Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-12

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $334.81/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −64.34 against this barn's trailing median of $399.15.

Average price

$334.81

67 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,848

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$877

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

$164.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.00

vs WV average

−6.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	349.51	1,929	55
Medium and Large 2	547	294.75	1,613	9thin
Medium and Large 3-4	567	185.49	1,052	3thin

One grade step is worth $164.02/cwt here — about $877 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 sale67 hd

334.81

—

WV average1 barns · 67 hd

334.81

−0.00

National average157 barns · 9,726 hd

341.53

−6.72

This barn, trailing median25 sales

399.15

−64.34

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	1,500	189.42	2,842	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,266	163.44	2,069	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,465	159.00	2,329	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	926	122.02	1,130	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,063	$2,478	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,095	$2,450	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	920	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,193	$2,193	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,181	$2,160	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	898	$1,973	3thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,230	$2,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,010	$2,815	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,338	$2,700	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,171	$2,592	4thin

Every lot, as filed

105 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 1	600–650	646	315.06/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,035	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,057	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	396.55/cwt	370.00–427.50	1,475	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	362.69/cwt	330.00–401.00	1,893	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,238	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	352.47/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	400.15/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	367.22/cwt	332.50–385.00	1,590	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,226	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	571	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,113	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	403.30/cwt	385.00–430.00	1,524	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	349.01/cwt	325.00–360.00	2,209	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	405	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	269.28/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	367.50/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,066	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,339	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	317.62/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	493	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,046	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	266.69/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,800	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	305.71/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,483	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	247.04/cwt	225.00–270.00	1,527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	365.02/cwt	325.00–385.00	2,095	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	374.64/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,765	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	390.50/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,250	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	390.16/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	331.58/cwt	327.00–334.00	2,401	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	346.97/cwt	320.00–364.00	1,985	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	350.19/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,828	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,355	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,282	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	379.59/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	361.13/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,737	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	261	393.93/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,028	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	324.93/cwt	312.50–332.50	1,722	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,193	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	815	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	323.68/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,826	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	283.68/cwt	272.50–295.00	1,895	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	314.41/cwt	294.00–325.00	2,132	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	287.57/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,806	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	354.74/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,660	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,669	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	835	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,712	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,329	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	162.58/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,933	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	810	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,458	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	931	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,181	2,159.59/head	1,760.00–2,400.00	2,160	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	2,478.00/head	2,400.00–2,550.00	2,478	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	2,192.61/head	2,125.00–2,250.00	2,193	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,555	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,270	1
Bulls	—	—	1,635	211.09/cwt	208.00–214.00	3,451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	373.68/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,207	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	650–700	680	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,071	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	450–500	460	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	759	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,370	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,151	155.14/cwt	126.00–174.00	1,786	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	550–600	590	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	300–350	330	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	312.50/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	332.60/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,214	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	550–600	567	185.49/cwt	150.00–205.00	1,052	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	450–500	460	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,151	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	238.79/cwt	225.00–252.50	1,858	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	597	293.71/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,753	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	305.86/cwt	270.00–340.00	1,291	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	415	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,453	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	299.61/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,708	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,020	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	318.16/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,059	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	318.30/cwt	300.00–347.50	1,566	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	296.56/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,572	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	290.87/cwt	265.00–310.00	1,539	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	611	309.08/cwt	297.50–315.00	1,888	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	490	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	370	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,018	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,338	2,700.47/head	2,200.00–3,250.00	2,700	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	2,815.35/head	2,150.00–3,350.00	2,815	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	174.56/cwt	163.00–185.00	1,529	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	1,973.01/head	1,675.00–2,300.00	1,973	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	2,522.85/head	2,050.00–3,150.00	2,523	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	820	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	681	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	123.17/cwt	117.00–131.00	1,170	7
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,115	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,817	1
Bulls	—	—	1,558	180.97/cwt	171.00–194.00	2,820	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,055	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	171.88/cwt	168.00–175.00	2,351	2

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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