average3 barns · 110 hd
473.84
+3.02
National average173 barns · 11,948 hd
478.09
−1.22
This barn, trailing median3 sales
476.87
+0.00
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

56 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 1450–500463471.38/cwt430.00–495.002,1823
SteersLarge 1700–750728330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4022
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450405500.35/cwt430.00–510.002,0269
SteersMedium 2500–550540435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,3491
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added500–550513527.50/cwt527.50–527.502,7065
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700672386.76/cwt370.00–425.002,5997
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550530483.04/cwt475.00–532.502,56013
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600576480.64/cwt435.00–515.002,76819
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900887333.45/cwt320.00–340.002,95811
SteersMedium 1800–850803360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,89111
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650623435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,7103
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added550–600551500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,75523
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550541458.25/cwt440.00–500.002,47914
SteersMedium 2400–450435385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6751
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750717373.17/cwt360.00–377.502,6768
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450420500.95/cwt455.00–510.002,1046
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600571491.40/cwt475.00–500.002,80615
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750706390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,7536
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650628434.25/cwt420.00–472.502,72716
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500476522.51/cwt515.00–530.002,48716
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850807351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,8335
SteersMedium 1900–950908305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,7692
HeifersLarge 1550–600588425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4992
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500475400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9001
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600560319.64/cwt280.00–360.001,7902
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550530384.01/cwt350.00–420.002,0352
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450425506.43/cwt460.00–540.002,1523
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650615324.88/cwt310.00–340.001,9982
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600582421.14/cwt415.00–445.002,45115
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800795357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,8425
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700655420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,7513
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400377563.29/cwt555.00–580.002,1246
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600598360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1532
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750712275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9581
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500467511.62/cwt480.00–525.002,38914
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650605430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,6022
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added450–500491440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1609
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750702330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3172
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650605350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1183
HeifersMedium 2400–450442330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4592
SteersLarge 1600–650615422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,5983
SteersLarge 1550–600565460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,5991
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400393428.41/cwt320.00–455.001,68423
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700668302.36/cwt290.00–315.002,0202
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700654378.13/cwt320.00–385.002,47325
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550527397.44/cwt375.00–460.002,09523
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500471425.45/cwt380.00–445.002,0049
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500461445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0514
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450433421.70/cwt385.00–452.501,8267
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350332455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5112
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600568446.50/cwt415.00–455.002,53623
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500469437.50/cwt415.00–445.002,05227
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550533396.53/cwt385.00–405.002,1146
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650616378.88/cwt330.00–405.002,33420
HeifersLarge 1500–550530360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9084
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750712347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,47410

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.