Sale reports / West Virginia / Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association / 2021-10-01

Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association

Feeder Cattle · Marlington, West Virginia · Fri, Oct 1
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1888
Receipts
284 head
13 vs last sale 297 90 vs year ago 374 · 24.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Similar head run compared to last reported, ample demand for the offering. #1 Steers sold steady to $10 per cwt higher for five and six weights. #1 Heifers sold steady to $3 higher per cwt. No test on bulls. Wetter than average mild Fall weather with plenty of pasture and water reported, corn chopping in full swing in the Greenbrier Valley.

Next Feeder Special Friday October 15

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.03/cwt on 170 head.
Average price
$159.03
170 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$844
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$179
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.94
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544160.92875142
Medium and Large 2466149.4369628
One grade step is worth $11.50/cwt here — about $179 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 sale170 hd
159.03
WV average4 barns · 371 hd
149.09
+9.94
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

25 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2656105.00/cwt105.00–105.006894
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2562123.00/cwt123.00–123.006915
HeifersMedium and Large 1373136.50/cwt136.50–136.505094
HeifersMedium and Large 1622116.00/cwt116.00–116.007225
HeifersMedium and Large 1423136.00/cwt136.00–136.005758
SteersMedium and Large 2645112.00/cwt112.00–112.007222
SteersMedium and Large 1420176.00/cwt176.00–176.0073911
SteersMedium and Large 1372183.00/cwt183.00–183.006817
SteersMedium and Large 2362166.00/cwt166.00–166.006019
SteersMedium and Large 2441160.00/cwt160.00–160.0070610
SteersMedium and Large 1525167.89/cwt159.00–169.0088143
SteersMedium and Large 1723110.00/cwt110.00–110.007953
HeifersMedium and Large 1474126.00/cwt126.00–126.0059716
SteersMedium and Large 1626146.00/cwt146.00–146.0091420
SteersMedium and Large 1670139.00/cwt139.00–139.009319
SteersMedium and Large 1472172.78/cwt170.00–173.0081614
SteersMedium and Large 1574157.00/cwt157.00–157.0090135
SteersMedium and Large 2526132.00/cwt132.00–132.006945
HeifersMedium and Large 1523122.00/cwt122.00–122.0063818
SteersMedium and Large 2723103.00/cwt103.00–103.007452
HeifersMedium and Large 2352121.00/cwt121.00–121.0042615
HeifersMedium and Large 1567111.00/cwt111.00–111.0062911
HeifersMedium and Large 2434121.00/cwt121.00–121.0052510
HeifersMedium and Large 252195.00/cwt95.00–95.004955

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.