Sale reports / West Virginia / Jackson County Regional Livestock Market / 2019-12-07

Jackson County Regional Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ripley, West Virginia · Sat, Dec 7
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1880
Feeder Cattle receipts
288 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 205▲ 288 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 75▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 62▲ 62 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last reported heavier receipt of feeder cattle, sheep and goats. Lighter run of slaughter cattle and replacement cattle moderate. Prices steady for feeder cattle, slightly weak for slaughter cattle. Small number of goats, $20-$35; and slaughter hogs, $30-$49/cwt.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.89/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$104.89
88 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$474
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.32
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1406112.6545735
Medium and Large 248399.7648153
One grade step is worth $12.89/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale88 hd
104.89
—
WV average5 barns · 239 hd
108.21
−3.32
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,53565.119994thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37952.977314thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21746.255639thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,03538.7340123

Every lot, as filed

60 lots · USDA AMS · Jackson County Regional Livestock Market - Ripley, WV
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—371111.86/cwt105.00–117.004155
HeifersMedium and Large 1—508109.99/cwt109.00–111.005592
BullsMedium and Large 2—52398.74/cwt85.00–110.005164
BullsMedium and Large 2—377105.88/cwt95.00–122.003993
BullsMedium and Large 2—77390.00/cwt90.00–90.006962
BullsMedium and Large 2—628104.63/cwt98.00–111.006572
BullsMedium and Large 2—47896.64/cwt92.50–101.004622
BullsMedium and Large 2—40086.25/cwt82.50–90.003452
BullsMedium and Large 1—531124.63/cwt119.00–129.506629
BullsMedium and Large 1—576112.34/cwt107.00–120.006475
BullsMedium and Large 1—414127.16/cwt112.50–134.005264
BullsMedium and Large 1—665110.68/cwt106.00–113.007363
BullsMedium and Large 1—470122.16/cwt115.00–134.005743
BullsMedium and Large 1—328117.98/cwt112.50–126.003873
BullsMedium and Large 1—365127.74/cwt127.50–128.004662
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—888555.53/cwt400.00–750.004,9333
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,095689.59/cwt600.00–800.007,5515
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—990440.00/cwt440.00–440.004,3561
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,265635.00/cwt635.00–635.008,0331
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,118515.72/cwt450.00–575.005,7662
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,300525.00/cwt525.00–525.006,8251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—1,300775.00/cwt775.00–775.0010,0751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—920600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,5201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,275900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,4751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,248750.05/cwt725.00–775.009,3612
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,205750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,0381
SteersMedium and Large 2—434128.76/cwt115.00–137.005599
SteersMedium and Large 2—327115.50/cwt100.00–134.003789
SteersMedium and Large 2—563121.12/cwt111.00–127.506827
SteersMedium and Large 2—473111.76/cwt108.00–117.005293
SteersMedium and Large 2—503118.46/cwt110.00–127.005962
SteersMedium and Large 1—422142.25/cwt129.00–152.006008
SteersMedium and Large 1—458143.20/cwt130.00–147.006567
SteersMedium and Large 1—518139.44/cwt133.00–141.007225
SteersMedium and Large 1—375132.34/cwt121.00–145.004965
SteersMedium and Large 1—340132.67/cwt120.00–139.004513
HeifersMedium and Large 2—324102.99/cwt92.50–112.5033410
HeifersMedium and Large 2—476102.67/cwt96.00–110.004899
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518100.16/cwt93.00–107.505198
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17547.87/cwt44.00–55.005629
CowsLean 85-90%—99639.57/cwt35.00–42.003949
CowsLean 85-90%—87019.27/cwt18.00–20.001683
CowsLean 85-90%—83023.00/cwt21.00–25.001912
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36254.80/cwt52.00–60.007463
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43047.50/cwt47.50–47.506791
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17545.12/cwt44.00–46.005306
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31053.03/cwt50.50–55.006952
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28039.50/cwt39.50–39.505061
Bulls——1,53565.11/cwt55.00–83.009994
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Registered—690400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,7601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—915650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,9481
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420100.93/cwt90.00–110.004248
HeifersMedium and Large 2—57895.61/cwt90.00–101.005537
HeifersMedium and Large 2—72395.22/cwt82.00–102.006883
HeifersMedium and Large 2—66387.92/cwt84.00–90.005833
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378104.72/cwt100.00–109.003963
HeifersMedium and Large 2—60595.95/cwt90.00–102.005802
HeifersMedium and Large 1—464107.97/cwt103.00–116.0050110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415114.80/cwt102.00–119.004769
HeifersMedium and Large 1—329116.73/cwt107.50–125.003849

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.