The Buckle, Inc.’s net sales for the four-week period ended August 26, 2006 decreased 5.0% to $51.5 million from net sales of $54.2 million in August, 2005.

Comparable store net sales, for stores open at least one year, for the four-week period ended August 26, 2006 declined 8.5%.

Net sales year-to-date for the 30-week period ended August 26, 2006 decreased 0.1 percent to $263.5 million from net sales of $263.9 million for the same 30-week period a year ago. Comparable store net sales year-to-date declined 4.5 percent from comparable store net sales for the same 30-week period last year.

During the four-week period ended August 26, 2006, the Company repurchased 119,300 shares of its common stock at an average price of $34.71 per share. These shares were purchased pursuant to the 1,000,000 share corporate stock repurchase program authorized by the Board of Directors. The Company has 476,800 shares remaining to be purchased to complete this authorization.