Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-08

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.27/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −129.88 against this barn's trailing median of $399.15.

Average price

$269.27

17 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,478

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$24.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.62

vs WV average

−3.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	272.18	1,495	15thin
Medium and Large 2	548	247.50	1,355	2thin

One grade step is worth $24.68/cwt here — about $140 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

25 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.96, low $300.25, median $399.15 across 25 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 sale17 hd

269.27

—

WV average3 barns · 45 hd

267.66

+1.62

National average170 barns · 13,742 hd

273.03

−3.76

This barn, trailing median25 sales

399.15

−129.88

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	1,589	167.95	2,669	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,173	147.76	1,733	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,658	143.81	2,384	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,068	119.60	1,277	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,240	172.00	2,133	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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	940	$1,850	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,062	$1,762	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,145	$1,691	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,055	$1,625	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	990	$2,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,395	$1,975	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	998	$1,929	2thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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	—	1,055	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	180.03/cwt	172.50–187.50	1,302	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	270.27/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,314	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	244.93/cwt	230.00–260.00	889	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	263.92/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,069	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	278.61/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,290	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	205	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	245.55/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,436	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	253.85/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,213	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	281.51/cwt	280.00–283.00	1,472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	253.92/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	203.84/cwt	185.00–217.50	1,260	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	246.06/cwt	230.00–265.00	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	253.67/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,438	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	956	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	288.78/cwt	283.00–297.50	1,216	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	281.10/cwt	272.00–300.00	1,420	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	272.55/cwt	263.00–275.00	1,701	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	113.27/cwt	108.00–122.00	1,323	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	2,364	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,895	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,501	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	141.18/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,619	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	156.32/cwt	147.50–162.50	1,885	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,632	144.44/cwt	140.00–147.00	2,357	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,534	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	295.13/cwt	287.00–299.00	1,552	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	596	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	223.00/cwt	215.00–231.00	1,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	273.61/cwt	265.00–286.00	1,075	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,795	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	309.45/cwt	290.00–322.50	1,191	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	270.95/cwt	266.00–279.00	1,534	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	263.55/cwt	259.00–265.00	1,813	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	298.52/cwt	295.00–302.00	1,397	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	275.46/cwt	267.50–285.00	890	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	282.64/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,204	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	298.05/cwt	292.50–301.00	1,279	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	1,690.88/head	1,500.00–1,825.00	1,691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	288.65/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,651	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	129.53/cwt	111.00–143.50	1,246	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	277.77/cwt	271.00–281.00	1,286	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	273.58/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,450	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	1,928.95/head	1,550.00–2,250.00	1,929	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	252.01/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,482	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,395	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	267.91/cwt	240.00–280.00	1,152	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	144.36/cwt	123.00–159.00	1,624	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,830	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	146.79/cwt	125.00–182.50	1,424	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	280.05/cwt	277.50–282.50	1,073	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	144.29/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	209.72/cwt	207.00–212.50	1,422	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,062	1,761.54/head	1,450.00–1,900.00	1,762	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	133.05/cwt	129.00–141.00	1,386	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,240	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,133	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	100.20/cwt	93.00–108.00	1,035	6
Bulls	—	—	1,555	166.35/cwt	156.00–176.00	2,587	8
Bulls	—	—	1,875	192.84/cwt	187.00–200.00	3,616	2
Bulls	—	—	1,290	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,690	1

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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