Jackson County Regional Livestock Market Report

Ripley, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, March 18, 2023

256 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $203.92/cwt ≈ $981/hd at 481 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $237.09/cwt ≈ $1,114/hd at 470 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	256	514	439
Feeder cattle	151	408	243
Slaughter cattle	56	45	75
Replacement cattle	22	28	54

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	200.00	$200.00	$350	—
285	285	1	192.50	$192.50	$549	—
305–325	315	2	197.50	$197.50	$622	—
350–355	353	3	200.00–215.00	$207.54	$733	—
365–377 value added	373	3	235.00	$235.00	$877	—
405–440	429	6	205.00–235.00	$222.74	$956	—
450–480	467	9	225.00–243.00	$234.15	$1,093	—
460–487 value added	478	3	244.00–250.00	$245.92	$1,175	—
515–530	523	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,203	—
560–585	566	5	220.00–236.00	$227.28	$1,286	—
670	670	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,280	—
765	765	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,362	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	170.00	$170.00	$408	—
435	435	1	197.50	$197.50	$859	—
460	460	1	175.00	$175.00	$805	—
540	540	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,069	—
595	595	3	186.00	$186.00	$1,107	—
925	925	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,221	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	180.00	$180.00	$594	—
355	355	1	187.50	$187.50	$666	—
490	490	1	195.00	$195.00	$956	—
520	520	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,009	—
640	640	1	187.00	$187.00	$1,197	—
837	837	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,339	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	162.50	$162.50	$552	—
390	390	1	160.00	$160.00	$624	—
440	440	1	150.00	$150.00	$660	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,121	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	220.00	$220.00	$506	—
270–275	273	3	180.00–187.50	$184.16	$503	—
325–335	330	2	197.50–200.00	$198.77	$656	—
350–385	369	5	192.00–212.00	$201.33	$743	—
410–435	423	2	197.00–212.00	$204.28	$864	—
430 value added	430	3	220.00	$220.00	$946	—
472–487	481	13	194.00–209.00	$203.92	$981	—
510–520 value added	513	3	203.00–207.00	$205.65	$1,055	—
520	520	1	181.00	$181.00	$941	—
560–590	575	2	178.00–185.00	$181.41	$1,043	—
635	635	1	196.00	$196.00	$1,245	—
685	685	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,233	—
702–717	706	7	166.00–176.00	$173.10	$1,222	—
1015	1015	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,624	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	125.00	$125.00	$362	—
330	330	1	165.00	$165.00	$544	—
430–435	433	2	165.00–171.00	$167.98	$727	—
570	570	1	135.00	$135.00	$770	—
1025	1025	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,179	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	160.00	$160.00	$688	—
495	495	1	155.00	$155.00	$767	—
745	745	1	130.00	$130.00	$968	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	175.00	$175.00	$332	—
345	345	1	162.50	$162.50	$561	—
870	870	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,122	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	167.50	$167.50	$528	—
415	415	1	163.00	$163.00	$676	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	186.00	$186.00	$809	—
500	500	1	165.00	$165.00	$825	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	139.00	$139.00	$653	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	331	4	170.00–207.50	$191.51	$634	-28.78
355–360	358	2	190.00–205.00	$197.45	$707	-13.42
425	425	1	203.00	$203.00	$863	+18.08
485	485	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,101	+12.66
525	525	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,024	-2.18
550	550	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,106	+20.28
600	600	1	226.00	$226.00	$1,356	+60.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	177.50	$177.50	$595	—
375	375	1	180.00	$180.00	$675	—
415	415	1	182.50	$182.50	$757	—
455	455	1	177.50	$177.50	$808	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	2	157.50	$157.50	$669	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1057	1057	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,750.00–1,800.00	$1,775.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	149.00	$149.00	$656	—
490	490	1	164.00	$164.00	$804	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	140.00	$140.00	$518	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–935	889	85-90%	4	110.00–115.00	$112.66	$1,002	+41.73
740–1085	931	85-90%	4	77.00–89.00	$81.76	$761	—
745–1160	938	85-90%	8	90.00–100.00	$94.65	$888	—
940–1170	1042	85-90%	5	64.00–73.00	$69.39	$723	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1290	1229	80-85%	4	80.00–89.00	$85.84	$1,055	—
1175–1620	1348	80-85%	16	90.50–105.00	$98.61	$1,329	—
1550	1550	80-85%	1	75.50	$75.50	$1,170	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525–1640	1583	75-80%	2	95.00–96.00	$95.52	$1,512	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1490–1745	1618	2	97.00–109.50	$103.74	$1,679	—
1555–1895	1773	4	115.00–122.50	$118.43	$2,100	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645	645	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	350.00	$350.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,085.00	$1,085.00
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00
1290	1290	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00
1355	1355	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,135.00	$1,135.00
1455	1455	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	985.00	$985.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
660–745	703	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	550.00–750.00	$643.95

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,010.00	$1,010.00
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	45.00	$45.00	—
20–25	23	2	70.00–85.00	$76.67	—
35–38	37	4	115.00–130.00	$126.48	—
40	40	1	100.00	$100.00	—
40	40	4	150.00	$150.00	—
55	55	1	135.00	$135.00	—
70	70	1	180.00	$180.00	—

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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
1175–1230	1203	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,351.14	—
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00	+419.31
1305–1325	1315	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,350.00	$1,324.81	—
1385	1385	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,360.00	$1,360.00	-315.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	75.00	$75.00	—
40	40	1	60.00	$60.00	—
45	45	1	110.00	$110.00	—
45	45	1	110.00	$110.00	—
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	-105.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–27	25	3	45.00–70.00	$51.76	—

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	100.00	$100.00	—

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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.