Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-07

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.57/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 3 of 24 comparable sales and sits −75.00 against this barn's trailing median of $399.57.

Average price

$324.57

19 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,859

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$29.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.42

vs WV average

−13.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	571	330.82	1,890	15thin
Medium and Large 2	578	301.13	1,741	4thin

One grade step is worth $29.70/cwt here — about $148 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale19 hd

324.57

—

WV average5 barns · 41 hd

325.00

−0.42

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−13.67

This barn, trailing median24 sales

399.57

−75.00

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	1,689	195.47	3,301	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,260	162.18	2,043	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,425	154.00	2,195	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	138.21	1,461	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,070	$2,647	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,265	$2,138	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,134	$2,030	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,240	$1,944	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	815	$2,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	860	$1,850	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,520	$2,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,472	$2,767	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,370	$2,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	855	$1,950	1thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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 3	450–500	480	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	912	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	768	242.15/cwt	232.50–252.00	1,860	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,295	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,614	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	361.52/cwt	327.50–395.00	1,685	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	329.25/cwt	321.00–333.00	1,913	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	321.98/cwt	320.00–324.00	1,851	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,957	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	321.53/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,023	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,782	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	251.15/cwt	225.00–277.50	1,640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	319.57/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,033	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	597	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,836	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	387.01/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,776	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,017	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	392.71/cwt	365.00–410.00	1,689	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	337.12/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,793	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	1,944.05/head	1,775.00–2,100.00	1,944	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	259.16/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,879	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,643	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,881	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	855	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,398	2,575.58/head	2,200.00–2,850.00	2,576	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,200	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,646.96/head	2,600.00–2,700.00	2,647	2
Bulls	—	—	1,689	195.47/cwt	169.00–220.00	3,301	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	177.28/cwt	170.00–187.00	2,257	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	159.35/cwt	135.00–175.00	2,003	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	138.21/cwt	116.00–155.00	1,461	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,195	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,620	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,370	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	2,030.46/head	1,725.00–2,300.00	2,030	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	928	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	990	196.00/cwt	192.00–200.00	1,940	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,520	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	360.64/cwt	340.00–382.50	1,522	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	374.66/cwt	360.00–420.00	1,206	4

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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