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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-06

Feeder Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Tue, Oct 6

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1884

← Sep 22Oct 6latest

Receipts

642 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 658▼ 64 vs year ago 706 · −9.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* This report covers the in-barn cattle sold today, see Buckhannon Stockyards--Board Sale for today's Board Sale results. *

Similar head run compared to last Graded Sale, a lot of quality in the run and pursued by very active trade, slightly above average attendance. Demand trends a bit up and down, light Steers were significantly lower compared to last, heavier 4 weights higher by $4.50 while the sixes up to and just over $12.00 higher per cwt. Somewhat opposite trend for Heifers with demand for the lighter end of the run significantly higher, heavy 4s and 5s sold mostly steady, and demand much lower on the heavy end. Not a large offering of Feeder Bulls but demand much higher today, especially in the 4 to 6 weights.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.50/cwt on 85 head, down $2.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 7 comparable sales and sits −2.34 against this barn's trailing median of $333.84.

Average price

$331.50

▼ 2.34 vs prior sale

85 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,760

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

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

$2.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.48

vs WV average

−36.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	332.54	1,777	49
Medium and Large 2	527	330.09	1,738	36

One grade step is worth $2.45/cwt here — about $39 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale85 hd

331.50

—

WV average6 barns · 326 hd

332.99

−1.48

National average187 barns · 16,614 hd

367.91

−36.41

This barn, trailing median7 sales

333.84

−2.34

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.00, low $320.75, median $333.84 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

55 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	428.97/cwt	400.00–460.00	1,557	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	422.21/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,765	51
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,905	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,079	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	512	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,166	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	409.18/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,140	46
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	611	355.19/cwt	352.00–365.00	2,170	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	346.90/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,126	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	641	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,372	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,054	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	656	329.01/cwt	328.00–330.00	2,158	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,238	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	311.10/cwt	309.00–320.00	2,308	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	753	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,481	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,743	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,706	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	378.86/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,299	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,430	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	385.08/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,452	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	344.53/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,440	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	368.18/cwt	359.00–370.00	1,627	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	443	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,573	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	455	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,656	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	362.18/cwt	361.00–363.00	1,684	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	333.61/cwt	325.00–338.00	1,631	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	492	309.03/cwt	305.00–311.00	1,520	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	507	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,736	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,713	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	339.45/cwt	336.00–341.00	1,769	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	291.79/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,646	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	305.36/cwt	303.00–306.00	1,750	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	586	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,846	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	259.60/cwt	225.00–268.00	1,589	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium 2	615	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,617	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	1,774.30/cwt	285.00–2,915.00	10,965	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	640	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,920	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,040	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	714	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,185	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	774	308.47/cwt	307.00–310.00	2,388	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	775	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,472	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,170	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	296.65/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,465	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	861	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,540	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,359	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,486	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	408	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,734	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	407.34/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,780	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	379.48/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,814	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	352.64/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,795	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	356.52/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,989	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,026	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,021	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,900	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,127	2

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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Buckhannon Stockyards Special Graded Sale - Buckhannon, WV

Tue Oct 6, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Charleston, WV (LS-CW)

Receipts 642Last week 658Year ago 706

* This report covers the in-barn cattle sold today, see Buckhannon Stockyards--Board Sale for today's Board Sale results. *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	455	364.00	364.00
18	500–550	507	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	586	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	640	300.00	300.00
12	750–800	774	307.00–310.00	308.47
4	850–900	861	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	343	360.00–395.00	378.86
12	350–400	377	350.00–405.00	385.08
30	400–450	418	320.00–365.00	344.53
6	450–500	489	325.00–338.00	333.61
9	500–550	519	330.00	330.00
9	550–600	573	303.00–306.00	305.36
7	600–650	618	285.00–2,915.00	1,774.30
4	700–750	714	306.00	306.00
2	750–800	775	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
13	750–800	775	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	354	404.00	404.00
12	400–450	442	359.00–370.00	368.18
15	450–500	465	361.00–363.00	362.18
38	500–550	521	336.00–341.00	339.45
3	550–600	564	275.00–300.00	291.79
18	600–650	612	225.00–268.00	259.60
1	650–700	680	300.00	300.00
6	800–850	831	290.00–300.00	296.65
2	850–900	890	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	355.00	355.00
3	450–500	492	305.00–311.00	309.03
1	600–650	615	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	428	445.00	445.00
12	500–550	512	423.00	423.00
12	550–600	565	400.00	400.00
8	600–650	611	352.00–365.00	355.19
4	650–700	656	328.00–330.00	329.01
2	700–750	715	313.00	313.00
5	750–800	753	329.50	329.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	641	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	400.00–460.00	428.97
51	400–450	418	415.00–435.00	422.21
3	450–500	452	460.00	460.00
46	500–550	523	395.00–415.00	409.18
20	600–650	613	340.00–360.00	346.90
2	650–700	652	315.00	315.00
13	700–750	742	309.00–320.00	311.10
3	850–900	852	322.00	322.00
10	900–950	902	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	460.00	460.00
8	400–450	408	425.00	425.00
2	750–800	785	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	437	400.00–420.00	407.34
2	450–500	478	360.00–400.00	379.48
5	500–550	509	325.00–360.00	352.64
10	550–600	558	325.00–365.00	356.52
6	600–650	633	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	685	295.00	295.00
2	700–750	728	261.00	261.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.