Sale reports / West Virginia / Jackson County Regional Livestock Market / 2022-10-22

Jackson County Regional Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ripley, West Virginia · Sat, Oct 22
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1880
Feeder Cattle receipts
671 head
▲ 121 vs last sale 550▼ 102 vs year ago 773 · −13.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
▼ 91 vs last sale 200▲ 21 vs year ago 88 · +23.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week lower run of total head while a larger offering of feeder cattle by over 100 head. Four and six weight feeder steers sold steady while five weights sold $9-10 per cwt higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to $3-$6 per cwt higher in five and six weights. No market test on feeder bulls. Small offering of slaughter hogs, $62.50-$75.00 average weight of 234-365 lbs. This sale is reported on an out-weight basis.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.08/cwt on 170 head.
Average price
$137.08
170 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$629
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,142
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$70.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.86
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2963166.001,5993thin
Medium and Large 1475140.91670107
Medium and Large 2387136.3752849
Medium and Large 348095.1045611thin
One grade step is worth $70.90/cwt here — about $1,142 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 sale170 hd
137.08
—
WV average5 barns · 775 hd
135.22
+1.86
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—Average1,570100.111,57218
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17661.3472156
CowsLean 85-90%Average85247.504057thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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 1—557140.41/cwt136.00–142.007825
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421130.46/cwt121.00–145.005497
HeifersMedium and Large 2—289128.16/cwt117.50–140.003707
HeifersMedium and Large 2—533130.00/cwt130.00–130.006932
HeifersMedium and Large 3—67590.00/cwt90.00–90.006082
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470142.02/cwt137.00–145.006676
HeifersMedium and Large 2—324146.36/cwt138.00–153.0047410
HeifersMedium and Large 2—610111.00/cwt111.00–111.006772
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370145.30/cwt132.50–155.0053810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—668131.91/cwt121.00–138.008814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—780120.00/cwt120.00–120.009362
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328146.71/cwt140.00–158.004816
HeifersMedium and Large 1—637131.43/cwt118.00–140.008375
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521138.81/cwt134.00–144.0072324
SteersMedium and Large 1—728151.20/cwt150.00–156.001,1015
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—441177.00/cwt177.00–177.007814
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—456148.00/cwt148.00–148.006754
HeifersMedium and Large 1—290142.50/cwt142.00–143.004132
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425141.75/cwt135.00–151.0060225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471143.76/cwt138.00–151.0067721
SteersMedium and Large 2—376171.80/cwt143.00–185.006469
SteersMedium and Large 2—321165.54/cwt152.00–180.005316
SteersMedium and Large 2—705122.00/cwt122.00–122.008602
SteersMedium and Large 2—517155.94/cwt141.00–167.008065
SteersMedium 1—638119.72/cwt112.50–127.007642
SteersMedium and Large 1—389174.26/cwt160.00–180.006786
SteersMedium and Large 2—280150.00/cwt150.00–150.004202
SteersMedium and Large 1—519173.67/cwt163.00–177.0090110
SteersMedium and Large 2—486166.05/cwt161.00–171.008075
SteersMedium and Large 2—585162.01/cwt160.00–166.009484
SteersMedium and Large 1—331191.30/cwt181.00–202.0063310
SteersMedium and Large 2—427153.92/cwt141.00–171.0065712
SteersMedium and Large 1—683159.85/cwt157.50–165.001,09210
SteersMedium 1—370152.50/cwt152.50–152.505642
SteersMedium and Large 1—431164.19/cwt148.00–175.0070814
SteersMedium and Large 1—483174.73/cwt163.00–179.0084417
SteersMedium and Large 1—615161.41/cwt151.00–165.009935
SteersMedium and Large 1—282183.95/cwt175.00–195.005193
SteersMedium and Large 1—575167.69/cwt150.00–177.5096411
BullsMedium and Large 2—519129.71/cwt110.00–143.006735
BullsMedium and Large 1—523148.80/cwt136.00–156.007789
BullsMedium and Large 1—419154.02/cwt140.00–165.006456
BullsMedium and Large 1—661137.24/cwt132.00–139.009074
BullsMedium and Large 1—565136.86/cwt121.00–150.007734
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—588151.00/cwt151.00–151.008886
BullsMedium and Large 1—365165.07/cwt162.50–167.506032
HeifersMedium and Large 3—42487.64/cwt80.00–100.003725
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378138.26/cwt130.00–146.0052315
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375122.78/cwt102.50–142.004602
HeifersMedium and Large 3—53091.19/cwt85.00–97.504832
BullsMedium and Large 2—583122.07/cwt118.00–136.007126
BullsMedium and Large 1—473154.33/cwt145.00–165.0073011
BullsMedium and Large 2—423129.04/cwt111.00–164.005468
BullsMedium and Large 1—613140.64/cwt126.00–148.008623
BullsMedium and Large 2—328166.39/cwt160.00–172.505462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open—963166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,5993
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—461146.00/cwt146.00–146.006733
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25066.10/cwt66.10–66.1082642
CowsLean 85-90%—85247.50/cwt47.50–47.504057
Bulls——1,570100.11/cwt100.11–100.111,57218
CowsBoner 80-85%—95247.07/cwt47.07–47.0744814

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.