Jackson County Regional Livestock Market Report, Ripley, WV

Ripley, West Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, September 26, 2026

766 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $419.81/cwt +39.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,973/hd at 470 lb · 49 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $384.92/cwt +17.86 vs last sale · ≈ $2,209/hd at 574 lb · 38 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $406.15/cwt +36.23 vs last sale · ≈ $2,144/hd at 528 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	766	343	872
Feeder cattle	631	300	693
Slaughter cattle	37	30	51
Replacement cattle	48	4	70

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	470.00	$470.00	$987	—
250	250	2	465.00	$465.00	$1,162	—
300–345	321	7	450.00–480.00	$457.83	$1,470	+55.08
350–390	375	11	431.00–480.00	$457.07	$1,714	+28.73
400–440	423	30	423.00–457.00	$437.85	$1,852	+56.16
450–497	470	49	382.50–436.00	$419.81	$1,973	+32.59
506–548	528	36	380.00–419.00	$406.15	$2,144	+56.40
550–598	574	38	360.00–402.00	$384.92	$2,209	+17.86
600–640	621	17	335.00–365.00	$349.96	$2,173	—
655–687	672	10	328.00–346.00	$334.95	$2,251	-5.52
708–745	714	10	303.00–344.50	$332.05	$2,371	+10.05
770–795	777	13	307.50–340.50	$334.48	$2,599	—
815–845	833	3	313.00–317.00	$315.65	$2,629	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	273	2	420.00–440.00	$430.46	$1,175	—
325–330	328	2	425.00–437.50	$431.30	$1,415	—
355–390	372	6	340.00–412.50	$388.01	$1,443	—
357–395 value added	376	4	387.50–390.00	$388.81	$1,462	—
410–425 value added	420	3	405.00–425.00	$411.51	$1,728	—
415–445	435	5	325.00–362.50	$336.71	$1,465	-56.86
450–495	468	7	325.00–377.00	$363.19	$1,700	+21.73
505–517 value added	511	4	371.00–380.00	$375.45	$1,919	—
535–545	543	6	300.00–353.00	$333.24	$1,809	-35.16
555–580 value added	570	6	345.00–369.00	$360.09	$2,053	—
565–595	576	4	307.50–345.00	$330.16	$1,902	-8.01
620–640	631	4	326.00–335.00	$331.75	$2,093	+20.40
635 value added	635	3	341.00	$341.00	$2,165	—
695	695	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,294	+17.00
740	740	1	312.50	$312.50	$2,312	+32.66
820	820	1	277.00	$277.00	$2,271	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–265	258	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,032	+15.93
305–345	321	4	380.00–420.00	$404.24	$1,298	+16.12
355–390	366	11	385.00–420.00	$397.35	$1,454	+50.03
375 value added	375	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,538	—
400–445	425	21	375.00–410.00	$387.69	$1,648	+34.53
450–485	466	28	325.00–376.00	$359.75	$1,676	+6.57
500–537	507	14	330.00–360.00	$344.24	$1,745	+24.56
555–580	565	21	317.50–365.00	$346.80	$1,959	+37.51
600–640	620	22	295.00–349.00	$322.56	$2,000	+35.26
660–685	683	23	291.00–316.50	$313.21	$2,139	+54.03
735	735	1	286.00	$286.00	$2,102	+46.73

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	281	4	375.00–405.00	$396.53	$1,114	—
300–345	326	7	350.00–395.00	$368.41	$1,201	-10.41
350–395	382	10	344.00–380.00	$365.57	$1,396	+14.69
380–387 value added	385	3	382.50–397.50	$387.44	$1,492	—
410–445	433	4	300.00–385.00	$351.12	$1,520	+14.87
463 value added	463	3	354.00	$354.00	$1,639	—
455–495	472	6	299.00–347.50	$314.96	$1,487	-31.17
500–540	528	12	242.50–320.00	$295.78	$1,562	-12.94
550–590	565	8	282.50–317.50	$296.76	$1,677	—
570 value added	570	5	323.00	$323.00	$1,841	—
625 value added	625	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,938	—
625–640	633	4	265.00–307.50	$286.28	$1,812	—
650–670	659	4	260.00–282.50	$273.12	$1,800	—
700–740	720	2	247.50–280.00	$263.30	$1,896	—
740 value added	740	1	289.00	$289.00	$2,139	—
790	790	1	279.00	$279.00	$2,204	—

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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	440.00–470.00	$455.00	$1,092	—
275–295	283	3	405.00–475.00	$434.53	$1,230	+14.53
310–345	328	2	410.00–460.00	$436.34	$1,431	+31.34
355–395	377	5	410.00–470.00	$432.05	$1,629	+36.06
400–442	421	9	400.00–450.00	$425.78	$1,793	+48.00
470–495	485	4	362.50–390.00	$378.13	$1,834	+1.98
510–540	523	3	355.00–375.00	$364.87	$1,908	+18.85
560–590	567	6	325.00–368.00	$349.14	$1,980	+30.64
600–635	618	6	300.00–335.00	$316.11	$1,954	-8.89
730	730	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,154	+38.82
775	775	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,248	—
1055	1055	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,110	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	415.00	$415.00	$1,058	—
315	315	1	417.50	$417.50	$1,315	—
355–385	371	4	330.00–417.50	$362.52	$1,345	—
410	410	2	377.50–415.00	$396.25	$1,625	—
475–480	478	2	330.00–352.00	$341.06	$1,630	—
515–545	528	5	300.00–342.50	$323.03	$1,706	—
575–585	580	2	292.50–313.00	$302.66	$1,755	—
610	610	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,830	—
675	675	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,890	—
710–715	712	3	232.50–290.00	$257.48	$1,833	—
805	805	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,852	—
850	850	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,955	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1615	1615	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	2,725.00	$2,725.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	85-90%	1	20.00	$20.00	$138	—
760–1065	889	85-90%	8	60.00–108.00	$81.96	$729	—
845–1020	903	85-90%	4	180.00–235.00	$201.61	$1,821	—
990–1225	1131	85-90%	6	100.00–114.00	$106.44	$1,204	-11.05

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1320	1199	80-85%	8	108.00–190.00	$125.47	$1,504	-29.53
1250	1250	80-85%	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,675	+19.40

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1485	1268	2	145.00–157.00	$152.03	$1,928	—
1420–1950	1658	6	163.00–172.00	$169.22	$2,806	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1255	868	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	125.00–250.00	$161.87	$1,405
1090	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,210
1050–1390	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	109.00–125.00	$118.11	$1,441

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–975	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,000.00–2,300.00	$1,795.58
980–1150	1042	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,300.00–3,000.00	$2,583.20
915–1315	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,600.00	$1,305.38
725–1470	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	950.00–3,200.00	$2,093.98
970–1315	1143	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,300.00–1,650.00	$1,501.42
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	135.00	$135.00	—

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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
1120–1160	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,050.00–2,150.00	$2,100.88	—
1155	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	205.00	$205.00	$861	—
585	585	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,170	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
95	95	1	160.00	$160.00	$152	-115.00
110	110	1	170.00	$170.00	$187	—
165	165	2	155.00	$155.00	$256	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	1	20.00	$20.00	—
20–25	24	4	30.00–85.00	$55.00	—
30–38	35	11	35.00–135.00	$87.21	—
40–45	43	6	90.00–180.00	$126.08	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50–55	52	5	130.00–180.00	$162.69	+122.69
60	60	1	120.00	$120.00	-4.00
75	75	1	110.00	$110.00	-14.00
80	80	1	100.00	$100.00	-24.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	260.00	$260.00	—
100	100	1	325.00	$325.00	-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.