Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

baby calves brought from 200 to 560 by the head.

feeder pigs brought from 50 to 70 by the head.

Market hogs brought from 45 to 67.5 per cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.19/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −146.96 against this barn's trailing median of $445.15.

Average price

$298.19

57 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

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

$33.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.47

vs WV average

−7.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	301.17	1,664	52
Medium and Large 2	525	267.24	1,402	5thin

One grade step is worth $33.94/cwt here — about $262 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $486.84, low $403.63, median $445.15 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale57 hd

298.19

—

WV average6 barns · 298 hd

288.72

+9.47

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−7.28

This barn, trailing median15 sales

445.15

−146.96

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	1,702	157.82	2,686	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,600	133.93	2,143	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,261	129.28	1,630	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	927	108.00	1,001	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,130	170.00	1,921	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,385	158.00	2,188	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,060	$1,823	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,258	$1,761	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,250	$1,650	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,340	$1,600	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,227	$1,584	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,158	$1,419	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,085	$1,200	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	850	$910	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	820	$850	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,760	$2,825	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,260	$2,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,067	$2,067	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,260	$1,905	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,288	$1,863	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	930	$2,000	2thin

Every lot, as filed

112 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,303	131.48/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,713	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	221.91/cwt	190.00–242.50	1,276	4
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	1,822.88/head	1,750.00–1,900.00	1,823	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	117.30/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,314	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	321	287.47/cwt	280.00–295.00	923	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	244.07/cwt	200.00–262.00	1,276	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	134.76/cwt	125.00–146.00	1,678	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,755	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,387	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	1,767.03/head	1,600.00–1,885.00	1,767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,760	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	1,419.11/head	1,250.00–1,550.00	1,419	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	2,144.58/head	1,750.00–2,500.00	2,145	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	270.71/cwt	257.50–285.00	1,048	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	234.01/cwt	225.00–247.00	901	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	222.69/cwt	192.50–230.00	1,385	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	415	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,336	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	312	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	936	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	262.51/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,242	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	712	178.30/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	219.17/cwt	204.00–243.00	1,271	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	237.43/cwt	217.50–255.00	793	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	199.88/cwt	170.00–215.00	1,257	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	236.84/cwt	200.00–249.00	1,123	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	150–200	190	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	240.42/cwt	237.50–245.00	1,253	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	234.10/cwt	210.00–250.00	974	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	260.09/cwt	242.50–277.50	1,256	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	981	1
Bulls	—	—	1,702	157.82/cwt	126.00–169.00	2,686	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	126.26/cwt	118.00–134.00	1,598	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,130	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,921	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	138.33/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,721	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	133.93/cwt	131.00–137.00	2,143	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	268.25/cwt	256.00–269.50	1,537	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	868	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	1,335	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,425	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,060	128.08/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,358	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	263.26/cwt	255.00–274.00	1,116	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	885	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	257.50/cwt	237.50–274.00	1,509	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	281.67/cwt	277.50–300.00	1,248	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,626	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	182.94/cwt	180.00–186.00	1,399	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	281.00/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,866	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	213.74/cwt	212.50–215.00	1,411	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	285.98/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,030	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	282.79/cwt	277.50–298.00	1,346	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	264.37/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,377	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	278.69/cwt	262.50–291.00	1,402	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,783	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	297.73/cwt	282.50–315.00	1,274	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	301.47/cwt	290.00–309.00	1,727	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	267.30/cwt	252.50–280.00	1,254	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	253.00/cwt	247.00–266.00	1,834	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	260.53/cwt	257.00–263.00	1,594	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,244	1,784.70/head	1,175.00–2,100.00	1,785	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,511	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,982	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	323.25/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,115	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,078	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,649	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	127.48/cwt	75.00–150.00	1,201	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	315.39/cwt	286.00–320.00	1,467	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	272.31/cwt	265.00–278.00	1,010	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	303.44/cwt	282.50–319.00	1,572	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	1,513.64/head	1,350.00–1,650.00	1,514	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,385	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,188	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	120.00/cwt	115.00–127.00	1,230	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	660	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	485	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,222	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,617	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	849.70/head	825.00–875.00	850	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	910.00/head	910.00–910.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	362	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,086	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	310.20/cwt	275.00–317.50	1,182	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	677	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	563	233.67/cwt	227.50–240.00	1,316	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	430	257.47/cwt	255.00–262.50	1,107	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	262.17/cwt	235.00–276.00	1,353	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	250–300	286	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	355	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	985	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,230	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,710	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	465	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	482	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	361	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,119	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	386	289.37/cwt	280.00–307.50	1,117	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	606	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,442	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	180.82/cwt	180.00–182.50	1,210	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	274.67/cwt	265.00–284.00	1,162	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,777	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	775	1

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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