Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

58 HD steers in ring weighed 880 75% blk empty brought $345

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $373.22/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −61.63 against this barn's trailing median of $434.85.

Average price

$373.22

30 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,039

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$272

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

$42.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.47

vs WV average

−49.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	378.90	2,076	26
Medium and Large 2	537	336.30	1,804	4thin

One grade step is worth $42.60/cwt here — about $272 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

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $486.84, low $380.21, median $434.85 across 16 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 sale30 hd

373.22

—

WV average6 barns · 479 hd

395.69

−22.47

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−49.43

This barn, trailing median16 sales

434.85

−61.63

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	1,448	163.13	2,362	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,658	153.52	2,545	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,224	144.89	1,773	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,050	140.44	1,475	20

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)	1,040	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,480	$2,484	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	959	$2,272	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,070	$1,738	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,080	$1,643	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	845	$1,450	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	793	$2,008	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	800	$1,850	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,360	$2,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,225	$2,250	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,065	$2,250	2thin

Every lot, as filed

110 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 2	700–750	720	244.90/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	321.81/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,516	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	316.86/cwt	255.00–390.00	1,347	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	279.68/cwt	260.00–327.50	1,619	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	850–900	880	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,036	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	251	455.08/cwt	425.00–470.00	1,142	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	382.08/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	375.27/cwt	350.00–395.00	2,128	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	383.85/cwt	350.00–422.50	2,004	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	399.15/cwt	370.00–417.50	1,932	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	361.70/cwt	327.50–372.00	2,275	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	355.88/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,712	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	340.11/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,932	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	386.62/cwt	372.50–405.00	1,287	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	358.83/cwt	330.00–375.00	2,458	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,324	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,180	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	435.28/cwt	402.50–442.50	1,680	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	336.96/cwt	328.00–343.00	2,392	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	402.94/cwt	360.00–420.00	1,712	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	373.81/cwt	355.00–393.00	1,581	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	362.92/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,709	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	315.78/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,961	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	331.83/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,862	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	281.11/cwt	245.00–300.00	2,142	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,516	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	372.31/cwt	340.00–395.00	1,914	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	382.07/cwt	365.00–402.50	1,452	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	351.66/cwt	347.00–361.00	1,990	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	338.60/cwt	325.00–357.00	1,781	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	438.01/cwt	397.50–490.00	1,397	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	388.46/cwt	332.50–410.00	1,834	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,152	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	417.96/cwt	380.00–455.00	1,592	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	329.47/cwt	320.00–336.00	2,020	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	311.62/cwt	275.00–332.50	2,069	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,433	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	413.26/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,748	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	645	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	306.27/cwt	285.00–317.00	2,227	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,147	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	420	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,985	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	930	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,642.64/head	1,575.00–1,725.00	1,643	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	959	2,271.61/head	1,800.00–2,700.00	2,272	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,248	149.56/cwt	148.00–153.00	1,867	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	135.60/cwt	122.00–148.00	1,454	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	980	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,548	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	973	185.46/cwt	171.00–195.00	1,805	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	714	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	113.13/cwt	110.00–117.50	1,086	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,075	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	147.47/cwt	135.00–158.00	1,799	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,658	153.52/cwt	152.00–155.00	2,545	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,410	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,312	1
Bulls	—	—	1,471	170.23/cwt	154.00–180.00	2,504	11
Bulls	—	—	1,615	189.38/cwt	187.00–191.00	3,058	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	2,008.28/head	1,775.00–2,200.00	2,008	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	145.69/cwt	140.00–153.00	1,642	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,480	2,483.78/head	2,375.00–2,675.00	2,484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	213	366.56/cwt	360.00–370.00	781	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	181.08/cwt	150.00–240.00	1,440	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	350–400	375	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	300–350	305	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	400–450	415	277.47/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,152	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	450–500	465	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	300–350	310	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	899	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	250–300	290	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	754	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	450–500	475	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	338.59/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,263	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	289	367.22/cwt	320.00–395.00	1,061	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	368.23/cwt	345.00–382.50	1,539	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	400–450	440	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	550–600	565	233.83/cwt	225.00–242.50	1,321	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,108	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	252.38/cwt	200.00–275.00	1,653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	270.91/cwt	250.00–292.50	1,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	400–450	425	273.82/cwt	250.00–300.00	1,164	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	950–1000	970	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,153	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	267.43/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,720	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	343.96/cwt	320.00–362.50	1,438	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	330.50/cwt	300.00–365.00	1,534	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	374.97/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,425	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	332.48/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	328.36/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,681	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	312.97/cwt	260.00–345.00	1,659	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	362.09/cwt	320.00–400.00	1,224	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,837	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	339.21/cwt	280.00–395.00	1,079	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,826	1
Bulls	—	—	1,373	144.36/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,982	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,015	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	711	1

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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