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Jackson County Regional Livestock Market

Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ripley, West Virginia · Sat, Apr 13

● Final112 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1880

← Apr 6Apr 13Apr 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

468 head

▲ 208 vs last sale 260▲ 106 vs year ago 362 · +29.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

37 head

▼ 37 vs last sale 74▼ 66 vs year ago 103 · −64.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

68 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 58▲ 10 vs year ago 58 · +17.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

baby calves brought from 200 to 560 by the head.

feeder pigs brought from 50 to 70 by the head.

Market hogs brought from 45 to 67.5 per cwt.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.19/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −114.54 against this barn's trailing median of $412.74.

Average price

$298.19

57 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

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

$33.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.47

vs WV average

−7.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	301.17	1,664	52
Medium and Large 2	525	267.24	1,402	5thin

One grade step is worth $33.94/cwt here — about $262 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale57 hd

298.19

—

WV average6 barns · 298 hd

288.72

+9.47

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−7.28

This barn, trailing median19 sales

412.74

−114.54

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $486.84, low $343.66, median $412.74 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,702	157.82	2,686	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,600	133.93	2,143	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,261	129.28	1,630	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	927	108.00	1,001	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,130	170.00	1,921	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,385	158.00	2,188	1thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,060	$1,823	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,258	$1,761	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,250	$1,650	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,340	$1,600	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,227	$1,584	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,158	$1,419	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,085	$1,200	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	850	$910	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	820	$850	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,760	$2,825	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,260	$2,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,067	$2,067	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,260	$1,905	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,288	$1,863	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	930	$2,000	2thin

Every lot

112 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	310	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	775	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Value Added	312	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	936	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	323.25/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,115	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	361	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,119	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	310.20/cwt	275.00–317.50	1,182	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	415	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,336	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	274.67/cwt	265.00–284.00	1,162	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	297.73/cwt	282.50–315.00	1,274	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	315.39/cwt	286.00–320.00	1,467	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	482	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,482	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	260.09/cwt	242.50–277.50	1,256	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	516	262.17/cwt	235.00–276.00	1,353	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	303.44/cwt	282.50–319.00	1,572	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,610	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	301.47/cwt	290.00–309.00	1,727	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	590	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,617	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,479	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,783	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	281.00/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,866	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,777	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	253.00/cwt	247.00–266.00	1,834	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,900	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,982	2
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,078	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,649	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 2	190	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	475	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2Value Added	286	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	829	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	885	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	868	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Value Added	321	287.47/cwt	280.00–295.00	923	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	237.43/cwt	217.50–255.00	793	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	355	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	985	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	362	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,086	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	272.31/cwt	265.00–278.00	1,010	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	234.01/cwt	225.00–247.00	901	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	234.10/cwt	210.00–250.00	974	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	263.26/cwt	255.00–274.00	1,116	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	430	257.47/cwt	255.00–262.50	1,107	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	465	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,244	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	267.30/cwt	252.50–280.00	1,254	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	236.84/cwt	200.00–249.00	1,123	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	485	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,222	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	264.37/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,377	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	240.42/cwt	237.50–245.00	1,253	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	563	233.67/cwt	227.50–240.00	1,316	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	268.25/cwt	256.00–269.50	1,537	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	219.17/cwt	204.00–243.00	1,271	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	606	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,442	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	260.53/cwt	257.00–263.00	1,594	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	199.88/cwt	170.00–215.00	1,257	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	213.74/cwt	212.50–215.00	1,411	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	669	180.82/cwt	180.00–182.50	1,210	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,511	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	712	178.30/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,269	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,418	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	850	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,424	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	935	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,346	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	250	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	763	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	842	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	285.98/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,030	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	386	289.37/cwt	280.00–307.50	1,117	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	270.71/cwt	257.50–285.00	1,048	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,020	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	281.67/cwt	277.50–300.00	1,248	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	262.51/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,242	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	282.79/cwt	277.50–298.00	1,346	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	278.69/cwt	262.50–291.00	1,402	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	244.07/cwt	200.00–262.00	1,276	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	221.91/cwt	190.00–242.50	1,276	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	257.50/cwt	237.50–274.00	1,509	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	222.69/cwt	192.50–230.00	1,385	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,626	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,495	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	677	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,828	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	182.94/cwt	180.00–186.00	1,399	2
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,385	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,188	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,130	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,921	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,702	157.82/cwt	126.00–169.00	2,686	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	660	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	469	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	900	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	981	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	120.00/cwt	115.00–127.00	1,230	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,244	138.33/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,721	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,266	126.26/cwt	118.00–134.00	1,598	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,600	133.93/cwt	131.00–137.00	2,143	2
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,760	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	820	849.70/head	825.00–875.00	850	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	850	910.00/head	910.00–910.00	910	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,060	1,822.88/head	1,750.00–1,900.00	1,823	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,085	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,128	1,513.64/head	1,350.00–1,650.00	1,514	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,158	1,419.11/head	1,250.00–1,550.00	1,419	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,220	1,767.03/head	1,600.00–1,885.00	1,767	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,303	131.48/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,713	2
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	1,335	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,340	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	1,425	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,755	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,387	1
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	990	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,244	1,784.70/head	1,175.00–2,100.00	1,785	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,293	2,144.58/head	1,750.00–2,500.00	2,145	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,425	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	745	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	522	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	942	127.48/cwt	75.00–150.00	1,201	6
Stock Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	1,060	128.08/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,358	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,120	117.30/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,314	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	1,230	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,710	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,245	134.76/cwt	125.00–146.00	1,678	5

This sale against other markets

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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