Jackson County Regional Livestock Market Report

Ripley, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, September 23, 2023

1,185 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M 1 heifers $228.62/cwt ≈ $976/hd at 427 lb · 55 head

heavy 3-weight M 1 heifers $230.14/cwt ≈ $866/hd at 376 lb · 35 head

heavy 4-weight M 1 heifers $225.34/cwt ≈ $1,050/hd at 466 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,185	731	948
Feeder cattle	997	548	780
Slaughter cattle	112	59	99
Replacement cattle	37	57	32

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Feeder Steers

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	267.50	$267.50	$548	—
255 value added	255	2	310.00	$310.00	$790	—
250–295	276	4	265.00–272.50	$268.30	$741	—
300–325 value added	306	4	300.00–305.00	$301.33	$922	—
315–345	334	8	260.00–280.00	$273.88	$915	—
360–392 value added	371	6	292.50–302.50	$298.97	$1,109	—
350–395	374	5	250.00–275.00	$262.99	$984	—
400–412 value added	408	3	287.50–289.00	$287.99	$1,175	—
407–445	424	10	255.00–280.00	$266.58	$1,130	—
450–495	472	35	247.50–269.00	$258.54	$1,220	—
500–540	517	14	247.50–268.00	$256.73	$1,327	—
550–570	564	8	237.50–252.50	$242.72	$1,369	—
580 thin fleshed	580	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,146	—
625–640	633	8	241.00–254.00	$246.78	$1,562	—
666 value added	666	4	256.00	$256.00	$1,705	—
670	670	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,591	—
725	725	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,653	—
767–785	772	4	220.00–237.50	$229.41	$1,771	—
800–830	815	2	200.00–210.00	$204.91	$1,670	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,219	—
415	415	3	257.50	$257.50	$1,069	—
430–441 value added	435	7	273.00–274.00	$273.57	$1,190	—
470–496	485	19	250.00–267.00	$259.76	$1,260	—
500–535	514	18	252.50–261.00	$258.93	$1,331	—
563–593	575	18	250.00–257.00	$253.75	$1,459	—
647–649	648	21	253.00–255.00	$254.43	$1,649	—
755	755	6	238.00	$238.00	$1,797	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	235.00	$235.00	$505	—
290	290	1	240.00	$240.00	$696	—
305–335	331	7	222.50–235.00	$227.76	$754	—
345 value added	345	1	245.00	$245.00	$845	—
365–390	375	4	210.00–235.00	$220.02	$825	—
380 value added	380	1	242.50	$242.50	$922	—
415–445 value added	427	5	230.00–242.50	$238.42	$1,018	—
420–440	433	6	202.50–225.00	$212.06	$918	—
460–495	476	10	205.00–230.00	$221.98	$1,057	—
520 value added	520	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,235	—
510–540	528	7	210.00–227.50	$220.01	$1,162	—
555–590	570	5	200.00–222.50	$212.50	$1,211	—
600–640	616	7	207.50–225.00	$212.58	$1,309	—
740	740	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,166	—
860	860	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,376	—
945	945	2	187.00	$187.00	$1,767	—
1045	1045	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,358	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	160.00	$160.00	$416	—
325	325	1	205.00	$205.00	$666	—
395	395	1	200.00	$200.00	$790	—
410–415 value added	413	2	200.00–202.50	$201.26	$831	—
400–433	423	7	180.00–195.00	$184.17	$779	—
480	480	1	162.50	$162.50	$780	—
510 fancy	510	1	190.00	$190.00	$969	—
510–530	520	2	150.00–167.50	$158.58	$825	—
545 value added	545	1	182.50	$182.50	$995	—
610	610	1	150.00	$150.00	$915	—
925	925	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,397	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	225.00	$225.00	$979	+0.73
648	648	8	210.00	$210.00	$1,361	-13.74

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	147.50	$147.50	$479	—
375–395	385	2	195.00–200.00	$197.56	$761	—
435	435	1	210.00	$210.00	$914	—
465	465	1	205.00	$205.00	$953	—
650	650	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,332	—
882	882	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,455	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–355	353	2	215.00–225.00	$219.96	$776	—
420	420	1	206.00	$206.00	$865	—
580	580	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,290	—
625	625	1	152.50	$152.50	$953	—
690	690	1	147.50	$147.50	$1,018	—
800	800	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,320	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	225.00	$225.00	$934	—
475 value added	475	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,164	—
480	480	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,056	—
640	640	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,536	—
655	655	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,326	—
710	710	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,569	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,068	—
490	490	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,176	—
530	530	2	241.00	$241.00	$1,277	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	140.00	$140.00	$427	—
385	385	1	137.50	$137.50	$529	—
425	425	1	160.00	$160.00	$680	—
687	687	2	137.50	$137.50	$945	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	160.00	$160.00	$824	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,058	+20.83

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Feeder Heifers

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	240.00	$240.00	$564	—
265 value added	265	1	265.00	$265.00	$702	—
252–295	275	11	235.00–245.00	$239.38	$658	—
300–340	317	10	220.00–240.00	$229.13	$726	—
360 value added	360	3	240.00	$240.00	$864	—
350–398	378	32	215.00–237.50	$229.22	$866	—
400–449	427	55	217.00–238.00	$228.62	$976	—
450–497	466	35	212.50–236.00	$225.34	$1,050	—
500–545	521	32	214.00–234.00	$221.58	$1,154	—
555–597	580	17	211.00–232.50	$216.84	$1,258	—
630	630	2	207.00	$207.00	$1,304	—
635 value added	635	1	234.00	$234.00	$1,486	—
665	665	1	188.00	$188.00	$1,250	—
730–745	738	2	170.00–180.00	$174.95	$1,291	—
775	775	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,221	—
850	850	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,386	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–380	375	3	207.00–222.00	$216.93	$813	—
421–447	433	9	233.00–240.00	$236.78	$1,025	—
458	458	5	227.50	$227.50	$1,042	—
478 value added	478	8	242.00	$242.00	$1,157	—
511	511	9	229.00	$229.00	$1,170	—
563–568	565	9	214.00–222.00	$217.57	$1,229	—
576 value added	576	15	240.00	$240.00	$1,382	—
616	616	3	219.00	$219.00	$1,349	—
690	690	9	224.00	$224.00	$1,546	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180–195	188	2	175.00–185.00	$179.80	$338	—
255–295	272	5	192.50–200.00	$198.00	$539	—
340	340	1	185.00	$185.00	$629	—
360–373	369	5	175.00–190.00	$186.08	$687	—
350–390 value added	370	2	200.00–203.00	$201.42	$745	—
410 value added	410	1	205.00	$205.00	$840	—
400–430	416	6	180.00–200.00	$189.63	$789	—
450–492	476	5	180.00–200.00	$187.13	$891	—
475–495 value added	481	4	210.00–215.00	$211.23	$1,016	—
505–537	522	6	192.50–207.50	$200.54	$1,047	—
525–535 value added	532	3	212.50	$212.50	$1,130	—
578–595 value added	582	4	209.00	$209.00	$1,216	—
580–590	582	6	177.50–207.50	$194.19	$1,130	—
610 thin fleshed	610	1	155.00	$155.00	$946	—
600–625	615	5	170.00–187.50	$178.48	$1,098	—
670–680	677	5	187.50–210.00	$200.60	$1,358	—
730	730	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,394	—
865–895	878	3	167.50–177.00	$172.79	$1,517	—
1115	1115	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,561	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	263	2	220.00	$220.00	$579	—
315–340	328	2	213.00–215.00	$213.96	$702	—
370–395	383	2	211.00–212.50	$211.77	$811	—
415–445	424	4	210.00–220.00	$216.30	$917	—
450–463	460	8	175.00–187.50	$178.06	$819	—
535–538	536	10	205.00–212.50	$209.49	$1,123	—
650	650	3	208.00	$208.00	$1,352	—
1145	1145	2	137.00	$137.00	$1,569	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310 value added	310	1	162.50	$162.50	$504	—
340	340	1	130.00	$130.00	$442	—
360–395	378	5	149.00–165.00	$160.99	$609	—
410–440	424	7	152.50–177.50	$165.13	$700	—
455–485	468	3	147.50–167.50	$158.17	$740	—
510–545	524	6	155.00–175.00	$161.43	$846	—
560–575	570	5	134.00–164.00	$151.51	$864	—
655–660	658	2	122.50–140.00	$131.28	$864	—
660 value added	660	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,056	—
725	725	1	132.50	$132.50	$961	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	185.00	$185.00	$416	—
380	380	1	210.00	$210.00	$798	—
400–430	415	2	205.00–207.50	$206.30	$856	—
475	475	1	200.00	$200.00	$950	—
510–530	520	3	211.00–222.50	$215.32	$1,120	—
560	560	1	218.00	$218.00	$1,221	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–445	440	2	175.00–180.00	$177.53	$781	—
450–485	468	2	172.50–180.00	$176.39	$826	—
485 value added	485	1	150.00	$150.00	$728	—
515	515	1	160.00	$160.00	$824	—
580	580	1	165.00	$165.00	$957	—
635	635	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,016	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	175.00	$175.00	$656	—
410–425	418	2	162.50–170.00	$166.18	$695	—
470	470	1	127.50	$127.50	$599	—
565	565	1	170.00	$170.00	$960	—
600	600	1	160.00	$160.00	$960	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	385	2	135.00–152.50	$143.52	$553	—
405–425	415	2	135.00–150.00	$142.32	$591	—
560	560	1	152.50	$152.50	$854	—
645	645	1	150.00	$150.00	$968	—
680	680	1	130.00	$130.00	$884	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	125.00	$125.00	$344	—
460	460	1	127.50	$127.50	$586	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	275.00	$275.00	$440	—
200	200	2	260.00	$260.00	$520	—
240 value added	240	1	295.00	$295.00	$708	—
265	265	1	257.50	$257.50	$682	—
280 value added	280	2	280.00	$280.00	$784	—
321–345 value added	327	4	290.00–305.00	$293.96	$961	—
335–340	338	2	280.00–287.50	$283.78	$959	—
355–395	373	12	260.00–285.00	$273.27	$1,019	—
365–375 value added	373	4	295.00–297.50	$295.61	$1,103	—
400 value added	400	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,080	—
415–445	431	4	242.50–261.00	$249.66	$1,076	—
455–495	471	10	235.00–257.50	$242.83	$1,144	—
500–540	523	9	210.00–234.00	$224.22	$1,173	—
550–595	562	8	220.00–237.50	$229.54	$1,290	—
607	607	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,305	—
730	730	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,241	—
780	780	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,443	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	235.00	$235.00	$540	—
300–310	305	2	245.00–250.00	$247.54	$755	—
382	382	2	180.00	$180.00	$688	—
417	417	2	236.00	$236.00	$984	—
450–495	474	5	210.00–222.50	$214.85	$1,018	—
510–545	530	5	190.00–222.50	$205.95	$1,092	—
580	580	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,088	—
600–640	616	8	192.50–201.00	$199.38	$1,228	—
660	660	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,254	—
765–785	775	3	162.00–175.00	$169.61	$1,314	—
820–830	825	2	148.00–149.00	$148.50	$1,225	—
870	870	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,327	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,287	—
518	518	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,171	—
607–631	617	7	230.00–250.00	$241.24	$1,488	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	262.50	$262.50	$984	—
400	400	1	235.00	$235.00	$940	—
455–490	469	4	232.50–235.00	$234.35	$1,099	—
545	545	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,210	—
550	550	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,100	—
605	605	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,258	—
875	875	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,225	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	200.00	$200.00	$970	—
540	540	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,066	—
615	615	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,138	—
660–665	663	2	165.00–180.00	$172.47	$1,143	—
705	705	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,079	—
760	760	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,163	—
810	810	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,215	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	152.50	$152.50	$724	—
500	500	1	160.00	$160.00	$800	—
592	592	2	150.00	$150.00	$888	—
680	680	1	142.50	$142.50	$969	—
915	915	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,006	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	260.00	$260.00	$793	-20.78
437	437	2	264.00	$264.00	$1,154	+6.25
460	460	3	248.00	$248.00	$1,141	+4.83

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	140.00	$140.00	$581	—
510–535	522	3	143.00–165.00	$156.12	$815	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550 value added	550	1	172.50	$172.50	$949	—
560	560	1	155.00	$155.00	$868	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	252.00	$252.00	$844	—
370	370	1	240.00	$240.00	$888	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	202.50	$202.50	$921	-21.01

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–900	808	85-90%	2	77.50–78.00	$77.78	$628	+7.78
825–875	850	85-90%	2	102.00–105.00	$103.54	$880	—
690–1165	946	85-90%	7	60.00–77.00	$70.32	$665	—
870–1160	1016	85-90%	5	34.00–59.00	$48.33	$491	-41.83
920–1285	1067	85-90%	24	71.00–97.00	$86.28	$921	-13.02
915–1375	1150	85-90%	11	96.00–109.00	$103.77	$1,193	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1620	1329	80-85%	5	92.00–100.00	$97.36	$1,294	-25.07
1215–1510	1338	80-85%	13	101.00–115.00	$107.58	$1,439	-14.85

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1260	1145	2	84.00–116.00	$101.61	$1,163	—
1060–1430	1238	4	99.00–108.00	$103.68	$1,284	—
1105–2080	1489	14	100.00–125.00	$117.05	$1,743	—
1595–1855	1690	4	130.00–141.00	$134.91	$2,280	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1015	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	955.00–1,175.00	$1,068.35
915–1100	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	900.00–1,250.00	$1,028.41
1005–1260	1127	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	735.00–1,575.00	$1,203.62
1005–1270	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,350.00	$1,174.65
1195–1520	1358	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,475.00	$1,441.99

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	685.00	$685.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1025	948	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,125.00–1,150.00	$1,136.48

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
67	67	2	140.00	$140.00	$94	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	100.00	$100.00	-5.00
65	65	1	165.00	$165.00	+9.58
70	70	1	150.00	$150.00	-5.42

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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
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	-51.55

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	2	25.00–50.00	$37.50	+5.83
25	25	1	35.00	$35.00	-14.17
25	25	1	35.00	$35.00	-14.17
30–35	32	5	50.00–70.00	$55.31	+5.75
45	45	1	75.00	$75.00	-5.00
50	50	2	122.50	$122.50	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	2	47.50–50.00	$48.75	—
30	30	1	47.50	$47.50	—
30–35	33	3	35.00–57.50	$48.75	—
35	35	1	275.00	$275.00	—
50	50	1	85.00	$85.00	-45.00
50–55	53	2	130.00–140.00	$135.24	+5.24
55	55	1	85.00	$85.00	-45.00
70	70	1	105.00	$105.00	-25.00
70	70	1	235.00	$235.00	+105.00
70	70	1	75.00	$75.00	-55.00
125	125	1	155.00	$155.00	-40.00

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	1	30.00	$30.00	—
30	30	1	35.00	$35.00	—
65	65	1	167.50	$167.50	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	1	75.00	$75.00	—
50	50	2	95.00	$95.00	—
70	70	1	150.00	$150.00	—

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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.