Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-02

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $234.94/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −164.21 against this barn's trailing median of $399.15.

Average price

$234.94

48 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,250

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$4.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.25

vs WV average

−25.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	237.28	1,291	23
Medium and Large 2	521	232.78	1,213	25

One grade step is worth $4.50/cwt here — about $79 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

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 sale48 hd

234.94

—

WV average4 barns · 73 hd

237.19

−2.25

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

−25.52

This barn, trailing median25 sales

399.15

−164.21

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	1,445	129.49	1,871	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,508	122.50	1,847	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	121.41	1,530	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,121	101.65	1,140	23
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	862	165.87	1,430	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	905	137.50	1,244	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)	1,031	$1,804	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,137	$1,701	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	908	$1,400	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	878	$1,302	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	975	$1,425	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,308	$2,292	2thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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 2	400–450	425	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	967	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,308	2,291.78/head	2,050.00–2,500.00	2,292	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	106.36/cwt	94.00–114.00	1,197	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	231.48/cwt	227.00–240.00	1,470	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	218.47/cwt	207.50–235.00	1,237	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,031	1,804.41/head	1,200.00–2,650.00	1,804	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	263.42/cwt	257.50–270.00	972	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,608	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	146.05/cwt	130.00–165.00	1,519	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	145.63/cwt	129.00–155.00	1,558	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	266.69/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,115	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	259.87/cwt	252.50–270.00	850	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	1,399.79/head	1,125.00–1,650.00	1,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	1,301.85/head	1,050.00–1,475.00	1,302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	224.18/cwt	218.00–226.00	1,363	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	263.30/cwt	252.50–276.00	1,369	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	284.06/cwt	272.50–300.00	949	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	247.21/cwt	235.00–254.00	1,150	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	277.01/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,427	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	269.41/cwt	264.00–271.00	1,525	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	238.46/cwt	232.00–245.00	1,357	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	269.84/cwt	252.50–282.00	1,279	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,003	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	484	257.95/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,248	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	508	292.35/cwt	291.00–295.00	1,485	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	236.65/cwt	226.00–250.00	1,257	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	297.41/cwt	275.00–307.50	993	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	290.93/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,359	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	278.72/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,065	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	281.43/cwt	262.50–298.00	1,190	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	592	232.64/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,377	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	236.30/cwt	232.50–240.00	1,701	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,137	1,701.09/head	1,335.00–2,285.00	1,701	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,535	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	582	257.70/cwt	257.50–258.00	1,500	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	508	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,265	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	212.59/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,222	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	208.44/cwt	200.00–225.00	886	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	195.69/cwt	179.00–212.50	1,454	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	221.23/cwt	220.00–222.50	1,135	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	224.48/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,354	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	150–200	195	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	224.85/cwt	220.00–230.00	731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	242.37/cwt	222.50–252.50	1,137	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	249.25/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,181	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	246.66/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,315	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	424	238.72/cwt	237.50–247.50	1,012	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	651	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,432	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	696	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	217.38/cwt	207.50–227.50	1,041	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	235.42/cwt	220.00–250.00	906	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	511	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,216	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	471	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,154	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	247.53/cwt	240.00–260.00	958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	261.65/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,136	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	224.46/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,178	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	368	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	938	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,324	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	250–300	280	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	775	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	297.91/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,266	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	708	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	885	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	819	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	975	79.38/cwt	72.50–87.50	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	200–250	218	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	594	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	306.03/cwt	300.00–312.50	857	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	258.58/cwt	240.00–268.00	1,500	3
Heifers	Select	—	905	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,244	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	122.34/cwt	116.00–126.00	1,527	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,167	107.46/cwt	98.00–114.50	1,254	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	335	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	838	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,180	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	797	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	122.50/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,847	2
Bulls	—	—	1,105	115.67/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,278	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	606	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	120.96/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,288	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	862	165.87/cwt	150.00–175.00	1,430	6
Bulls	—	—	1,568	134.52/cwt	125.00–141.00	2,109	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	82.83/cwt	80.00–86.00	876	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,548	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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