Jackson County Regional Livestock Market Report, Ripley, WV

Ripley, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, September 2, 2023

499 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $220.58/cwt -19.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,138/hd at 516 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $259.71/cwt -2.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,238/hd at 477 lb · 14 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $232.03/cwt -23.09 vs last sale · ≈ $752/hd at 324 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	499	652	340
Feeder cattle	342	508	242
Slaughter cattle	76	46	37
Replacement cattle	25	73	35

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	250.00	$250.00	$688	-4.78
315 value added	315	1	290.00	$290.00	$914	—
305–348	334	7	260.00–270.00	$265.38	$886	-16.65
350–398	375	9	242.50–263.00	$253.31	$950	-9.23
411 value added	411	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,110	—
427–440	434	5	230.00–264.00	$248.66	$1,079	-9.02
452–495	468	8	235.00–256.00	$248.24	$1,162	-13.75
488 value added	488	6	275.00	$275.00	$1,342	+12.00
523–530	525	4	255.00–261.00	$259.48	$1,362	+0.41
560–575	565	11	250.00–261.00	$255.89	$1,446	+3.26
604–627	613	7	230.00–247.00	$234.97	$1,440	-10.98
675–682	680	4	209.00–224.00	$215.98	$1,469	-26.99

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	180.00	$180.00	$495	—
302	302	2	162.50	$162.50	$491	—
395	395	1	192.50	$192.50	$760	—
405	405	2	155.00	$155.00	$628	—
455	455	1	170.00	$170.00	$774	—
505	505	1	187.00	$187.00	$944	—
675	675	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,012	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	230.00	$230.00	$667	—
305–340	323	2	225.00–237.50	$231.59	$748	—
480–490	487	3	210.00–227.50	$221.75	$1,080	—
515	515	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,082	—
610	610	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,113	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	313	2	225.00	$225.00	$704	—
495	495	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,052	-9.86
530	530	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,034	—
570–585	578	2	217.50–230.00	$223.67	$1,293	-13.33
635	635	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,381	-12.50
905	905	1	188.00	$188.00	$1,701	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
566	566	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,189	—
692	692	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,557	—
840	840	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,743	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	212.50	$212.50	$903	—
495	495	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,188	—
505	505	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,060	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	165.00	$165.00	$940	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	275	6	200.00–225.00	$213.27	$586	-33.04
317–338	324	11	225.00–234.00	$232.03	$752	-23.09
360–395	378	8	219.00–230.00	$222.68	$842	-25.12
400–440	415	11	210.00–233.00	$221.29	$918	-29.84
460–480	469	6	213.00–230.00	$222.13	$1,042	-24.27
502–540	516	14	210.00–230.00	$220.58	$1,138	-19.75
550–587	568	6	221.00–222.00	$221.33	$1,257	-13.82
610–630	616	7	202.00–215.00	$211.40	$1,302	-12.27
665	665	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,330	-13.28

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	217.50	$217.50	$631	—
315	315	1	205.00	$205.00	$646	—
350–360	355	2	212.50–222.00	$217.18	$771	—
415–440	425	4	215.00–222.50	$218.16	$927	—
455–490	473	4	200.00–226.00	$213.47	$1,010	—
510–525	516	5	203.00–223.00	$214.38	$1,106	—
550–595	565	3	200.00–217.00	$210.38	$1,189	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	185.00	$185.00	$435	—
280	280	1	180.00	$180.00	$504	—
355–390	372	3	183.00–195.00	$187.48	$697	—
440	440	1	180.00	$180.00	$792	—
455–475	465	2	162.50–182.50	$172.28	$801	—
500–530	515	2	199.00–209.00	$203.85	$1,050	—
570–586	581	6	165.00–183.00	$177.71	$1,032	—
615	615	1	120.00	$120.00	$738	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	180.00	$180.00	$387	-10.00
315–330	323	2	200.00–212.00	$206.14	$666	-11.61
385	385	1	200.00	$200.00	$770	-19.58
400	400	1	220.00	$220.00	$880	-6.04
452	452	2	204.00	$204.00	$922	-4.39
535	535	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,081	-9.69

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	132.50	$132.50	$391	—
300	300	1	163.00	$163.00	$489	—
370	370	1	130.00	$130.00	$481	—
415	415	1	155.00	$155.00	$643	—
520	520	1	140.00	$140.00	$728	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	180.00	$180.00	$423	—
365	365	1	205.00	$205.00	$748	—
420	420	1	200.00	$200.00	$840	—
500	500	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,100	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	2	235.00	$235.00	$893	—
507	507	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,100	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	130.00	$130.00	$410	—
425	425	1	137.50	$137.50	$584	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–220	210	2	205.00–210.00	$207.38	$435	—
320–325	323	4	222.50–254.00	$232.96	$752	-26.54
337 value added	337	2	252.50	$252.50	$851	—
355 value added	355	1	263.00	$263.00	$934	—
350–397	378	8	235.00–256.00	$245.33	$927	-5.78
410–420	416	5	225.00–240.00	$235.34	$979	-12.69
455–495	480	5	215.00–240.00	$227.39	$1,091	-18.50
500–535	522	3	210.00–222.50	$216.63	$1,131	-25.23
560	560	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,204	-17.00
765	765	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,721	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	220.00	$220.00	$847	—
415–440	427	5	222.00–235.00	$228.44	$975	—
500–510	508	4	187.50–194.00	$192.40	$977	—
550–562	559	4	194.00–210.00	$200.96	$1,123	—
600–605	603	2	179.00–190.00	$184.48	$1,112	—
650	650	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,196	—
850	850	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,275	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	160.00	$160.00	$408	—
315	315	1	195.00	$195.00	$614	—
400–440	420	2	170.00–190.00	$180.48	$758	—
460–475	468	2	152.50–160.00	$156.31	$732	—
500 value added	500	1	182.50	$182.50	$912	—
515–525	520	2	150.00–170.00	$159.90	$831	—
555–595	571	4	162.50–185.00	$170.18	$972	—
610–630	622	3	157.00–170.00	$163.32	$1,016	—
785–790	788	2	140.00–150.00	$144.98	$1,142	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–355	353	2	200.00–212.50	$206.29	$728	-15.40
435	435	1	195.00	$195.00	$848	-5.00
581	581	3	192.00	$192.00	$1,116	+2.98
710	710	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,030	-20.58
800	800	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,200	±0.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	222.50	$222.50	$590	—
510–540	525	2	155.00–170.00	$162.71	$854	—
555	555	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,193	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	125.00	$125.00	$450	—
405	405	1	135.00	$135.00	$547	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	122.50	$122.50	$484	—
610	610	1	125.00	$125.00	$762	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	210.00	$210.00	$420	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585–875	756	85-90%	4	55.00–65.00	$59.59	$451	—
675–1335	1007	85-90%	29	91.00–108.00	$97.83	$985	—
845–1180	1012	85-90%	12	77.00–89.50	$83.69	$847	—
1030	1030	85-90%	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,154	+21.36

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1235	1225	80-85%	2	78.00–83.00	$80.52	$986	—
1240–1620	1394	80-85%	5	99.00–107.00	$103.62	$1,444	—
1350–1630	1460	80-85%	5	112.00–120.00	$116.39	$1,699	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1680–2020	1805	75-80%	4	104.00–111.00	$107.51	$1,941	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1535	1187	6	107.00–126.50	$118.16	$1,403	—
1130–1665	1413	3	90.00–96.00	$92.58	$1,308	—
1160–1890	1682	5	131.00–144.00	$136.14	$2,290	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
880–1125	1003	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	735.00–1,075.00	$925.77
1065–1085	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,375.00–1,625.00	$1,501.16
1085–1175	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,650.00–1,775.00	$1,714.99
1115–1220	1168	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	925.00–1,225.00	$1,081.75
1190–1220	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,650.00–1,700.00	$1,675.31
1315	1315	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1320	1320	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1255–1485	1370	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,700.00	$1,562.59
1455	1455	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,585.00	$1,585.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170	1170	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	30.00	$30.00	-40.00
36	36	4	65.00	$65.00	-5.00
45	45	1	75.00	$75.00	+5.00
45	45	1	70.00	$70.00	±0.00
55	55	1	130.00	$130.00	+50.00
65–67	66	3	140.00–142.50	$141.68	+61.68
90	90	1	130.00	$130.00	-70.00

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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
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—
1085–1110	1098	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,750.00–1,875.00	$1,811.79	—
1175	1175	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,110.00	$1,110.00	—
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
135	135	1	120.00	$120.00	$162	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105	105	1	130.00	$130.00	$136	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10–12	11	3	60.00–100.00	$88.24	-19.76
10–15	13	2	30.00–50.00	$42.00	-66.00
20	20	1	60.00	$60.00	-70.00
30–33	32	4	75.00–85.00	$77.33	+7.33
35	35	3	65.00–75.00	$68.33	+28.33
36	36	5	65.00	$65.00	+25.00
40–45	43	2	85.00–105.00	$94.41	-105.59
45	45	2	85.00–90.00	$87.50	-112.50
50	50	1	65.00	$65.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	1	90.00	$90.00	-15.00
30	30	1	20.00	$20.00	-85.00
40	40	1	85.00	$85.00	-20.00
45	45	1	65.00	$65.00	-40.00
50	50	1	85.00	$85.00	-63.14
50–55	53	2	75.00–100.00	$88.10	-60.04
60	60	1	190.00	$190.00	-30.00
70	70	1	100.00	$100.00	-60.00
85	85	1	125.00	$125.00	-75.00
85	85	1	180.00	$180.00	-20.00
85	85	1	85.00	$85.00	-115.00
105–115	110	2	140.00–210.00	$173.41	—
140	140	1	330.00	$330.00	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	2	10.00–30.00	$20.00	-10.00
65	65	1	135.00	$135.00	—

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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.