Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

VIDEO SALE

65 hd steers base 775 stop 825 85% number 1s flesh 4 90-95% black brought $338

63 hd steers base 810 stop 860 85-90% number 1s flesh 5 90% black brought $331.75

114 hd steers base 910 stop 935 90-95% number 1s flesh 5 100% black brought $324

57 hd steers base 910 stop 935 90-95% number 1s flesh 5 90% black brought $321.75

60 hd heifers base 800 stop 835 90% number 1s flesh 5- 100% black brought $314.75

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $365.40/cwt on 64 head, down $14.81 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 19 comparable sales and sits −57.93 against this barn's trailing median of $423.33.

Average price

$365.40

▼ 14.81 vs prior sale

64 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,014

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$318

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

$50.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.64

vs WV average

−31.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	373.35	2,064	54
Medium and Large 2	541	322.48	1,746	10thin

One grade step is worth $50.87/cwt here — about $318 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

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $486.84, low $343.66, median $423.33 across 19 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 sale64 hd

365.40

—

WV average4 barns · 85 hd

376.03

−10.64

National average147 barns · 5,729 hd

396.78

−31.38

This barn, trailing median19 sales

423.33

−57.93

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	1,566	188.05	2,945	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	164.14	2,089	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	152.45	1,661	4thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,023	$2,642	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,318	$2,088	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,120	$1,920	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,035	$1,550	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	875	$1,500	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	745	$1,750	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,110	$2,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	930	$2,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,165	$2,698	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,152	$2,297	3thin

Every lot, as filed

81 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 2	550–600	577	328.31/cwt	300.00–343.00	1,894	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	441.70/cwt	437.50–450.00	1,250	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	197.50/cwt	170.00–225.00	1,718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	232.50/cwt	205.00–260.00	1,790	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	380.08/cwt	340.00–412.50	1,555	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	379.75/cwt	345.00–415.00	1,606	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	392.27/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,471	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	419.65/cwt	400.00–442.50	1,788	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	340.69/cwt	336.00–348.00	2,450	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	314.06/cwt	275.00–335.00	1,784	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	406.07/cwt	385.00–417.50	1,515	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	313.56/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,602	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	296.01/cwt	275.00–317.50	1,826	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,193	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	347.80/cwt	342.50–353.00	2,334	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	356.22/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	376.12/cwt	345.00–410.00	1,587	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,102	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	336.39/cwt	327.50–343.00	2,089	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	353.01/cwt	240.00–430.00	1,154	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	319.23/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,826	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	707	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	312	449.95/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,404	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	138.41/cwt	126.00–157.00	1,529	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	319.98/cwt	300.00–362.50	1,683	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	334.55/cwt	305.00–352.50	1,592	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	945	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,583	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,318	2,088.43/head	1,700.00–2,550.00	2,088	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	2,642.05/head	2,400.00–2,850.00	2,642	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,566	188.05/cwt	182.00–197.00	2,945	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	138.27/cwt	132.00–148.00	1,553	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	990	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,931	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	155.28/cwt	112.50–177.00	1,759	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,788	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,920.26/head	1,600.00–2,400.00	1,920	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	2,145.28/head	2,100.00–2,200.00	2,145	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,211	2,965.69/head	2,250.00–3,700.00	2,966	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	156.44/cwt	142.50–167.50	1,564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	442.92/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,417	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	2,161.54/head	2,000.00–2,300.00	2,162	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	738	292.47/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,158	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	372.24/cwt	347.50–387.50	2,103	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	384.93/cwt	350.00–410.00	1,809	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	432.39/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,613	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	476.39/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,320	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,919	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	402.13/cwt	365.00–432.00	1,540	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	295.46/cwt	280.00–317.50	2,030	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	423.58/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,563	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	400.95/cwt	360.00–415.00	1,925	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	324.33/cwt	319.00–326.25	2,702	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	441.86/cwt	407.50–455.00	1,423	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	380.23/cwt	356.00–397.00	1,806	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	353.11/cwt	347.50–357.50	1,992	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	326.23/cwt	312.50–333.00	2,019	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	404.34/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,739	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,171	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	410.40/cwt	365.00–437.50	1,728	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	362.17/cwt	353.00–377.50	1,934	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	375.97/cwt	362.50–385.00	1,970	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	462.84/cwt	445.00–480.00	1,476	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	312.35/cwt	280.00–328.00	1,915	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	389.40/cwt	330.00–422.50	1,452	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	335.07/cwt	311.00–362.00	1,940	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	293.57/cwt	285.00–307.50	1,979	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	357.97/cwt	314.00–375.00	1,915	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,300	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,470	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	157.68/cwt	153.00–164.00	1,996	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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