Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder and fat special next week 5/11/24

baby calves brought from 200 to 550 by the head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.75/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −154.81 against this barn's trailing median of $399.57.

Average price

$244.75

16 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,351

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$18

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

$8.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.72

vs WV average

−23.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	249.71	1,341	7thin
Medium and Large 2	564	240.90	1,358	9thin

One grade step is worth $8.82/cwt here — about −$18 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.96, low $300.25, median $399.57 across 24 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 sale16 hd

244.75

—

WV average4 barns · 38 hd

241.03

+3.72

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−23.63

This barn, trailing median24 sales

399.57

−154.81

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	1,607	143.61	2,308	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,567	127.17	1,992	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,218	122.88	1,496	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	982	98.91	971	22
Steers	Select	Average	1,800	121.50	2,187	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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,210	$1,956	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,395	$1,685	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,317	$1,559	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,236	$1,442	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	993	$1,357	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,140	$1,175	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	735	$700	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	940	$1,575	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,317	$2,004	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	935	$1,975	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,075	$1,425	1thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	239.02/cwt	237.00–241.00	1,446	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	248.43/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,093	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	241.23/cwt	237.50–245.00	1,406	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,111	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 4	—	920	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,056	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	303.55/cwt	298.00–309.00	1,533	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,065	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	216.07/cwt	207.50–225.00	1,545	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	305.51/cwt	305.00–306.00	1,399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	307.91/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,145	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	339.92/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,088	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	246.58/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	255.04/cwt	251.00–258.00	1,224	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	290.47/cwt	275.00–299.00	1,368	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,145	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	298.37/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,277	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	288.88/cwt	284.00–298.00	1,632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	262.95/cwt	252.50–267.50	989	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	290	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	437	273.34/cwt	272.00–276.00	1,194	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	385	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,097	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	254.52/cwt	252.00–257.00	1,074	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	258.14/cwt	250.00–262.50	852	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	228.95/cwt	227.00–232.00	1,527	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	1,356.93/head	1,125.00–1,550.00	1,357	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,955.69/head	1,410.00–2,400.00	1,956	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	258.00/cwt	250.00–263.00	1,375	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	323.68/cwt	305.00–330.00	897	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,357	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,395	1,685.00/head	1,685.00–1,685.00	1,685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	330	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,147	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	297.28/cwt	282.50–305.00	1,252	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	937	145.67/cwt	113.00–187.50	1,365	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	96.68/cwt	88.00–105.00	1,052	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,508	126.59/cwt	124.50–129.50	1,909	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,236	1,442.22/head	1,200.00–1,660.00	1,442	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	121.49/cwt	112.00–132.50	1,567	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	1,825.50/head	1,650.00–2,000.00	1,826	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	500	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	458	264.85/cwt	262.50–266.00	1,213	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	312	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	998	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	117.32/cwt	110.00–123.00	1,376	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	2,242.26/head	1,875.00–2,500.00	2,242	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,465	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	210.17/cwt	208.00–212.50	1,309	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,262	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,317	1,559.43/head	1,525.00–1,600.00	1,559	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	1,962.47/head	1,750.00–2,200.00	1,962	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	235.58/cwt	220.00–248.00	1,366	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	244.73/cwt	237.50–249.00	937	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	196.56/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,409	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	445	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,197	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	186.27/cwt	185.00–187.50	1,174	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,272	117.51/cwt	114.00–120.50	1,495	3
Steers	Select	—	1,800	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	2,187	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	855	141.09/cwt	130.00–150.00	1,206	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	759	53.00/cwt	45.00–63.00	402	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,825	1
Bulls	—	—	1,708	148.81/cwt	140.00–157.00	2,542	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	111.35/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,431	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	134.73/cwt	130.00–141.50	1,772	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	614	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	122.72/cwt	120.00–125.50	1,393	6
Bulls	—	—	1,202	122.82/cwt	118.00–130.00	1,476	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	102.14/cwt	90.00–113.00	1,078	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	81.24/cwt	79.00–84.00	807	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	131.51/cwt	130.50–132.50	2,078	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	241.35/cwt	235.00–247.50	1,154	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	217.71/cwt	213.00–222.50	1,470	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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