Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-07

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $366.88/cwt on 17 head, down $68.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 25 comparable sales and sits −32.27 against this barn's trailing median of $399.15.

Average price

$366.88

▼ 68.08 vs prior sale

17 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,965

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$738

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

$133.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.10

vs WV average

−54.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	403.29	2,169	10thin
Medium and Large 2	534	348.52	1,859	4thin
Medium and Large 3-4	530	270.00	1,431	3thin

One grade step is worth $133.29/cwt here — about $738 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale17 hd

366.88

—

WV average3 barns · 41 hd

381.98

−15.10

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

−54.08

This barn, trailing median25 sales

399.15

−32.27

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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,300	216.04	2,809	2thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,619	184.46	2,986	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,675	169.00	2,831	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,339	164.48	2,203	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,186	145.37	1,724	8thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,348	197.78	2,666	3thin

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)	965	$3,264	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	855	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	989	$2,146	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	820	$1,600	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	800	$1,725	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	978	$2,971	3thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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	400–450	412	373.26/cwt	355.00–405.00	1,538	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	831	293.52/cwt	265.00–308.00	2,439	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	990	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	228	414.84/cwt	410.00–420.00	946	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	506.14/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,574	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	379.53/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,182	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	338.66/cwt	332.50–345.00	2,252	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	253	334.95/cwt	330.00–340.00	847	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	350–400	383	200.95/cwt	155.00–250.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	427.01/cwt	380.00–442.50	2,024	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	362.30/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	373.02/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,932	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	471	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,159	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	440.18/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,818	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	400–450	424	256.86/cwt	225.00–275.00	1,089	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	503.77/cwt	470.00–515.00	2,222	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	483.79/cwt	480.00–487.50	2,564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	336.70/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,329	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,867	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	435.72/cwt	415.00–457.00	2,453	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	397.59/cwt	389.00–420.00	2,505	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	489.23/cwt	415.00–520.00	2,324	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	762	336.62/cwt	333.00–339.00	2,565	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,615	4
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,749	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,744	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	410.85/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,293	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	528.83/cwt	500.00–545.00	1,391	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	324.18/cwt	320.00–327.00	2,305	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	428.97/cwt	360.00–485.00	2,274	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	477.23/cwt	450.00–520.00	2,243	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	554.96/cwt	545.00–575.00	1,754	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,300	216.04/cwt	214.00–218.00	2,809	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,348	197.78/cwt	184.00–218.00	2,666	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,358	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,390	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	173.72/cwt	172.00–175.00	2,290	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,169	139.39/cwt	128.00–149.00	1,629	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,055	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,831	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	160.79/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,167	5
Bulls	—	—	1,619	184.46/cwt	169.00–192.00	2,986	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,696	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,327	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	413.47/cwt	385.00–430.00	2,158	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	442.89/cwt	420.00–500.00	1,444	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	300–350	320	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	387.54/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,496	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,176	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	378.45/cwt	360.00–403.00	1,571	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	650–700	650	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	700–750	705	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	526.98/cwt	510.00–555.00	1,955	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	500–550	530	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,431	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	750–800	790	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	500–550	500	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,165	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	425.52/cwt	421.00–430.00	1,494	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,180	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	495.43/cwt	420.00–540.00	2,135	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	3,263.99/head	2,300.00–4,200.00	3,264	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,039	2,351.56/head	1,950.00–2,700.00	2,352	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,151	163.02/cwt	139.00–184.00	1,876	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,116	193.24/cwt	177.00–217.00	2,157	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	3,456.81/head	3,400.00–3,500.00	3,457	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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