Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-29

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $284.68/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −114.48 against this barn's trailing median of $399.15.

Average price

$284.68

24 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,519

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$645

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3-4

$129.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.99

vs WV average

−37.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	299.09	1,597	16thin
Medium and Large 2	529	268.11	1,418	7thin
Medium and Large 3-4	560	170.00	952	1thin

One grade step is worth $129.09/cwt here — about $645 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 sale24 hd

284.68

—

WV average2 barns · 28 hd

281.69

+2.99

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−37.07

This barn, trailing median25 sales

399.15

−114.48

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	1,690	152.03	2,569	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,309	131.93	1,728	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,710	130.91	2,239	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	978	130.54	1,277	11

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)	1,093	$2,688	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	963	$2,486	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,203	$2,026	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,030	$1,739	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$1,475	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,215	$1,344	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	963	$1,263	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	948	$1,191	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	730	$1,550	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	780	$1,475	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,450	$2,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,335	$3,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,375	$2,850	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,145	$2,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,345	$2,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

111 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 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	282	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	288.86/cwt	287.00–292.50	1,606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	475	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,354	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	910	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	344.83/cwt	300.00–360.00	966	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	301.45/cwt	281.00–315.00	1,595	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	302.73/cwt	277.50–315.00	1,447	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	310	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	362	367.28/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,330	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	200–250	245	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	455	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,467	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,070	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	334.66/cwt	325.00–345.00	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	260.15/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	316.18/cwt	302.50–330.00	1,002	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	274.99/cwt	272.50–280.00	1,391	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	291.91/cwt	285.00–305.00	934	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	885	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	251.36/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	280.35/cwt	250.00–300.00	1,054	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	319.17/cwt	305.00–345.00	1,191	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	248.95/cwt	227.50–265.00	1,529	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	288.80/cwt	272.50–310.00	1,196	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	350–400	390	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	923	197.36/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	227.43/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	302.73/cwt	295.00–320.00	833	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	490	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,005	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	309.61/cwt	300.00–320.00	985	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,287	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	450–500	455	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	250–300	265	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	689	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,372	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	303.43/cwt	287.50–312.50	1,842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	600–650	600	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,078	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,096	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	317.08/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,646	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	959	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	650–700	655	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,179	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	319.64/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,518	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,343	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	375	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	575	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	348.23/cwt	320.00–385.00	1,149	3
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	550–600	560	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,022	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	850–900	850	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,343	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	311.80/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,484	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	380.00/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,045	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	281.46/cwt	267.50–305.00	1,731	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,627	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	340	422.44/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,436	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	795	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,352	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,585	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,989	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,710	130.91/cwt	125.00–138.00	2,239	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	118.35/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,303	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	888	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	898	101.27/cwt	100.00–102.50	909	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	132.73/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,692	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	805	185.55/cwt	145.00–210.00	1,494	3
Bulls	—	—	1,510	176.10/cwt	171.00–180.00	2,659	2
Bulls	—	—	1,827	155.85/cwt	145.00–164.00	2,847	6
Bulls	—	—	1,458	116.52/cwt	100.00–130.00	1,699	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	2,688.27/head	2,575.00–2,800.00	2,688	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	2,486.36/head	2,050.00–2,850.00	2,486	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	2,026.18/head	1,450.00–2,500.00	2,026	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,738.71/head	1,725.00–1,750.00	1,739	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,344.44/head	1,225.00–1,450.00	1,344	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,417	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	335.40/cwt	305.00–380.00	1,093	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	505	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	244.60/cwt	215.00–268.00	1,370	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	550–600	560	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	250.55/cwt	220.00–292.50	1,198	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	266.13/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,804	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	261.66/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,533	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	321.84/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,332	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	311.58/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,147	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	448	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,635	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	174.99/cwt	172.50–177.50	1,540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	975	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,055	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	272.32/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,288	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	306.28/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,746	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	2,850.18/head	2,800.00–2,900.00	2,850	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	948	1,191.16/head	1,150.00–1,225.00	1,191	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	848	112.33/cwt	110.00–115.00	953	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	209.27/cwt	160.00–240.00	1,662	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,174	132.72/cwt	122.00–141.00	1,558	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	698	155.68/cwt	140.00–175.00	1,087	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	965	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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