Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

55 HD steers based 935 pounds 100% black 90-95% 1s flesh score -5 brought $295.25 CWT

62 HD heifers based 840 pounds 85-90% black 90% 1s flesh score 5 brought $272.5 CWT

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.42/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −70.73 against this barn's trailing median of $399.15.

Average price

$328.42

28 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,775

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$657

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

$135.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.44

vs WV average

−4.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	335.87	1,807	24
Medium and Large 2	550	311.67	1,714	3thin
Medium and Large 3-4	575	200.00	1,150	1thin

One grade step is worth $135.87/cwt here — about $657 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 sale28 hd

328.42

—

WV average3 barns · 33 hd

327.98

+0.44

National average127 barns · 6,029 hd

332.69

−4.27

This barn, trailing median25 sales

399.15

−70.73

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	1,673	182.63	3,055	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,288	142.90	1,840	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	118.43	1,255	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	935	210.81	1,971	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,250	222.00	2,775	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,050	216.74	2,276	3thin

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)	1,435	$3,412	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,245	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,700	$2,775	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,274	$2,446	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,450	$2,075	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,075	$1,958	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,130	$1,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,035	$1,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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	450–500	476	369.00/cwt	357.50–385.00	1,756	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	347.92/cwt	325.00–375.00	1,792	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	435.23/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,414	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	424.32/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,549	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	375.71/cwt	360.00–405.00	1,409	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	321.43/cwt	302.50–335.00	1,800	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	321.75/cwt	321.00–322.50	1,876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	287.48/cwt	260.00–302.00	2,222	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,432	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	290.56/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,938	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	403.96/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,725	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	367.96/cwt	350.00–387.50	1,902	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	360.02/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,526	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	387.50/cwt	365.00–410.00	1,647	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,337	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	277.39/cwt	250.00–283.00	1,986	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	311.75/cwt	300.00–313.00	2,251	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	385.28/cwt	350.00–397.50	1,869	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	290.67/cwt	265.00–303.00	1,825	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,628	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	373	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,585	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	308.50/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,598	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	284.88/cwt	277.50–300.00	1,894	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	351.20/cwt	325.00–375.00	1,689	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	257	403.79/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,038	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	387.27/cwt	355.00–417.50	1,445	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	343.09/cwt	327.50–361.00	1,808	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	308.79/cwt	297.50–326.00	1,952	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	429.64/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,422	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	427.67/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,125	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	329.50/cwt	327.50–331.00	2,033	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	351.82/cwt	327.50–362.50	1,974	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	325.42/cwt	325.00–325.50	2,011	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	314.74/cwt	307.00–331.00	2,099	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	660	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,535	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,266	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,435	3,412.20/head	3,300.00–3,500.00	3,412	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,958.22/head	1,325.00–2,250.00	1,958	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	153.94/cwt	148.00–165.00	1,462	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,035	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	118.43/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,255	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	153.28/cwt	148.00–162.00	1,967	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,813	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	136.29/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,653	2
Steers	Select	—	1,070	214.11/cwt	212.00–216.00	2,291	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,250	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,775	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	935	210.81/cwt	207.00–215.00	1,971	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,010	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,242	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,914	1
Bulls	—	—	1,636	182.22/cwt	164.00–197.00	2,981	12
Bulls	—	—	1,905	218.41/cwt	213.00–224.00	4,161	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,700	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	300–350	340	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	550–600	575	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,130	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,323	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	323.40/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,381	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	325.26/cwt	295.00–345.00	1,499	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	295.57/cwt	280.00–322.50	1,726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	354.92/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,120	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	320.10/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,549	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	322.50/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,467	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	455	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	535	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,343	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	312.01/cwt	309.00–315.00	1,897	2
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,140	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	350–400	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	400–450	423	260.59/cwt	240.00–280.00	1,102	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,209	141.11/cwt	131.00–150.00	1,706	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,274	2,445.73/head	1,800.00–3,200.00	2,446	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	572	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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