Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-01

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $190.09/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$190.09

54 head · 450 lb average

Value per head Derived

$855

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$7.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.57

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	471	195.08	919	20
Medium and Large 2	437	187.16	818	34

One grade step is worth $7.92/cwt here — about $101 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 sale54 hd

190.09

—

WV average6 barns · 288 hd

178.52

+11.57

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	—	Average	1,630	111.20	1,813	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,180	101.96	1,203	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,775	100.00	1,775	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	958	63.38	607	12
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	920	121.11	1,114	2thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	840	112.00	941	1thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$1,575	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,350	$1,550	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$1,210	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,303	$1,176	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,080	$810	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,023	$1,197	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	935	$1,100	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	758	$725	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	660	$300	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,318	$1,818	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,655	$1,660	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	790	$1,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	920	$1,275	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,080	$925	1thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	190.90/cwt	185.00–197.50	506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	374	205.57/cwt	200.00–212.50	769	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	205.00/cwt	200.00–210.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,012	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	345	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	188.51/cwt	182.00–193.00	1,039	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	187.68/cwt	185.00–189.00	970	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	176.63/cwt	170.00–185.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	423	206.51/cwt	205.00–212.50	874	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	427	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	365	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	745	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	926	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	197.37/cwt	186.00–203.00	874	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	197.64/cwt	193.00–202.00	929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,196	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	390	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	971	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	183.67/cwt	167.50–193.00	681	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	571	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	585	217.71/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,274	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	523	235.77/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,233	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	903	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	170.01/cwt	167.00–173.00	1,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	191.45/cwt	180.00–202.50	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	585	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,229	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	460	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,127	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	505	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,232	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	408	219.90/cwt	215.00–222.50	897	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	473	240.76/cwt	239.00–246.00	1,139	5
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	636	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	391	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	212.76/cwt	212.50–213.00	1,213	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	390	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	885	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	211.05/cwt	205.00–217.50	992	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	978	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	208.07/cwt	200.00–210.00	757	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	139.66/cwt	137.00–141.00	992	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,334	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	514	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	920	121.11/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,114	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,775	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,775	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	828	32.02/cwt	20.00–40.00	265	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	840	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	941	1
Bulls	—	—	1,844	134.50/cwt	127.00–139.00	2,480	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	103.43/cwt	97.00–109.50	1,188	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	97.56/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,241	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	68.03/cwt	63.00–73.00	621	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	85.44/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,006	3
Bulls	—	—	1,627	105.50/cwt	103.00–107.50	1,716	3
Bulls	—	—	1,100	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	803	1
Bulls	—	—	1,100	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	550	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	1,196.74/head	1,185.00–1,210.00	1,197	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,080	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,210.00/head	1,210.00–1,210.00	1,210	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,471	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	306	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,405	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,138	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	810.00/head	810.00–810.00	810	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	479	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	69.49/cwt	69.00–70.00	563	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	103.24/cwt	90.00–122.00	986	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,303	1,176.06/head	1,125.00–1,225.00	1,176	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,576	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,655	1,660.00/head	1,660.00–1,660.00	1,660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,318	1,817.93/head	1,785.00–1,850.00	1,818	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	970	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,129	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	174.58/cwt	162.00–187.00	1,107	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	216.77/cwt	197.50–226.00	1,010	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	212.89/cwt	200.00–222.00	918	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	186.87/cwt	177.00–197.50	875	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	214.03/cwt	207.00–217.00	1,104	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	175.04/cwt	170.00–180.00	565	2

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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