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Jackson County Regional Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ripley, West Virginia · Sat, Oct 24
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1880
Feeder Cattle receipts
776 head
776 vs last sale 0 136 vs year ago 640 · +21.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
81 vs last sale 0 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
49 vs last sale 0 91 vs year ago 140 · 65.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Lower offering compared to last reported with feeder demand weakening. 400 weight steers sold lower $12/cwt, 5 weights lower $10/cwt and light 6 weights lower by $15/cwt while heavy 6's sold steady. 400 weight feeder heifers $10-15/cwt lower, 5 weights lower by $10/cwt, 6's lower $8-12/cwt. Feeder bulls $5-15/cwt lower. Demand slightly stronger for slaughter cattle, Breakers averaging higher by $6/cwt and Boners by $3/cwt, no test on Leans. Slaughter Bulls sold steady. Heiferettes, $56-$90. Feeder pigs $20-$27.50, slaughter hogs $33-$40.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.29/cwt on 228 head.
Average price
$113.29
228 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$529
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.12
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475117.02556141
Medium and Large 2459111.5051268
Medium and Large 343992.0340419thin
One grade step is worth $24.99/cwt here — about $151 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 sale228 hd
113.29
WV average6 barns · 748 hd
112.17
+1.12
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
BullsAverage1,58778.441,2459thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34960.078109thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19953.5064127
CowsLean 85-90%Average98738.5238036

Every lot, as filed

79 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 2465110.82/cwt100.00–120.0051512
HeifersMedium and Large 2560103.40/cwt101.00–107.005793
HeifersMedium and Large 266995.95/cwt86.00–100.006425
HeifersMedium and Large 2329115.94/cwt107.50–122.003818
SteersMedium and Large 2518126.18/cwt117.00–135.006546
SteersMedium and Large 2825109.00/cwt109.00–109.008991
HeifersMedium and Large 352592.57/cwt90.00–95.004862
HeifersMedium and Large 342095.22/cwt71.00–100.004008
SteersMedium and Large 2394123.67/cwt120.00–144.004878
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42459.20/cwt57.50–60.008434
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15454.45/cwt50.00–59.5062814
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,21063.84/cwt62.50–66.007724
CowsLean 85-90%97839.75/cwt34.00–44.003899
CowsLean 85-90%91531.38/cwt27.00–34.0028711
Bulls1,63380.67/cwt75.00–85.001,3177
CowsLean 85-90%93022.19/cwt20.00–24.002062
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30060.03/cwt59.00–62.007805
CowsLean 85-90%1,05845.68/cwt40.00–61.0048314
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60548.50/cwt48.50–48.507781
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21347.77/cwt43.00–51.505798
Bulls1,42570.64/cwt66.00–75.001,0072
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5881,052.47/cwt960.00–1,100.0016,7133
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2951628.57/cwt485.00–725.005,9785
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added476123.00/cwt123.00–123.005854
HeifersMedium and Large 1605124.00/cwt124.00–124.007502
SteersMedium and Large 1471135.63/cwt125.00–148.0063924
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2875650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,6881
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2872612.31/cwt600.00–635.005,3393
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,120679.18/cwt500.00–800.007,60711
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,345771.92/cwt725.00–810.0010,3822
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,180607.78/cwt420.00–775.007,1725
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,040739.33/cwt400.00–900.007,6894
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,040510.91/cwt430.00–575.005,3133
BullsMedium and Large 1965983.81/cwt875.00–1,075.009,4942
SteersMedium and Large 1677119.65/cwt114.00–124.008109
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added544148.02/cwt136.00–154.008056
SteersMedium and Large 1426138.54/cwt132.00–147.0059010
HeifersMedium and Large 1696104.00/cwt104.00–104.007243
SteersMedium and Large 1313146.39/cwt143.00–152.504583
SteersMedium and Large 1805115.00/cwt115.00–115.009263
HeifersMedium and Large 1313122.28/cwt118.00–127.003836
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added539126.13/cwt126.00–127.006808
SteersMedium and Large 1778112.05/cwt109.00–115.008722
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added494139.00/cwt139.00–139.0068725
HeifersMedium and Large 1428116.85/cwt113.00–124.0050029
SteersMedium and Large 1712114.99/cwt111.00–116.008196
BullsMedium and Large 1-2624112.67/cwt104.00–120.0070310
SteersMedium and Large 1626123.46/cwt122.00–124.0077310
SteersMedium and Large 1518135.09/cwt122.00–143.0070021
SteersMedium and Large 1370146.37/cwt137.00–155.0054210
HeifersMedium and Large 1469117.47/cwt110.00–128.0055115
HeifersMedium and Large 1510116.74/cwt110.00–126.0059535
BullsMedium and Large 1-2671104.16/cwt99.00–115.006993
HeifersMedium and Large 1575113.75/cwt113.00–116.006548
SteersMedium and Large 1558125.56/cwt123.00–131.0070118
HeifersMedium and Large 1367119.31/cwt117.00–123.0043812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2582118.37/cwt110.00–122.0068919
BullsMedium and Large 1-2480124.35/cwt115.00–135.0059710
SteersMedium and Large 2636118.68/cwt118.00–119.007553
HeifersMedium and Large 171898.31/cwt95.00–99.007066
BullsMedium and Large 1-2517119.43/cwt107.00–137.0061712
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added381118.23/cwt113.00–126.0045013
BullsMedium and Large 1-271892.48/cwt91.00–94.006642
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added701114.00/cwt114.00–114.007993
HeifersMedium and Large 2428113.99/cwt102.50–123.0048815
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added428149.00/cwt149.00–149.0063811
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added336156.00/cwt156.00–156.005243
BullsMedium and Large 1-2367133.44/cwt102.50–154.0049014
HeifersMedium and Large 2368112.67/cwt100.00–119.0041510
HeifersMedium and Large 2526113.23/cwt103.00–122.0059615
HeifersMedium and Large 332085.49/cwt70.00–102.502742
BullsMedium and Large 1-2437131.08/cwt120.00–139.005735
SteersMedium and Large 2334129.78/cwt125.00–140.004335
BullsMedium and Large 1-2331141.59/cwt128.00–153.004696
SteersMedium and Large 2572121.41/cwt113.00–126.006948
SteersMedium and Large 2480111.29/cwt105.00–119.005345
HeifersMedium and Large 347190.11/cwt70.00–98.004247
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added498137.00/cwt137.00–137.006824
SteersMedium and Large 2437129.37/cwt115.00–144.005656

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.