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Jackson County Regional Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ripley, West Virginia · Sat, Aug 9
● Final107 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1880
← Aug 2Aug 9Aug 16 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
486 head
▲ 304 vs last sale 182▼ 373 vs year ago 859 · −43.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 29▼ 26 vs year ago 52 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 78▼ 21 vs year ago 71 · −29.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

VIDEO SALE RESULTS

All cattle were clean score 1 and turned out on grass

53 HD steers based 950 lbs. stop 1000 lbs. 90-95% number 1s 80-85 % black flesh score 5 brought $319 per cwt

60 HD heifers based 870 lbs stop 920 lbs. 85-90% number 1s 80-85% black flesh score 5- brought $313 per cwt

60 HD heifers based 870 lbs. stop 920 lbs. 90% number 1s 75% black flesh score 5 brought $311.75

60 HD heifers based 880 lbs. stop 930 lbs. 90-95% number 1s 100% black flesh score 5 brought $317.75 per cwt

59 HD heifers based 900 lbs. stop 950 lbs. 95% number 1s 75-80% black flesh score 5 brought $311.75 per cwt

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $391.44/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 8 of 20 comparable sales and sits −23.30 against this barn's trailing median of $414.74.
Average price
$391.44
61 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,125
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$37.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.16
vs WV average
+1.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541396.922,14852
Medium and Large 2553359.751,9889thin
One grade step is worth $37.18/cwt here — about $160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale61 hd
391.44
—
WV average2 barns · 63 hd
390.28
+1.16
National average145 barns · 8,057 hd
390.02
+1.42
This barn, trailing median20 sales
414.74
−23.30
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

20 sales
501444387330median 414.7402/2805/0907/1808/2910/17
Steers 500–600 lb: high $486.84, low $343.66, median $414.74 across 20 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—Average1,558186.612,90715
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,337166.632,2287thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,612166.552,6853thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,052132.281,3925thin
SteersStandardAverage1,435188.002,6981thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$2,5001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,195$2,4112thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,155$2,2043thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,215$2,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,250$2,0202thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)795$2,2501thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,030$2,9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,114$3,1114thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,322$2,7093thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,177$2,5373thin

Every lot

107 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,3751
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370344.80/cwt340.00–350.001,2762
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384416.03/cwt412.00–425.001,5986
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added400410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6402
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427418.10/cwt400.00–429.001,7854
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430348.14/cwt320.00–375.001,4972
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added460394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,8121
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463350.73/cwt325.00–360.001,6244
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484418.69/cwt379.00–426.002,02620
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519402.48/cwt371.00–417.002,08929
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535315.14/cwt300.00–330.001,6862
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added541390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,1103
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added557400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2282
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569389.92/cwt360.00–415.002,21923
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583318.73/cwt317.50–320.001,8582
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605322.41/cwt300.00–345.001,9514
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629378.10/cwt358.00–389.002,37819
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2663320.33/cwt320.00–321.002,1243
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679353.80/cwt323.00–373.002,4028
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added683307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,1003
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2712308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,1932
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Gaunt721372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,6827
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730343.39/cwt338.00–349.002,5072
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1786347.35/cwt332.50–356.002,73038
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2795300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3852
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,6413
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,6855
Steers850–900Medium and Large 3-4890147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,3131
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2898257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,3124
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,6659
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,090170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8531
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235360.00/cwt360.00–360.008461
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280422.50/cwt410.00–435.001,1832
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295310.00/cwt310.00–310.009151
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3-4310275.00/cwt275.00–275.008531
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315366.51/cwt350.00–385.001,1553
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318380.47/cwt350.00–410.001,2103
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375312.07/cwt260.00–345.001,1704
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379395.88/cwt370.00–410.001,5007
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3-4395190.00/cwt190.00–190.007511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427406.92/cwt380.00–420.001,73811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428307.49/cwt305.00–310.001,3162
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2466304.81/cwt230.00–341.001,4204
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477375.27/cwt347.50–407.501,79017
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added486389.21/cwt362.50–400.001,8926
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527362.31/cwt332.50–395.001,90927
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5901
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,7821
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added550365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0081
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2564300.78/cwt255.00–340.001,6965
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580344.68/cwt318.00–368.001,99922
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626328.23/cwt315.00–337.002,05520
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633252.65/cwt240.00–265.001,5992
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671313.17/cwt313.00–314.002,1016
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,9041
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733301.96/cwt278.00–310.002,2136
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2752261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,9632
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1771306.44/cwt290.00–311.002,3639
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2943
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 3-4865190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6441
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1890233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,0742
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225495.44/cwt460.00–520.001,1153
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1263466.81/cwt450.00–480.001,2284
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1303450.82/cwt415.00–480.001,3666
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373407.28/cwt371.00–430.001,5199
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431390.90/cwt370.00–401.001,6855
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5621
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3-4450245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1031
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470301.54/cwt280.00–325.001,4172
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471398.14/cwt370.00–418.001,87511
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1514364.24/cwt330.00–385.001,8728
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570332.79/cwt310.00–350.001,8976
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5641
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675287.71/cwt265.00–302.501,9426
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2688261.24/cwt260.00–262.501,7972
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8621
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2773212.18/cwt180.00–245.001,6402
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1778251.70/cwt250.00–255.001,9583
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8981
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2940192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,8101
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Medium and Large 3-4480175.00/cwt175.00–175.008401
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Standard1,435188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,6981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,501181.57/cwt176.00–187.002,72511
Bulls——1,623194.62/cwt193.00–195.503,1593
Bulls——1,985218.00/cwt218.00–218.004,3271
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%940110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0341
Cows—Lean 85-90%965138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,3321
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,110174.19/cwt160.00–190.001,9342
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13565.00/cwt65.00–65.007381
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,3921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,343163.73/cwt155.00–171.002,1996
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,612166.55/cwt163.50–168.002,6853
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,0302,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2842206.07/cwt175.00–245.001,7356
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,185149.49/cwt122.00–160.501,7715
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,274162.02/cwt150.00–170.002,0645
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0753,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0852,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1273,130.70/head2,400.00–3,750.003,1313
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2232,381.19/head2,100.00–2,650.002,3812
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3222,708.51/head2,700.00–2,725.002,7093
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27952,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1552,204.18/head1,800.00–2,650.002,2043
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1952,411.40/head2,300.00–2,550.002,4112
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2152,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2502,020.20/head1,500.00–2,400.002,0202

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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