Jackson County Regional Livestock Market Report, Ripley, WV

Ripley, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, January 18, 2025

411 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $284.11/cwt ≈ $1,489/hd at 524 lb · 18 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $304.79/cwt ≈ $1,276/hd at 419 lb · 17 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $298.98/cwt ≈ $1,683/hd at 563 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	411	20	243
Feeder cattle	297	6	211
Slaughter cattle	45	14	16
Replacement cattle	47	—	14

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	285.00	$285.00	$627	—
250–275	263	2	290.00–320.00	$305.71	$804	—
305–317 value added	311	4	350.00–380.00	$365.29	$1,136	—
350–392	374	10	280.00–340.00	$320.22	$1,198	—
405–446	422	9	285.00–325.00	$306.00	$1,291	—
450–477	469	5	295.00–335.00	$312.91	$1,468	—
515–545	522	13	272.50–317.50	$299.34	$1,563	—
560–590	563	16	276.00–314.00	$298.98	$1,683	—
605–637	624	8	265.00–290.00	$276.84	$1,727	—
673	673	4	273.00	$273.00	$1,837	—
711	711	7	248.00	$248.00	$1,763	—
760	760	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,729	—
805–826	821	4	218.00–228.00	$225.55	$1,852	—
850	850	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,742	—
900	900	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,746	—
975	975	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,828	—
1345	1345	2	169.00	$169.00	$2,273	—
1380	1380	1	171.00	$171.00	$2,360	—
1410	1410	2	168.00	$168.00	$2,369	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	240.00	$240.00	$540	—
290	290	1	250.00	$250.00	$725	—
320 value added	320	1	300.00	$300.00	$960	—
340	340	1	270.00	$270.00	$918	—
375	375	1	265.00	$265.00	$994	—
400–445	426	5	245.00–270.00	$257.66	$1,098	—
457 value added	457	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,302	—
460	460	2	250.00–265.00	$257.50	$1,184	—
505–520	512	3	230.00–232.50	$231.18	$1,184	—
515 value added	515	1	278.00	$278.00	$1,432	—
555–596	584	14	225.00–275.00	$261.55	$1,527	—
605–630	618	3	222.50–240.00	$230.89	$1,427	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513	513	3	202.50	$202.50	$1,039	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	315.00	$315.00	$992	—
365–392	381	7	270.00–320.00	$306.92	$1,169	—
400 value added	400	2	327.50	$327.50	$1,310	—
400–442	421	15	280.00–315.00	$301.76	$1,270	—
452–495	476	15	267.50–307.00	$290.06	$1,381	—
502–545	524	18	270.00–291.00	$284.11	$1,489	—
565–580	572	9	260.00–275.00	$270.68	$1,548	—
612–640	622	4	247.00–255.00	$249.52	$1,552	—
655	655	1	247.00	$247.00	$1,618	—
700–720	706	4	220.00–227.00	$221.74	$1,565	—
785	785	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,668	—
815	815	3	212.50	$212.50	$1,732	—
885	885	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,814	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	255.00	$255.00	$829	+25.00
327 value added	327	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,014	—
385 value added	385	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,270	—
425	425	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,105	—
440 value added	440	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,342	—
450–485	468	2	222.50–265.00	$244.55	$1,144	+39.55
510	510	2	227.50–245.00	$236.25	$1,205	+23.75
555–590	573	3	237.50–262.50	$249.17	$1,428	—
630–640	635	2	195.00–225.00	$210.12	$1,334	—
660–680	672	3	203.00–210.00	$206.02	$1,384	—
705	705	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,375	—
810–830	820	2	177.50–187.50	$182.44	$1,496	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	160.00	$160.00	$800	—
605	605	1	140.00	$140.00	$847	—
655–670	663	2	135.00–185.00	$160.28	$1,063	—
845	845	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,373	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920	920	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,403	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	295.00	$295.00	$826	—
410–445	432	5	280.00–310.00	$296.80	$1,282	—
455–485	473	3	270.00–285.00	$277.46	$1,312	—
505–507	506	5	270.00–301.00	$288.57	$1,460	—
560–590	581	4	262.50–277.50	$271.92	$1,580	—
615–635	625	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,688	—
650	650	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,609	—
700–715	703	5	247.50–249.00	$248.69	$1,748	—
800	800	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,460	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–430	425	3	255.00–297.50	$269.00	$1,143	—
475–495	485	2	245.00–260.00	$252.35	$1,224	—
500–540	517	6	227.50–250.00	$241.89	$1,251	—
870	870	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,262	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1385	1385	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,895.00	$2,895.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$393	—
890–1005	948	85-90%	2	40.00–50.00	$44.70	$424	—
1050–1075	1063	85-90%	2	100.00–102.50	$101.24	$1,076	-18.76
945–1295	1138	85-90%	6	108.00–120.00	$116.35	$1,324	+31.35
920–1545	1169	85-90%	6	123.00–132.50	$126.00	$1,473	+23.00

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1465	1297	80-85%	6	127.00–134.00	$130.88	$1,698	—
1145–1520	1326	80-85%	7	136.00–150.00	$143.38	$1,901	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1600	1600	75-80%	1	141.00	$141.00	$2,256	—
1680	1680	75-80%	2	127.00–127.50	$127.25	$2,138	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1835	1544	4	132.50–160.00	$144.54	$2,232	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–2075	1695	2	150.00–160.00	$156.12	$2,646	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,073
1025	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,066
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,333

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,285.00	$1,285.00
840–1275	1002	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,875.00	$1,408.28
1080–1105	1093	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,310.00	$1,254.37
1065–1185	1128	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,400.00–1,925.00	$1,623.23
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00
885–1520	1209	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,100.00–2,450.00	$2,000.21
1155–1380	1268	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,660.00–1,800.00	$1,723.79

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1265	1265	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,290

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105–130	120	3	220.00–320.00	$260.56	—

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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
870–985	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00–1,725.00	$1,565.28	—
1040–1255	1148	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,425.00–1,825.00	$1,643.74	—
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,175.00	$2,175.00	—
1355	1355	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—
1080–1705	1438	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,950.00–2,650.00	$2,347.28	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65	65	1	275.00	$275.00	$179	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
22	22	2	27.50	$27.50	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50–55	53	4	85.00–115.00	$96.49	—
60	60	4	130.00–150.00	$141.25	—
70–75	72	3	135.00–170.00	$155.35	—
80	80	1	145.00	$145.00	—
100	100	2	165.00–200.00	$182.50	—

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
80	80	1	50.00	$50.00	$40	—

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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.