Sale reports / West Virginia / Jackson County Regional Livestock Market / 2025-03-08

Jackson County Regional Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ripley, West Virginia · Sat, Mar 8
● Final119 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1880
Feeder Cattle receipts
547 head
▲ 291 vs last sale 256▼ 210 vs year ago 757 · −27.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 44▼ 25 vs year ago 53 · −47.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 39▲ 22 vs year ago 20 · +110.0%
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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.09/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −95.98 against this barn's trailing median of $382.07.
Average price
$286.09
72 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.39
vs WV average
−18.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561294.281,65150
Medium and Large 2532267.481,42322
One grade step is worth $26.80/cwt here — about $228 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale72 hd
286.09
—
WV average2 barns · 97 hd
280.70
+5.39
National average185 barns · 16,988 hd
305.02
−18.93
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.07
−95.98
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

25 sales
449398346295median 382.0702/2804/1805/3008/1510/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.96, low $309.23, median $382.07 across 25 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,700157.182,6729thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,213138.731,6824thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03196.9399913

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$2,1501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,256$1,8524thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,220$1,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)895$1,7501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,240$1,7001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,125$1,3251thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,085$1,5251thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,790$2,9251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,153$2,0782thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,203$2,0672thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)830$2,1001thin

Every lot

119 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1200390.00/cwt390.00–390.007801
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3-4225180.00/cwt180.00–180.004051
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250390.00/cwt390.00–390.009751
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315311.43/cwt290.00–335.009812
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335362.32/cwt330.00–385.001,2147
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375381.17/cwt325.00–400.001,4297
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1742
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added395337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,3331
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1761
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422351.46/cwt310.00–385.001,48310
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2561
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466353.71/cwt320.00–370.001,64814
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521278.86/cwt235.00–302.501,4537
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535334.27/cwt310.00–345.001,7887
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3-4535200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0701
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562335.87/cwt317.50–345.001,8889
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2584283.78/cwt240.00–300.001,6575
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1604308.22/cwt275.00–319.001,86211
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3-4605145.00/cwt145.00–145.008771
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620247.38/cwt232.50–277.501,5344
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy645215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3871
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2662253.21/cwt237.50–272.501,6763
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690277.76/cwt257.50–284.001,9178
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2700216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5121
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1706278.23/cwt250.00–283.001,96423
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3-4720185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3321
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy730210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5331
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785259.81/cwt259.00–261.002,0405
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2795243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,9321
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1226
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1868221.99/cwt220.00–225.001,9275
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2227333.19/cwt310.00–345.007565
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1233368.25/cwt360.00–370.008586
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270352.01/cwt340.00–370.009503
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275317.95/cwt305.00–330.008742
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336346.29/cwt330.00–375.001,1647
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Value Added340345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1732
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added352375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3202
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3-4360185.00/cwt185.00–185.006661
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376334.71/cwt320.00–355.001,25916
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380280.35/cwt257.50–300.001,0656
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3-4400210.00/cwt210.00–210.008401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2412274.59/cwt230.00–307.501,1315
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added420337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,4181
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421315.83/cwt300.00–330.001,33011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2464286.88/cwt242.50–315.001,33112
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469323.19/cwt307.50–340.001,51623
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3-4485175.00/cwt175.00–175.008491
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added510278.77/cwt272.00–315.001,42213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519310.01/cwt288.00–321.001,60920
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522240.70/cwt227.50–260.001,2563
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585256.41/cwt243.00–262.501,5006
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1589283.79/cwt252.50–300.001,67230
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615263.06/cwt253.00–268.001,61826
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3-4666155.32/cwt105.00–175.001,0345
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670238.81/cwt232.50–247.001,6003
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671245.80/cwt242.50–249.001,6496
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added676251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,69727
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1707231.99/cwt220.00–237.001,6405
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3-4728158.69/cwt142.50–175.001,1552
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy742192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,4282
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2767172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,3234
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7012
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 3-4845192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,6271
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1985165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,6251
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,075163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,7521
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1238409.72/cwt390.00–420.009753
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265330.00/cwt330.00–330.008751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed266411.43/cwt405.00–415.001,0943
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270380.88/cwt365.00–395.001,0284
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323382.44/cwt375.00–385.001,2354
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378300.46/cwt290.00–310.001,1362
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382332.00/cwt305.00–350.001,2688
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422318.95/cwt302.50–350.001,3467
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438283.38/cwt275.00–295.001,2413
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3-4480205.00/cwt205.00–205.009841
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483263.34/cwt220.00–285.001,2727
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1489308.58/cwt295.00–317.501,5094
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1516298.70/cwt280.00–305.001,54113
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533263.45/cwt240.00–277.501,4047
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568254.14/cwt237.50–267.501,4444
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6392
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3-4615140.00/cwt140.00–140.008611
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625254.53/cwt245.00–262.501,5914
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4195
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663208.03/cwt205.00–222.501,3796
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6631
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1706232.64/cwt223.00–252.501,6424
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760229.93/cwt220.00–240.001,7472
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2813204.95/cwt200.00–210.001,6662
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1840186.85/cwt186.00–192.001,5707
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2905132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,1991
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,030230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,3691
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1873
Beef/Dairy Steers850–900Medium and Large 2890150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3351
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,621148.33/cwt136.00–158.002,4045
Bulls——1,798168.24/cwt164.00–179.003,0254
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight71050.00/cwt50.00–50.003551
Cows—Lean 85-90%91553.88/cwt20.00–80.004933
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01899.73/cwt90.00–110.001,0152
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,115145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,6171
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,118119.39/cwt112.00–124.001,3355
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,160126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,4622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245136.64/cwt136.00–138.001,7013
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,0851,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28951,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29002,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,105126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,3921
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2201,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2401,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2561,852.41/head1,775.00–1,975.001,8524
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,087149.52/cwt131.00–190.001,6255
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12586.00/cwt86.00–86.009681
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,331135.48/cwt116.00–167.001,8037
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28302,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1532,077.71/head1,925.00–2,200.002,0782
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2032,067.05/head1,850.00–2,300.002,0672
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,7902,925.00/head2,925.00–2,925.002,9251

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.