Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-01

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $359.01/cwt on 17 head, down $8.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 25 comparable sales and sits −40.14 against this barn's trailing median of $399.15.

Average price

$359.01

▼ 8.43 vs prior sale

17 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,951

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$46.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.80

vs WV average

−1.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	361.76	1,955	16thin
Medium and Large 2	590	315.00	1,859	1thin

One grade step is worth $46.76/cwt here — about $97 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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

359.01

—

WV average2 barns · 59 hd

343.22

+15.80

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

−1.51

This barn, trailing median25 sales

399.15

−40.14

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	1,556	198.46	3,088	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,361	176.25	2,398	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,545	170.00	2,627	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,105	152.93	1,689	13

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,420	$2,425	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,353	$2,331	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,198	$2,257	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	708	$1,783	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,030	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,110	$1,550	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,110	$2,075	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,453	$3,316	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,055	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,294	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,647	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	153.92/cwt	130.00–179.00	1,724	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,627	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	174.56/cwt	168.00–177.00	2,323	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,480	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	466.04/cwt	462.50–470.00	1,258	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,343	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	396.79/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,853	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	367.44/cwt	330.00–380.00	1,907	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,593	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,216	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,161	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,965	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,453	3,316.40/head	3,300.00–3,350.00	3,316	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	474.76/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,225	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	166.79/cwt	145.00–179.50	1,781	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	2,257.37/head	1,550.00–2,600.00	2,257	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	359.25/cwt	310.00–412.50	1,728	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	1,783.00/head	1,725.00–1,800.00	1,783	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	453.33/cwt	452.50–455.00	1,564	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	354.35/cwt	345.00–362.50	1,864	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,048	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,353	2,331.28/head	1,725.00–2,750.00	2,331	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,669	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	385.00/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,252	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	404.33/cwt	395.00–423.00	1,468	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	411.55/cwt	392.50–420.00	1,749	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	398.13/cwt	350.00–424.00	1,282	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	426.09/cwt	400.00–450.00	980	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,908	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	150–200	195	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	335.53/cwt	320.00–356.00	2,231	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	315.16/cwt	295.00–342.50	1,989	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	322.10/cwt	317.50–331.00	1,984	4
Bulls	—	—	1,556	198.46/cwt	171.00–217.00	3,088	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	150–200	185	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	395.53/cwt	380.00–412.50	1,119	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,216	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	374.17/cwt	317.50–407.50	1,545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	229.04/cwt	200.00–312.50	1,530	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	438.68/cwt	425.00–452.50	2,053	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	175	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	373.90/cwt	362.50–380.00	1,933	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,964	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	355.77/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,554	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	286.20/cwt	282.50–290.00	2,204	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,821	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	419.02/cwt	407.50–432.00	2,191	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	334.37/cwt	328.00–342.50	2,060	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	499.97/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,600	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	391.44/cwt	387.00–394.00	2,638	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	399.91/cwt	378.00–420.00	2,507	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	457.53/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,853	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	354.46/cwt	327.00–372.00	2,013	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	449.04/cwt	442.50–460.00	1,684	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	418.78/cwt	410.00–422.50	1,918	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	416.53/cwt	407.50–422.50	1,770	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	416.95/cwt	414.00–420.00	2,347	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	349.91/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,180	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	286.25/cwt	265.00–307.50	2,118	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	451.72/cwt	450.00–452.50	1,450	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	424.11/cwt	367.50–575.00	2,362	4

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

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