Name: Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association livestock auction prices — 2024-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $256.89/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$256.89

46 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,396

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$33.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.66

vs WV average

−11.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	260.53	1,416	41
Medium and Large 2	542	227.00	1,230	5thin

One grade step is worth $33.53/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale46 hd

256.89

—

WV average5 barns · 121 hd

254.23

+2.66

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

−11.31

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

22 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,206	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,461	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	214.14/cwt	205.00–225.00	1,330	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,046	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,157	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,386	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	990	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,230	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	933	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	233.93/cwt	200.00–238.00	1,478	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,095	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,218	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,219	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,763	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	849	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,978	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,319	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	275.82/cwt	268.00–277.00	1,432	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	859	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,309	4

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.

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