Sale reports / West Virginia / Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association / 2021-10-15

Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association

Feeder Cattle · Marlington, West Virginia · Fri, Oct 15
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1888
Receipts
301 head
17 vs last sale 284 83 vs year ago 218 · +38.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slightly higher run than last reported for the final graded special this season. Demand steady to slightly higher by $1.00 - $3.50 for four weight #1 Steers while demand significantly lowering over five to six weights. Note an opposite trend in Heifers as demand for four weight lowered significantly while five and six weights sold $1.00-$9.00 higher. Eastern WV counties experiencing adequate to higher than average rain and higher than average temperatures, ample pasture reported. Majority of corn has been chopped in the Greenbrier/Pocahontas area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.55/cwt on 164 head.
Average price
$152.55
164 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$821
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$62
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.25
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2494156.9877547
Medium and Large 1556150.77838117
One grade step is worth $6.21/cwt here — about −$62 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 sale164 hd
152.55
WV average8 barns · 1,929 hd
159.80
−7.25
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

21 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
SteersMedium and Large 2531158.00/cwt158.00–158.008399
SteersMedium and Large 1578140.00/cwt140.00–140.0080932
SteersMedium and Large 1628136.00/cwt136.00–136.0085429
SteersMedium and Large 1523160.50/cwt160.50–160.5083926
HeifersMedium and Large 1575113.16/cwt108.00–120.0065124
HeifersMedium and Large 2435107.96/cwt107.00–108.0047026
SteersMedium and Large 1478172.00/cwt172.00–172.0082216
SteersMedium and Large 2448169.00/cwt169.00–169.0075720
SteersMedium and Large 2372153.59/cwt152.00–168.0057110
HeifersMedium and Large 2554108.50/cwt108.50–108.5060111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added532131.00/cwt131.00–131.006976
HeifersMedium and Large 2368114.00/cwt114.00–114.004209
SteersMedium and Large 2720130.00/cwt130.00–130.009368
SteersMedium and Large 1418179.50/cwt179.50–179.5075010
SteersMedium and Large 1719124.00/cwt124.00–124.008924
HeifersMedium and Large 1438121.00/cwt121.00–121.0053014
HeifersMedium and Large 1631117.30/cwt117.00–121.0074013
HeifersMedium and Large 1729111.00/cwt111.00–111.008096
BullsMedium and Large 1437115.00/cwt115.00–115.005033
BullsMedium and Large 1348153.00/cwt153.00–153.005322
BullsMedium and Large 1465125.00/cwt125.00–125.005811

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.