Jackson County Regional Livestock Market Report, Ripley, WV

Ripley, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, December 17, 2022

288 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $158.93/cwt ≈ $1,058/hd at 666 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $176.05/cwt ≈ $845/hd at 480 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	288	723	280
Feeder cattle	223	610	178
Slaughter cattle	49	47	36
Replacement cattle	9	50	55

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–420	405	8	174.00–176.00	$175.74	$712	—
455–490	480	12	166.00–179.00	$176.05	$845	—
510–542	526	4	160.00–168.00	$162.45	$854	—
535	535	1	143.00	$143.00	$765	—
560–580	575	4	163.00–164.00	$163.76	$942	—
640	640	2	163.00	$163.00	$1,043	—
660–675	666	11	154.00–164.00	$162.18	$1,080	—
666	666	3	147.00	$147.00	$979	—
750	750	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,072	—
830–845	838	2	133.00–149.00	$141.07	$1,182	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	383	3	134.00–142.50	$137.88	$528	-24.62
425	425	1	127.50	$127.50	$542	-45.58
450	450	1	162.00	$162.00	$729	-10.29
505	505	1	127.50	$127.50	$644	-45.29
795	795	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,129	+32.00
1035	1035	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,190	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	3	142.00	$142.00	$648	—
520	520	2	140.00–150.00	$145.00	$754	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–445	440	2	153.00–154.00	$153.51	$675	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	140.00	$140.00	$609	—
470	470	1	133.00	$133.00	$625	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	139.00	$139.00	$473	—
378–390	380	7	140.00–150.00	$148.53	$564	—
405–425	415	2	130.00–141.00	$135.37	$562	—
450–495	474	8	131.00–141.00	$136.16	$645	—
480	480	1	123.00	$123.00	$590	—
502–545	525	8	131.00–143.00	$135.71	$712	—
554–595	562	8	132.00–136.00	$133.25	$749	—
600	600	1	124.00	$124.00	$744	—
601	601	3	110.00	$110.00	$661	—
795	795	1	104.00	$104.00	$827	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	128.00	$128.00	$422	-19.19
360–385	373	4	117.50–136.00	$124.72	$465	-26.97
425	425	1	143.00	$143.00	$608	-7.68
485	485	1	135.00	$135.00	$655	-16.82
550	550	2	137.00	$137.00	$754	-6.80
695	695	1	107.50	$107.50	$747	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	2	140.00	$140.00	$581	—
580	580	1	130.00	$130.00	$754	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	120.00	$120.00	$360	—
390	390	1	107.50	$107.50	$419	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
787	787	2	95.00	$95.00	$748	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	415	2	107.50–110.00	$108.70	$451	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	125.00	$125.00	$369	—
615	615	1	90.00	$90.00	$554	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	97.50	$97.50	$434	—
475	475	1	80.00	$80.00	$380	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	108.00	$108.00	$373	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	150.00	$150.00	$480	—
440	440	1	172.00	$172.00	$757	—
450–495	473	2	153.00–160.00	$156.33	$739	—
510–530	520	6	142.00–161.00	$152.72	$794	—
550–585	569	9	134.00–154.00	$142.59	$811	—
600	600	1	130.00	$130.00	$780	—
650	650	1	136.00	$136.00	$884	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	142.50	$142.50	$534	-17.50
445	445	1	142.00	$142.00	$632	-35.54
510	510	2	140.00	$140.00	$714	-13.07
640	640	1	129.00	$129.00	$826	-6.85
735	735	1	107.00	$107.00	$786	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	145.00	$145.00	$464	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865	865	80-85%	1	53.00	$53.00	$458	—
805–1615	1185	80-85%	19	53.00–73.00	$64.86	$769	—
1315–1500	1433	80-85%	3	71.50–73.50	$72.54	$1,039	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1270	1040	85-90%	12	50.00–69.00	$57.32	$596	—
1115–1305	1210	85-90%	2	47.00	$47.00	$569	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1515	1448	75-80%	2	63.00–69.00	$66.14	$958	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1990	1478	6	70.00–96.50	$79.62	$1,177	—
1925	1925	1	112.00	$112.00	$2,156	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
775–1170	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	525.00–1,050.00	$778.19
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
1190–1250	1220	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	875.00–900.00	$887.81

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
35	35	1	75.00	$75.00	$26	—
40	40	1	120.00	$120.00	$48	—
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	$40	—

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
95	95	1	80.00	$80.00	$76	—
120	120	1	82.50	$82.50	$99	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	75.00	$75.00	+20.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	85.00	$85.00	±0.00

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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.