Jackson County Regional Livestock Market Report

Ripley, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, December 9, 2023

828 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $192.22/cwt -14.03 vs last sale · ≈ $999/hd at 520 lb · 36 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $234.49/cwt +16.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,341/hd at 572 lb · 30 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $221.47/cwt +26.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,502/hd at 678 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	828	455	723
Feeder cattle	671	283	610
Slaughter cattle	69	72	47
Replacement cattle	62	97	50

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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	1	225.00	$225.00	$664	+14.09
300–335	322	3	225.00–227.50	$225.85	$727	-16.17
355–395	376	16	202.50–230.00	$221.63	$833	+14.63
387 value added	387	2	240.00	$240.00	$929	—
400–445	415	4	220.00–230.00	$226.69	$941	+44.69
420 value added	420	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,008	—
455–492 value added	479	5	236.00–245.00	$242.07	$1,160	—
470–490	482	10	217.50–245.00	$237.55	$1,145	+11.53
525–540 value added	531	4	237.00–239.00	$238.51	$1,266	—
522–547	536	7	211.00–236.00	$223.89	$1,200	+17.33
562–585	568	11	219.00–242.00	$232.74	$1,322	+14.70
557–593 value added	574	19	230.00–242.00	$235.51	$1,352	—
605–627 value added	625	10	231.00	$231.00	$1,444	—
615–645	634	12	213.00–231.00	$222.38	$1,410	+35.38
665–670 value added	666	4	231.00–233.00	$232.50	$1,548	—
665–695	680	24	201.00–225.00	$219.63	$1,493	+24.63
702–740	713	7	193.00–210.00	$202.63	$1,445	—
765	765	4	186.00	$186.00	$1,423	—
930	930	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,423	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262 value added	262	2	202.50	$202.50	$531	—
280	280	1	180.00	$180.00	$504	—
330 value added	330	1	217.50	$217.50	$718	—
360	360	1	200.00	$200.00	$720	—
415 value added	415	1	212.50	$212.50	$882	—
420–435	428	2	190.00–210.00	$199.82	$855	—
485–495	490	2	202.00–211.00	$206.45	$1,012	—
540	540	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,080	—
590–595	593	2	205.00–212.50	$208.77	$1,238	—
605–615	610	2	190.00–204.00	$197.06	$1,202	—
656	656	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,246	—
795	795	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,240	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	205.00	$205.00	$594	-2.61
310–335	323	2	225.00–232.50	$228.60	$738	—
325 value added	325	2	235.00	$235.00	$764	—
351–386	371	12	180.00–190.00	$185.27	$687	-18.73
410–447	424	12	180.00–202.50	$188.36	$799	-8.43
450–495	473	15	180.00–196.00	$187.37	$886	-3.29
476–498 value added	483	10	189.00–199.00	$192.10	$928	—
500–545	518	31	175.00–200.00	$188.54	$977	-17.70
530 value added	530	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,140	—
563 value added	563	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,182	—
550–596	577	22	180.00–205.00	$188.29	$1,086	+11.97
611 value added	611	8	198.00	$198.00	$1,210	—
610–640	629	13	180.00–199.00	$185.03	$1,164	-11.97
675	675	2	159.00	$159.00	$1,073	-23.65
817–845	826	3	107.50–110.00	$108.35	$895	—
880	880	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,408	—
935	935	1	100.00	$100.00	$935	—
970–990	980	2	105.00–107.00	$106.01	$1,039	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	180.00	$180.00	$522	—
305–340	324	7	170.00–210.00	$190.01	$616	-14.99
325–330 value added	328	3	195.00–197.50	$196.68	$645	—
360	360	1	182.50	$182.50	$657	—
350–381 value added	377	12	190.00–193.00	$192.02	$724	—
405–440	416	11	170.00–183.00	$176.82	$736	+4.91
415–445 value added	427	5	180.00–182.50	$181.04	$773	—
460–465 value added	463	3	178.00–181.00	$180.01	$833	—
450–485	473	8	160.00–180.00	$173.83	$822	-7.65
505–540	520	7	150.00–177.00	$168.18	$875	—
545 value added	545	1	183.00	$183.00	$997	—
550–590	577	7	170.00–178.00	$175.08	$1,010	—
580 value added	580	2	184.00	$184.00	$1,067	—
610–645	626	4	155.00–175.00	$163.25	$1,022	—
640 value added	640	6	185.00	$185.00	$1,184	—
655–695	676	8	150.00–163.00	$157.56	$1,065	—
710–745	728	2	154.00–159.00	$156.44	$1,139	—
752	752	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,203	—
905	905	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,222	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	220.00	$220.00	$748	—
360–395	375	4	205.00–217.50	$213.23	$800	—
415–445	424	11	197.50–220.00	$208.43	$884	—
450–465	457	3	200.00–207.50	$205.04	$937	—
500–540	517	7	195.00–222.50	$211.31	$1,092	—
570	570	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,026	—
620	620	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,116	—
665	665	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,047	—
750–795	779	4	121.00–135.00	$130.22	$1,014	—
800–840	815	3	119.00–130.00	$122.94	$1,002	—
855–865	862	3	115.00–127.50	$123.37	$1,063	—
910	910	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,206	—
1060	1060	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,007	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	210.00	$210.00	$504	—
340	340	1	190.00	$190.00	$646	—
392	392	2	200.00	$200.00	$784	—
410–430	420	2	195.00–200.00	$197.56	$830	—
455–485	472	3	160.00–182.50	$172.38	$814	—
502–535	516	9	163.00–188.00	$172.86	$892	—
570–580	572	8	164.00–185.00	$175.42	$1,003	—
610–645	628	2	162.00–164.00	$163.03	$1,024	—
655	655	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,055	—
775	775	1	110.00	$110.00	$852	—
855	855	1	72.50	$72.50	$620	—
1170	1170	1	80.00	$80.00	$936	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1430	1253	80-85%	12	91.00–99.00	$95.13	$1,192	—
930–1505	1294	80-85%	17	82.00–93.00	$87.26	$1,129	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	85-90%	1	40.00	$40.00	$252	—
780	780	85-90%	1	30.00	$30.00	$234	—
885–1145	992	85-90%	3	47.00–58.00	$53.61	$532	—
920–1090	1005	85-90%	2	58.00–63.00	$60.29	$606	—
885–1290	1077	85-90%	8	69.00–79.00	$72.95	$786	—
1170–1310	1240	85-90%	2	80.00–83.00	$81.42	$1,010	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500	1500	75-80%	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,365	—
1645	1645	75-80%	1	102.50	$102.50	$1,686	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–2230	1725	5	113.00–121.50	$117.98	$2,035	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1485	1437	3	107.00–110.00	$108.98	$1,566	—

YG3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1275	1243	2	87.00–95.50	$91.14	$1,133	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750	750	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	85.00	$85.00	$638
640–1300	863	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	76.00–98.00	$89.35	$771
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	79.00	$79.00	$948
950–1485	1268	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	60.00–90.50	$84.20	$1,068

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–955	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	70.00–71.00	$70.48	$652

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750	750	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	51.00	$51.00	$382

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
575	575	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2.00	$2.00	$12

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
970–1195	1038	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	875.00–1,175.00	$1,061.78
920–1300	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00
970–1420	1168	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	685.00–1,260.00	$1,004.36
1055–1540	1282	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	950.00–1,400.00	$1,125.15
1170–1405	1288	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	940.00–1,340.00	$1,158.25
1330	1330	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	535.00	$535.00
965	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	585.00	$585.00
935–1015	977	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	560.00–700.00	$616.86
925–1075	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	560.00–685.00	$627.19

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	100.00	$100.00	—
205–215	210	2	315.00–400.00	$358.51	—

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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
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	+125.00
1475	1475	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,460.00	$1,460.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875	875	1	61.00	$61.00	$534	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
37	37	4	205.00	$205.00	$76	—
125	125	1	40.00	$40.00	$50	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	23	3	25.00–40.00	$31.07	-88.93
30	30	1	45.00	$45.00	-75.00
—	—	4	47.50	$47.50	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	65.00	$65.00	—
75	75	1	85.00	$85.00	—
95	95	1	95.00	$95.00	—

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Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	60.00	$60.00	$105	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	190.00	$190.00	—

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
35	35	2	217.50	$217.50	$76	—
55	55	3	180.00	$180.00	$99	—

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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.