WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 26, 2020

271 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $82.98/cwt -14.41 vs last sale · ≈ $510/hd at 615 lb · 13 head

light 5-weight M 2 heifers $88.77/cwt -0.71 vs last sale · ≈ $465/hd at 524 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	271	323	303
Feeder cattle	202	235	215
Slaughter cattle	54	64	48
Replacement cattle	4	11	14

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle Mostly steady To 5.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Moderate Quality Plain To Average

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	327	3	125.00–135.00	$129.77	$424	+10.76
350–370	360	4	130.00–139.00	$132.28	$476	-2.97
430–440	435	2	130.00–137.50	$133.79	$582	+0.99
450–475	465	3	125.00–132.50	$129.17	$601	+1.89
505–545	526	6	112.50–117.50	$115.62	$608	-11.81
590	590	1	112.50	$112.50	$664	-10.51
610–640	626	6	105.00–115.00	$109.61	$686	-11.41
675–695	687	3	105.00–107.00	$105.66	$726	-5.33
745	745	1	102.50	$102.50	$764	-4.50
780	780	1	95.00	$95.00	$741	-12.49

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	385	4	115.00–125.00	$119.98	$462	+1.23
410	410	2	106.00–107.50	$106.75	$438	+1.75
450–485	464	6	110.00–120.00	$115.64	$537	+5.64
545	545	1	93.00	$93.00	$507	-23.27
585	585	1	90.00	$90.00	$526	-20.96
620	620	1	100.00	$100.00	$620	-6.30
700	700	1	79.00	$79.00	$553	-11.00

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–380	375	2	110.00	$110.00	$412	+6.21
400	400	1	83.00	$83.00	$332	—
415 thin fleshed	415	1	90.00	$90.00	$374	—
440	440	1	85.00	$85.00	$374	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	130.00	$130.00	$208	+10.00
360–370	365	2	110.00–120.00	$114.93	$419	+4.41
405–445	421	8	107.00–115.00	$111.83	$471	-0.71
455–495	469	6	105.00–115.00	$109.31	$513	-0.43
500–512	506	4	102.50–105.00	$104.38	$528	+0.56
555–560	558	3	95.00–98.00	$96.00	$536	-5.88
602–640	615	13	78.00–88.00	$82.98	$510	-12.01
665–670	668	2	85.00–92.50	$88.74	$593	+2.09
705–710	708	2	81.00–82.50	$81.75	$579	-15.25
780	780	1	79.00	$79.00	$616	-6.00
805	805	1	72.00	$72.00	$580	-33.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	273	2	100.00	$100.00	$273	+2.50
400–445	423	2	86.00–100.00	$92.63	$392	-9.93
430	430	1	80.00	$80.00	$344	-22.56
460–495	475	3	90.00–95.00	$92.06	$437	-2.94
500–545	524	10	82.50–90.00	$88.77	$465	-0.71
565–595	581	6	80.00–89.00	$84.81	$493	-7.65
640	640	1	63.00	$63.00	$403	-24.01
685	685	1	80.00	$80.00	$548	—
740	740	1	77.00	$77.00	$570	-3.00
795	795	1	65.00	$65.00	$517	—
850	850	1	75.00	$75.00	$638	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	80.00–83.00	$81.50	$306	-1.50
455–480	468	2	77.50–78.00	$77.74	$364	+4.74
515–545	530	2	62.50–75.00	$68.93	$365	-6.12
575–590	583	2	76.00–77.50	$76.76	$448	—
665	665	1	70.00	$70.00	$466	—
710	710	1	62.50	$62.50	$444	—
795	795	1	60.00	$60.00	$477	±0.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495 thin fleshed	495	1	44.00	$44.00	$218	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	423	4	115.00–127.50	$120.03	$508	-3.63
455–485	470	2	115.00–118.00	$116.45	$547	+0.35
500–545	516	8	110.00–115.00	$113.40	$585	+0.57
565–590	576	6	110.00–115.00	$111.67	$643	+0.79
600–635	618	6	95.00–103.00	$98.18	$607	-16.82
670–695	679	4	80.00–88.00	$84.71	$575	-17.80
710–735	723	2	83.00–85.00	$83.98	$607	-17.02
750–780	765	3	78.00–85.00	$81.03	$620	-5.97
805–845	816	4	77.00–78.00	$77.63	$633	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–445	438	2	100.00–106.00	$102.95	$451	-14.55
455–495	475	5	100.00–110.00	$107.00	$508	—
525	525	1	100.00	$100.00	$525	±0.00
550	550	1	100.00	$100.00	$550	+3.91
610–640	625	3	85.00–89.00	$86.30	$539	-12.35
665	665	1	85.00	$85.00	$565	-2.32
720–745	733	2	80.00–82.00	$81.02	$594	-4.50
755–795	775	2	65.00–75.00	$69.87	$541	—
815–835	822	3	68.00–77.00	$73.36	$603	—
855	855	1	70.00	$70.00	$598	—
980	980	1	60.00	$60.00	$588	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	92.00	$92.00	$423	—
570–580	575	2	80.00–86.00	$83.03	$477	—
600–620	610	2	70.00–80.00	$75.08	$458	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910 value added	910	80-85%	1	65.00	$65.00	$592	—
950	950	80-85%	1	25.00	$25.00	$238	—
920–1085	987	80-85%	3	34.00–39.00	$35.61	$351	—
900–1530	1123	80-85%	14	45.00–55.00	$48.04	$539	—
1070–1255	1187	80-85%	5	56.00–60.00	$57.76	$686	+17.70

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335	1335	75-80%	1	39.00	$39.00	$521	—
1225–1440	1361	75-80%	5	57.00–62.00	$59.49	$810	+0.05
1245–1470	1379	75-80%	5	44.00–54.00	$50.61	$698	-8.83

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–830	768	85-90%	2	35.00–44.00	$39.87	$306	—
870	870	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$522	+19.51
880–890	885	85-90%	2	46.00–49.00	$47.51	$420	+7.02

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	1	67.00	$67.00	$670	—
1075–1670	1420	4	74.00–81.00	$77.34	$1,098	—
1905	1905	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,714	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–2160	1511	5	57.00–77.00	$69.16	$1,045	-5.87

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1470	1470	2	78.00	$78.00	$1,147	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
1045	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	185.25	$185.25	+110.25

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Dairy Steers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	45.00	$45.00	$295	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	1	46.00	$46.00	$520	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	61.50	$61.50	-7.50
40–45	43	2	120.00–135.00	$127.50	+58.50
50–55	53	2	140.00–162.25	$151.13	+87.38
60–65	63	4	84.50–185.25	$146.94	+52.44

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	154.00	$154.00	—

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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.