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 1-2—656105.00/cwt105.00–105.006894
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—562123.00/cwt123.00–123.006915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373136.50/cwt136.50–136.505094
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622116.00/cwt116.00–116.007225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423136.00/cwt136.00–136.005758
SteersMedium and Large 2—645112.00/cwt112.00–112.007222
SteersMedium and Large 1—420176.00/cwt176.00–176.0073911
SteersMedium and Large 1—372183.00/cwt183.00–183.006817
SteersMedium and Large 2—362166.00/cwt166.00–166.006019
SteersMedium and Large 2—441160.00/cwt160.00–160.0070610
SteersMedium and Large 1—525167.89/cwt159.00–169.0088143
SteersMedium and Large 1—723110.00/cwt110.00–110.007953
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474126.00/cwt126.00–126.0059716
SteersMedium and Large 1—626146.00/cwt146.00–146.0091420
SteersMedium and Large 1—670139.00/cwt139.00–139.009319
SteersMedium and Large 1—472172.78/cwt170.00–173.0081614
SteersMedium and Large 1—574157.00/cwt157.00–157.0090135
SteersMedium and Large 2—526132.00/cwt132.00–132.006945
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523122.00/cwt122.00–122.0063818
SteersMedium and Large 2—723103.00/cwt103.00–103.007452
HeifersMedium and Large 2—352121.00/cwt121.00–121.0042615
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567111.00/cwt111.00–111.0062911
HeifersMedium and Large 2—434121.00/cwt121.00–121.0052510
HeifersMedium and Large 2—52195.00/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.