WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 7, 2020

256 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $111.99/cwt +2.39 vs last sale · ≈ $627/hd at 560 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $118.43/cwt -1.92 vs last sale · ≈ $554/hd at 468 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	256	343	345
Feeder cattle	193	242	249
Slaughter cattle	43	81	67
Replacement cattle	11	14	16

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was attractive. Baby calves were 10.00 per head and head calves ranged 210.00 to 330.00.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	328	3	140.00–148.00	$144.79	$475	-7.71
345 value added	345	1	160.00	$160.00	$552	—
370–385	377	3	140.00–148.00	$144.61	$545	+8.20
395 value added	395	1	155.00	$155.00	$612	-4.36
400–440	417	5	135.00–142.00	$139.00	$580	-3.36
465–495	480	7	125.00–137.00	$133.43	$640	-7.34
505–545	531	7	128.00–137.00	$133.02	$706	-0.11
560–580	570	4	130.00–135.00	$132.22	$754	+0.62
630–641	639	9	120.00–123.00	$121.11	$774	-1.98
660–695	673	5	110.00–119.00	$114.48	$770	+14.48
705–725	719	4	109.00–117.00	$113.60	$817	+11.09
835	835	1	107.50	$107.50	$898	-2.50
925	925	1	107.00	$107.00	$990	-2.50
968	968	1	102.50	$102.50	$992	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	125.00	$125.00	$294	+17.50
255–295	275	2	120.00	$120.00	$330	+10.00
325–330	328	2	117.00–120.00	$118.49	$389	-2.50
385	385	1	130.00	$130.00	$500	+20.00
445	445	1	110.00	$110.00	$490	—
480	480	1	120.00	$120.00	$576	—
540–545	543	2	114.00–117.00	$115.51	$627	-9.49
565–595	580	2	110.00–120.00	$114.87	$666	-8.08
625–630	628	2	107.00–110.00	$108.51	$681	+32.51
680	680	1	87.00	$87.00	$592	—
705	705	1	95.00	$95.00	$670	+32.50
885	885	1	72.50	$72.50	$642	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	100.00	$100.00	$255	—
315	315	1	105.00	$105.00	$331	-5.00
470–485	478	2	80.00–92.00	$86.09	$412	—
535	535	1	105.00	$105.00	$562	-5.00
585	585	1	95.00	$95.00	$556	-15.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	122.50	$122.50	$361	—
355–370	362	3	120.00–130.00	$125.86	$456	-0.77
400–415	407	6	120.00–126.00	$124.15	$505	+9.95
450–490	468	12	115.00–124.00	$118.43	$554	-1.92
520–540	529	5	105.00–115.00	$111.22	$588	-1.67
550–595	560	14	109.00–114.00	$111.99	$627	+2.39
611–620	612	7	115.50–124.00	$116.73	$714	+20.02
675–687	684	5	100.00	$100.00	$684	+11.41
755	755	1	85.00	$85.00	$642	+4.48

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	2	90.00–101.00	$95.29	$313	+1.97
385	385	1	96.00	$96.00	$370	-9.16
400–430	418	4	109.00–115.00	$112.28	$469	+11.46
465–490	478	5	101.00–112.00	$107.67	$515	+4.06
550	550	1	99.00	$99.00	$544	-1.89
605–640	623	7	105.00–111.00	$108.18	$674	+20.49
775	775	1	77.50	$77.50	$601	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–425	420	2	90.00	$90.00	$378	—
450	450	1	83.00	$83.00	$374	—
625	625	1	87.00	$87.00	$544	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	81.00	$81.00	$526	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	90.00	$90.00	$320	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	70.00	$70.00	$287	-5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	422	3	137.50–147.50	$141.51	$597	+1.20
450–495	478	5	127.50–137.50	$130.20	$622	-4.69
510–540	525	4	118.00–126.00	$121.68	$639	-7.06
570–580	575	3	121.00–123.00	$122.34	$703	+2.41
620–645	635	3	105.00–115.00	$109.93	$698	+2.47
680	680	1	115.00	$115.00	$782	+10.20
735	735	1	103.00	$103.00	$757	+13.00
750	750	1	96.00	$96.00	$720	+12.04
835	835	1	92.00	$92.00	$768	+11.68

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–425	418	2	127.50–130.00	$128.73	$538	-3.74
465	465	1	125.00	$125.00	$581	+1.00
600	600	1	103.00	$103.00	$618	+3.00
685–695	690	2	100.00	$100.00	$690	+6.06
700–725	715	3	87.00–90.00	$89.02	$636	+19.02
755	755	1	82.00	$82.00	$619	+8.00
955	955	1	66.00	$66.00	$630	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	110.00	$110.00	$446	-10.00
545	545	1	103.00	$103.00	$561	—
675	675	1	85.00	$85.00	$574	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1370	1320	75-80%	2	58.00	$58.00	$766	+1.27
1460	1460	75-80%	1	45.00	$45.00	$657	—
1225–1840	1505	75-80%	12	45.00–52.00	$49.74	$749	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1235	1050	80-85%	5	35.00–45.00	$42.28	$444	—
945–1130	1053	80-85%	3	24.00–31.00	$28.15	$296	-20.73
1145	1145	80-85%	1	61.00	$61.00	$698	—
990–1335	1171	80-85%	4	48.00–50.00	$49.31	$577	+12.60

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–875	763	85-90%	2	27.00–29.00	$27.85	$212	—
790	790	85-90%	1	64.00	$64.00	$506	—
855	855	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$470	—
875	875	85-90%	1	40.00	$40.00	$350	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095	1095	1	75.00	$75.00	$821	—
1305–2285	1908	4	80.00–83.00	$81.31	$1,551	—
2065–2110	2088	2	86.00–88.00	$86.99	$1,816	+1.49

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165	1165	1	66.00	$66.00	$769	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075	1075	1	69.00	$69.00	$742	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1115	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1125	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1315	1315	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–830	808	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	525.00–675.00	$602.09

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
260	260	1	130.00	$130.00	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	180.00	$180.00	—

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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
1025	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	-75.00
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1090–1310	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00–1,250.00	$1,125.10	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	1	55.00	$55.00	$742	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	67.50	$67.50	—
60–65	63	2	90.00–97.50	$93.75	—
70–75	73	2	105.00–112.50	$108.75	—
120	120	1	60.00	$60.00	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130	130	1	91.00	$91.00	—

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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.