Jackson County Regional Livestock Market Report, Ripley, WV

Ripley, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, January 21, 2023

310 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $168.77/cwt +28.24 vs last sale · ≈ $705/hd at 418 lb · 17 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $168.76/cwt +30.76 vs last sale · ≈ $887/hd at 526 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $161.43/cwt +19.88 vs last sale · ≈ $770/hd at 477 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	310	245	255
Feeder cattle	221	136	227
Slaughter cattle	40	45	11
Replacement cattle	40	43	9

Market comments — USDA reporter

165 Square bales brought 5.25 each and 100 square bales brought 4.25 each

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	170.00	$170.00	$654	—
445	445	1	195.00	$195.00	$868	+13.00
470	470	1	196.00	$196.00	$921	—
500–545	522	7	178.00–196.00	$187.25	$977	+20.90
569–580	571	7	187.00–193.00	$192.13	$1,097	+45.13
600–636	619	8	172.00–190.00	$178.33	$1,104	—
652–655	653	3	176.00–180.00	$178.66	$1,167	—
700	700	1	132.00	$132.00	$924	—
1015	1015	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,350	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	2	173.00	$173.00	$635	+43.00
412 value added	412	2	187.50	$187.50	$772	—
410–445	428	2	152.00–170.00	$160.63	$687	-2.37
465–475	470	2	163.00–172.00	$167.45	$787	—
500–540	520	2	163.00–170.00	$166.37	$865	—
552 value added	552	2	183.00	$183.00	$1,010	—
565–590	578	2	167.00–175.00	$171.09	$989	—
610	610	1	160.00	$160.00	$976	—
820	820	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,197	+21.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	3	140.00	$140.00	$407	-2.50
335–345	340	2	137.50–152.50	$145.11	$493	+15.11
367 value added	367	6	174.00	$174.00	$639	—
365–390	375	3	144.00–157.00	$150.45	$564	+8.31
402 value added	402	5	181.00	$181.00	$728	—
400–430	424	12	140.00–170.00	$163.67	$694	+23.14
475 value added	475	3	169.50	$169.50	$805	—
450–495	478	8	153.00–164.00	$158.41	$757	+16.86
500–515	506	4	140.00–162.00	$149.37	$756	+11.37
512–543 value added	532	12	174.00–178.00	$175.23	$932	—
560–590	573	3	142.00–158.00	$147.90	$847	+5.90
615	615	1	152.00	$152.00	$935	+26.26
675	675	1	122.00	$122.00	$824	-13.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	4	171.00	$171.00	$508	—
320	320	1	160.00	$160.00	$512	+12.50
375–395	387	5	165.00–176.00	$171.37	$663	—
425–435	429	6	170.00–173.00	$171.18	$734	+19.70
455–490	469	4	169.00–174.00	$171.74	$805	+22.97
500–535	522	5	164.00–174.00	$167.33	$873	+18.33
565–580	575	3	162.00–175.00	$166.70	$959	+19.94
650–661	659	6	144.00–152.00	$145.34	$958	+10.34
720	720	1	133.00	$133.00	$958	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	172.50	$172.50	$354	+14.97
305–320	313	2	163.00–177.00	$170.17	$533	—
385	385	1	174.00	$174.00	$670	+24.00
405–420	413	2	162.00–176.00	$168.87	$697	+15.57
485–492	488	5	175.00–192.00	$185.14	$903	+34.14
520–525	523	3	151.00–193.00	$178.96	$936	+29.33
635–642	640	3	158.00–165.00	$162.68	$1,041	—
660–695	679	4	134.00–137.00	$134.99	$917	-5.03
825	825	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,213	+42.56
905–915	910	2	75.00–93.00	$84.05	$765	—
985	985	1	88.00	$88.00	$867	-12.00
1035	1035	1	87.00	$87.00	$900	-22.00
1130	1130	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,062	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585–1155	920	85-90%	11	1.00–52.00	$37.18	$342	—
895–1185	1065	85-90%	7	60.00–63.00	$61.94	$660	—
1070–1440	1254	85-90%	9	67.00–73.00	$70.18	$880	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1415	1268	80-85%	9	74.50–84.00	$79.18	$1,004	—
1410	1410	80-85%	1	87.50	$87.50	$1,234	-9.50

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515	1515	75-80%	1	85.50	$85.50	$1,295	—
1485–1700	1593	75-80%	2	76.00–76.50	$76.23	$1,214	—
1790	1790	75-80%	1	78.50	$78.50	$1,405	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1840–1855	1848	2	89.00–90.00	$89.50	$1,654	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1700	1700	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,870	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1350	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	58.00	$58.00	$783
1165–1715	1360	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	72.00–85.00	$81.10	$1,103

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
950–960	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	63.00–66.00	$64.49	$616
1195	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	64.00	$64.00	$765

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	735.00	$735.00
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1080–1410	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	875.00–1,135.00	$1,022.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1300–1455	1378	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	89.00	$89.00	$1,226

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–740	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	525.00–575.00	$549.66

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1450	1450	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–880	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00–610.00	$577.41

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	185.00	$185.00	+35.00
85	85	1	90.00	$90.00	-100.00
95	95	1	195.00	$195.00	+5.00
105	105	1	210.00	$210.00	+30.00
150	150	1	240.00	$240.00	—

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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
1240	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00	+160.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	+25.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
12	12	2	75.00	$75.00	-2.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	120.00	$120.00	+30.00
55	55	1	95.00	$95.00	-40.00

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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.