Sale reports / West Virginia / Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association / 2022-09-30

Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association

Feeder Cattle · Marlington, West Virginia · Fri, Sep 30
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1888
Receipts
459 head
245 vs last sale 214 175 vs year ago 284 · +61.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Second Feeder Calf Special of the Fall, heavy supply more than double the offering at the previous sale. Firm demand with prices trending higher for 400 lb #1 Steers, prices for heavier Steers slightly weaker while all weights of Heifers slightly lowering. Rainfall higher than average and ample pasture reported in Eastern West Virginia.

Next and Final Feeder Calf Special Sale Friday, October 14th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $176.09/cwt on 253 head.
Average price
$176.09
253 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$995
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$159
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.71
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2476180.7086140
Medium and Large 1582175.231,020213
One grade step is worth $5.47/cwt here — about −$159 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 sale253 hd
176.09
WV average5 barns · 869 hd
171.39
+4.71
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

30 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 1618115.24/cwt113.00–116.0071212
HeifersMedium and Large 1671116.00/cwt116.00–116.007784
HeifersMedium and Large 2539116.00/cwt116.00–116.006257
HeifersMedium and Large 2636113.00/cwt113.00–113.007194
HeifersMedium and Large 2359115.00/cwt115.00–115.0041318
HeifersMedium and Large 2454136.00/cwt136.00–136.0061716
SteersMedium and Large 1425210.50/cwt210.50–210.5089512
SteersMedium and Large 1622162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,00847
HeifersMedium and Large 1522133.00/cwt133.00–133.0069437
HeifersMedium and Large 1472139.00/cwt139.00–139.0065637
HeifersMedium and Large 1574123.50/cwt123.50–123.5070920
HeifersMedium and Large 1430154.00/cwt154.00–154.0066214
SteersMedium and Large 2537168.00/cwt168.00–168.0090212
SteersMedium and Large 2458190.00/cwt190.00–190.0087012
SteersMedium and Large 2367195.00/cwt195.00–195.0071612
SteersMedium and Large 2730150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0952
SteersMedium and Large 1477200.00/cwt200.00–200.0095421
SteersMedium and Large 1729154.24/cwt153.00–158.001,12420
SteersMedium and Large 1665161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,07121
SteersMedium and Large 2623146.00/cwt146.00–146.009102
SteersMedium and Large 1827150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2413
SteersMedium and Large 1350157.00/cwt157.00–157.005502
SteersMedium and Large 1573166.00/cwt166.00–166.0095146
SteersMedium and Large 1525198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,04041
HeifersMedium and Large 1365130.00/cwt130.00–130.004753
HeifersMedium and Large 1715113.00/cwt113.00–113.008082
BullsMedium and Large 1-2698121.00/cwt121.00–121.008453
BullsMedium and Large 1-2423171.00/cwt171.00–171.007232
BullsMedium and Large 1-2263130.00/cwt130.00–130.003422
BullsMedium and Large 1-2390164.00/cwt164.00–164.006401

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.