Sale reports / West Virginia / Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association / 2020-10-16

Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association

Feeder Cattle · Marlington, West Virginia · Fri, Oct 16
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1888
Receipts
218 head
156 vs last sale 374 133 vs year ago 85 · +156.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Lighter receipts compared to last reported for the final fall Feeder special. Stronger demand for 400 weight steers $5-11/cwt higher, light 5 weights sold $10/cwt lower while heavy 5's sold $3/cwt higher, 6 weights $3-$4/cwt higher. Demand slightly higher for 4 weight heifers by $4-$5/cwt, light 5's sold lower $9/cwt and heavy 5's steady. 6 weight heifers higher by $10/cwt. No test on feeder bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.49/cwt on 131 head.
Average price
$141.49
131 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$804
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.77
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1581144.63841108
Medium and Large 2507126.7464323
One grade step is worth $17.89/cwt here — about $198 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale131 hd
141.49
WV average5 barns · 1,523 hd
145.25
−3.77
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

24 lots · USDA AMS · Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association Special Graded Sale - Marlington, WV
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1469128.95/cwt124.00–130.0060511
HeifersMedium and Large 1570113.60/cwt110.00–114.0064810
SteersMedium and Large 1678131.00/cwt131.00–131.008888
SteersMedium and Large 1410170.24/cwt165.00–171.006988
SteersMedium and Large 1875124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0853
SteersMedium and Large 1567147.00/cwt147.00–147.0083323
HeifersMedium and Large 254595.00/cwt95.00–95.005187
HeifersMedium and Large 2369102.50/cwt102.50–102.503787
SteersMedium and Large 1523150.00/cwt150.00–150.0078522
SteersMedium and Large 1624138.00/cwt138.00–138.0086117
SteersMedium and Large 1728125.50/cwt125.50–125.5091414
SteersMedium and Large 1471158.00/cwt158.00–158.0074413
SteersMedium and Large 2608124.00/cwt124.00–124.007543
SteersMedium and Large 2307121.00/cwt121.00–121.003717
SteersMedium and Large 2425147.00/cwt147.00–147.006256
SteersMedium and Large 2670121.00/cwt121.00–121.008114
SteersMedium and Large 2823110.00/cwt110.00–110.009053
HeifersMedium and Large 2440107.00/cwt107.00–107.004718
HeifersMedium and Large 1523115.00/cwt115.00–115.0060110
HeifersMedium and Large 1636113.50/cwt113.50–113.507225
BullsMedium and Large 1533102.00/cwt102.00–102.005442
BullsMedium and Large 1651101.50/cwt101.50–101.506616
HeifersMedium and Large 1715101.00/cwt101.00–101.007224
HeifersMedium and Large 1427126.00/cwt126.00–126.005385

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.