Sale reports / West Virginia / Jackson County Regional Livestock Market / 2020-05-09

Jackson County Regional Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ripley, West Virginia · Sat, May 9
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1880
Feeder Cattle receipts
166 head
273 vs last sale 439 38 vs year ago 204 · 18.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
13 vs last sale 40 28 vs year ago 55 · 50.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
19 vs last sale 58 1 vs year ago 38 · +2.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last reported lower offering of feeder cattle, slightly lower replacement and slaughter cattle offering. Prices steady for feeders and slaughter cattle. Moderate offering of slaughter hogs #300+, $36.00-$41.00.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.24/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$126.24
64 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$629
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$141
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.02
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2425126.6053823
Medium and Large 1539126.0567941
One grade step is worth $0.55/cwt here — about −$141 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 sale64 hd
126.24
WV average4 barns · 104 hd
122.23
+4.02
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
BullsAverage1,55790.511,40912
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29561.417954thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,12156.4363320

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,096784.07/cwt685.00–885.008,5935
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2935785.00/cwt785.00–785.007,3401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,130751.77/cwt700.00–800.008,4952
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,170675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,8981
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,235800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,8801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,075650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,9881
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1801,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0015,9301
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28631,007.09/cwt785.00–1,350.008,6913
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4201,210.00/cwt1,210.00–1,210.0017,1821
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,065850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,0531
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2860700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,0202
BullsMedium and Large 11,4181,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0021,2702
BullsMedium and Large 11,0351,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0013,1961
SteersMedium and Large 2442141.00/cwt141.00–141.006234
SteersMedium and Large 2381138.00/cwt138.00–138.005263
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added604138.00/cwt138.00–138.0083417
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added460147.00/cwt147.00–147.006766
SteersMedium and Large 1403141.32/cwt134.00–145.005703
SteersMedium and Large 1490134.46/cwt131.00–138.006592
SteersMedium and Large 1229127.50/cwt127.50–127.502922
HeifersMedium and Large 2476119.72/cwt116.00–127.505708
HeifersMedium and Large 2308143.38/cwt127.50–155.004426
HeifersMedium and Large 2418123.49/cwt123.00–124.005164
HeifersMedium and Large 2583121.71/cwt105.00–130.007103
HeifersMedium and Large 2353117.28/cwt112.50–122.004142
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added632125.00/cwt125.00–125.007907
HeifersMedium and Large 1562127.27/cwt125.00–131.0071513
HeifersMedium and Large 1416126.74/cwt124.00–131.005277
HeifersMedium and Large 1680122.28/cwt117.00–127.008324
HeifersMedium and Large 1491129.29/cwt124.00–131.006354
HeifersMedium and Large 1525123.32/cwt117.00–132.006473
HeifersMedium and Large 1398125.00/cwt125.00–125.004983
BullsMedium and Large 2473118.36/cwt105.00–126.005604
BullsMedium and Large 2375142.50/cwt142.50–142.505342
BullsMedium and Large 1561131.67/cwt129.00–133.007393
BullsMedium and Large 1488136.78/cwt128.00–141.006673
BullsMedium and Large 1373121.01/cwt120.00–122.004512
CowsLean 85-90%1,11662.26/cwt60.00–64.506957
CowsLean 85-90%1,15456.60/cwt54.00–59.006537
CowsLean 85-90%1,08849.44/cwt40.50–54.005386
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,040685.00/cwt685.00–685.007,1241
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29561.41/cwt60.00–63.507954
Bulls1,59291.69/cwt84.00–105.001,46011
Bulls1,17577.50/cwt77.50–77.509111
SteersMedium and Large 2506145.01/cwt127.00–151.007344

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.