Jackson County Regional Livestock Market Report

Ripley, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, August 17, 2024

998 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $287.73/cwt +4.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,053/hd at 366 lb · 36 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $282.12/cwt -1.72 vs last sale · ≈ $1,202/hd at 426 lb · 31 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $269.08/cwt -1.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,278/hd at 475 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	998	1,057	667
Feeder cattle	764	859	464
Slaughter cattle	113	52	72
Replacement cattle	62	71	90

Market comments — USDA reporter

VIDEO SALE RESULTS 106 hd. steers based 925 85-90% blk. brought 229.5 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
190	190	1	330.00	$330.00	$627	—
227–235	230	3	330.00–340.00	$333.41	$767	—
270–295	278	6	305.00–330.00	$319.32	$888	+11.78
300–340	316	10	305.00–355.00	$333.64	$1,054	+34.06
350–385	365	12	290.00–323.00	$303.77	$1,109	+6.63
405–445	429	23	291.00–317.00	$305.97	$1,313	+12.72
450–495	471	30	287.00–321.00	$299.80	$1,412	+21.09
500–545	524	21	270.00–301.00	$289.74	$1,518	+12.94
570–587	580	8	250.00–277.00	$266.46	$1,545	-12.43
610–641	629	5	265.00–275.00	$268.88	$1,691	-11.25
670–695	682	3	253.00–261.00	$257.62	$1,757	-2.71
702–740	712	4	255.00–260.00	$257.72	$1,835	-1.00
810	810	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,871	-3.75
865	865	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,972	—
1030	1030	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,720	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	230.00	$230.00	$518	—
265–285	275	2	265.00–300.00	$281.86	$775	—
320–332	328	3	260.00–285.00	$276.87	$908	+1.87
385	385	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,126	+23.26
415–445	427	5	260.00–282.50	$269.95	$1,153	+14.68
477–495	485	4	235.00–277.50	$264.12	$1,281	+4.07
510–535	518	3	242.50–265.00	$250.24	$1,296	—
560–597	579	4	250.00–257.50	$253.03	$1,465	+0.07
600	600	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,380	—
660	660	1	239.00	$239.00	$1,577	-1.39
755	755	1	229.00	$229.00	$1,729	—
835	835	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,670	—
955	955	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,767	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	285.00–322.50	$302.50	$741	—
252–290	275	7	285.00–305.00	$296.22	$815	+13.29
300–345	315	18	270.00–305.00	$291.31	$918	+6.17
354–395	366	36	270.00–302.50	$287.73	$1,053	+4.58
400–445	426	31	270.00–295.00	$282.12	$1,202	-1.72
450–495	475	31	260.00–290.00	$269.08	$1,278	-1.48
500–546	524	31	250.00–268.00	$258.22	$1,353	-3.74
550–595	574	15	241.00–263.00	$254.28	$1,460	+0.29
612 thin fleshed	612	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,561	—
615–640	628	4	233.00–246.00	$238.03	$1,495	-5.32
655–687	672	4	231.00–240.00	$234.43	$1,575	-3.52
752–757	755	4	221.00–225.00	$223.01	$1,684	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	290.00	$290.00	$551	—
220–245	233	2	230.00–260.00	$245.81	$573	-4.91
265	265	1	240.00	$240.00	$636	-24.95
350–395	372	11	235.00–265.00	$250.98	$934	-3.52
425–440	435	5	220.00–270.00	$252.12	$1,097	+3.01
455–497	481	15	217.50–260.00	$249.75	$1,201	-2.96
505–545	534	9	220.00–248.00	$236.59	$1,263	-4.34
592	592	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,362	-9.82
607–635	621	6	205.00–228.00	$221.94	$1,378	-0.20
675–680	677	3	180.00–222.00	$207.70	$1,406	-14.89
700	700	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,470	-11.15
770	770	2	207.50	$207.50	$1,598	-12.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	325.00–357.50	$341.25	$819	—
265–295	285	3	307.50–355.00	$336.83	$960	—
302–333	318	10	305.00–345.00	$328.66	$1,045	+34.03
350–390	379	21	275.00–318.00	$308.34	$1,169	+24.75
400–441	419	13	291.00–320.00	$307.16	$1,287	+29.72
457–490	472	16	270.00–299.00	$290.89	$1,373	+22.13
500–545	515	12	266.00–300.00	$281.59	$1,450	+13.00
565–590	585	6	242.50–260.00	$256.51	$1,501	—
628	628	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,696	+9.76
672–695	680	3	217.00–218.00	$217.34	$1,478	—
700–725	708	6	200.00–217.00	$207.94	$1,472	+11.94
895	895	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,589	—
900	900	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,508	—
985	985	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,674	—
1030	1030	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,555	-3.00
1095	1095	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,708	+8.00
1110	1110	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,720	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	265	3	270.00–300.00	$282.70	$749	—
330	330	1	230.00	$230.00	$759	-60.00
410–440	430	4	230.00–265.00	$250.97	$1,079	-11.76
480–495	491	6	237.50–266.00	$255.21	$1,253	-1.79
505–545	524	5	227.50–259.00	$241.85	$1,267	-15.57
560–590	572	3	225.00–240.00	$230.76	$1,320	-8.60
635–645	641	4	207.50–227.00	$221.89	$1,422	+21.89
680–685	683	2	172.50–194.00	$183.29	$1,252	-46.71
725	725	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,323	+7.50
780–795	788	2	187.50–195.00	$191.29	$1,507	—
865	865	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,362	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1115	935	85-90%	6	89.00–101.00	$95.00	$888	—
800–1235	988	85-90%	9	110.00–115.00	$111.77	$1,104	—
805–1185	1039	85-90%	9	118.00–130.00	$125.29	$1,302	—
865–1310	1076	85-90%	11	132.00–145.00	$136.77	$1,472	+5.26

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1400	1168	80-85%	20	132.00–144.00	$138.77	$1,621	—
1145–1495	1337	80-85%	6	147.00–158.00	$151.79	$2,029	+3.77

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515–1760	1608	75-80%	4	142.00–148.00	$145.86	$2,345	-5.14

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–2375	1463	14	154.00–169.00	$161.24	$2,359	+0.69

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1830	1621	11	170.00–179.00	$173.78	$2,817	—
1600–1740	1670	2	180.00–187.00	$183.35	$3,062	+9.92

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–1050	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	125.00–155.00	$143.61	$1,371
1025–1225	1108	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	123.00–146.00	$134.38	$1,489
1170–1650	1360	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	139.50–152.50	$146.99	$1,999

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–890	844	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	935.00–1,875.00	$1,556.16
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00
1085–1090	1088	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,400.00	$1,324.83
1115	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,185.00	$1,185.00
1100–1160	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,450.00–1,800.00	$1,629.65
875–1405	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,000.00–2,500.00	$1,898.65
1020–1560	1269	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,575.00–2,450.00	$1,971.13

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
975–1215	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	122.00–143.00	$131.68	$1,422
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,547
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,238
965–1340	1163	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	112.00–145.00	$132.33	$1,539
1475	1475	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	146.00	$146.00	$2,154

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–765	725	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,175.00–1,325.00	$1,254.14

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
85	85	1	72.50	$72.50	$62	—
90	90	1	130.00	$130.00	$117	—
105	105	1	75.00	$75.00	$79	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10–15	14	4	10.00–25.00	$19.09	-19.57
20	20	1	40.00	$40.00	+1.34
30–35	33	5	35.00–50.00	$39.24	+0.58
40–45	43	8	50.00–90.00	$72.57	+0.63
50	50	2	85.00	$85.00	+10.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50–55	53	2	92.50–95.00	$93.81	-41.19
60	60	1	92.50	$92.50	-42.50
75	75	1	70.00	$70.00	-5.00
80	80	1	115.00	$115.00	-75.00
125	125	1	155.00	$155.00	—

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Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105	105	1	65.00	$65.00	$68	-76.22
115	115	1	157.50	$157.50	$181	+13.83
115	115	1	75.00	$75.00	$86	-68.67
130	130	1	75.00	$75.00	$98	-68.67

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
55	55	2	120.00–135.00	$127.50	+22.50
85	85	1	200.00	$200.00	+21.67
95	95	1	210.00	$210.00	-20.00

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
40–45	43	3	120.00–130.00	$125.19	$54	—
50–52	51	3	150.00–152.50	$150.81	$77	—
55	55	1	142.50	$142.50	$78	—
60–67	65	5	159.00–162.50	$160.06	$104	—
70–72	71	4	150.00–160.00	$155.07	$110	—
95	95	1	85.00	$85.00	$81	—
105	105	1	55.00	$55.00	$58	—

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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.