Jackson County Regional Livestock Market Report, Ripley, WV

Ripley, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, April 24, 2021

425 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.29/cwt ≈ $657/hd at 482 lb · 28 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $144.45/cwt -5.08 vs last sale · ≈ $682/hd at 472 lb · 18 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.28/cwt -4.72 vs last sale · ≈ $592/hd at 431 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	425	385	400
Feeder cattle	312	282	321
Slaughter cattle	61	59	22
Replacement cattle	52	17	57

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	185.00–195.00	$190.00	$428	—
295	295	2	160.00	$160.00	$472	—
310	310	1	160.00	$160.00	$496	—
385–395	390	4	147.50–160.00	$155.57	$607	—
445	445	1	162.00	$162.00	$721	—
460–495	474	7	133.00–167.50	$157.55	$747	—
475	475	2	155.00	$155.00	$736	—
500–545	513	14	150.00–169.00	$159.46	$818	—
555–595	571	6	132.00–147.50	$141.37	$807	—
600–626	619	8	132.00–151.00	$144.83	$896	—
650–692	682	7	126.00–139.00	$130.33	$889	—
710–740	724	4	123.00–155.00	$132.89	$962	—
790	790	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,019	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	145.00	$145.00	$312	—
300	300	2	161.00	$161.00	$483	—
365–395	375	3	135.00–145.00	$141.49	$531	—
400	400	2	132.50	$132.50	$530	—
475–485	482	3	130.00–147.50	$135.75	$654	—
520–545	528	3	122.50–130.00	$127.42	$673	—
575–590	583	2	130.00–144.00	$137.09	$799	—
630	630	1	130.00	$130.00	$819	—
655	655	1	128.00	$128.00	$838	—
755	755	1	128.00	$128.00	$966	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	145.00	$145.00	$515	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
55	55	5	132.00	$132.00	$73	—
200–215	208	2	130.00–160.00	$145.54	$303	—
250–295	280	9	130.00–152.00	$141.85	$397	—
320–340	326	9	130.00–140.00	$134.35	$438	—
350–395	380	11	130.00–143.00	$134.52	$511	—
415–445	431	18	127.00–145.00	$137.28	$592	-4.72
453–496	482	28	129.00–140.00	$136.29	$657	—
505–545	525	13	129.00–139.00	$134.51	$706	—
550–585	562	16	120.00–137.00	$130.14	$731	—
600–640	625	5	120.00–130.00	$125.01	$781	—
660–692	680	6	119.00–130.00	$124.82	$849	—
705–730	713	4	115.00–126.00	$120.30	$858	—
750–767	761	3	117.00–125.00	$122.37	$931	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–390	378	4	123.00–132.00	$129.10	$488	—
415–445	432	3	126.00–128.00	$126.98	$549	—
452–490	475	9	115.00–133.00	$124.97	$594	—
505–535	522	7	119.00–130.00	$124.73	$651	—
550–596	569	13	105.00–129.00	$122.62	$698	—
616–645	627	8	110.00–124.00	$120.95	$758	—
675	675	1	118.00	$118.00	$796	—
725	725	1	105.00	$105.00	$761	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	422	3	107.00–119.00	$113.77	$480	—
460–465	463	2	80.00–107.50	$93.82	$434	—
500	500	1	110.00	$110.00	$550	—
555	555	1	97.50	$97.50	$541	—
660	660	1	110.00	$110.00	$726	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	131.00	$131.00	$576	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	170.00	$170.00	$289	—
320–335	330	3	142.50–155.00	$146.54	$484	—
375–395	385	2	145.00	$145.00	$558	-2.91
405–445	418	7	125.00–163.00	$140.37	$587	+7.96
450–495	472	18	112.50–164.00	$144.45	$682	-5.08
515–545	532	17	90.00–152.00	$136.77	$728	-8.08
565–597	583	12	129.00–159.00	$139.46	$813	+1.21
605–647	626	14	121.00–148.00	$127.96	$801	-7.42
655–690	675	12	97.50–131.00	$117.70	$794	-12.65
700	700	1	123.00	$123.00	$861	+16.99
805–845	825	2	80.00–87.50	$83.66	$690	-14.91

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1290	1040	80-85%	10	42.00–66.50	$55.85	$581	—
865–1730	1154	80-85%	17	67.00–80.00	$71.23	$822	—
895–1705	1257	80-85%	15	60.00–67.00	$64.01	$805	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1480	1385	75-80%	5	64.00–66.00	$64.87	$898	—
1540	1540	75-80%	1	67.50	$67.50	$1,040	-16.50

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–750	720	85-90%	2	20.00–25.00	$22.60	$163	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	146.00	$146.00	$657	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1680	1680	65-75%	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,344	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005	1005	1	53.00	$53.00	$533	—
1200–1470	1335	2	78.00–81.00	$79.65	$1,063	—
1195–2245	1608	7	84.00–100.00	$89.14	$1,433	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–950	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	835.00–1,025.00	$936.98
900–985	943	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	750.00–900.00	$833.69
865–1175	1005	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	425.00–735.00	$579.15
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
1065–1700	1382	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	625.00–1,200.00	$932.37

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1235–1240	1238	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,225.00–1,450.00	$1,337.73	—
1555–1605	1580	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00–1,300.00	$1,287.70	—

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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.