Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-06-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

VIDEO SALE RESULTS 10 CENT SLIDE

57 hd steers based 900# stop 925# 90% number 1s flesh score 5 70% black grass only brought $346.5 cwt

56 hd steers based 925# stop 950# 85-90% number 1s flesh score 5 95% black grass only brought $341.75

110 hd steers based 940# stop 965# 95+% number 1s flesh score 5 100% black grass only brought $341.75

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $405.27/cwt on 24 head, up $23.20 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 15 of 25 comparable sales and sits +6.11 against this barn's trailing median of $399.15.

Average price

$405.27

▲ 23.20 vs prior sale

24 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,196

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$70

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

$2.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.17

vs WV average

+4.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	526	407.21	2,140	5thin
Medium and Large 1	546	404.75	2,210	19thin

One grade step is worth $2.45/cwt here — about −$70 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 sale24 hd

405.27

—

WV average2 barns · 97 hd

409.43

−4.17

National average163 barns · 8,321 hd

400.52

+4.75

This barn, trailing median25 sales

399.15

+6.11

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	1,648	201.33	3,317	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,393	178.27	2,483	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	967	168.31	1,627	12

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)	1,300	$4,000	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,383	$2,904	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	870	$2,700	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,188	$2,609	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,199	$2,193	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,344	$2,043	4thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	805	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,103	$3,713	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,260	$3,274	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	630	$500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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 1	250–300	297	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,412	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,489	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	460.71/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,778	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	439.23/cwt	437.50–442.50	2,034	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	367.53/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,235	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	527.21/cwt	495.00–535.00	1,729	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,148	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	510.48/cwt	485.00–525.00	1,848	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	472.83/cwt	460.00–485.00	1,338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	412.33/cwt	357.50–430.00	2,210	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	318.76/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	388.34/cwt	377.50–410.00	2,206	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	558.81/cwt	555.00–562.50	1,816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	473.80/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,540	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	375	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	436.39/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,898	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,030	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,185	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,980	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	237	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,209	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,112	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	435.40/cwt	430.00–438.00	2,451	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,115	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	383.04/cwt	352.50–398.00	2,394	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	370.79/cwt	362.50–375.00	2,644	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,343	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	460.25/cwt	445.00–475.00	2,200	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	423.43/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,189	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	448.64/cwt	445.00–452.50	1,898	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	433.86/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,061	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	695	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,189	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	388.50/cwt	388.50–388.50	2,451	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	229.06/cwt	189.00–310.00	2,123	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	3,713.15/head	3,500.00–3,900.00	3,713	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	3,273.81/head	3,000.00–3,500.00	3,274	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,199	2,193.47/head	1,700.00–2,700.00	2,193	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,227	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,466	172.95/cwt	167.00–177.00	2,535	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	727	215.44/cwt	205.00–237.50	1,566	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	149.80/cwt	135.00–165.00	1,516	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,398	184.61/cwt	181.00–188.00	2,581	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	925	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,549	1
Bulls	—	—	1,688	202.24/cwt	182.00–215.00	3,414	10
Bulls	—	—	1,965	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	4,441	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,325	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,319	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,133	190.55/cwt	182.00–197.50	2,159	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	452	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,079	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,383	2,903.62/head	2,500.00–3,400.00	2,904	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	2,609.37/head	1,950.00–3,150.00	2,609	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,344	2,042.93/head	1,950.00–2,100.00	2,043	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	522	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,232	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	510	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,231	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	429.80/cwt	425.00–437.50	2,046	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	409.65/cwt	380.00–440.00	1,741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	335	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	250–300	282	495.47/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,397	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,096	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	485	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,110	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,220	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	339.83/cwt	300.00–380.00	1,998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	635	387.52/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	373	499.60/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	417.81/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,746	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	557	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,913	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	330.53/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	393.68/cwt	385.00–412.50	2,079	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	308.25/cwt	270.00–345.00	1,920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	422.54/cwt	412.50–430.00	1,661	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	474.71/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,728	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	385.35/cwt	330.00–430.00	1,823	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	425	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	500	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,265	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	420.15/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	389.02/cwt	347.50–410.00	2,050	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,054	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	433.15/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,244	4

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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