Jackson County Regional Livestock Market Report

Ripley, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, March 7, 2026

287 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $495.43/cwt +13.82 vs last sale · ≈ $2,135/hd at 431 lb · 12 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $406.91/cwt -66.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,925/hd at 473 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	287	965	645
Feeder cattle	197	856	547
Slaughter cattle	32	32	28
Replacement cattle	39	45	42

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–441	441	4	470.00–515.00	$503.77	$2,222	+25.20
465–480	475	4	415.00–520.00	$489.23	$2,324	+34.23
525–535	530	2	480.00–487.50	$483.79	$2,564	+26.18
555–570	563	2	415.00–457.00	$435.72	$2,453	-34.28
600–642	630	6	389.00–420.00	$397.59	$2,505	-14.10
720	720	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,592	-6.41
765–770	768	3	320.00–345.00	$336.70	$2,586	-5.80
812	812	4	322.00	$322.00	$2,615	-20.27
870	870	1	316.00	$316.00	$2,749	-14.00
930	930	2	295.00	$295.00	$2,744	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,100	—
465	465	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,860	—
535	535	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,846	+10.00
655–675	665	2	332.50–345.00	$338.66	$2,252	—
740	740	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,368	-7.50
757–766	762	5	333.00–339.00	$336.62	$2,565	+16.62
827–840	831	3	265.00–308.00	$293.52	$2,439	—
990	990	1	281.00	$281.00	$2,782	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,102	—
255	255	1	515.00	$515.00	$1,313	-23.58
300–330	311	4	500.00–520.00	$506.14	$1,574	+1.03
385	385	2	485.00	$485.00	$1,867	-2.24
405–420	413	2	430.00–450.00	$440.18	$1,818	-34.46
471	471	3	360.00	$360.00	$1,696	-71.49
457–490	474	7	380.00–442.50	$427.01	$2,024	-4.48
505–545	522	7	385.00–430.00	$413.47	$2,158	+2.47
550–595	575	3	360.00–395.00	$379.53	$2,182	-35.47
605	605	1	385.00	$385.00	$2,329	+15.55
725	725	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,320	—
760	760	1	312.50	$312.50	$2,375	-1.01
862	862	2	270.00	$270.00	$2,327	-25.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235	228	2	410.00–420.00	$414.84	$946	—
250–255	253	2	330.00–340.00	$334.95	$847	—
300	300	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,170	-12.38
380–395	386	4	380.00–400.00	$387.54	$1,496	—
410–415	412	3	355.00–405.00	$373.26	$1,538	-22.12
455–470	463	2	350.00–375.00	$362.30	$1,677	+14.28
505–540	518	3	360.00–390.00	$373.02	$1,932	+44.66
580	580	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,595	-91.39
635	635	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,159	—
705	705	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,762	-65.02

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	295.00	$295.00	$944	—
370–395	383	2	155.00–250.00	$200.95	$770	—
400–440	424	4	225.00–275.00	$256.86	$1,089	—
530	530	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,431	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	263	3	500.00–545.00	$528.83	$1,391	—
315–317	316	3	545.00–575.00	$554.96	$1,754	-21.38
350–387	371	6	510.00–555.00	$526.98	$1,955	+7.85
410–447	431	12	420.00–540.00	$495.43	$2,135	+13.82
450–480	470	3	450.00–520.00	$477.23	$2,243	+23.55
515–545	530	5	360.00–485.00	$428.97	$2,274	+9.14
555–560	558	3	405.00–415.00	$410.85	$2,293	-2.93
708–715	711	5	320.00–327.00	$324.18	$2,305	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–337	326	4	420.00–500.00	$442.89	$1,444	—
350–355	351	4	421.00–430.00	$425.52	$1,494	-10.59
415–416	415	7	360.00–403.00	$378.45	$1,571	-61.55
510	510	2	427.50	$427.50	$2,180	+27.50
590	590	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,212	—
620	620	1	351.00	$351.00	$2,176	+11.00

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	3	233.00	$233.00	$1,165	—
650	650	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,008	—
705	705	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,198	—
790	790	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,481	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925	925	85-90%	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,054	—
1045–1250	1169	85-90%	5	128.00–149.00	$139.39	$1,629	—
1240–1475	1358	85-90%	2	176.00	$176.00	$2,390	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1515	1318	80-85%	2	172.00–175.00	$173.72	$2,290	—
1150–1475	1348	80-85%	5	155.00–165.00	$160.79	$2,167	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1675	1675	75-80%	1	169.00	$169.00	$2,831	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1530–1725	1619	4	169.00–192.00	$184.46	$2,986	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1080	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,696
825–1340	1116	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	177.00–217.00	$193.24	$2,157
845–1440	1151	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	139.00–184.00	$163.02	$1,876

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
795–1115	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,300.00–4,200.00	$3,263.99
905–1205	1039	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,950.00–2,700.00	$2,351.56

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1325	1300	2	214.00–218.00	$216.04	$2,809	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	75.00	$75.00	-215.00
78	78	3	140.00	$140.00	-85.00

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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
920–1210	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,400.00–3,500.00	$3,456.81	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1410	1348	3	184.00–218.00	$197.78	$2,666	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,482	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
35	35	2	300.00	$300.00	$105	—
50	50	1	360.00	$360.00	$180	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	1	100.00	$100.00	+85.00
25	25	1	100.00	$100.00	+85.00
65	65	1	75.00	$75.00	-165.00

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Nannies/Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
55	55	1	130.00	$130.00	-90.00
65	65	1	95.00	$95.00	-125.00

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
85	85	2	275.00	$275.00	$234	-115.00

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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.