Sale reports / West Virginia / Jackson County Regional Livestock Market / 2025-01-11

Jackson County Regional Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ripley, West Virginia · Sat, Jan 11
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1880
Feeder Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 91▼ 62 vs year ago 68 · −91.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 28▼ 9 vs year ago 23 · −39.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

81 Head steers based 625 stop 675 90% blk brought 315.75 per cwt

78 Head steers based 625 stop 675 95 % blk brought 306 per cwt

60 Head steers based 850 stop 900 90% blk brought 269.75 per cwt

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $212.50/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −164.65 against this barn's trailing median of $377.15.
Average price
$212.50
1 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,094
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs WV average
−92.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2515212.501,0941thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
212.50
—
WV average1 barns · 1 hd
212.50
+0.00
National average163 barns · 22,771 hd
305.24
−92.74
This barn, trailing median24 sales
377.15
−164.65
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 500–600 lb

24 sales
437390342295median 377.1503/0704/2506/1308/2210/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $423.01, low $309.23, median $377.15 across 24 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—Average1,770162.862,8833thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,245135.691,6898thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,118102.671,1483thin

Every lot

12 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 · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300230.00/cwt230.00–230.006901
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450205.00/cwt205.00–205.009231
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,0941
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,3081
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3-4640170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0881
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3-4660152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,0071
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,770162.86/cwt162.00–164.002,8833
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2961
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11585.00/cwt85.00–85.009481
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,160103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,1951
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183138.28/cwt136.00–140.001,6366
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,430127.90/cwt126.00–129.501,8292

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.