Jackson County Regional Livestock Market Report

Ripley, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, March 25, 2023

635 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $192.08/cwt +6.08 vs last sale · ≈ $821/hd at 427 lb · 19 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $231.26/cwt ≈ $851/hd at 368 lb · 19 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $239.22/cwt ≈ $1,031/hd at 431 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	635	256	493
Feeder cattle	536	151	382
Slaughter cattle	34	56	63
Replacement cattle	38	22	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

Video sale on Jackson Conty board sale

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	3	240.00	$240.00	$708	—
300–320	313	3	220.00–222.50	$221.70	$694	—
320–343 value added	337	4	230.00–240.00	$237.63	$801	—
355–395	368	19	221.00–238.00	$231.26	$851	—
418–430	420	5	217.50–221.00	$220.28	$925	—
400–449 value added	435	14	232.50–252.00	$245.99	$1,070	—
455–496 value added	478	14	232.50–247.00	$239.08	$1,143	—
460–497	482	5	217.00–226.00	$220.90	$1,065	—
520	520	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,014	—
505–533 value added	523	14	229.00–244.00	$237.15	$1,240	—
550–577	567	6	201.00–216.00	$207.48	$1,176	—
567 value added	567	2	229.00	$229.00	$1,298	—
590	590	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,092	—
610–640	625	2	201.00–220.00	$210.27	$1,314	—
670	670	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,156	—
677–680	678	5	184.00–194.00	$190.39	$1,291	—
705–720	711	4	184.00–194.00	$187.50	$1,333	—
759–770	760	19	178.00–185.00	$184.25	$1,400	—
857–863	858	17	177.00–180.00	$179.47	$1,540	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–235 value added	224	7	240.00–247.50	$245.59	$550	—
283–296	289	7	215.00–225.00	$219.40	$634	—
325–345	335	2	202.50–215.00	$208.56	$699	—
397	397	2	217.50	$217.50	$863	—
420 value added	420	1	230.00	$230.00	$966	—
485	485	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,006	+32.50
505–545	525	6	182.00–193.00	$187.25	$983	-10.75
545 value added	545	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,128	—
560 value added	560	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,154	—
550–595	576	5	180.00–192.50	$186.09	$1,072	+0.09
615–625	620	2	172.50–186.00	$179.30	$1,112	—
650	650	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,105	—
700	700	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,267	—
835	835	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,394	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	239.00	$239.00	$550	—
311–330	316	4	203.00–205.00	$204.48	$646	—
368–395	384	14	195.00–209.00	$205.38	$789	—
415–445	426	12	203.00–208.00	$204.76	$872	—
450–460 value added	455	6	209.00–211.00	$210.01	$956	—
460–497	481	9	197.00–210.00	$202.77	$975	—
500–542	523	17	198.50–207.00	$203.87	$1,066	—
570	570	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,100	—
635–645	640	4	161.00–164.00	$162.13	$1,038	—
657–690	664	15	172.00–187.00	$184.54	$1,225	—
707	707	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,237	—
765	765	9	180.00	$180.00	$1,377	—
855	855	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,231	—
1085	1085	1	137.50	$137.50	$1,492	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
267–277	271	7	200.00–205.00	$201.46	$546	—
300–340	324	8	182.50–204.00	$196.05	$635	—
320–328 value added	327	7	205.00–215.00	$213.60	$698	—
360–390 value added	370	3	203.00–212.00	$208.84	$773	—
350–395	379	9	184.00–190.00	$188.76	$715	—
400–445	424	12	170.00–197.50	$183.54	$778	-2.46
426–440 value added	433	7	205.00–211.00	$206.73	$895	—
480–490	485	4	186.00–190.00	$187.24	$908	—
500–530 value added	522	6	196.00–207.00	$204.09	$1,065	—
510–547	531	12	180.00–198.00	$187.83	$997	+22.83
550–585	567	5	172.00–189.00	$183.31	$1,039	—
620	620	1	143.00	$143.00	$887	—
672–695	680	4	164.00–168.00	$165.27	$1,124	—
770	770	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,155	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–945	932	3	99.00–100.00	$99.66	$929	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–297	281	3	235.00–240.00	$238.52	$670	—
310–340	328	3	190.00–215.00	$201.32	$660	+9.81
360–385	367	5	217.50–231.00	$223.58	$821	+26.13
400–445	415	4	175.00–210.00	$185.99	$772	-17.01
450–492	481	7	182.50–219.00	$198.83	$956	-28.17
500–545	521	7	170.00–212.00	$188.82	$984	-6.18
575–585	579	5	174.00–192.00	$186.18	$1,078	-14.82
616–630	620	4	165.00–193.00	$185.88	$1,152	-40.12
660	660	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,006	—
702–715	709	4	137.00–147.50	$143.61	$1,018	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1175	1089	80-85%	4	94.50–99.00	$96.19	$1,048	—
1050–1460	1279	80-85%	8	101.00–111.00	$105.82	$1,353	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–710	708	85-90%	2	25.00–51.00	$38.05	$269	—
835–1040	948	85-90%	4	60.00–70.00	$66.38	$629	-28.27
1080	1080	85-90%	1	85.00	$85.00	$918	—
1145	1145	85-90%	1	76.00	$76.00	$870	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510	1510	75-80%	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,555	—
1525	1525	75-80%	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,327	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1995	1718	6	112.50–123.00	$117.05	$2,011	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375–1680	1528	2	104.00–109.00	$106.75	$1,631	—

YG3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525	1525	1	82.00	$82.00	$1,250	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–1025	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	84.00–87.00	$85.28	$763
900–1120	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	99.00–104.00	$101.71	$1,043

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	88.00	$88.00	$774
815–1005	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	62.00–79.00	$71.03	$646

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,350
1630	1630	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,842

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820	820	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	42.00	$42.00	$344
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	66.00	$66.00	$561

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1235	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	875.00–1,200.00	$1,000.04
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1210–1220	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	960.00–1,125.00	$1,042.84

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
830–1050	928	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	625.00–750.00	$675.38
975	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	785.00	$785.00
1055	1055	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
960–980	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,210.00	$1,180.31
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
615	615	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	110.00	$110.00	-70.00
90	90	1	160.00	$160.00	-20.00

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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
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
1630	1630	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	112.50	$112.50	$276	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	87.50	$87.50	$481	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
217	217	2	120.00	$120.00	$260	—
255–260	258	2	120.00–127.50	$123.71	$319	—
410–440	425	2	125.00	$125.00	$531	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
32	32	4	250.00	$250.00	$80	—
55	55	1	230.00	$230.00	$126	—
80	80	1	170.00	$170.00	$136	—
90	90	1	175.00	$175.00	$158	—
100–115	108	2	175.00–180.00	$177.33	$192	—
135	135	1	135.00	$135.00	$182	—
150	150	1	100.00	$100.00	$150	—
150	150	1	175.00	$175.00	$262	—

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	1	50.00	$50.00	—
20–25	23	4	50.00–70.00	$58.33	—
35	35	1	85.00	$85.00	—
120	120	1	290.00	$290.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
12	12	2	100.00	$100.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115	115	1	150.00	$150.00	—

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65	65	1	200.00	$200.00	$130	—

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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.