Sale reports / West Virginia / Jackson County Regional Livestock Market / 2022-02-05

Jackson County Regional Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ripley, West Virginia · Sat, Feb 5
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1880
Feeder Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 55▼ 87 vs year ago 105 · −82.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 21▼ 5 vs year ago 30 · −16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 24▼ 7 vs year ago 10 · −70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Low receipts due to inclement weather*

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.50/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −58.39 against this barn's trailing median of $197.89.
Average price
$139.50
7 head · 386 lb average
Value per head Derived
$539
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Small and Medium 2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$24.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+31.97
vs WV average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small and Medium 2260150.003901thin
Medium 2210142.502991thin
Medium and Large 1-2493139.506874thin
Medium and Large 2-3265126.003341thin
One grade step is worth $24.00/cwt here — about $56 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 sale7 hd
139.50
—
WV average2 barns · 20 hd
107.53
+31.97
This barn, trailing median12 sales
197.89
−58.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

12 sales
238210182155median 197.8903/2805/1608/0108/2910/17
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $223.82, low $168.56, median $197.89 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,80590.101,6265thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38178.721,08711
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,26166.598409thin

Every lot

25 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330161.00/cwt161.00–161.005311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375161.00/cwt161.00–161.006041
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3300140.00/cwt140.00–140.004201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320137.50/cwt137.50–137.504401
Heifers—Medium 4Thin Fleshed58565.00/cwt65.00–65.003801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 2210142.50/cwt142.50–142.502991
Bulls—Small and Medium 2260150.00/cwt150.00–150.003901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3265126.00/cwt126.00–126.003341
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2315161.00/cwt161.00–161.005072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485141.00/cwt141.00–141.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-285595.00/cwt95.00–95.008121
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium 4Thin Fleshed20587.50/cwt87.50–87.501791
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 4Thin Fleshed28045.00/cwt45.00–45.001261
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Medium 325587.50/cwt87.50–87.502231
Dairy Heifers—Large 4Thin Fleshed25755.00/cwt55.00–55.001412
Dairy Heifers—Medium 4Thin Fleshed30580.00/cwt80.00–80.002441
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0301
Bulls——1,89994.62/cwt85.00–106.501,7974
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,15084.17/cwt76.00–100.009684
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26166.59/cwt61.00–83.008409
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,1381
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,53974.21/cwt66.00–85.001,1426
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,150900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,3501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,085700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,5951
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,6451,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0019,3291

This sale against other markets

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.