WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 19, 2020

323 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $103.82/cwt -11.03 vs last sale · ≈ $548/hd at 528 lb · 21 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $97.39/cwt -0.15 vs last sale · ≈ $594/hd at 610 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	323	249	406
Feeder cattle	235	142	257
Slaughter cattle	64	63	68
Replacement cattle	11	12	23

Market comments — USDA reporter

Baby calves 10.00 To 35.00 Head Calves 100.00 To 169.00 Slaughter cattle 2.00 Lower Feeder cattle 7.00 To 9.00 Lower Demand Moderate Activity Moderate Offerings Moderate Quality Plain

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	333	2	118.00–120.00	$119.01	$396	—
390	390	2	132.50–138.00	$135.25	$527	-11.84
410–420	414	5	127.50–139.00	$132.80	$550	+5.80
480–495	490	4	122.50–132.50	$127.28	$624	—
500–547	521	9	124.00–132.50	$127.43	$664	+0.54
565–570	568	2	121.00–125.00	$123.01	$699	+1.49
600–622	618	6	116.00–123.00	$121.02	$748	+1.02
675–695	685	2	110.00–112.00	$110.99	$760	-9.73
725	725	1	107.00	$107.00	$776	-0.50
752–795	766	4	104.00–109.00	$107.49	$823	+1.83
835	835	2	103.00	$103.00	$860	—
925	925	1	103.00	$103.00	$953	—
955	955	2	95.00–97.50	$96.25	$919	—
1040	1040	1	87.00	$87.00	$905	—
1070	1070	1	80.00	$80.00	$856	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	112.50	$112.50	$304	—
350	350	2	115.00–122.50	$118.75	$416	—
410	410	1	105.00	$105.00	$430	—
490	490	1	110.00	$110.00	$539	—
510–545	526	4	115.00–120.00	$116.27	$612	—
550–590	573	3	110.00–113.00	$110.96	$636	—
600–615	608	2	102.50–110.00	$106.30	$646	—
720	720	1	90.00	$90.00	$648	-3.00
775	775	1	90.00	$90.00	$698	±0.00
950	950	1	85.00	$85.00	$808	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	379	4	97.50–107.50	$103.79	$393	—
455	455	1	85.00	$85.00	$387	—
500–545	523	2	100.00–106.00	$102.87	$538	—
560–590	575	2	89.00–100.00	$94.36	$543	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	80.00	$80.00	$268	—
350	350	1	80.00	$80.00	$280	—
510–525	518	2	73.00–84.00	$78.58	$407	—
535–545	540	2	72.50–90.00	$81.17	$438	—
625	625	1	78.00	$78.00	$488	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1955	1955	1	74.00	$74.00	$1,447	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	97.50	$97.50	$258	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	120.00	$120.00	$210	—
230	230	1	110.00	$110.00	$253	—
270–280	275	3	90.00–100.00	$94.70	$260	-26.79
320	320	1	117.50	$117.50	$376	—
360–385	373	2	110.00–111.00	$110.52	$412	-15.48
405–440	425	6	110.00–116.00	$112.54	$478	-11.80
450–485	467	9	103.00–113.00	$109.74	$512	-11.37
500–546	528	21	100.00–108.00	$103.82	$548	-11.03
550 value added	550	1	113.00	$113.00	$622	—
550–580	565	5	100.00–106.00	$101.88	$576	-0.73
600–610	608	9	90.00–100.00	$94.99	$578	-2.55
625 value added	625	1	119.00	$119.00	$744	—
670–678	675	3	85.00–90.00	$86.65	$585	+0.65
720	720	1	97.00	$97.00	$698	+2.00
755	755	1	85.00	$85.00	$642	—
805	805	1	105.00	$105.00	$845	+25.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	97.50	$97.50	$278	—
315–325	320	2	93.00–95.00	$94.02	$301	—
370–395	382	3	87.50–90.00	$89.17	$341	-25.83
415–435	425	2	100.00–105.00	$102.56	$436	-6.80
465	465	1	95.00	$95.00	$442	-15.00
500–545	525	5	84.00–93.00	$89.48	$470	—
565–595	585	9	86.00–95.00	$92.46	$541	—
635–640	638	2	85.00–89.00	$87.01	$555	+1.01
720	720	2	80.00	$80.00	$576	—
805–825	815	2	85.00–90.00	$87.47	$713	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	82.50	$82.50	$223	—
380	380	1	83.00	$83.00	$315	—
415–425	420	2	92.50–97.00	$94.72	$398	-3.28
490	490	1	73.00	$73.00	$358	—
515–525	520	2	70.00–80.00	$75.05	$390	-4.95
630	630	1	80.00	$80.00	$504	—
765	765	1	60.00	$60.00	$459	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	92.50	$92.50	$227	—
425	425	1	74.00	$74.00	$314	-6.00
440	440	1	67.50	$67.50	$297	-12.50
480	480	1	61.00	$61.00	$293	—
565	565	1	72.50	$72.50	$410	—
715	715	1	70.00	$70.00	$500	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	422	8	121.00–130.00	$123.66	$522	-20.34
458–490	470	5	110.00–120.00	$116.10	$546	-17.90
500–545	525	7	110.00–115.00	$112.83	$592	-7.13
555–590	573	2	107.00–115.00	$110.88	$635	-7.16
610	610	1	115.00	$115.00	$702	+10.00
670–675	673	2	100.00–105.00	$102.51	$690	+7.04
715	715	1	101.00	$101.00	$722	+1.00
765	765	1	87.00	$87.00	$666	-1.00
850	850	1	89.00	$89.00	$756	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	117.50	$117.50	$511	—
525	525	1	100.00	$100.00	$525	—
560–585	573	2	92.00–100.00	$96.09	$551	-7.91
630–635	632	3	93.00–103.00	$98.65	$623	—
670–685	678	3	85.00–90.00	$87.32	$592	—
725–735	730	2	82.00–89.00	$85.52	$624	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	87.00	$87.00	$387	—
550	550	1	80.00	$80.00	$440	+10.00
600–635	618	2	80.00–85.00	$82.57	$510	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	106.00	$106.00	$429	—
700	700	1	77.00	$77.00	$539	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1430	1174	80-85%	9	56.00–62.00	$58.31	$685	—
1000–1340	1174	80-85%	14	45.00–53.00	$47.96	$563	—
1055–1305	1181	80-85%	4	37.00–44.00	$40.06	$473	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1595	1376	75-80%	6	57.00–63.00	$59.44	$818	+2.06
1345–1725	1491	75-80%	9	47.00–55.00	$50.70	$756	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–890	823	85-90%	2	45.00–53.00	$48.67	$401	-2.27
885–890	888	85-90%	2	37.00–44.00	$40.49	$360	—
895	895	85-90%	1	25.00	$25.00	$224	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1445	1323	2	61.00–70.00	$65.92	$872	—
1050–2090	1511	7	72.00–80.00	$75.03	$1,134	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1750–2000	1831	4	79.00–80.00	$79.73	$1,460	—
1740–1995	1868	2	81.00–90.00	$85.81	$1,603	—

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365	1365	1	65.00	$65.00	$887	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1080	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	585.00	$585.00
1290	1290	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00

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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	-120.00

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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
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1115–1160	1138	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	635.00–825.00	$728.12	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270	1270	1	51.00	$51.00	$648	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
155–165	160	2	155.00–169.00	$162.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40–45	43	3	67.50–72.00	$69.00	-42.30
50	50	4	60.00–75.00	$63.75	-59.75
60–65	62	3	78.00–108.00	$94.50	-68.13

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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.