Name: Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association livestock auction prices — 2025-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-12

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $430.20/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$430.20

48 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,351

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$278

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

$55.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.99

vs WV average

+16.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	450.59	2,384	22
Medium and Large 1	564	414.44	2,337	24
Large 1	533	395.00	2,105	2thin

One grade step is worth $55.59/cwt here — about $278 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale48 hd

430.20

—

WV average4 barns · 182 hd

410.20

+19.99

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+16.68

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

32 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	349.49/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,212	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,125	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,335	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,819	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,739	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	1
Steers	Large 1	500–550	533	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,105	2
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	680	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,751	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,338	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,305	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,826	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,751	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	450.59/cwt	335.00–462.00	2,384	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,590	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,176	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,274	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,422	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	221.15/cwt	212.50–230.00	1,477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	283.30/cwt	277.50–295.00	1,524	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,349	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,747	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,132	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	818	232.51/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,902	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,306	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	301.25/cwt	215.00–330.00	1,271	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,828	6

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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