Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Light offering but a nice set of light fleshed cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.82/cwt on 42 head, down $97.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −76.51 against this barn's trailing median of $413.33.

Average price

$336.82

▼ 97.17 vs prior sale

42 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,896

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$388

per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$35.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.66

vs WV average

−23.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	573	345.21	1,978	30
Medium 2	586	327.52	1,919	4thin
Medium and Large 2	513	310.00	1,590	8thin

One grade step is worth $35.21/cwt here — about $388 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.00, low $336.82, median $413.33 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 sale42 hd

336.82

—

WV average4 barns · 72 hd

344.48

−7.66

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

−23.70

This barn, trailing median3 sales

413.33

−76.51

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

34 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	550–600	562	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,939	2
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	580	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,856	1
Bulls	Medium 1	700–750	700	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,170	1
Heifers	Medium 1	750–800	795	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,568	3
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	592	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,546	2
Steers	Medium 1	900–950	948	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,749	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,457	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,456	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	334.71/cwt	332.50–336.00	2,721	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,590	8
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	694	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,290	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	850–900	852	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,726	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	695	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,241	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	322	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,369	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,708	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	396.57/cwt	391.00–400.00	2,617	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	608	327.67/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,992	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	588	343.66/cwt	322.50–360.00	2,021	22
Bulls	Medium 2	600–650	638	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,755	2
Bulls	Medium 2	750–800	763	270.08/cwt	245.00–295.00	2,061	2
Steers	Medium 1	800–850	826	331.21/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,736	4
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	632	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,133	3
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	623	322.57/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,010	4
Heifers	Medium 2	700–750	710	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,357	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	532	349.49/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,859	8
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	335	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,474	1
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	660	366.67/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,420	3
Steers	Medium 1	950–1000	998	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,944	2
Heifers	Medium 2	750–800	772	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,478	3
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	474	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,588	4
Heifers	Medium 3	400–450	402	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,387	2
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	525	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,890	3
Steers	Medium 2	550–600	560	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,128	1
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	586	327.52/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,919	4

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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