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Pocahontas Producers Co-Op Association

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

Feeder Cattle · Marlington, West Virginia · Fri, Sep 12

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1888

← Sep 13Sep 12latest

Receipts

189 head

▲ 189 vs last sale 0▼ 51 vs year ago 240 · −21.3%

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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 $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

Price by quality 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

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. 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,335	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,235	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,747	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,132	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,305	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	450.59/cwt	335.00–462.00	2,384	22
Steers	500–550	Large 1	533	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,105	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,338	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	349.49/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,212	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,125	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,349	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	853	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,751	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,274	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,422	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	301.25/cwt	215.00–330.00	1,271	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,590	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,739	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	283.30/cwt	277.50–295.00	1,524	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,826	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,734	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,819	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,828	6
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	680	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,751	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,764	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,176	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,306	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,842	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,938	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	668	221.15/cwt	212.50–230.00	1,477	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,692	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	818	232.51/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,902	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 12, 2025

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

Receipts 189Last week 0Year ago 240

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	338	395.00	395.00
7	400–450	421	415.00	415.00
17	450–500	479	445.00	445.00
1	500–550	515	447.50	447.50
23	550–600	566	413.00	413.00
25	600–650	633	337.50–350.00	349.49
3	650–700	680	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	533	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	529	335.00–462.00	450.59
5	650–700	681	345.00	345.00
7	850–900	853	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	364	350.00	350.00
15	450–500	461	345.00	345.00
17	500–550	535	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	575	317.50	317.50
2	600–650	625	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	360.00	360.00
4	400–450	422	215.00–330.00	301.25
3	500–550	538	277.50–295.00	283.30
2	600–650	615	282.00	282.00
6	650–700	653	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	420.00	420.00
1	450–500	450	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	580	317.50	317.50
1	600–650	625	310.00	310.00
3	650–700	688	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	550	237.50	237.50
2	650–700	668	212.50–230.00	221.15
2	800–850	818	230.00–235.00	232.51

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.