Sale reports / West Virginia / Jackson County Regional Livestock Market / 2023-12-09

Jackson County Regional Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ripley, West Virginia · Sat, Dec 9
● Final130 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1880
Feeder Cattle receipts
671 head
▲ 388 vs last sale 283▲ 61 vs year ago 610 · +10.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 72▲ 22 vs year ago 47 · +46.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 97▲ 12 vs year ago 50 · +24.0%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.52/cwt on 238 head.
Average price
$183.52
238 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$950
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.44
vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530187.51994147
Medium and Large 2498177.0788291
One grade step is worth $10.44/cwt here — about $112 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 sale238 hd
183.52
—
WV average5 barns · 428 hd
186.95
−3.44
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—Average1,542109.911,69510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57396.751,5212thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27790.521,15629
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02964.5866417

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,282$1,1258
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,038$1,0624thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,182$9673thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,130$92715
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,048$8844thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,148$8052thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,000$6272thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)985$6001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)755$6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,475$1,4601thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)850$1,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,050$6751thin

Every lot, as filed

130 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 1Value Added—531238.51/cwt237.00–239.001,2664
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—479242.07/cwt236.00–245.001,1605
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—262202.50/cwt202.50–202.505312
SteersMedium and Large 2—490206.45/cwt202.00–211.001,0122
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—325235.00/cwt235.00–235.007642
HeifersMedium and Large 1—371185.27/cwt180.00–190.0068712
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—640185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1846
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—328196.68/cwt195.00–197.506453
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—463180.01/cwt178.00–181.008333
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—580184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0672
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473187.37/cwt180.00–196.0088615
HeifersMedium and Large 1—424188.36/cwt180.00–202.5079912
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577188.29/cwt180.00–205.001,08622
HeifersMedium and Large 1—290205.00/cwt205.00–205.005951
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—611198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2108
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—483192.10/cwt189.00–199.0092810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—935100.00/cwt100.00–100.009351
HeifersMedium and Large 1—880160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4081
HeifersMedium and Large 1—629185.03/cwt180.00–199.001,16413
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323228.60/cwt225.00–232.507382
HeifersMedium and Large 1—980106.01/cwt105.00–107.001,0392
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0732
HeifersMedium and Large 2—626163.25/cwt155.00–175.001,0224
HeifersMedium and Large 2—324190.01/cwt170.00–210.006167
HeifersMedium and Large 2—290180.00/cwt180.00–180.005221
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520168.18/cwt150.00–177.008757
HeifersMedium and Large 1—826108.35/cwt107.50–110.008953
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518188.54/cwt175.00–200.0097731
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360182.50/cwt182.50–182.506571
HeifersMedium and Large 2—416176.82/cwt170.00–183.0073611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—905135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2221
HeifersMedium and Large 2—728156.44/cwt154.00–159.001,1392
HeifersMedium and Large 2—577175.08/cwt170.00–178.001,0107
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473173.83/cwt160.00–180.008228
BullsMedium and Large 1—457205.04/cwt200.00–207.509373
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—530215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1405
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—545183.00/cwt183.00–183.009971
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—377192.02/cwt190.00–193.0072412
SteersMedium and Large 1—482237.55/cwt217.50–245.001,14510
SteersMedium and Large 2—593208.77/cwt205.00–212.501,2382
SteersMedium and Large 1—322225.85/cwt225.00–227.507273
SteersMedium and Large 2—428199.82/cwt190.00–210.008552
SteersMedium and Large 2—656190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2463
SteersMedium and Large 2—610197.06/cwt190.00–204.001,2022
SteersMedium and Large 2—360200.00/cwt200.00–200.007201
SteersMedium and Large 1—930153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,4231
SteersMedium and Large 2—540200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0801
SteersMedium and Large 1—634222.38/cwt213.00–231.001,41012
SteersMedium and Large 2—280180.00/cwt180.00–180.005041
SteersMedium and Large 2—795156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2401
SteersMedium and Large 1—536223.89/cwt211.00–236.001,2007
SteersMedium and Large 1—415226.69/cwt220.00–230.009414
SteersMedium and Large 1—295225.00/cwt225.00–225.006641
SteersMedium and Large 1—765186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4234
SteersMedium and Large 1—376221.63/cwt202.50–230.0083316
SteersMedium and Large 1—568232.74/cwt219.00–242.001,32211
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—574235.51/cwt230.00–242.001,35219
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—625231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,44410
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—415212.50/cwt212.50–212.508821
SteersMedium and Large 1—680219.63/cwt201.00–225.001,49324
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—420240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0081
SteersMedium and Large 1—713202.63/cwt193.00–210.001,4457
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3—87561.00/cwt61.00–61.005341
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—330217.50/cwt217.50–217.507181
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—666232.50/cwt231.00–233.001,5484
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—387240.00/cwt240.00–240.009292
BullsMedium and Large 2—628163.03/cwt162.00–164.001,0242
BullsMedium and Large 2—472172.38/cwt160.00–182.508143
BullsMedium and Large 2—85572.50/cwt72.50–72.506201
BullsMedium and Large 1—517211.31/cwt195.00–222.501,0927
BullsMedium and Large 1—424208.43/cwt197.50–220.0088411
BullsMedium and Large 1—779130.22/cwt121.00–135.001,0144
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07772.95/cwt69.00–79.007868
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,3651
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,645102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,6861
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29487.26/cwt82.00–93.001,12917
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25395.13/cwt91.00–99.001,19212
CowsLean 85-90%—99253.61/cwt47.00–58.005323
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00560.29/cwt58.00–63.006062
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—78030.00/cwt30.00–30.002341
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—63040.00/cwt40.00–40.002521
CowsLean 85-90%—1,24081.42/cwt80.00–83.001,0102
Bulls——1,437108.98/cwt107.00–110.001,5663
Bulls——1,725117.98/cwt113.00–121.502,0355
Bulls——1,24391.14/cwt87.00–95.501,1332
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2821,125.15/head950.00–1,400.001,1258
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—965610.00/head610.00–610.006101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3301,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—985600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—830535.00/head535.00–535.005351
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1201,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0003
Stock CowsMedium and Large 4—5752.00/cwt2.00–2.00121
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2-3—92570.48/cwt70.00–71.006522
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—755650.00/head650.00–650.006501
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—563210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1825
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—427181.04/cwt180.00–182.507735
HeifersMedium and Large 2—676157.56/cwt150.00–163.001,0658
HeifersMedium and Large 2—752160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2032
BullsMedium and Large 1—570180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0261
BullsMedium and Large 1—665157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,0471
BullsMedium and Large 1—910132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,2061
BullsMedium and Large 1—1,06095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0071
BullsMedium and Large 1—815122.94/cwt119.00–130.001,0023
BullsMedium and Large 1—862123.37/cwt115.00–127.501,0633
BullsMedium and Large 2—572175.42/cwt164.00–185.001,0038
BullsMedium and Large 1—375213.23/cwt205.00–217.508004
BullsMedium and Large 1—340220.00/cwt220.00–220.007481
BullsMedium and Large 1—620180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1161
BullsMedium and Large 2—655161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0551
BullsMedium and Large 2—1,17080.00/cwt80.00–80.009361
BullsMedium and Large 2—516172.86/cwt163.00–188.008929
BullsMedium and Large 2—240210.00/cwt210.00–210.005041
BullsMedium and Large 2—775110.00/cwt110.00–110.008531
BullsMedium and Large 2—340190.00/cwt190.00–190.006461
BullsMedium and Large 2—392200.00/cwt200.00–200.007842
BullsMedium and Large 2—420197.56/cwt195.00–200.008302
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4751,460.00/head1,460.00–1,460.001,4601
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—8501,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,050675.00/head675.00–675.006751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0381,061.78/head875.00–1,175.001,0624
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,000627.19/head560.00–685.006272
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1681,004.36/head685.00–1,260.001,00412
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—75085.00/cwt85.00–85.006381
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—86389.35/cwt76.00–98.007716
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,20079.00/cwt79.00–79.009481
Stock CowsMedium and Large 3—75051.00/cwt51.00–51.003831
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,26884.20/cwt60.00–90.501,0685
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—977616.86/head560.00–700.006173
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2881,158.25/head940.00–1,340.001,1582
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—970585.00/head585.00–585.005851

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.