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County brief · Nov 15, 2026

Raleigh County, West Virginia

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Barns near Raleigh County

BarnMilesLast sale5-weight steers
Dublin VA
Dublin, VA
55Sep 23, 2026 $379.05
per cwt · 9 head
Ripley WV
Ripley, WV
77Nov 7, 2026 $358.08
per cwt · 46 head
Roanoke VA
Roanoke, VA
79Nov 9, 2026 $350.22
per cwt · 9 head

Steers 500–599 lb, head-weighted average of the sale. Source: USDA AMS Market News sale reports. Past sales, not a bid.

Grain and fuel prices

Grain bid$/buRange
North Panhandle corn$5.01$4.75–$5.21
North Panhandle sorghum$3.88$3.60–$4.25
North Panhandle wheat (hard red winter)$5.66$5.54–$6.04
Hooker, OK corn$4.91$4.91–$4.91
Hooker, OK sorghum$3.81$3.81–$3.81

Source: Texas Daily Grain Bids, Nov 13, 2026.

Fuel$/gal
No. 2 Diesel (Farm)
OK distributor ask, Nov 13, 2026
$5.42
Propane
OK distributor ask, Nov 13, 2026
$2.46
On-highway diesel, Gulf Coast (PADD 3, incl. Texas)
EIA retail, week of Nov 9, 2026
$5.74
On-highway diesel, Midwest (PADD 2, incl. Oklahoma, Kansas)
EIA retail, week of Nov 9, 2026
$6.20
On-highway diesel, Rocky Mountain (PADD 4, incl. Colorado, Montana)
EIA retail, week of Nov 9, 2026
$6.21
On-highway diesel, U.S. average
EIA retail, week of Nov 9, 2026
$6.13
On-highway diesel, East Coast (PADD 1, incl. Florida, Virginia)
EIA retail, week of Nov 9, 2026
$5.92

Sources: Oklahoma Production Cost Report (bi-weekly); EIA weekly retail diesel.

Drought

Scott: D0Washington: D0Hancock: NoneLoudon: NoneJohnson: D0Cocke: D1Grainger: D0Hawkins: NoneSevier: D0Anderson: D0Greene: D0Blount: D0Campbell: D0Jefferson: NoneCarter: D0Union: D0Roane: NoneHamblen: D0Monroe: D0Unicoi: D0Claiborne: NoneSullivan: NoneKnox: NoneLee: NoneOwsley: NoneJackson: NoneWhitley: D0Rockcastle: NoneJohnson: NoneKnott: NoneKnox: NoneLawrence: NoneMadison: NoneLewis: NoneHarlan: NoneMagoffin: NoneMartin: NoneNicholas: NonePerry: NonePike: NonePowell: NoneFleming: NoneBath: NoneClay: D0Boyd: NoneLaurel: D0Wolfe: NonePulaski: D1Harrison: NoneMenifee: NoneBell: NoneBourbon: NoneBracken: NoneCampbell: D0Rowan: NoneMcCreary: D1Floyd: NonePendleton: D0Robertson: NoneMorgan: NoneGreenup: NoneLeslie: NoneCarter: NoneClark: NoneMason: NoneElliott: NoneLetcher: NoneFayette: NoneEstill: NoneMontgomery: NoneBreathitt: NoneRockingham: D2Franklin: D2Randolph: D0Yadkin: NoneAlexander: NoneOrange: D2Iredell: NoneStokes: D1Guilford: D2Person: D3Vance: D2Caldwell: NoneForsyth: D1Mitchell: NoneHaywood: D0Durham: D2Johnston: D3Chatham: D1Davidson: D0Rutherford: NoneYancey: NoneSwain: D1Wilkes: NoneSurry: NoneAlleghany: NoneGranville: D2Watauga: NoneWarren: D2Ashe: NoneBuncombe: NoneBurke: NoneMcDowell: NoneCaswell: D3Davie: NoneAvery: NoneCatawba: NoneNash: D2Madison: D0Wake: D2Lee: D1Rowan: D0Alamance: D2Waynesboro: D0Buena Vista: D0Danville: D3Galax: NoneHarrisonburg: D0Martinsville: D1Charlottesville: D0Scott: NoneBotetourt: D0Rappahannock: D0Greene: D0Radford: NoneLouisa: D0Salem: D0Lexington: D0Cumberland: D0Pulaski: NoneAppomattox: D1Norton: NoneHenry: D1Highland: NoneMontgomery: NoneAmherst: D1Albemarle: D0Prince Edward: D0Fluvanna: D0Bristol: NoneTazewell: NoneHalifax: D3Warren: D0Washington: NoneWise: NonePage: D0Bland: NoneLunenburg: D1Buchanan: NoneMecklenburg: D2Amelia: D0Shenandoah: D0Dickenson: NoneStaunton: D0Floyd: NoneRoanoke: D0Alleghany: NoneGiles: NoneFranklin: D0Bath: NonePittsylvania: D2Culpeper: D0Orange: D0Lynchburg: D1Campbell: D2Craig: NoneFrederick: D0Rockbridge: D0Carroll: NoneGrayson: NoneWythe: NonePatrick: D0Charlotte: D2Rockingham: D0Smyth: NoneNottoway: D1Russell: NoneBuckingham: D0Augusta: D0Madison: D0Bedford: D1Roanoke: D0Nelson: D0Covington: NoneLee: NoneTucker: NonePocahontas: NoneMcDowell: NoneGilmer: NoneWetzel: NoneWebster: NoneDoddridge: NoneRandolph: NoneGreenbrier: NoneMercer: NoneMarshall: NoneBarbour: NonePreston: NoneSummers: NoneMineral: NoneCabell: NoneClay: NoneWirt: NoneCalhoun: NoneLogan: NonePendleton: NoneRitchie: NoneTyler: NoneMarion: NoneWood: NoneHarrison: NoneTaylor: NoneBoone: NoneFayette: NoneKanawha: NoneRoane: NoneHampshire: NoneLewis: NoneMingo: NoneMorgan: NoneGrant: NoneNicholas: NonePutnam: NoneWyoming: NoneBerkeley: D0Raleigh: NoneUpshur: NoneWayne: NoneLincoln: NoneMonongalia: NoneBraxton: NonePleasants: NoneHardy: NoneMonroe: NoneJackson: NoneMason: None

No drought
across most of Raleigh County (0%).

Outlined county is Raleigh. Colors are the Drought Monitor levels D0 to D4.

Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, map dated Nov 10, 2026.

Disaster designations

  • S6316 · Primary · Drought · approved Jul 8, 2026
  • S6113 · Contiguous · Drought · approved Jan 6, 2026

Primary or contiguous, both open FSA emergency loans. Source: USDA secretarial designations.

On FSA's 2026 drought-pay (LFP) list. FSA file of Nov 5, 2026.

Programs and deadlines

ProgramDateDays
Other crop insurance plansNov 20, 20265
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage rain insurance (PRF)Dec 1, 202616
NRCS conservation cost-share (EQIP, CSP, ACEP)Dec 11, 202626
Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP)Mar 1, 2027106
Emergency Assistance for Livestock (ELAP)Mar 1, 2027106
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)Mar 1, 2027106

Sources: FSA, RMA and NRCS program pages. Dates change; confirm with your FSA county office.

FSA money in Raleigh County

FSA county totals are not built for West Virginia counties yet.

Burn ban and fire alerts

Burn ban: Cownty doesn't read an official statewide burn-ban list for West Virginia; county commissions, sheriffs and fire districts post local fire restrictions, so check your county's own notices.

No National Weather Service fire-weather alerts right now.

No mapped wildfire within 50 miles.

Sources: NWS alerts; NIFC current fire perimeters, updated Nov 15, 2026.

Your FSA office

Call before you drive: hours and addresses change.

Find the nearest office and its phone number: offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app

Cownty does not hold FSA office addresses. The USDA Service Center Locator is the official list.

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