Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-05

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $223.33/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −176.24 against this barn's trailing median of $399.57.

Average price

$223.33

38 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,224

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$9.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.26

vs WV average

−23.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	225.47	1,239	29
Medium and Large 2	544	216.45	1,178	9thin

One grade step is worth $9.02/cwt here — about $61 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale38 hd

223.33

—

WV average6 barns · 273 hd

230.59

−7.26

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−23.45

This barn, trailing median24 sales

399.57

−176.24

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	—	Low	1,545	140.53	2,171	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,605	124.00	1,990	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,283	121.18	1,554	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,052	98.68	1,038	40
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,020	168.00	1,714	1thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,218	147.04	1,791	2thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,490	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,465	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,238	$1,588	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$1,579	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	994	$1,396	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,317	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	785	$1,150	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,005	$1,575	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	845	$1,325	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,045	$1,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	182.46/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,301	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	715	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,359	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	232.75/cwt	217.50–250.00	884	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	209.97/cwt	207.50–212.50	1,235	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	219.04/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,146	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	190.22/cwt	182.50–198.00	1,242	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	246.84/cwt	235.00–254.00	1,054	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	219.42/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,235	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	231.95/cwt	225.00–233.50	1,241	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	231.88/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,092	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	247.12/cwt	240.00–255.00	946	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	229.00/cwt	221.00–235.00	957	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	222.12/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,037	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	215.49/cwt	210.00–223.00	1,129	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	194.49/cwt	182.00–197.00	1,338	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	604	205.90/cwt	205.00–206.00	1,244	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	237.32/cwt	220.00–247.50	864	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	260.33/cwt	246.00–266.00	1,315	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	222.10/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,504	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	298.39/cwt	291.00–302.50	979	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	261.91/cwt	250.00–265.00	828	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,298	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	223.69/cwt	219.00–230.00	1,275	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	271.69/cwt	264.00–278.00	1,304	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	246.08/cwt	234.00–254.00	1,417	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	218.36/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,277	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	242.73/cwt	230.00–252.50	789	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	403	246.20/cwt	237.50–255.00	992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	282.08/cwt	262.50–292.00	1,210	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	230.59/cwt	229.00–232.50	1,425	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	298.60/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,087	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,154	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	246.64/cwt	215.00–255.00	967	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,371	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,251	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	296.47/cwt	270.00–306.00	1,079	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	253.70/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,053	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	244.53/cwt	210.00–265.00	785	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	122.36/cwt	118.00–125.50	1,583	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	99.68/cwt	90.00–106.00	1,077	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	84.71/cwt	80.00–89.00	767	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	892	66.33/cwt	58.00–77.50	592	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	109.66/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,196	12
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,218	147.04/cwt	146.00–148.00	1,791	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,020	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,714	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,990	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	115.98/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,500	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	127.46/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,559	2
Bulls	—	—	1,224	121.05/cwt	110.00–131.00	1,482	4
Bulls	—	—	1,700	156.02/cwt	154.00–158.00	2,652	2
Bulls	—	—	1,653	145.75/cwt	139.00–153.00	2,409	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,490	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,579.08/head	1,400.00–1,825.00	1,579	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	105.96/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,377	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,174	108.20/cwt	92.00–125.00	1,270	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,047	131.30/cwt	116.00–145.00	1,375	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,136	1,405.68/head	1,110.00–1,825.00	1,406	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	994	1,395.82/head	1,100.00–1,585.00	1,396	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	1,588.46/head	1,275.00–2,250.00	1,588	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,465	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,440	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	247.55/cwt	240.00–262.50	1,144	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	272.00/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,137	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	293.49/cwt	282.50–300.00	977	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,092	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	195.10/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,196	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,281	1

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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