Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $384.19/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −60.96 against this barn's trailing median of $445.15.

Average price

$384.19

18 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,039

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$329

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

$49.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.76

vs WV average

−46.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	392.47	2,095	15thin
Medium and Large 2	515	342.78	1,765	3thin

One grade step is worth $49.69/cwt here — about $329 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

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $486.84, low $403.63, median $445.15 across 15 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 sale18 hd

384.19

—

WV average2 barns · 23 hd

371.43

+12.76

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−46.44

This barn, trailing median15 sales

445.15

−60.96

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	1,387	162.96	2,260	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,270	162.14	2,059	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,643	147.00	2,414	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	967	129.39	1,251	9thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,135	$2,238	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,070	$1,861	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,090	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,015	$1,488	2thin

Every lot, as filed

104 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	250–300	270	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,838	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	800–850	845	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	450–500	465	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,023	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	250–300	295	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	350–400	355	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	994	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	300–350	345	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	949	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	268.97/cwt	225.00–310.00	1,420	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	407.93/cwt	388.00–417.50	1,493	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	385.05/cwt	370.00–430.00	1,217	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	311.85/cwt	270.00–330.00	2,071	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	283.33/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,054	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	645	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	342.56/cwt	300.00–360.00	1,452	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	353.35/cwt	325.00–405.00	1,668	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	394.62/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,298	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	550–600	550	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,073	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,144	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	166.17/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,207	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	147.64/cwt	144.00–151.00	1,909	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	129.54/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,183	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	121.55/cwt	121.00–122.00	1,304	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,057	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,065	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,226	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,188	172.62/cwt	164.00–185.00	2,051	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,805	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,798	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	148.49/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,641	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	728	78.18/cwt	63.00–95.00	569	2
Bulls	—	—	1,490	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,101	1
Bulls	—	—	1,370	166.62/cwt	156.00–179.00	2,283	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,860.89/head	1,575.00–2,150.00	1,861	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	166.85/cwt	156.00–185.00	1,632	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	2,238.22/head	1,925.00–2,525.00	2,238	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	400–450	420	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	650–700	660	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	250–300	285	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	371	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	310.26/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,468	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	737	239.92/cwt	227.50–252.50	1,768	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	281.24/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,808	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	486	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,956	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	359.95/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,897	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,140	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	426.72/cwt	417.00–430.00	1,651	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	345.95/cwt	330.00–375.00	2,003	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	680	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,227	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	436.48/cwt	427.50–445.00	1,637	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	419.62/cwt	407.50–442.50	1,796	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,243	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	393.84/cwt	365.00–416.00	2,087	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,449	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	376.41/cwt	340.00–427.50	1,634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,764	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	465	383.86/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,785	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	380	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,996	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	383.60/cwt	350.00–417.50	2,140	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	385.08/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,390	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	400–450	435	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,055	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	422.97/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,064	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,198	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	462	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,649	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	443	370.58/cwt	367.50–373.00	1,642	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	317.60/cwt	275.00–340.00	1,813	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,449	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	242.99/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,878	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,299	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	400–450	433	215.06/cwt	205.00–225.00	931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	550–600	590	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,151	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	235.09/cwt	222.50–247.50	1,681	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	150–200	190	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	297.91/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,862	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	50–100	58	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	174	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	303.70/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	297.91/cwt	275.00–335.00	1,147	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	378	378.35/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,430	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	345	410.00/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,415	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	623	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,667	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	345.38/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,651	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	313.04/cwt	250.00–347.00	1,966	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	364.61/cwt	350.00–374.00	1,586	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	327.57/cwt	312.50–345.00	1,684	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,667	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	719	304.64/cwt	285.00–308.00	2,190	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	342.78/cwt	315.00–380.00	1,765	3

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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