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Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association

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

Feeder Cattle · Marlington, West Virginia · Fri, Sep 13

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1888

← Oct 13Sep 13Sep 12 →

Receipts

240 head

▲ 240 vs last sale 0▲ 240 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

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

Price by quality 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

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. 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	352	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	933	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,095	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,218	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,319	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	275.82/cwt	268.00–277.00	1,432	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	542	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,230	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,386	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	233.93/cwt	200.00–238.00	1,478	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,309	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,675	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,763	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	849	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,978	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	358	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	859	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	840	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	990	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,046	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,210	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,157	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,206	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	214.14/cwt	205.00–225.00	1,330	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,219	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,461	4

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 13, 2024

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

Receipts 240Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	227.00	227.00
19	450–500	461	227.00	227.00
1	500–550	515	235.00	235.00
4	550–600	566	213.00	213.00
9	600–650	621	205.00–225.00	214.14
4	750–800	769	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	358	240.00	240.00
10	400–450	446	222.00	222.00
7	500–550	533	217.00	217.00
5	600–650	622	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	352	265.00	265.00
14	450–500	456	267.00	267.00
5	500–550	542	227.00	227.00
4	600–650	645	203.00	203.00
2	700–750	725	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	418	262.00	262.00
18	450–500	483	273.00	273.00
23	500–550	519	268.00–277.00	275.82
18	550–600	575	241.00	241.00
22	600–650	632	200.00–238.00	233.93
10	700–750	747	236.00	236.00
10	800–850	849	233.00	233.00

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.