WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 15, 2021

231 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.26/cwt -12.67 vs last sale · ≈ $566/hd at 467 lb · 17 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $130.96/cwt +2.03 vs last sale · ≈ $741/hd at 566 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	231	164	253
Feeder cattle	155	117	136
Slaughter cattle	36	32	81
Replacement cattle	13	5	36

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower, while slaughter bulls were steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly 2.00 to 7.00 lower with some 11.00 to 14.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was average. Dairy baby calves were 85.00 to 90.00 per head; other calves ranged 200.00 to 320.00 per head.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	155.00	$155.00	$271	—
245	245	1	125.00	$125.00	$306	—
265–290	277	3	150.00–152.00	$151.36	$419	—
300–340	317	8	159.00–162.50	$160.65	$509	-14.35
365–375	372	3	155.00–160.00	$157.01	$584	-4.00
430	430	1	162.50	$162.50	$699	-6.15
570	570	1	137.50	$137.50	$784	-3.50
695	695	1	113.00	$113.00	$785	—
910	910	1	90.00	$90.00	$819	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	130.00	$130.00	$234	—
375–395	385	2	139.00–148.00	$143.38	$552	—
610	610	1	105.00	$105.00	$640	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	90.00	$90.00	$508	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	376	4	125.00–133.00	$128.51	$483	-14.49
405–440	424	5	127.00–137.00	$131.25	$556	-3.01
450–498	467	17	118.00–128.00	$121.26	$566	-12.67
525–530	528	3	110.00–118.00	$114.32	$604	-11.46
550–555	553	2	111.00–121.00	$115.98	$641	-4.74
600	600	1	125.00	$125.00	$750	+11.78
670	670	1	110.00	$110.00	$737	+0.40
710–725	720	3	90.00–97.50	$93.30	$672	-12.37
755	755	1	86.00	$86.00	$649	-9.99
900–920	910	2	92.50–94.00	$93.26	$849	—
965	965	1	80.00	$80.00	$772	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–355	353	2	110.00–120.00	$114.96	$406	-12.49
400–445	424	4	115.00–123.00	$120.06	$509	-4.94
495	495	1	105.00	$105.00	$520	+25.00
505–545	525	2	101.00–108.00	$104.63	$549	-5.37
590	590	1	106.00	$106.00	$625	-1.49
600–645	613	6	100.00–107.50	$104.63	$641	—
650–675	665	3	92.50–99.00	$95.46	$635	—
740	740	1	90.00	$90.00	$666	—
790	790	1	80.00	$80.00	$632	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	423	2	105.00–110.00	$107.60	$455	-4.90
560–595	578	2	92.50–95.00	$93.79	$542	—
595 thin fleshed	595	1	82.50	$82.50	$491	—
605–635	625	3	87.50–90.00	$88.35	$552	—
695	695	1	85.00	$85.00	$591	—
815	815	1	60.00	$60.00	$489	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425 thin fleshed	425	1	86.00	$86.00	$366	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	152.50	$152.50	$557	—
400 value added	400	1	157.50	$157.50	$630	—
400–443	430	5	136.00–145.00	$143.32	$616	-13.40
450–495	468	7	141.00–151.00	$144.80	$678	-6.39
500–540	515	7	137.00–144.00	$140.68	$725	-2.20
550–585	566	10	125.00–135.00	$130.96	$741	+2.03
605	605	1	123.00	$123.00	$744	-5.00
660	660	1	112.50	$112.50	$742	—
700–730	715	2	100.00–102.00	$101.02	$722	-1.48
755–770	765	3	92.50–100.00	$96.50	$738	-13.82
822–825	824	2	85.00–92.50	$88.74	$731	—
875	875	1	82.00	$82.00	$718	-8.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	130.00	$130.00	$559	—
480	480	1	130.00	$130.00	$624	—
535–540	538	2	122.00–128.00	$125.01	$673	—
565–595	580	2	116.00–122.50	$119.33	$692	-0.67
615–630	621	4	100.00–110.00	$104.35	$648	—
695	695	1	100.00	$100.00	$695	—
720	720	1	85.00	$85.00	$612	—
790	790	1	80.00	$80.00	$632	—
805	805	1	80.00	$80.00	$644	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	115.00	$115.00	$477	—
505–515	510	2	102.50–113.00	$107.70	$549	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905	905	80-85%	2	44.00	$44.00	$398	—
945 value added	945	80-85%	1	75.00	$75.00	$709	—
930–1100	1027	80-85%	8	45.00–55.00	$50.15	$515	+9.82
1085–1445	1249	80-85%	5	56.00–60.00	$57.65	$720	-7.47

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1755	1387	75-80%	9	56.00–62.00	$59.48	$825	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–850	758	85-90%	2	45.00–53.00	$49.49	$375	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1840	1509	7	81.00–89.00	$84.15	$1,270	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
895–900	898	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–675.00	$637.60
1280	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60–65	63	2	186.00–198.25	$192.13	+60.13
70–75	73	2	231.00–273.75	$252.38	+77.38
85	85	2	229.50–314.50	$272.00	+97.00
95	95	1	299.25	$299.25	+124.25

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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
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
990	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
1020–1265	1143	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,275.00–1,300.00	$1,286.16	—
1185	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	±0.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
740	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	525.00	$525.00	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	1	137.75	$137.75	—
105	105	1	157.50	$157.50	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	127.50	$127.50	—
90	90	2	130.50	$130.50	—
130–140	135	2	188.50–203.00	$195.75	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	3	60.00–72.50	$65.83	-21.67
30–35	34	4	90.00–108.50	$102.13	+14.63
40	40	2	108.00–124.00	$116.00	+28.50
55	55	1	189.75	$189.75	+64.75
65	65	1	310.00	$310.00	+185.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	228.75	$228.75	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	292.00	$292.00	+92.00

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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.