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Jackson County Regional Livestock Market

Name: Jackson County Regional Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ripley, West Virginia · Sat, Jan 3

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1880

← Dec 20Jan 3Jan 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

106 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 89▲ 15 vs year ago 91 · +16.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

41 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 65▲ 13 vs year ago 28 · +46.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

25 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 5▼ 6 vs year ago 31 · −19.4%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.72/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 3 of 24 comparable sales and sits −60.44 against this barn's trailing median of $377.15.

Average price

$316.72

11 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,221

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3-4

$215.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WV average

−77.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	345.99	1,897	9thin
Medium and Large 2	540	240.00	1,296	1thin
Medium and Large 3-4	520	130.00	676	1thin

One grade step is worth $215.99/cwt here — about $1,221 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 sale11 hd

316.72

—

WV average1 barns · 11 hd

316.72

+0.00

National average24 barns · 3,641 hd

394.70

−77.98

This barn, trailing median24 sales

377.15

−60.44

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,570	176.29	2,768	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,328	154.20	2,048	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,123	128.24	1,440	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,275	210.00	2,678	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,135	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,395	$2,604	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,113	$2,425	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,138	$2,013	2thin

Every lot

68 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2Value Added	215	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,054	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3-4	255	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	689	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,233	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	355	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,385	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3-4	390	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,053	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,200	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,615	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3-4	465	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	814	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,112	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	555	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,804	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	375.75/cwt	347.50–390.00	2,112	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,088	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,188	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,291	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,201	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	250	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,000	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	265	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	981	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	379.13/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,225	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	382.50/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,339	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	300.41/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,106	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	377.31/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,551	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,373	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3-4	450	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	990	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	361.01/cwt	320.00–380.00	1,740	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3-4	520	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	676	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	356.51/cwt	335.00–380.00	1,904	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,296	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	332.83/cwt	326.00–340.00	1,884	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	264.58/cwt	247.50–282.50	1,667	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,850	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,492	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,034	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,855	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	201.34/cwt	190.00–212.50	1,969	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	275	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,100	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,403	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,172	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	379.93/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,379	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	411.64/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,523	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	383.89/cwt	375.00–402.50	1,681	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,763	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	396.45/cwt	357.50–412.50	1,935	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	377.81/cwt	366.00–392.50	1,991	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,932	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,901	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,144	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	288.89/cwt	275.00–298.00	1,985	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,199	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,152	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	825	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,464	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,275	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,678	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,570	176.29/cwt	170.00–183.00	2,768	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	870	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	609	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,085	133.93/cwt	125.00–143.00	1,453	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,113	158.99/cwt	156.00–162.00	1,770	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,170	154.24/cwt	143.00–162.50	1,805	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,176	109.96/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,293	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,318	149.74/cwt	140.00–165.00	1,974	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,370	172.04/cwt	170.00–174.00	2,357	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,405	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,113	2,424.71/head	2,000.00–3,025.00	2,425	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,135	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,395	2,604.30/head	2,300.00–2,900.00	2,604	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,130	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,514	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,225	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,887	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,273	163.11/cwt	141.00–170.00	2,076	6

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.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Jackson County Regional Livestock Market - Ripley, WV

Sat Jan 3, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Charleston, WV (LS-CW)

Feeder CattleReceipts 106Last week 89Year ago 91

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 65Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 5Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	370.00	370.00
2	350–400	368	280.00–320.00	300.41
1	400–450	410	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	450	305.00	305.00
1	500–550	540	240.00	240.00
2	600–650	630	247.50–282.50	264.58
1	750–800	765	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	400.00	400.00
5	300–350	323	370.00–385.00	379.13
2	350–400	350	375.00–390.00	382.50
4	400–450	411	355.00–390.00	377.31
6	450–500	482	320.00–380.00	361.01
5	500–550	534	335.00–380.00	356.51
4	550–600	566	326.00–340.00	332.83
1	650–700	655	282.50	282.50
1	800–850	830	245.00	245.00
1	900–950	905	205.00	205.00
2	950–1000	978	190.00–212.50	201.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	220.00	220.00
1	500–550	520	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	270.00	270.00
1	350–400	390	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	465	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	490.00	490.00
1	350–400	355	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	455	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	515	410.00	410.00
3	550–600	562	347.50–390.00	375.75
2	600–650	600	348.00	348.00
1	700–750	700	312.50	312.50
1	750–800	790	290.00	290.00
1	800–850	815	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	825	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	460.00	460.00
3	350–400	370	405.00–420.00	411.64
3	400–450	438	375.00–402.50	383.89
10	450–500	488	357.50–412.50	396.45
6	500–550	527	366.00–392.50	377.81
1	550–600	585	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	642	334.00	334.00
5	650–700	687	275.00–298.00	288.89
2	700–750	707	311.00	311.00
1	750–800	755	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	330	355.00	355.00
2	350–400	363	370.00–390.00	379.93
1	450–500	470	375.00	375.00
1	550–600	560	345.00	345.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	1,775.00	1,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,405	2,250.00	2,250.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,113	2,000.00–3,025.00	2,424.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,395	2,300.00–2,900.00	2,604.30

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	154.00	154.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,273	141.00–170.00	163.11
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	134.00	134.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,570	170.00–183.00	176.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,170	143.00–162.50	154.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,318	140.00–165.00	149.74
3	—	1,370	170.00–174.00	172.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	156.00–162.00	158.99
1	—	870	70.00	70.00
6	—	1,176	105.00–115.00	109.96
5	—	1,085	125.00–143.00	133.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	210.00	210.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.