Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-20

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.25/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −98.91 against this barn's trailing median of $399.15.

Average price

$300.25

13 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,626

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,581

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 4

$288.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WV average

−89.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	343.32	1,864	10thin
Medium and Large 3-4	548	207.50	1,136	2thin
Medium and Large 4	515	55.00	283	1thin

One grade step is worth $288.32/cwt here — about $1,581 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 sale13 hd

300.25

—

WV average1 barns · 13 hd

300.25

+0.00

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−89.66

This barn, trailing median25 sales

399.15

−98.91

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	—	Low	1,725	169.61	2,926	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,910	157.74	3,013	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,392	153.70	2,139	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,063	146.63	1,558	39

Every lot, as filed

52 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,201	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	407.50/cwt	380.00–435.00	1,650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	338.39/cwt	322.50–355.00	2,284	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	500–550	530	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	500–550	515	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	277.50/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,859	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	343.09/cwt	305.00–390.00	1,269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	387.33/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,270	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	374.91/cwt	367.50–382.50	1,631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,022	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	450–500	475	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	357.10/cwt	357.00–357.50	1,853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,991	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	322.88/cwt	295.00–345.00	2,199	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	700–750	735	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,505	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	338.75/cwt	332.50–345.00	2,168	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	329.54/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,868	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	307.98/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,891	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,384	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	171.26/cwt	166.00–180.00	2,072	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	243.27/cwt	232.50–255.00	2,287	2
Bulls	—	—	1,580	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,959	1
Bulls	—	—	1,754	178.73/cwt	170.00–192.50	3,135	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,150	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,932	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	976	179.67/cwt	145.00–228.00	1,754	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,213	152.26/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,847	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	112.73/cwt	107.50–119.00	1,136	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	710	66.29/cwt	42.50–85.00	471	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,226	133.11/cwt	120.00–140.00	1,632	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,398	149.73/cwt	140.00–164.00	2,093	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,473	172.39/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,539	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,910	157.74/cwt	156.00–160.00	3,013	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	338.25/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	550–600	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	650–700	685	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,130	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	357.91/cwt	300.00–420.00	2,058	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	302.25/cwt	287.50–317.50	2,306	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,255	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	459.87/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,748	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	395.07/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,849	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	382.00/cwt	350.00–398.00	2,025	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,180	1

How this sale compares

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