Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-14

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $341.24/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −57.91 against this barn's trailing median of $399.15.

Average price

$341.24

25 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,867

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$823

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

$142.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.92

vs WV average

+0.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	352.07	1,925	21
Medium and Large 2	555	309.16	1,717	3thin
Medium and Large 3-4	525	210.00	1,103	1thin

One grade step is worth $142.07/cwt here — about $823 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale25 hd

341.24

—

WV average3 barns · 28 hd

334.32

+6.92

National average161 barns · 10,769 hd

340.92

+0.32

This barn, trailing median25 sales

399.15

−57.91

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	1,726	194.18	3,351	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,168	158.76	1,855	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,795	144.00	2,585	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,001	140.71	1,408	10

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$2,772	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,150	$2,475	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,142	$2,468	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,136	$2,108	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,077	$1,845	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,020	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	930	$1,491	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	975	$1,388	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	837	$2,433	3thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	825	$2,300	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	815	$1,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,207	$3,671	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,482	$3,577	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,367	$3,510	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,513	$3,508	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,282	$3,263	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	975	$3,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,210	$2,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	948	$2,489	2thin

Every lot, as filed

112 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	2,488.92/head	1,900.00–3,100.00	2,489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	353.82/cwt	335.00–367.50	2,042	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	286.31/cwt	284.00–287.50	2,199	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	370.94/cwt	340.00–387.50	1,625	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	328.71/cwt	324.00–335.00	2,028	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	192.00/cwt	171.00–213.00	1,939	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	443.68/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,619	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,922	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	336.51/cwt	315.00–341.00	1,938	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	413.24/cwt	410.00–417.50	1,740	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	419.32/cwt	395.00–435.00	1,363	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	334.95/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,785	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,109	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	391.66/cwt	380.00–417.50	1,520	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	325.57/cwt	310.00–338.00	2,045	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	340.64/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,163	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	372.63/cwt	345.00–390.00	1,770	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	299.24/cwt	275.00–312.00	2,020	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	232.94/cwt	225.00–237.50	2,024	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	274.34/cwt	271.00–275.00	1,970	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	354.47/cwt	335.00–367.50	1,865	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	225.78/cwt	222.50–230.00	2,066	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	419.02/cwt	418.00–420.00	1,969	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,108	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,571	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,558	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,367	3,510.12/head	2,900.00–4,300.00	3,510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	358.61/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,682	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,073	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	310.70/cwt	290.00–330.00	2,079	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,771.82/head	2,750.00–2,800.00	2,772	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	505	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,566	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,328	3,572.43/head	3,300.00–3,750.00	3,572	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,136	2,107.90/head	1,800.00–2,800.00	2,108	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,513	3,507.69/head	3,350.00–3,650.00	3,508	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,139	3,725.94/head	3,400.00–4,100.00	3,726	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,507	3,408.85/head	3,200.00–3,550.00	3,409	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,445	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	2,233	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	2,433.07/head	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,433	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,302	156.29/cwt	135.00–166.50	2,035	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,920	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	3,206	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	941	188.13/cwt	163.00–200.00	1,770	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,501	3,688.62/head	3,300.00–4,100.00	3,689	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,142	2,467.96/head	1,850.00–3,050.00	2,468	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	1,596.75/head	1,450.00–1,725.00	1,597	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,795	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,585	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	166.83/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,932	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	820	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,722	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	108.73/cwt	103.00–115.00	1,020	2
Bulls	—	—	1,676	191.48/cwt	173.00–199.00	3,209	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	148.01/cwt	141.00–155.00	1,749	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,676	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	138.44/cwt	120.00–146.00	1,427	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,210	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,288	2,885.53/head	2,700.00–3,050.00	2,886	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,358	3,219.61/head	3,000.00–3,375.00	3,220	2
Bulls	—	—	1,925	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	3,946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	500–550	525	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	500–550	518	247.54/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,282	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,271	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	967	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,077	1,845.24/head	1,475.00–2,075.00	1,845	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	400–450	400	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	300–350	340	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	391	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	292.05/cwt	275.00–302.00	2,126	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	325.43/cwt	320.00–333.00	2,206	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	868	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,443	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,122	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	378.47/cwt	362.50–390.00	1,968	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	332.60/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	333.06/cwt	307.50–345.00	1,742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,280	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	839	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	348.93/cwt	335.00–362.50	1,361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,357	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,715	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	900–950	920	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,168	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	350–400	375	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	304.99/cwt	302.50–307.50	1,717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,374	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	550–600	573	215.89/cwt	165.00–250.00	1,237	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	850–900	880	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	329.71/cwt	310.00–349.00	1,550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	333.74/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,969	2

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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