Jackson County Regional Livestock Market Report

Ripley, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, September 14, 2024

1,358 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $280.61/cwt -2.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,335/hd at 476 lb · 49 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $243.43/cwt ≈ $1,032/hd at 424 lb · 43 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $254.81/cwt ≈ $961/hd at 377 lb · 41 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,358	945	731
Feeder cattle	1,099	753	548
Slaughter cattle	181	146	59
Replacement cattle	42	26	57

Market comments — USDA reporter

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	245.00	$245.00	$514	—
250–290	273	4	270.00–290.00	$280.55	$766	—
300–348	325	23	260.00–300.00	$286.96	$933	—
350–395	369	15	262.50–296.00	$278.33	$1,027	—
375–395 value added	385	5	300.00–307.00	$302.40	$1,164	—
410–416 value added	416	12	302.00–305.00	$304.75	$1,268	—
400–446	426	22	265.00–297.00	$281.76	$1,200	—
450–495	475	41	260.00–299.00	$282.31	$1,341	—
500–545	527	21	247.00–280.00	$263.57	$1,389	—
550–595	566	7	247.50–277.00	$262.31	$1,485	—
600–643	618	10	238.00–256.00	$251.17	$1,552	—
675–690	681	4	240.00–254.00	$245.99	$1,675	—
725–735	729	6	222.50–249.00	$236.72	$1,726	—
753–775	757	6	215.00–230.00	$227.44	$1,722	—
830	830	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,843	—
945	945	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,748	—
1095	1095	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,872	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–392	387	11	274.00–292.50	$277.15	$1,073	-5.77
400–447	427	40	245.00–299.00	$274.81	$1,173	-12.68
450–495	475	44	264.00–292.00	$278.12	$1,321	-5.42
481 value added	481	5	302.50	$302.50	$1,455	—
510–535	524	15	264.00–281.00	$273.97	$1,436	-0.96
555–560	557	12	252.50–275.00	$270.81	$1,508	+7.26
617	617	4	239.00	$239.00	$1,475	-16.86
665	665	7	247.50	$247.50	$1,646	+11.50
711	711	4	238.00	$238.00	$1,692	+3.00
815	815	12	223.00	$223.00	$1,817	—
956	956	4	181.00	$181.00	$1,730	—
1002	1002	2	181.00	$181.00	$1,814	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	205.00	$205.00	$482	—
285–295	290	2	245.00–250.00	$247.54	$718	—
305–345	323	6	200.00–235.00	$222.00	$717	—
355–395	375	10	230.00–255.00	$243.10	$912	—
415–445	435	10	215.00–252.50	$241.74	$1,052	—
450–495	477	18	222.50–259.00	$247.28	$1,180	—
505–545	519	7	218.00–245.00	$229.40	$1,191	-35.60
565–595	581	9	225.00–250.00	$237.34	$1,379	—
605–630	618	2	207.50–235.00	$221.53	$1,369	—
650–695	671	7	206.00–235.00	$226.02	$1,517	—
795	795	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,670	—
805	805	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,368	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	220.00	$220.00	$748	—
390	390	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,043	+2.50
505–525	517	3	246.00–262.50	$254.94	$1,318	-1.80
575	575	2	210.00–225.00	$217.50	$1,251	-50.00
620	620	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,333	-36.00
700	700	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,418	—
795	795	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,717	—
800	800	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,600	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	185.00	$185.00	$583	—
355	355	1	205.00	$205.00	$728	—
420	420	1	205.00	$205.00	$861	—
465–495	475	4	182.50–207.50	$189.64	$901	—
500	500	1	177.50	$177.50	$888	—
567	567	2	217.50	$217.50	$1,233	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	170.00	$170.00	$570	—
565	565	2	179.00	$179.00	$1,011	-36.00
690	690	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,484	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	240.00	$240.00	$996	+5.24
450	450	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,012	-26.17
525	525	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,234	-20.78

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1320	1270	2	168.00–177.00	$172.68	$2,193	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	185.00	$185.00	$796	—
540	540	1	177.50	$177.50	$958	-30.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–220	215	3	220.00–250.00	$238.29	$512	—
240 value added	240	1	270.00	$270.00	$648	—
253–280	267	12	230.00–265.00	$256.33	$684	—
305–345	323	21	237.50–275.00	$255.07	$824	—
350–395	377	41	225.00–270.00	$254.81	$961	—
400–445	424	43	222.50–256.00	$243.43	$1,032	—
450–490	468	32	207.50–250.00	$237.46	$1,111	—
505–547	522	25	210.00–251.00	$235.67	$1,230	—
551–595	565	22	220.00–243.00	$231.24	$1,307	—
600–640	621	11	192.50–233.00	$217.87	$1,353	—
650–696	676	9	200.00–230.00	$216.54	$1,464	—
740	740	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,443	—
750–777	769	4	180.00–208.00	$197.81	$1,521	—
875	875	2	167.50–186.00	$176.75	$1,547	—
915–945	932	3	150.00–177.00	$167.54	$1,561	—
960–976	972	4	150.00–160.00	$157.53	$1,531	—
1000	1000	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,570	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	2	250.00	$250.00	$538	—
262–297	287	7	240.00–250.00	$247.39	$710	—
307–347	330	12	236.00–265.00	$249.74	$824	-10.36
357–385	368	7	240.00–250.00	$246.48	$907	-14.91
405–441	420	27	235.00–260.00	$247.45	$1,039	-7.54
450–493	465	28	222.50–261.00	$246.45	$1,146	-4.72
505–545	516	8	222.00–240.00	$231.11	$1,193	-17.73
560–593	573	17	211.00–240.00	$226.24	$1,296	-2.95
611–645	630	11	213.00–235.00	$221.73	$1,397	+4.23
699	699	11	230.00	$230.00	$1,608	+1.00
707	707	2	218.00	$218.00	$1,541	—
790	790	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,481	—
913	913	3	202.00	$202.00	$1,844	+24.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	220.00–232.50	$226.25	$645	—
310–345	328	3	155.00–200.00	$184.24	$604	—
355–390	370	9	187.50–225.00	$210.88	$780	—
415–440	429	5	182.50–220.00	$204.38	$877	—
455–495	475	7	180.00–227.50	$209.45	$995	—
500–540	522	3	190.00–225.00	$207.74	$1,084	—
550–590	577	8	177.50–217.00	$195.45	$1,128	—
600–635	618	2	172.50–191.00	$182.01	$1,125	+4.01
665–690	681	9	161.00–205.00	$188.52	$1,284	—
700–710	705	2	177.50–197.50	$187.43	$1,321	—
760–765	763	2	177.50–185.00	$181.24	$1,383	—
862–880	867	6	150.00–194.00	$175.28	$1,520	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	180.00	$180.00	$621	-40.00
370	370	1	155.00	$155.00	$574	-66.18
410–445	428	4	140.00–195.00	$170.37	$729	-48.06
450–475	460	3	170.00–185.00	$178.42	$821	—
500	500	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,000	—
630–635	633	2	130.00–175.00	$152.41	$965	-54.59
755	755	2	140.00–175.00	$157.50	$1,189	-17.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	4	220.00–236.00	$230.50	$899	-18.64
425	425	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,031	-7.50
460–480	470	2	200.00–235.00	$217.13	$1,021	-32.52
520–525	523	2	227.50–240.00	$233.72	$1,222	-6.78
570	570	1	170.00	$170.00	$969	-52.50
630	630	2	210.00–217.50	$213.75	$1,347	-6.25
930	930	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,256	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	170.00	$170.00	$552	—
370	370	1	155.00	$155.00	$574	—
500	500	1	170.00	$170.00	$850	—
570	570	1	175.00	$175.00	$998	-40.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,200	—
1055	1055	1	169.00	$169.00	$1,783	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	150.00	$150.00	$645	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	125.00	$125.00	$588	-35.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	217	6	235.00–280.00	$265.38	$576	—
255–295	281	4	240.00–297.50	$276.66	$777	—
300–345	325	13	242.50–291.00	$268.75	$873	—
350–385	362	15	222.50–290.00	$269.47	$975	—
365–375 value added	370	3	300.00–307.50	$303.37	$1,122	—
400–445	417	23	240.00–295.00	$269.59	$1,124	—
450–490	467	9	235.00–257.00	$250.13	$1,168	—
500–545	520	12	227.50–255.00	$244.82	$1,273	—
550–595	565	6	225.00–275.00	$254.92	$1,440	—
630	630	2	191.00–205.00	$198.00	$1,247	—
675–690	683	2	220.00–235.00	$227.58	$1,554	—
805–837	826	3	200.00–212.50	$204.06	$1,686	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–235	230	2	250.00–265.00	$257.66	$593	—
290	290	1	235.00	$235.00	$682	—
335	335	1	235.00	$235.00	$787	—
365	365	1	230.00	$230.00	$840	—
410–445	424	5	207.50–220.00	$211.77	$898	—
455–465	460	3	230.00–240.00	$233.30	$1,073	—
540	540	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,026	-22.50
565–590	579	4	177.50–225.00	$200.70	$1,162	—
635–645	640	3	196.00–217.00	$210.00	$1,344	—
650–670	662	3	150.00–175.00	$161.54	$1,069	—
735	735	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,378	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307	307	2	280.00	$280.00	$860	—
378	378	3	312.00	$312.00	$1,179	+2.00
402–437	420	4	250.00–282.00	$265.33	$1,114	—
470–475	473	4	237.00–267.00	$251.92	$1,192	-8.08
615–648	637	6	187.50–198.00	$194.62	$1,240	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	195.00	$195.00	$751	—
430	430	1	190.00	$190.00	$817	—
485	485	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,140	-19.84
505–540	523	2	175.00–205.00	$190.50	$996	-34.50
570–575	573	2	175.00–215.00	$195.09	$1,118	-46.91
620–635	630	3	175.00–210.00	$195.16	$1,230	-23.84
650	650	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,138	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	230.00	$230.00	$862	+9.56
400	400	1	190.00	$190.00	$760	-24.36
465	465	2	202.50–207.50	$205.00	$953	-15.00
555–585	570	2	172.50–185.00	$178.59	$1,018	-21.41
610	610	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,159	—
790	790	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,146	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	180.00	$180.00	$675	-104.21
430	430	1	155.00	$155.00	$666	-125.02
520–530	525	3	157.50–187.50	$170.02	$893	-74.15

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	117.50	$117.50	$458	—
445	445	1	135.00	$135.00	$601	—
555	555	1	150.00	$150.00	$832	—
625	625	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,047	-20.50

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	165.00	$165.00	$635	—
465	465	1	117.50	$117.50	$546	-47.53
680	680	1	147.50	$147.50	$1,003	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	125.00	$125.00	$294	—
495	495	1	100.00	$100.00	$495	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615–970	793	85-90%	6	35.00–69.00	$57.81	$458	—
745–1200	945	85-90%	5	131.00–160.00	$140.86	$1,331	—
720–1210	1013	85-90%	38	70.00–98.00	$87.15	$883	—
725–1460	1058	85-90%	60	100.00–129.00	$110.90	$1,173	-5.26

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1595	1298	80-85%	33	109.00–126.00	$118.36	$1,536	—
1275–1600	1402	80-85%	5	130.00–140.00	$133.63	$1,873	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1215	1071	10	80.00–132.00	$120.55	$1,291	+10.91
1225–1910	1554	21	137.00–167.50	$146.58	$2,278	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–1020	943	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,200.00–2,000.00	$1,526.36
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1010–1080	1048	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,700.00–2,350.00	$2,157.94
995–1375	1147	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,175.00–2,500.00	$1,717.42
975–1485	1173	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,125.00–2,325.00	$1,544.66
1145–1220	1183	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,575.00–1,700.00	$1,639.48
1200–1235	1218	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,350.00–1,550.00	$1,451.44

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	910.00	$910.00
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
880–1105	993	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,075.00	$1,063.92
1060	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
635	635	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	60.00	$60.00	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	1	60.00	$60.00	$99	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	5	17.50–27.50	$21.50	—
35	35	1	70.00	$70.00	—
35	35	1	55.00	$55.00	—
80	80	1	140.00	$140.00	+40.00
110	110	1	170.00	$170.00	—

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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
1085	1085	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
1520	1520	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	2,075.00	$2,075.00	+75.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
55–57	56	3	160.00–165.00	$163.37	$91	—

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	1	45.00	$45.00	—
20	20	1	50.00	$50.00	—

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
130	130	1	85.00	$85.00	$110	—
180	180	1	87.50	$87.50	$158	—

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	47.50	$47.50	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60	60	1	95.00	$95.00	$57	-65.00
57–85	66	3	80.00–175.00	$134.42	$89	-25.58

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	85.00	$85.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	1	90.00	$90.00	+45.00
20–25	23	2	55.00–62.50	$58.33	+13.33
25	25	1	52.50	$52.50	+7.50
35	35	1	75.00	$75.00	+25.00
40	40	1	170.00	$170.00	+105.00
40	40	1	80.00	$80.00	+15.00
70	70	1	90.00	$90.00	+37.50
105	105	1	180.00	$180.00	—
120	120	1	155.00	$155.00	—
155	155	1	150.00	$150.00	—

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Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125	125	1	160.00	$160.00	$200	—

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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.