Sale reports / West Virginia / Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association / 2020-09-18

Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association

Name: Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association livestock auction prices — 2020-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-18

Feeder Cattle · Marlington, West Virginia · Fri, Sep 18

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1888

← Oct 18Sep 18Oct 2 →

Receipts

180 head

▲ 180 vs last sale 0▲ 180 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First Fall graded feeder calf special, heavier run than reported a year ago. Very small offering of cutting bulls, 400-550#, $128-$129 per cwt. Ample pasture reported in S. Eastern WV.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.96/cwt on 104 head.

Average price

$146.96

104 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$7.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.79

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	148.01	806	89
Medium and Large 2	414	140.73	582	15thin

One grade step is worth $7.28/cwt here — about $224 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 sale104 hd

146.96

—

WV average7 barns · 1,092 hd

151.74

−4.79

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

20 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	356	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	459	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	519	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	705	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	438	151.12/cwt	150.00–153.00	662	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	744	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	785	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	723	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	146.84/cwt	145.00–147.50	843	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	874	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	405	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	481	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	553	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	453	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	562	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	619	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	518	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	601	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	124.12/cwt	119.00–125.00	650	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	730	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	775	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	653	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	784	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	675	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	763	2

This sale against other markets

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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association Special Graded Sale - Marlington, WV

Fri Sep 18, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Charleston, WV (LS-CW)

Receipts 180Last week 0Year ago 0

First Fall graded feeder calf special, heavier run than reported a year ago. Very small offering of cutting bulls, 400-550#, $128-$129 per cwt. Ample pasture reported in S. Eastern WV.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	356	129.00	129.00
8	—	438	150.00–153.00	151.12
1	—	565	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	162.00	162.00
16	—	474	157.00	157.00
17	—	523	150.00	150.00
20	—	633	138.00	138.00
28	—	574	145.00–147.50	146.84
3	—	363	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	643	120.50	120.50
2	—	388	124.00	124.00
2	—	653	120.00	120.00
7	—	429	129.00	129.00
7	—	524	119.00–125.00	124.12
9	—	476	130.00	130.00
10	—	579	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	113.00	113.00
3	—	518	116.00	116.00
7	—	335	121.00	121.00
8	—	453	124.00	124.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.