Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-07-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

75 HD ML1-2 Steers based 675 lbs. stop 725 lbs. 4-5 flesh 80-85% black $362.25 /cwt

64 HD ML1-2 Steers based 800 lbs. stop 850 lbs. 4 flesh 85-90% black $334 /cwt

57 HD ML1-2 Steers based 910 lbs. stop 960 lbs. 4 flesh 85% black $317.75 /cwt

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.26/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −61.89 against this barn's trailing median of $399.15.

Average price

$337.26

19 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,780

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$614

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

$102.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WV average

−2.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	342.66	1,814	18thin
Medium and Large 2	500	240.00	1,200	1thin

One grade step is worth $102.66/cwt here — about $614 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

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 sale19 hd

337.26

—

WV average1 barns · 19 hd

337.26

+0.00

National average146 barns · 6,788 hd

340.18

−2.92

This barn, trailing median25 sales

399.15

−61.89

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	1,551	174.77	2,711	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,379	165.08	2,276	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,535	163.46	2,509	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	998	135.21	1,349	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,325	235.49	3,120	2thin

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)	1,083	$2,807	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,255	$2,700	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,197	$2,563	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	947	$2,500	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,008	$2,475	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,319	$2,234	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$3,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,040	$1,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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 2	900–950	920	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	402	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	341.92/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,911	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	243	330.66/cwt	290.00–350.00	804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	343.60/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,649	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	350–400	362	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	905	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	400–450	405	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	330.71/cwt	265.00–370.00	1,220	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,963	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	352.72/cwt	325.00–395.00	1,665	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	710	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,052	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	460	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	900–950	935	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	257.44/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,820	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	270.30/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,373	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,005	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	335.66/cwt	322.00–347.50	1,886	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	385.62/cwt	375.00–407.50	1,593	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	211.12/cwt	205.00–217.50	1,510	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	351.00/cwt	325.00–395.00	1,464	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	346.92/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,801	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	995	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	250–300	282	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	450–500	470	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	940	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	825	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	600–650	630	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	327.16/cwt	315.00–347.50	1,371	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	330.79/cwt	275.00–380.00	1,075	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	324.05/cwt	321.00–329.00	2,025	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	358.43/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,039	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	378.28/cwt	355.00–393.00	1,944	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	308	379.23/cwt	367.50–395.00	1,168	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	808	207.15/cwt	170.00–245.00	1,674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	353.42/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,537	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	298.85/cwt	260.00–330.00	1,414	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,245	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	342.95/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,776	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	356.82/cwt	347.50–370.00	1,342	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	355.21/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	411.42/cwt	407.00–420.00	1,555	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	337.13/cwt	332.00–342.50	2,279	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	392.90/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,100	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	359.11/cwt	335.00–385.00	1,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,418	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,097	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	346.32/cwt	335.00–356.00	2,140	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,923	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	305.27/cwt	285.00–325.00	1,114	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	397.93/cwt	392.50–412.50	1,448	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	313.20/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,917	3
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	505	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,162	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	302.40/cwt	295.00–312.50	1,458	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	954	117.96/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,125	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,305	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	861	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,485	173.29/cwt	172.00–174.50	2,573	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	805	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,670	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	138.13/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,558	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,325	235.49/cwt	230.00–240.00	3,120	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	163.46/cwt	160.00–167.50	2,509	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	162.34/cwt	156.50–168.50	2,180	6
Bulls	—	—	1,075	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,516	1
Bulls	—	—	1,730	177.83/cwt	170.00–183.00	3,076	5
Bulls	—	—	1,700	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	3,672	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	985	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,497	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	2,807.27/head	1,950.00–3,600.00	2,807	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	2,475.12/head	2,350.00–2,550.00	2,475	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	161.26/cwt	156.00–167.00	1,746	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,197	2,563.13/head	2,275.00–2,800.00	2,563	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	947	2,499.71/head	1,950.00–2,800.00	2,500	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,503	2,526.71/head	2,500.00–2,550.00	2,527	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	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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