Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-12-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Special Feeder Cattle Sale January 14*

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.36/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$138.36

46 head · 480 lb average

Value per head Derived

$665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 4

$68.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	487	143.04	697	37
Medium 2	421	126.00	530	3thin
Medium and Large 2	525	124.33	653	3thin
Small and Medium 2	292	123.00	359	2thin
Medium and Large 4	660	75.00	495	1thin

One grade step is worth $68.04/cwt here — about $202 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 sale46 hd

138.36

—

WV average1 barns · 46 hd

138.36

+0.00

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,638	93.26	1,528	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	78.68	1,032	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,041	54.32	566	15

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,490	$1,185	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,385	$1,150	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	795	$650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,477	$1,215	3thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	800	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	808	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	610	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	141.26/cwt	135.00–148.00	814	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	305	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,085	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	660	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	151.89/cwt	139.00–158.00	488	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	619	161.54/cwt	154.00–169.00	1,000	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	596	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,013	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	138.35/cwt	128.00–146.00	656	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	421	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	143.36/cwt	130.00–148.00	827	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	937	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	292	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	359	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	773	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	—	660	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	495	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	74.55/cwt	63.50–86.00	951	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	877	21.87/cwt	16.00–30.00	192	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	401	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	64.02/cwt	50.00–75.00	704	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,374	86.01/cwt	82.50–90.00	1,182	9
Bulls	—	—	1,865	110.82/cwt	108.00–115.00	2,067	3
Bulls	—	—	1,502	82.73/cwt	62.00–90.00	1,243	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,490	1,185.00/head	1,185.00–1,185.00	1,185	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	795	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,590	1,397.41/head	1,275.00–1,500.00	1,397	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,250	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	128.79/cwt	127.50–130.00	670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	330	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	620	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	295	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	600	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	695	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	155.95/cwt	147.00–163.00	738	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	872	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	170.72/cwt	163.00–177.00	719	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	149.04/cwt	146.00–150.00	626	6

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.

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