Sale reports / West Virginia / Jackson County Regional Livestock Market / 2020-11-07

Jackson County Regional Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ripley, West Virginia · Sat, Nov 7
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1880
Feeder Cattle receipts
497 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 494▼ 154 vs year ago 651 · −23.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 75▼ 20 vs year ago 120 · −16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 23▼ 18 vs year ago 72 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Larger run compared to last week with similar offering of feeder cattle and larger run of slaughter cattle. Slightly weaker demand for feeder steers, 4 wts sold $4-$6 lower, 5 wts sold $3-$7 lower and demand steady for 6 weights. Heifers sold steady. Feeder bulls, 4 wts, lower by $3-$4. Slaughter cattle slightly stronger by $2 for breakers, $5 for boners and $10 for lean cattle, bulls weaker by $2. Heiferettes $75-$102.50. Small run of hogs, feeders $35-$55 and slaughter $38-$47. All prices per cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.39/cwt on 167 head.
Average price
$128.39
167 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$89
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.24
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1473136.67647108
Medium and Large 2493113.2355859
One grade step is worth $23.44/cwt here — about $89 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 sale167 hd
128.39
—
WV average4 barns · 414 hd
128.16
+0.24
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—Low1,55980.071,24817
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42958.3183311
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19455.5966425
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,04549.1251335

Every lot, as filed

92 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
SteersMedium and Large 2—663112.74/cwt107.00–121.007473
SteersMedium and Large 2—380117.33/cwt104.00–128.0044612
HeifersMedium and Large 2—374115.23/cwt100.00–124.004315
SteersMedium and Large 2—90598.00/cwt98.00–98.008871
CowsLean 85-90%—56520.00/cwt20.00–20.001131
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05547.37/cwt45.00–49.005002
HeifersMedium and Large 1—276121.86/cwt117.50–125.003365
HeifersMedium and Large 1—324116.35/cwt111.00–126.003775
HeifersMedium and Large 1—662102.16/cwt101.00–104.006763
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623107.42/cwt104.00–110.006694
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,262749.91/cwt550.00–820.009,4646
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,288824.43/cwt635.00–1,100.0010,6196
SteersMedium and Large 1—379142.62/cwt130.00–150.0054122
SteersMedium and Large 1—850118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0031
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,166784.37/cwt525.00–1,000.009,14615
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—881676.62/cwt475.00–800.005,9614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565108.21/cwt104.00–111.006115
HeifersMedium and Large 1—73589.00/cwt89.00–89.006541
HeifersMedium and Large 1—381119.86/cwt110.00–127.0045719
SteersMedium and Large 1—569126.72/cwt117.00–132.0072111
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—608135.00/cwt135.00–135.008214
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—436150.59/cwt150.00–151.006575
SteersMedium and Large 1—426136.93/cwt120.00–151.005839
SteersMedium and Large 1—800115.00/cwt115.00–115.009201
SteersMedium and Large 1—511135.94/cwt128.00–145.0069515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522112.48/cwt105.00–117.005878
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—602116.00/cwt116.00–116.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—393132.00/cwt132.00–132.005194
SteersMedium and Large 1—475136.54/cwt128.00–144.0064914
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—365130.00/cwt130.00–130.004751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—82097.00/cwt97.00–97.007951
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—273146.08/cwt140.00–152.503992
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427125.40/cwt109.00–132.0053525
SteersMedium and Large 1—283155.65/cwt150.00–161.004402
SteersMedium and Large 1—609119.46/cwt107.00–128.007284
SteersMedium and Large 1—330144.98/cwt133.00–156.0047814
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—200137.50/cwt137.50–137.502751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—75091.00/cwt91.00–91.006831
SteersMedium and Large 1—668110.24/cwt101.00–119.007362
SteersMedium and Large 1—926117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0833
HeifersMedium and Large 1—76081.00/cwt81.00–81.006161
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467119.60/cwt110.00–126.0055916
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—427124.34/cwt100.00–145.0053115
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—467127.93/cwt100.00–136.0059718
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—88083.39/cwt77.00–90.007342
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—328121.61/cwt107.50–150.003993
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—370135.69/cwt125.00–141.005024
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—71593.99/cwt86.00–102.006724
HeifersMedium and Large 2—419105.53/cwt100.00–113.004427
SteersMedium and Large 2—700109.00/cwt109.00–109.007631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—668105.77/cwt98.00–115.007076
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—628111.42/cwt107.00–118.007008
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—570115.45/cwt105.00–124.0065812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—520115.66/cwt100.00–131.0060114
SteersMedium and Large 2—328106.80/cwt100.00–115.003503
HeifersMedium and Large 2—76595.00/cwt95.00–95.007271
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524106.08/cwt101.00–108.005565
HeifersMedium and Large 2—561103.99/cwt101.00–110.005836
HeifersMedium and Large 2—86583.00/cwt83.00–83.007181
HeifersMedium and Large 2—725102.03/cwt96.00–106.007406
HeifersMedium and Large 2—60595.00/cwt95.00–95.005751
SteersMedium and Large 2—62397.54/cwt96.00–99.006082
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—425139.00/cwt139.00–139.005911
HeifersMedium and Large 2—83594.00/cwt94.00–94.007851
SteersMedium and Large 2—560109.15/cwt99.00–118.006113
SteersMedium and Large 2—518108.62/cwt100.00–117.505638
SteersMedium and Large 2—484116.34/cwt104.00–126.0056316
SteersMedium and Large 2—220137.50/cwt137.50–137.503031
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,150850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,7751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,090844.88/cwt800.00–900.009,2093
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07662.11/cwt60.00–66.006684
SteersMedium and Large 2—765100.38/cwt92.00–106.007683
HeifersMedium and Large 2—336112.56/cwt106.00–121.003785
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,175710.00/cwt710.00–710.008,3431
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,077642.41/cwt500.00–700.006,9193
Bulls——1,40972.20/cwt56.50–76.501,0177
Bulls——1,62683.84/cwt79.00–87.001,3637
HeifersMedium and Large 2—489109.99/cwt103.00–115.005384
HeifersMedium and Large 2—281114.37/cwt107.50–120.003215
CowsLean 85-90%—95437.03/cwt31.00–40.003535
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07750.63/cwt42.00–59.0054525
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—939754.39/cwt475.00–910.007,08410
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,180537.71/cwt500.00–600.006,3454
Bulls——1,75389.62/cwt88.50–91.501,5713
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39456.75/cwt53.50–60.007918
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52262.47/cwt61.50–63.509513
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08367.93/cwt67.00–69.007362
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21855.20/cwt50.00–60.0067221
HeifersMedium and Large 2—225126.00/cwt126.00–126.002841
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—475135.00/cwt135.00–135.006412
SteersMedium and Large 2—410102.16/cwt97.50–109.004193
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—395127.00/cwt127.00–127.005021

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.