Sale reports / West Virginia / Jackson County Regional Livestock Market / 2020-10-10

Jackson County Regional Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ripley, West Virginia · Sat, Oct 10
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1880
Feeder Cattle receipts
826 head
826 vs last sale 0 384 vs year ago 442 · +86.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
143 head
143 vs last sale 0 49 vs year ago 94 · +52.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
49 vs last sale 0 20 vs year ago 29 · +69.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Heavy run of feeders with increased offering of slaughter and replacement cattle. Compared to last reported feeder steers sold steady to slightly higher by $6 per cwt, feeder heifers steady to higher by $4-$6 per cwt. Demand remained steady for feeder bulls. Slaughter cattle demand softer by $6 per cwt in comparing boner cattle while slaughter bulls remained steady. Small run of slaughter hogs, $41-$55.50 per cwt; heiferettes, $84-$103.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.43/cwt on 212 head.
Average price
$121.43
212 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$583
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.28
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524123.13645123
Medium and Large 2418119.0749889
One grade step is worth $4.06/cwt here — about $147 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 sale212 hd
121.43
WV average6 barns · 1,563 hd
124.70
−3.28
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
BullsAverage1,60774.551,19815
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34651.5069319
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17848.4957138
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02343.0844136

Every lot, as filed

84 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 1375130.21/cwt117.00–138.0048814
BullsMedium and Large 1660119.31/cwt118.00–120.007873
BullsMedium and Large 1268163.99/cwt160.00–167.504393
BullsMedium and Large 1610115.48/cwt113.00–118.007042
SteersMedium and Large 1258162.57/cwt145.00–170.004195
BullsMedium and Large 177194.35/cwt93.00–97.007273
HeifersMedium and Large 1332123.61/cwt120.00–125.004108
HeifersMedium and Large 1272126.44/cwt124.00–128.003443
SteersMedium and Large 1872118.63/cwt116.00–122.001,0346
BullsMedium and Large 180286.00/cwt86.00–86.006902
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600147.50/cwt147.50–147.508856
HeifersMedium and Large 1618118.77/cwt110.00–130.0073414
SteersMedium and Large 1333165.46/cwt152.50–175.005517
HeifersMedium and Large 1475123.11/cwt116.00–133.0058515
HeifersMedium and Large 1684108.45/cwt106.00–114.007426
HeifersMedium and Large 1773105.72/cwt103.00–110.008174
SteersMedium and Large 1975100.92/cwt91.00–106.009843
SteersMedium and Large 1469152.05/cwt147.00–158.0071312
SteersMedium and Large 1524142.98/cwt133.00–153.0074930
HeifersMedium and Large 1431128.54/cwt115.00–139.0055419
SteersMedium and Large 1382162.91/cwt152.00–170.0062210
SteersMedium and Large 1614138.05/cwt129.00–141.008489
BullsMedium and Large 1725106.42/cwt103.00–116.007726
SteersMedium and Large 1559141.22/cwt135.00–147.007898
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open733115.00/cwt115.00–115.0084310
SteersMedium and Large 1763127.98/cwt126.00–130.009762
BullsMedium and Large 1521135.38/cwt127.00–141.0070513
BullsMedium and Large 1475145.64/cwt140.00–153.0069212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,183661.11/cwt450.00–900.007,82115
SteersMedium and Large 1730134.00/cwt134.00–134.009782
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open687124.00/cwt124.00–124.008524
SteersMedium and Large 1681125.81/cwt120.00–138.008573
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added708136.50/cwt136.50–136.509666
BullsMedium and Large 1425154.74/cwt140.00–162.0065812
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,188881.11/cwt775.00–985.0010,4682
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2945950.00/cwt950.00–950.008,9787
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2950725.00/cwt700.00–750.006,8882
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,138797.58/cwt700.00–900.009,0762
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,125571.22/cwt450.00–660.006,42610
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,040725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,5401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2995550.00/cwt550.00–550.005,4731
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2958656.08/cwt475.00–775.006,2855
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2911798.88/cwt725.00–860.007,2784
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34755.45/cwt53.00–64.007477
Bulls1,65075.05/cwt70.00–79.501,2389
Bulls1,24766.20/cwt56.00–71.008263
CowsLean 85-90%81334.48/cwt30.00–40.002804
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04340.28/cwt35.00–44.004204
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34549.20/cwt45.00–53.0066212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18447.22/cwt43.50–51.5055924
HeifersMedium and Large 2425114.87/cwt106.00–125.0048816
CowsLean 85-90%1,18149.03/cwt47.00–52.005799
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21954.84/cwt52.50–57.0066810
Bulls1,83781.38/cwt80.00–82.501,4953
HeifersMedium and Large 2325119.80/cwt105.00–133.0038919
SteersMedium and Large 2476136.55/cwt122.00–149.006507
SteersMedium and Large 2373132.48/cwt120.00–142.504949
CowsLean 85-90%99842.25/cwt30.00–48.5042223
BullsMedium and Large 1331161.01/cwt145.00–175.005336
HeifersMedium and Large 2531115.72/cwt111.00–120.006144
SteersMedium and Large 2428120.40/cwt112.50–130.005155
HeifersMedium and Large 2372122.99/cwt110.00–133.0045813
HeifersMedium and Large 2471121.52/cwt116.00–129.0057212
HeifersMedium and Large 2272120.58/cwt115.00–127.503289
BullsMedium and Large 1379158.07/cwt150.00–164.005996
BullsMedium and Large 2431131.51/cwt123.00–143.005678
HeifersMedium and Large 2Guaranteed Open518119.00/cwt119.00–119.006164
BullsMedium and Large 2283125.95/cwt115.00–137.503562
BullsMedium and Large 2480139.24/cwt125.00–148.006685
SteersMedium and Large 2565117.31/cwt110.00–125.006634
HeifersMedium and Large 1565126.74/cwt123.00–130.007168
SteersMedium and Large 2330150.58/cwt143.00–157.504972
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added662137.00/cwt137.00–137.009072
SteersMedium and Large 2290143.67/cwt136.00–147.504173
HeifersMedium and Large 2574120.18/cwt118.00–123.006906
HeifersMedium and Large 2630110.75/cwt110.00–112.006984
HeifersMedium and Large 1521129.61/cwt124.00–136.0067515
BullsMedium and Large 2324130.77/cwt110.00–148.004246
HeifersMedium and Large 1725108.36/cwt104.00–111.007863
HeifersMedium and Large 2Guaranteed Open585119.00/cwt119.00–119.006962
BullsMedium and Large 1588136.56/cwt123.00–150.008032
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added582149.00/cwt149.00–149.008675
SteersMedium and Large 1421156.59/cwt142.50–166.0065917
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added542158.00/cwt158.00–158.008562

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.