Sale reports / West Virginia / Jackson County Regional Livestock Market / 2025-05-03

Jackson County Regional Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ripley, West Virginia · Sat, May 3
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1880
Feeder Cattle receipts
207 head
▼ 348 vs last sale 555▲ 60 vs year ago 147 · +40.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 47▼ 9 vs year ago 58 · −15.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 14▼ 34 vs year ago 81 · −42.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

132 HD steers base 800 stop 840 90% #1 flesh 5-6 brought 301 CWT

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $308.98/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −68.17 against this barn's trailing median of $377.15.
Average price
$308.98
22 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,683
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$26
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.47
vs WV average
−20.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2535311.521,6657thin
Medium and Large 1549307.791,69115thin
One grade step is worth $3.72/cwt here — about −$26 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 sale22 hd
308.98
—
WV average4 barns · 62 hd
302.51
+6.47
National average176 barns · 11,721 hd
329.34
−20.36
This barn, trailing median24 sales
377.15
−68.17
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

24 sales
437390342295median 377.1503/0704/2506/1308/2210/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $423.01, low $309.23, median $377.15 across 24 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—Low1,608162.632,61511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,543150.832,3274thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,244147.221,83113
CowsLean 85-90%Average927112.511,04321
HeifersSelectAverage1,030189.001,9471thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,010$2,3001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,040$2,2001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,187$1,9335
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)968$1,8932thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$1,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)995$1,1001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)945$1,5442thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,160$2,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,050$3,5356
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,256$2,9234thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,228$2,4502thin

Every lot

100 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318396.81/cwt380.00–415.001,2622
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380406.67/cwt390.00–415.001,5453
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1443394.19/cwt390.00–402.501,7463
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465385.39/cwt370.00–395.001,7926
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added495387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,9184
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518337.57/cwt270.00–375.001,7493
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,8121
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9531
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570305.29/cwt270.00–326.001,7403
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added575377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,1711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615285.79/cwt267.50–305.001,7582
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3-4637122.50/cwt122.50–122.507802
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added645342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,2061
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added715310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2171
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,1901
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1281
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9761
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2935195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,8231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235345.00/cwt345.00–345.008111
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270381.11/cwt360.00–400.001,0292
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1201
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3-4305195.00/cwt195.00–195.005951
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337406.39/cwt390.00–420.001,3703
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372369.18/cwt340.00–390.001,37310
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3-4383181.76/cwt160.00–205.006962
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added397377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,4992
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415315.45/cwt302.50–327.501,3092
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422353.70/cwt335.00–370.001,49315
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added437350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5302
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3-4458202.30/cwt165.00–240.009272
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476340.61/cwt300.00–357.501,6216
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed485352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,7101
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added503326.26/cwt325.00–327.501,6412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526308.93/cwt300.00–330.001,6257
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528277.54/cwt270.00–285.001,4652
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added560324.34/cwt324.00–325.001,8163
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570306.80/cwt287.00–327.501,7498
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2612205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2552
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633260.77/cwt259.00–262.501,6512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added635287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,8261
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,7671
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,9061
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9381
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2835207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,7331
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,0751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3-4280216.32/cwt212.50–220.006062
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3001
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3-4343226.04/cwt197.50–255.007752
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355250.00/cwt250.00–250.008881
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378412.26/cwt385.00–430.001,5586
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3-4380165.00/cwt165.00–165.006272
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427391.86/cwt372.50–415.001,6738
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3-4457157.50/cwt157.50–157.507202
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465294.03/cwt245.00–340.001,3672
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468377.99/cwt365.00–385.001,76910
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2508272.46/cwt270.00–275.001,3842
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519352.91/cwt330.00–367.501,8328
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3-4543132.50/cwt132.50–132.507193
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568317.67/cwt305.00–321.001,8047
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5801
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623281.48/cwt275.00–287.501,7542
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623254.58/cwt240.00–270.001,5862
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,4571
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1695260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8071
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2715210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5021
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6941
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1840220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8481
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1975210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,0481
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,030189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,9471
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,602165.92/cwt161.00–179.002,6589
Bulls——1,633147.83/cwt144.00–151.002,4142
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%821100.83/cwt90.00–107.508285
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed861166.97/cwt150.00–190.001,4384
Cows—Lean 85-90%86769.75/cwt40.00–82.506055
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,066117.40/cwt111.00–125.001,2516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163143.37/cwt133.00–148.001,6678
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,185137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,6291
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,373153.37/cwt150.00–159.002,1065
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,522151.94/cwt147.00–157.502,3133
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,605147.50/cwt147.50–147.502,3671
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1602,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0483,516.69/head3,300.00–3,800.003,5173
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0523,552.61/head3,300.00–3,900.003,5533
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0752,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0952,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3102,996.95/head2,850.00–3,100.002,9973
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3802,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29001,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29681,893.31/head1,485.00–2,200.001,8932
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29951,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0102,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0402,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1871,933.20/head1,750.00–2,225.001,9335
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3540106.35/cwt102.50–110.005742
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2860156.80/cwt142.00–180.001,3482
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,218142.69/cwt128.00–152.001,7383
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29451,544.25/head1,275.00–1,850.001,5442

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.