Sale reports / West Virginia / Jackson County Regional Livestock Market / 2021-04-24

Jackson County Regional Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ripley, West Virginia · Sat, Apr 24
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1880
Feeder Cattle receipts
312 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 282▼ 9 vs year ago 321 · −2.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 59▲ 39 vs year ago 22 · +177.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 17▼ 5 vs year ago 57 · −8.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Updated report

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.97/cwt on 185 head.
Average price
$129.97
185 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$626
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.34
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1463133.77619129
Small 1440131.005762thin
Medium and Large 2534123.4765946
Medium and Large 3488105.815178thin
One grade step is worth $27.97/cwt here — about $103 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 sale185 hd
129.97
—
WV average6 barns · 656 hd
128.63
+1.34
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—Low1,49383.631,24910
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,68080.001,3441thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41165.319216thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16464.9975642
CowsLean 85-90%Low72022.601632thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 2—400132.50/cwt132.50–132.505302
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—330146.54/cwt142.50–155.004843
HeifersMedium and Large 3—500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005501
HeifersMedium and Large 3—660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007261
SteersMedium and Large 2—755128.00/cwt128.00–128.009661
SteersMedium and Large 2—300161.00/cwt161.00–161.004832
HeifersMedium and Large 2—675118.00/cwt118.00–118.007971
HeifersMedium and Large 2—627120.95/cwt110.00–124.007588
HeifersMedium and Large 3—55597.50/cwt97.50–97.505411
SteersMedium and Large 3—355145.00/cwt145.00–145.005151
SteersMedium and Large 2—482135.75/cwt130.00–147.506543
SteersMedium and Large 2—528127.42/cwt122.50–130.006733
HeifersMedium and Large 3—46393.82/cwt80.00–107.504342
SteersMedium and Large 2—583137.09/cwt130.00–144.007992
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,382932.37/cwt625.00–1,200.0012,8858
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,005825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,2911
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—885936.98/cwt835.00–1,025.008,2922
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,005579.15/cwt425.00–735.005,8204
HeifersMedium and Large 3—422113.77/cwt107.00–119.004803
HeifersMedium and Large 2—725105.00/cwt105.00–105.007611
Bulls——1,00553.00/cwt53.00–53.005331
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15471.23/cwt67.00–80.0082217
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04055.85/cwt42.00–66.5058110
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25764.01/cwt60.00–67.0080515
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—943833.69/cwt750.00–900.007,8624
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,015610.00/cwt610.00–610.006,1921
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—532136.77/cwt90.00–152.0072817
SteersMedium and Large 1—390155.57/cwt147.50–160.006074
HeifersMedium and Large 1—761122.37/cwt117.00–125.009313
SteersMedium and Large 1—513159.46/cwt150.00–169.0081814
SteersMedium and Large 1—619144.83/cwt132.00–151.008968
SteersMedium and Large 1—225190.00/cwt185.00–195.004282
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525134.51/cwt129.00–139.0070613
SteersMedium and Large 1—682130.33/cwt126.00–139.008897
SteersMedium and Large 1—790129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0191
SteersMedium and Large 1—474157.55/cwt133.00–167.507477
HeifersMedium and Large 1—713120.30/cwt115.00–126.008584
HeifersMedium and Large 1—562130.14/cwt120.00–137.0073116
SteersMedium and Large 1—571141.37/cwt132.00–147.508076
BullsMedium and Large 1—600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007201
SteersMedium and Large 1—295160.00/cwt160.00–160.004722
HeifersMedium and Large 1—55132.00/cwt132.00–132.00735
HeifersMedium and Large 1—482136.29/cwt129.00–140.0065728
SteersMedium and Large 1Source/Aged—475155.00/cwt155.00–155.007362
HeifersMedium and Large 1—680124.82/cwt119.00–130.008496
HeifersSmall 1—440131.00/cwt131.00–131.005762
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380134.52/cwt130.00–143.0051111
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,2381,337.73/cwt1,225.00–1,450.0016,5612
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1901,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0015,4701
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,5801,287.70/cwt1,275.00–1,300.0020,3462
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0701,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0014,9801
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,68080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3441
CowsLean 85-90%—72022.60/cwt20.00–25.001632
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54067.50/cwt67.50–67.501,0401
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38564.87/cwt64.00–66.008985
Bulls——1,60889.14/cwt84.00–100.001,4337
Bulls——1,33579.65/cwt78.00–81.001,0632
SteersMedium and Large 2—215145.00/cwt145.00–145.003121
HeifersMedium and Large 2—569122.62/cwt105.00–129.0069813
SteersMedium and Large 2—375141.49/cwt135.00–145.005313
HeifersMedium and Large 2—522124.73/cwt119.00–130.006517
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—700123.00/cwt123.00–123.008611
CowsMedium and Large 2—450146.00/cwt146.00–146.006571
HeifersMedium and Large 2—432126.98/cwt126.00–128.005493
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—675117.70/cwt97.50–131.0079412
SteersMedium and Large 2—655128.00/cwt128.00–128.008381
SteersMedium and Large 2—630130.00/cwt130.00–130.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326134.35/cwt130.00–140.004389
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—82583.66/cwt80.00–87.506902
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—626127.96/cwt121.00–148.0080114
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—385145.00/cwt145.00–145.005582
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378129.10/cwt123.00–132.004884
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475124.97/cwt115.00–133.005949
SteersMedium and Large 1—724132.89/cwt123.00–155.009624
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—170170.00/cwt170.00–170.002891
HeifersMedium and Large 1—208145.54/cwt130.00–160.003032
SteersMedium and Large 1—310160.00/cwt160.00–160.004961
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—583139.46/cwt129.00–159.0081312
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—418140.37/cwt125.00–163.005877
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625125.01/cwt120.00–130.007815
HeifersMedium and Large 1—280141.85/cwt130.00–152.003979
SteersMedium and Large 1—445162.00/cwt162.00–162.007211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—431137.28/cwt127.00–145.0059218
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—472144.45/cwt112.50–164.0068218

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.