Sale reports / West Virginia / Jackson County Regional Livestock Market / 2020-09-26

Jackson County Regional Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ripley, West Virginia · Sat, Sep 26
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1880
Feeder Cattle receipts
525 head
▼ 237 vs last sale 762▲ 47 vs year ago 478 · +9.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 23▼ 1 vs year ago 116 · −0.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 64▲ 21 vs year ago 42 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Lower run this week compared to last, lighter run of feeder cattle but heavier run of slaughter cattle and goats. Demand steady for #1 steers up to #500 to slightly lower in the #500 - #600 weight range. #1 Heifers sold steady, demand increasing for #1 feeder bulls $5-10/cwt . Demand steady for slaughter cows and slightly higher for slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.07/cwt on 191 head.
Average price
$126.07
191 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$600
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.99
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455133.6560775
Medium and Large 2490121.17593116
One grade step is worth $12.48/cwt here — about $14 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 sale191 hd
126.07
—
WV average5 barns · 542 hd
127.07
−0.99
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—Low1,47188.411,30118
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46862.1091218
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17259.7570034
CowsLean 85-90%Low99552.2152033

Every lot, as filed

87 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 2—758107.75/cwt104.00–115.008173
HeifersMedium and Large 2—576117.81/cwt111.00–125.0067912
BullsMedium and Large 2—435141.42/cwt138.00–145.006152
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373128.29/cwt100.00–142.0047917
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425127.17/cwt110.00–135.0054018
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—903540.44/cwt475.00–600.004,8802
HeifersMedium and Large 2—517120.89/cwt116.00–126.0062511
HeifersMedium and Large 2—691116.67/cwt112.00–119.008063
HeifersMedium and Large 2—850100.00/cwt100.00–100.008502
HeifersMedium and Large 2—317124.29/cwt105.00–135.003949
BullsMedium and Large 2—777104.00/cwt104.00–104.008082
HeifersMedium and Large 2—266125.52/cwt122.50–129.003348
BullsMedium and Large 2—490125.98/cwt121.00–138.006177
SteersMedium and Large 2—768124.63/cwt120.00–127.009573
SteersMedium and Large 2—723128.71/cwt115.00–138.009313
SteersMedium and Large 2—476137.63/cwt115.00–150.006558
HeifersMedium and Large 2—715111.39/cwt108.00–113.007965
SteersMedium and Large 2—369146.85/cwt137.00–154.005427
BullsMedium and Large 2—713110.51/cwt110.00–111.007882
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—697130.00/cwt130.00–130.009062
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—310140.00/cwt140.00–140.004341
SteersMedium and Large 2—542129.80/cwt129.00–130.007045
SteersMedium and Large 2—319142.76/cwt130.00–154.0045510
SteersMedium and Large 2—568127.28/cwt125.00–131.007233
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478121.53/cwt112.50–126.0058113
BullsMedium and Large 2—675120.68/cwt117.00–126.008153
BullsMedium and Large 2—313136.02/cwt135.00–138.004263
BullsMedium and Large 2—286131.48/cwt112.50–143.003765
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620113.73/cwt106.00–119.0070512
BullsMedium and Large 2—368131.72/cwt115.00–145.004856
SteersMedium and Large 2—623127.31/cwt117.00–133.007936
SteersMedium and Large 1—367163.34/cwt155.00–168.005999
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572124.06/cwt120.00–127.007109
BullsMedium and Large 1—581129.43/cwt128.00–135.007525
BullsMedium and Large 2—579121.83/cwt109.00–126.007059
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—898450.21/cwt425.00–475.004,0432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,125720.57/cwt600.00–800.008,1069
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,328796.14/cwt750.00–850.0010,5733
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,153785.15/cwt550.00–1,000.009,05313
CowsLean 85-90%—87041.02/cwt37.50–44.503577
BullsMedium and Large 2—233140.00/cwt140.00–140.003262
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22966.79/cwt64.00–69.008216
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05952.36/cwt50.50–54.005545
Bulls——1,54379.80/cwt79.50–80.001,2312
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40261.42/cwt58.50–64.5086110
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60664.01/cwt63.00–65.001,0287
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1331,135.86/cwt1,085.00–1,175.0012,8692
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05852.67/cwt44.00–62.0055721
CowsLean 85-90%—90865.95/cwt58.50–76.005995
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18259.52/cwt54.50–65.0070423
Bulls——1,44488.12/cwt84.00–97.001,27215
Bulls——1,735110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,9091
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,16055.50/cwt55.50–55.506441
BullsMedium and Large 1—670122.66/cwt122.00–124.008223
SteersMedium and Large 1—577138.85/cwt134.00–143.0080116
BullsMedium and Large 1—414150.08/cwt141.00–160.006219
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519126.18/cwt120.00–131.0065512
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,020805.51/cwt675.00–925.008,2162
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—600152.00/cwt152.00–152.009122
BullsMedium and Large 1—600130.67/cwt128.00–132.007843
SteersMedium and Large 1—428154.88/cwt140.00–169.0066320
BullsMedium and Large 1—381154.16/cwt141.00–168.0058711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423139.46/cwt130.00–153.0059021
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379139.62/cwt128.00–151.0052910
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—465163.49/cwt163.00–164.007604
SteersMedium and Large 1—519144.19/cwt137.00–152.0074810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—472129.92/cwt126.00–136.0061311
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—370153.00/cwt153.00–153.005661
BullsMedium and Large 1—713116.47/cwt115.00–118.008302
SteersMedium and Large 1—875115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0061
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—540130.00/cwt130.00–130.007024
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—441165.00/cwt165.00–165.007285
HeifersMedium and Large 1—331138.03/cwt132.50–145.004577
SteersMedium and Large 1—805121.01/cwt120.00–122.009742
BullsMedium and Large 1—340156.07/cwt151.00–159.005314
SteersMedium and Large 1—478151.23/cwt145.00–160.007236
SteersMedium and Large 1—323156.73/cwt155.00–158.005063
SteersMedium and Large 1—675125.18/cwt124.00–130.008455
BullsMedium and Large 2—515121.16/cwt112.00–127.506245
BullsMedium and Large 1—479144.08/cwt136.00–150.0069015
BullsMedium and Large 2—634116.40/cwt109.00–124.007384
BullsMedium and Large 1—522130.00/cwt125.00–135.006793
SteersMedium and Large 1—285142.37/cwt140.00–147.004063
SteersMedium and Large 1—631136.96/cwt128.00–140.008646
HeifersMedium and Large 2—815102.52/cwt99.00–106.008362
BullsMedium and Large 1—82894.38/cwt89.00–97.007813
SteersMedium and Large 2—427139.47/cwt127.50–153.005965

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.