WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 30, 2020

343 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M 2 heifers $100.89/cwt ≈ $580/hd at 575 lb · 11 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $112.89/cwt ≈ $585/hd at 518 lb · 11 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $133.13/cwt ≈ $691/hd at 519 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	343	499	193
Feeder cattle	242	440	161
Slaughter cattle	81	47	0
Replacement cattle	14	12	12

Market comments — USDA reporter

Baby calves 50.00 To 90.00 No sale last week

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	120.00	$120.00	$276	—
335	335	1	152.50	$152.50	$511	—
350–390	366	7	132.50–140.00	$136.41	$499	—
380–390 value added	385	2	149.00–170.00	$159.36	$614	—
425–435 value added	430	2	149.00	$149.00	$641	—
415–440	432	5	135.00–147.50	$142.36	$615	—
450–485	471	5	137.00–143.00	$140.77	$663	—
500–545	519	10	127.50–137.00	$133.13	$691	—
555–595	575	2	127.50–136.00	$131.60	$757	—
600–640	623	4	120.00–127.00	$123.09	$767	—
690	690	1	100.00	$100.00	$690	—
735–740	738	2	100.00–105.00	$102.51	$757	—
770	770	1	106.00	$106.00	$816	—
825	825	1	110.00	$110.00	$908	—
885	885	1	110.00	$110.00	$974	—
915	915	2	109.00–110.00	$109.50	$1,002	—
1030	1030	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,030	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	107.50	$107.50	$226	—
275	275	1	110.00	$110.00	$302	—
300–335	312	3	112.50–125.00	$120.99	$377	—
390	390	1	110.00	$110.00	$429	—
530	530	1	125.00	$125.00	$662	—
555–585	570	2	121.00–125.00	$122.95	$701	—
625	625	1	76.00	$76.00	$475	—
730	730	1	62.50	$62.50	$456	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	100.00	$100.00	$235	—
290 thin fleshed	290	1	60.00	$60.00	$174	—
295	295	1	90.00	$90.00	$266	—
370 thin fleshed	370	1	57.50	$57.50	$213	—
525 thin fleshed	525	1	67.50	$67.50	$354	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	110.00	$110.00	$363	—
540	540	1	110.00	$110.00	$594	—
575	575	1	110.00	$110.00	$632	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	110.00	$110.00	$292	—
305–320	313	2	85.00–90.00	$87.56	$274	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200	1200	1	78.00	$78.00	$936	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	105.00	$105.00	$236	—
300	300	1	110.00	$110.00	$330	—
360–390	375	4	125.00–129.00	$126.63	$475	—
400–445	428	3	110.00–118.00	$114.20	$489	—
455–470	463	6	115.00–123.00	$120.35	$557	—
505–545	518	11	107.00–118.00	$112.89	$585	—
555–595	578	7	105.00–116.00	$109.60	$633	—
600–625	608	9	92.00–102.00	$96.71	$588	—
650–695	670	3	85.00–91.00	$88.59	$594	—
720–745	730	4	80.00–91.00	$83.72	$611	—
760–785	773	4	76.00–85.00	$80.52	$622	—
845	845	1	75.00	$75.00	$634	—
850	850	1	74.00	$74.00	$629	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	85.00	$85.00	$246	—
305–320	312	3	92.50–95.00	$93.32	$291	—
370–395	383	2	100.00–110.00	$105.16	$403	—
425–445	433	3	100.00–102.50	$100.82	$437	—
455–495	480	5	100.00–110.00	$103.61	$497	—
505–530	516	4	100.00–105.00	$102.49	$529	—
550–595	575	11	100.00–105.00	$100.89	$580	—
610–625	620	3	85.00–90.00	$87.69	$544	—
650–690	675	3	62.50–72.50	$67.33	$454	—
880	880	1	60.00	$60.00	$528	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–390	385	2	72.50–80.00	$76.20	$293	—
425	425	1	75.00	$75.00	$319	—
465	465	1	67.50	$67.50	$314	—
500	500	1	77.50	$77.50	$388	—
515–520	518	2	65.00–74.00	$69.52	$360	—
560	560	1	77.50	$77.50	$434	—
590	590	1	67.50	$67.50	$398	—
640	640	1	60.00	$60.00	$384	—
690	690	1	60.00	$60.00	$414	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	96.00	$96.00	$350	—
495	495	2	90.00–98.00	$94.00	$465	—
520	520	1	87.50	$87.50	$455	—
555–590	575	6	83.00–95.00	$89.47	$514	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	70.00	$70.00	$210	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	140.00	$140.00	$469	—
415–445	428	6	137.50–148.00	$140.31	$601	—
455–475	465	2	130.00–140.00	$134.89	$627	—
530–540	535	2	127.50–130.00	$128.74	$689	—
550–575	563	3	117.00–126.00	$119.93	$675	—
605–645	628	4	102.50–112.50	$107.46	$675	—
655–670	662	5	102.50–109.00	$104.80	$694	—
705	705	2	89.00–91.00	$90.00	$634	—
750–770	762	3	80.00–89.00	$83.96	$640	—
805–835	817	3	78.00–83.00	$80.32	$656	—
850	850	1	70.00	$70.00	$595	—
900	900	1	73.00	$73.00	$657	—
960	960	2	65.00–67.50	$66.25	$636	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–420	415	2	130.00–135.00	$132.47	$550	—
480	480	1	124.00	$124.00	$595	—
570–590	580	2	110.00–113.00	$111.53	$647	—
605–640	623	3	100.00	$100.00	$623	—
670–690	680	2	90.00–98.00	$93.94	$639	—
740	740	1	70.00	$70.00	$518	—
765	765	1	74.00	$74.00	$566	—
875–890	883	2	55.00–67.50	$61.20	$540	—
900	900	1	55.00	$55.00	$495	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	120.00	$120.00	$498	—
490	490	1	77.50	$77.50	$380	—
825	825	1	61.00	$61.00	$503	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	65.00	$65.00	$354	—
640	640	1	68.00	$68.00	$435	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	67.50	$67.50	$277	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1510	1300	75-80%	7	56.00–58.00	$56.73	$737	—
1255–1460	1367	75-80%	3	35.00–42.00	$38.49	$526	—
1200–1725	1421	75-80%	17	45.00–55.00	$50.41	$716	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1055	983	80-85%	3	12.00–25.00	$18.68	$184	-25.32
1015 value added	1015	80-85%	1	73.00	$73.00	$741	—
945–1150	1048	80-85%	2	60.00	$60.00	$629	—
915–1290	1086	80-85%	14	45.00–55.00	$48.88	$531	-2.13
1150–1240	1195	80-85%	2	31.00–42.00	$36.71	$439	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	85-90%	1	65.00	$65.00	$455	—
720–775	748	85-90%	3	16.00–30.00	$23.24	$174	—
795–895	838	85-90%	4	32.00–41.00	$35.12	$294	-0.57
800–895	849	85-90%	6	45.00–53.00	$48.72	$414	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535–2280	1885	6	75.00–82.00	$78.19	$1,474	—
1625–2375	2091	4	84.00–89.00	$85.50	$1,788	-3.99

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1660	1326	7	65.00–75.00	$67.91	$900	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995–1310	1153	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	525.00–750.00	$652.87
1155	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1240	1240	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
995–1600	1288	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	625.00–850.00	$724.58
1200–1650	1406	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	675.00–850.00	$770.24

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	485.00	$485.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	84.00	$84.00	—
80–85	83	2	96.00–110.50	$103.25	—
140	140	1	168.00	$168.00	—

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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
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	+191.67
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	62.00	$62.00	$406	—
700	700	1	77.50	$77.50	$542	—
880	880	1	47.00	$47.00	$414	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105	105	1	157.50	$157.50	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	182.75	$182.75	—

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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.