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Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association

Name: Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association livestock auction prices — 2020-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Marlington, West Virginia · Fri, Oct 16

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1888

← Oct 8Oct 16Apr 10 →

Receipts

218 head

▼ 156 vs last sale 374▲ 133 vs year ago 85 · +156.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Lighter receipts compared to last reported for the final fall Feeder special. Stronger demand for 400 weight steers $5-11/cwt higher, light 5 weights sold $10/cwt lower while heavy 5's sold $3/cwt higher, 6 weights $3-$4/cwt higher. Demand slightly higher for 4 weight heifers by $4-$5/cwt, light 5's sold lower $9/cwt and heavy 5's steady. 6 weight heifers higher by $10/cwt. No test on feeder bulls.

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 $141.49/cwt on 131 head.

Average price

$141.49

131 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$17.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.77

vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	144.63	841	108
Medium and Large 2	507	126.74	643	23

One grade step is worth $17.89/cwt here — about $198 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 sale131 hd

141.49

—

WV average5 barns · 1,523 hd

145.25

−3.77

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

Every lot

24 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	307	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	371	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	170.24/cwt	165.00–171.00	698	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	625	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	744	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	785	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	833	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	608	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	754	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	861	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	670	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	811	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	888	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	914	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	823	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	905	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,085	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	369	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	378	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	538	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	440	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	471	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	128.95/cwt	124.00–130.00	605	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	601	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	518	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	113.60/cwt	110.00–114.00	648	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	722	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	722	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	533	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	544	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	651	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	661	6

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 Oct 16, 2020

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

Receipts 218Last week 374Year ago 85

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	469	124.00–130.00	128.95
10	—	570	110.00–114.00	113.60
10	—	523	115.00	115.00
5	—	636	113.50	113.50
4	—	715	101.00	101.00
5	—	427	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	545	95.00	95.00
7	—	369	102.50	102.50
8	—	440	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	678	131.00	131.00
8	—	410	165.00–171.00	170.24
3	—	875	124.00	124.00
23	—	567	147.00	147.00
22	—	523	150.00	150.00
17	—	624	138.00	138.00
14	—	728	125.50	125.50
13	—	471	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	124.00	124.00
7	—	307	121.00	121.00
6	—	425	147.00	147.00
4	—	670	121.00	121.00
3	—	823	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	102.00	102.00
6	—	651	101.50	101.50

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.