WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 19, 2021

460 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $142.46/cwt +4.14 vs last sale · ≈ $601/hd at 422 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.59/cwt -3.74 vs last sale · ≈ $678/hd at 519 lb · 20 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $164.39/cwt +1.32 vs last sale · ≈ $617/hd at 375 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	460	365	313
Feeder cattle	314	232	251
Slaughter cattle	82	61	48
Replacement cattle	47	30	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Baby calves 30.00 To 110.00 Head calves 195.00 To 300.00 Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 4.00 Higher Feeder cattle 3.00 To 5.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Heavy Quality Average To Attractive

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–230	222	3	160.00–167.50	$163.40	$363	—
240 value added	240	1	175.00	$175.00	$420	—
300–340	318	4	156.00–165.00	$159.50	$507	±0.00
300–335 value added	318	2	178.00–184.00	$180.83	$575	+0.83
363–385 value added	366	7	171.00–172.50	$171.23	$627	—
350–395	381	11	155.00–165.00	$160.03	$610	-3.04
400–405	404	4	160.00–170.00	$163.39	$660	+6.98
450–485	470	18	152.00–160.00	$156.86	$737	-1.88
525–540	530	4	145.00–147.50	$146.36	$776	-2.39
550–595	581	10	136.00–146.00	$140.97	$819	-1.84
606–635	608	17	135.00–145.00	$141.42	$860	-1.59
675	675	1	133.00	$133.00	$898	-2.29
702–725	710	5	125.00–129.00	$127.59	$906	+1.59
755–780	768	2	115.00–122.00	$118.44	$910	-1.56
850	850	1	114.00	$114.00	$969	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	147.50	$147.50	$310	+15.00
285	285	1	140.00	$140.00	$399	—
315–340	328	2	150.00–152.00	$150.96	$495	-0.04
385–395	392	3	146.00–150.00	$147.98	$580	-7.02
410–435	429	4	150.00–157.00	$153.80	$660	—
475–499	494	10	137.50–149.00	$141.82	$701	+4.58
500	500	2	128.00–139.00	$133.50	$668	—
570–595	583	2	125.00–134.00	$129.60	$756	-5.65
640–645	643	2	125.00–130.00	$127.49	$820	-2.51

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	136.00–140.00	$138.00	$469	—
430–435	433	2	135.00–145.00	$140.03	$606	+27.53

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	85.00	$85.00	$225	—
390 thin fleshed	390	1	65.00	$65.00	$254	—
470	470	1	117.00	$117.00	$550	—
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185–195	190	2	137.50–142.50	$140.07	$266	—
265–285	273	3	133.00–142.50	$138.61	$378	+5.61
305–335	318	4	130.00–141.00	$136.85	$435	-2.61
350–395	379	8	135.00–146.00	$141.00	$534	+1.41
402–445	422	26	137.00–146.00	$142.46	$601	+4.14
455–480	466	10	135.00–146.00	$137.11	$639	-0.27
500–538	519	20	123.00–133.00	$130.59	$678	-3.74
550–585	571	5	124.00–130.00	$126.41	$722	-0.82
600–645	622	16	106.00–117.00	$111.59	$694	-7.04
655–695	675	5	109.00–113.00	$110.18	$744	-9.60
720–735	728	2	110.00–114.00	$112.02	$816	-4.47

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	125.00	$125.00	$294	—
310–325	318	2	117.50–125.00	$121.16	$385	—
350–395	373	5	122.50–132.00	$126.94	$473	-2.06
405–440	423	3	130.00–134.00	$132.14	$559	+9.93
450–495	473	6	122.50–134.00	$128.16	$606	+11.25
515–540	528	4	110.00–121.00	$117.00	$618	-3.00
550	550	1	115.00	$115.00	$632	-3.00
600	600	1	103.00	$103.00	$618	-7.00
770	770	1	80.00	$80.00	$616	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	120.00	$120.00	$492	—
455–460	458	2	110.00–115.00	$112.49	$515	—
625	625	1	85.00	$85.00	$531	+15.00

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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	420	3	150.00–151.00	$150.65	$633	-3.02
422 value added	422	3	162.00	$162.00	$684	—
450–495	466	10	144.00–155.00	$149.11	$695	+0.87
505–545	523	12	135.00–145.00	$139.39	$729	-4.04
555–595	573	7	130.00–140.00	$135.10	$774	-6.54
600–635	620	4	130.00–136.00	$132.51	$822	-9.16
650–695	676	4	115.00–119.00	$117.49	$794	-11.15
705–730	718	2	109.00–112.50	$110.72	$795	-5.02
760	760	1	103.00	$103.00	$783	-10.48
840	840	1	110.00	$110.00	$924	+14.00
915	915	1	93.00	$93.00	$851	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	142.00	$142.00	$604	+1.17
460–495	478	5	136.00–142.00	$139.22	$665	+3.84
565	565	1	126.00	$126.00	$712	-4.33
600	600	1	122.00	$122.00	$732	+10.97
765	765	1	108.00	$108.00	$826	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	108.00	$108.00	$648	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1255	1255	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060 value added	1060	80-85%	1	77.50	$77.50	$822	—
900–1465	1122	80-85%	28	52.00–64.00	$58.89	$661	—
1055–1245	1135	80-85%	3	39.00–49.00	$45.34	$515	—
905–1450	1167	80-85%	17	65.00–75.00	$67.52	$788	-0.26

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620–745	683	85-90%	2	20.00–35.00	$26.81	$183	—
725	725	85-90%	1	66.00	$66.00	$478	+19.67
775–845	815	85-90%	3	38.00–39.00	$38.68	$315	-15.33
740–880	818	85-90%	7	52.00–62.00	$56.78	$464	+2.77

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1890	1445	75-80%	7	66.00–71.00	$68.01	$983	+8.01
1410–1725	1528	75-80%	3	63.00–65.00	$64.38	$984	-4.84

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–2450	1534	4	77.00–88.00	$85.76	$1,316	—
1025–2205	1645	6	90.00–100.00	$93.46	$1,537	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1010	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	950.00–1,175.00	$1,029.74
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
960–1255	1121	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	650.00–1,150.00	$922.29
1140	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1065–1240	1144	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	600.00–1,075.00	$906.75
1165–1450	1308	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–1,010.00	$871.89
1370	1370	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–880	773	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00–900.00	$749.35
702–865	784	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	575.00–775.00	$659.68
815–863	851	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	700.00–850.00	$814.09
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
200	200	1	270.00	$270.00	+90.00

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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
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	—
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,135.00	$1,135.00	—
965–1175	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,300.00	$1,142.17	+33.62

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–800	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	775.00–825.00	$799.19	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	107.50	$107.50	$500	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	65.00	$65.00	$332	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	100.00	$100.00	+45.00
160	160	1	190.00	$190.00	+61.67

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	3	70.00–90.00	$83.33	—
30	30	1	80.00	$80.00	—
40–45	43	2	80.00–120.00	$100.00	—
50	50	1	135.00	$135.00	-12.50
65	65	2	140.00–160.00	$150.00	+2.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	190.00	$190.00	+62.50
80–85	83	2	145.00–190.00	$167.50	-47.50
90	90	1	135.00	$135.00	-80.00
100	100	1	215.00	$215.00	-23.33

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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.