Jackson County Regional Livestock Market Report

Ripley, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, April 17, 2021

385 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $161.51/cwt ≈ $767/hd at 475 lb · 24 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $142.14/cwt ≈ $598/hd at 421 lb · 18 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.65/cwt ≈ $643/hd at 474 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	385	0	511
Feeder cattle	282	—	470
Slaughter cattle	59	—	29
Replacement cattle	17	—	12

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	162.50	$162.50	$341	—
305–325	317	3	145.00–162.50	$152.59	$484	—
350–390	364	5	146.00–167.50	$156.98	$571	—
405–440	421	7	145.00–169.00	$155.93	$656	—
455–495	473	18	142.50–170.00	$154.82	$732	—
450–486 value added	480	6	174.00–183.00	$181.59	$872	—
500–527	516	8	139.00–155.00	$146.15	$754	—
550–595	575	8	131.00–160.00	$147.63	$849	—
600–635	620	6	132.00–146.00	$143.00	$887	—
657–675	666	5	128.00–140.00	$133.54	$889	—
700–735	713	7	125.00–137.00	$130.39	$930	—
900	900	1	117.50	$117.50	$1,058	—
985	985	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,044	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	330	4	135.00–145.00	$139.75	$461	—
385	385	1	147.50	$147.50	$568	—
465–495	475	5	127.50–141.00	$135.14	$642	—
540	540	1	117.50	$117.50	$634	—
550	550	3	127.00–136.00	$133.00	$732	—
640	640	2	128.00–141.00	$134.50	$861	—
715	715	1	120.00	$120.00	$858	—
765	765	1	99.00	$99.00	$757	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	132.50	$132.50	$437	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	328	3	140.00–153.00	$146.80	$482	—
350–392	374	11	140.00–157.00	$144.89	$542	—
400–445	421	18	132.00–154.00	$142.14	$598	—
455–495	474	18	124.00–147.00	$135.65	$643	—
500–540	525	18	125.00–141.00	$135.25	$710	—
550–597	583	14	122.50–135.00	$128.80	$751	—
610–635	623	5	113.00–126.00	$120.54	$751	+0.54
705–725	714	4	111.00–119.00	$116.27	$830	—
805	805	1	104.00	$104.00	$837	—
865–875	870	2	117.00	$117.00	$1,018	—
1285	1285	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,349	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	155.00	$155.00	$527	—
395	395	1	124.00	$124.00	$490	—
430	430	1	119.00	$119.00	$512	—
450–480	462	5	107.50–129.00	$119.00	$550	—
500–540	517	3	116.00–121.00	$117.99	$610	—
630	630	1	107.00	$107.00	$674	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	123.00	$123.00	$560	—
550–575	560	3	117.00–129.00	$122.91	$688	—
830	830	1	107.50	$107.50	$892	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	116.00	$116.00	$539	—
565	565	1	112.50	$112.50	$636	—
680	680	1	107.00	$107.00	$728	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	142.00	$142.00	$568	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–390	378	2	135.00–160.00	$147.91	$559	-8.73
405–415	410	2	125.00–140.00	$132.41	$543	-29.49
460–490	476	5	140.00–159.00	$149.53	$712	-8.02
500–545	527	5	140.00–150.00	$144.85	$763	-2.56
560–590	569	5	132.00–145.00	$138.25	$787	-4.30
600–635	617	5	129.00–139.00	$135.38	$835	-0.67
655–690	665	5	125.00–136.00	$130.35	$867	+3.17
720–740	730	3	102.00–109.00	$106.01	$774	-18.22
815–835	825	2	93.00–104.00	$98.57	$813	-16.43

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	125.00	$125.00	$425	—
355–395	375	2	117.50–126.00	$121.52	$456	—
410	410	1	122.50	$122.50	$502	—
465–475	470	2	117.00–127.50	$122.19	$574	—
495 thin fleshed	495	1	101.00	$101.00	$500	—
515–545	535	3	114.00–121.00	$117.66	$629	—
575	575	1	121.00	$121.00	$696	—
640	640	1	110.00	$110.00	$704	—
665–675	670	2	75.00–96.00	$85.42	$572	—
805	805	1	87.50	$87.50	$704	—
865	865	1	80.00	$80.00	$692	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1510	1231	80-85%	12	61.50–70.00	$65.18	$802	-7.77
1200–1460	1294	80-85%	8	71.00–75.50	$72.93	$944	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–980	900	85-90%	2	37.50–43.00	$40.49	$364	—
870–1020	945	85-90%	2	70.00–86.00	$77.37	$731	—
690–1145	1029	85-90%	14	53.00–65.00	$60.21	$620	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460	1460	75-80%	1	61.00	$61.00	$891	—
1540	1540	75-80%	1	84.00	$84.00	$1,294	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–2080	1768	10	72.50–90.00	$80.61	$1,425	—
1535–1980	1801	5	90.50–110.00	$98.39	$1,772	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
950–1550	1214	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	750.00–1,100.00	$895.63
1260	1260	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1345	1345	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1120–1605	1363	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	910.00–1,160.00	$1,057.25
1300–1490	1395	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	875.00–950.00	$915.05

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	785.00	$785.00

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
85	85	3	220.00	$220.00	$187	—
140	140	1	120.00	$120.00	$168	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
23	23	4	65.00	$65.00	—
32	32	2	85.00	$85.00	—
45	45	1	105.00	$105.00	—
55	55	1	95.00	$95.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1250–1285	1262	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,175.00–1,350.00	$1,250.92	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
80	80	1	212.50	$212.50	$170	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
5	5	1	130.00	$130.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	23	3	55.00–60.00	$56.43	—
30–31	31	4	75.00–85.00	$82.56	—
90	90	1	255.00	$255.00	—

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Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
70	70	1	165.00	$165.00	$116	—

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
40	40	1	240.00	$240.00	$96	—
55	55	1	247.50	$247.50	$136	—
70–75	73	2	200.00	$200.00	$146	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.