Jackson County Regional Livestock Market Report, Ripley, WV

Ripley, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, April 13, 2024

591 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $299.75/cwt +3.65 vs last sale · ≈ $1,721/hd at 574 lb · 32 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $266.77/cwt +19.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,253/hd at 470 lb · 29 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $315.39/cwt -4.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,467/hd at 465 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	591	433	537
Feeder cattle	468	260	362
Slaughter cattle	37	74	103
Replacement cattle	68	58	58

Market comments — USDA reporter

baby calves brought from 200 to 560 by the head. feeder pigs brought from 50 to 70 by the head. Market hogs brought from 45 to 67.5 per cwt.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–347	345	3	317.50–335.00	$323.25	$1,115	—
350–395	381	15	275.00–317.50	$310.20	$1,182	—
400–447	428	13	282.50–315.00	$297.73	$1,274	—
450–490	465	28	286.00–320.00	$315.39	$1,467	-4.61
500–542	518	20	282.50–319.00	$303.44	$1,572	+33.44
550–595	573	30	290.00–309.00	$301.47	$1,727	+5.37
590	590	2	274.00	$274.00	$1,617	-22.10
617	617	7	289.00	$289.00	$1,783	+49.00
651–680	664	23	270.00–291.00	$281.00	$1,866	+7.20
700–745	725	7	247.00–266.00	$253.00	$1,834	+16.71
785	785	1	242.00	$242.00	$1,900	—
840	840	2	236.00	$236.00	$1,982	—
1078	1078	3	153.00	$153.00	$1,649	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	250.00	$250.00	$775	-55.26
312 value added	312	2	300.00	$300.00	$936	—
361 value added	361	3	310.00	$310.00	$1,119	—
415 value added	415	4	322.00	$322.00	$1,336	—
415–430	423	2	265.00–284.00	$274.67	$1,162	-21.44
482 value added	482	2	307.50	$307.50	$1,482	—
480–485	483	2	242.50–277.50	$260.09	$1,256	—
500–540	516	4	235.00–276.00	$262.17	$1,353	-7.87
560	560	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,610	+10.03
610	610	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,479	—
690	690	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,777	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385	1385	1	158.00	$158.00	$2,188	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	300.00	$300.00	$885	—
310	310	1	280.00	$280.00	$868	—
362 thin fleshed	362	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,086	—
365–380	371	7	265.00–278.00	$272.31	$1,010	-15.67
400–447	424	9	255.00–274.00	$263.26	$1,116	+3.15
450–495	469	28	252.50–280.00	$267.30	$1,254	+20.20
485	485	1	252.00	$252.00	$1,222	+4.90
502–538	521	13	250.00–275.00	$264.37	$1,377	+27.94
555–570	563	2	227.50–240.00	$233.67	$1,316	-3.07
572–585	573	11	256.00–269.50	$268.25	$1,537	+31.51
600–630	612	10	257.00–263.00	$260.53	$1,594	+37.53
655–665	660	2	212.50–215.00	$213.74	$1,411	—
706	706	4	214.00	$214.00	$1,511	+2.52

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	250.00	$250.00	$475	—
286 value added	286	3	290.00	$290.00	$829	—
315–325 value added	321	4	280.00–295.00	$287.47	$923	—
325–340	334	5	217.50–255.00	$237.43	$793	-11.47
355 value added	355	2	277.50	$277.50	$985	—
365–397	385	8	225.00–247.00	$234.01	$901	-39.73
400–445	416	7	210.00–250.00	$234.10	$974	-26.22
425–432 value added	430	3	255.00–262.50	$257.47	$1,107	—
465 value added	465	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,244	—
455–492	474	10	200.00–249.00	$236.84	$1,123	-13.96
510–535	521	4	237.50–245.00	$240.42	$1,253	-0.27
562–595	580	7	204.00–243.00	$219.17	$1,271	-19.83
606 value added	606	3	238.00	$238.00	$1,442	—
605–647	629	9	170.00–215.00	$199.88	$1,257	—
657–675	669	6	180.00–182.50	$180.82	$1,210	+2.80
700–730	712	3	175.00–185.00	$178.30	$1,269	—
750	750	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,418	—
850	850	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,424	—
935	935	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,346	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1165	1130	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,921	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	305.00	$305.00	$762	—
330	330	1	255.00	$255.00	$842	—
382–395 value added	386	3	280.00–307.50	$289.37	$1,117	—
380–390	387	3	257.50–285.00	$270.71	$1,048	—
400	400	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,020	—
470–475	473	2	260.00–265.00	$262.51	$1,242	—
510–535	523	4	200.00–262.00	$244.07	$1,276	—
555–592	575	4	190.00–242.50	$221.91	$1,276	—
605–645	622	6	192.50–230.00	$222.69	$1,385	—
650	650	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,495	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–375	360	3	282.50–292.50	$285.98	$1,030	—
430–446	443	6	277.50–300.00	$281.67	$1,248	—
450–491	476	6	277.50–298.00	$282.79	$1,346	—
500–510	503	3	262.50–291.00	$278.69	$1,402	—
582–595	586	4	237.50–274.00	$257.50	$1,509	—
635	635	1	256.00	$256.00	$1,626	—
677 thin fleshed	677	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,828	—
750–780	765	2	180.00–186.00	$182.94	$1,399	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1260	1260	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
1760	1760	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	2,825.00	$2,825.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1325	1244	80-85%	4	135.00–145.00	$138.33	$1,721	+17.34
1060–1455	1266	80-85%	12	118.00–134.00	$126.26	$1,598	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	85-90%	1	71.00	$71.00	$469	—
900	900	85-90%	1	109.00	$109.00	$981	—
955–1145	1025	85-90%	3	115.00–127.00	$120.00	$1,230	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560–1640	1600	75-80%	2	131.00–137.00	$133.93	$2,143	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–2360	1702	10	126.00–169.00	$157.82	$2,686	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1245	942	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	75.00–150.00	$127.48	$1,201
1090–1150	1120	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	110.00–125.00	$117.30	$1,314
1105–1445	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	125.00–146.00	$134.76	$1,678

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1020–1100	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	126.00–130.00	$128.08	$1,358

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	70.00	$70.00	$522

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1230	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,710

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1090	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,750.00–1,900.00	$1,822.88
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1025–1230	1128	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,350.00–1,650.00	$1,513.64
1010–1305	1158	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,550.00	$1,419.11
1010–1430	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,600.00–1,885.00	$1,767.03
1250	1250	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1340	1340	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1295–1310	1303	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	128.00–135.00	$131.48	$1,713
1755	1755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	136.00	$136.00	$2,387

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–830	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	825.00–875.00	$849.70
850	850	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	910.00	$910.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1335	1335	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1425	1425	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	90.00	$90.00	-15.00
70	70	1	85.00	$85.00	-45.00
85	85	1	125.00	$125.00	-5.00
90	90	1	150.00	$150.00	+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
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1080–1200	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
995–1455	1244	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,175.00–2,100.00	$1,784.70	—
1225–1360	1293	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,750.00–2,500.00	$2,144.58	-1,006.49
1425	1425	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,175.00	$2,175.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	1	25.00	$25.00	-17.27
25	25	2	35.00	$35.00	-45.00
30–35	33	2	45.00–60.00	$51.92	-28.08
60	60	1	50.00	$50.00	-25.00
0–10	—	1	60.00	$60.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	2	35.00–50.00	$42.50	-42.50
50	50	1	50.00	$50.00	-70.00
60–65	63	2	90.00–120.00	$104.40	-15.60
95	95	1	120.00	$120.00	+10.00

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Wether Kids

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

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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.