WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 26, 2021

304 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.80/cwt ≈ $619/hd at 466 lb · 15 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.39/cwt ≈ $688/hd at 567 lb · 13 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $148.56/cwt ≈ $617/hd at 415 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	304	158	231
Feeder cattle	201	—	181
Slaughter cattle	49	—	34
Replacement cattle	12	—	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average to attractive. Baby calves ranged 20.00 to 130.00 per head; "by the head" calves were 200.00 to 450.00 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
200	200	1	157.50	$157.50	$315	—
285–290	286	4	155.00–166.00	$160.23	$458	—
305–335	318	8	152.00–158.00	$154.05	$490	—
335 value added	335	1	180.00	$180.00	$603	—
355–385	370	2	153.00–157.00	$154.92	$573	—
408 value added	408	2	175.00	$175.00	$714	—
410	410	1	154.00	$154.00	$631	—
472–475	473	5	165.00–169.00	$167.39	$792	—
500	500	1	149.00	$149.00	$745	—
560–585	573	3	116.00–124.00	$120.02	$688	—
575 value added	575	1	139.00	$139.00	$799	—
615–625	620	2	126.00–138.00	$132.05	$819	—
650–655	653	2	127.50–130.00	$128.75	$841	—
730–740	735	2	118.00–120.00	$118.99	$875	—
760–775	768	2	109.00–115.00	$111.97	$860	—
825	825	1	85.00	$85.00	$701	—
855	855	1	102.00	$102.00	$872	—
905–940	922	3	100.00–108.00	$105.00	$968	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	285	2	145.00–153.00	$148.93	$424	—
300–330	317	3	130.00–135.00	$133.42	$423	—
375	375	1	137.00	$137.00	$514	—
420	420	1	137.50	$137.50	$578	—
480–492	489	8	152.00–158.00	$153.47	$750	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	118.00	$118.00	$472	—
525	525	1	115.00	$115.00	$604	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1485	1485	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,292	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	115.00	$115.00	$242	—

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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	185	1	130.00	$130.00	$240	—
220–245	233	2	130.00–132.00	$130.95	$305	—
250–295	278	6	125.00–134.00	$128.16	$356	—
300–335	318	6	130.00–140.00	$135.54	$431	—
335 value added	335	2	142.00–145.00	$143.50	$481	—
355 value added	355	1	142.00	$142.00	$504	—
355–390	381	9	133.00–139.00	$134.05	$511	—
425–445	435	2	132.00–143.00	$137.37	$598	—
465 value added	465	1	146.00	$146.00	$679	—
450–495	466	14	126.00–136.00	$131.86	$614	—
510–545	531	9	120.00–127.00	$123.00	$653	—
550–595	567	13	113.00–124.00	$121.39	$688	—
610–640	623	8	110.00–117.50	$114.35	$712	—
655–660	658	2	109.00–113.00	$110.99	$730	—
700–740	723	5	99.00–104.00	$101.51	$734	—
760–765	762	3	91.00–97.00	$93.01	$709	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	333	2	125.00–128.00	$126.49	$421	—
430	430	1	117.50	$117.50	$505	—
535	535	1	113.00	$113.00	$605	—
560–590	582	5	110.00–112.50	$110.99	$646	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	111.00	$111.00	$355	—
415–438	428	4	91.00–100.00	$95.23	$408	—
720	720	1	70.00	$70.00	$504	—
795 thin fleshed	795	1	54.00	$54.00	$429	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	81.00	$81.00	$470	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406–430	415	10	144.00–150.00	$148.56	$617	—
510–540	531	4	135.00–143.00	$139.99	$743	—
575–590	582	3	123.00–133.00	$126.30	$735	—
601–635	610	6	115.00–119.00	$117.63	$718	—
615 value added	615	1	126.00	$126.00	$775	—
660–675	668	2	120.00–122.00	$120.99	$808	—
735	735	1	108.00	$108.00	$794	—
805–835	820	2	97.50–100.00	$98.73	$810	—
860–890	878	3	90.00–95.00	$92.99	$816	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–410	408	2	127.50–133.00	$130.27	$532	—
490	490	1	105.00	$105.00	$514	—
505	505	1	130.00	$130.00	$656	—
580	580	1	118.00	$118.00	$684	—
815	815	1	82.00	$82.00	$668	—
860	860	1	89.00	$89.00	$765	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	1	70.00	$70.00	$525	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1150	993	80-85%	8	55.00–65.00	$60.55	$601	—
1045–1085	1065	80-85%	2	66.00	$66.00	$703	—
1025–1180	1113	80-85%	3	43.00–52.00	$46.79	$521	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585–880	720	85-90%	5	25.00–31.00	$28.48	$205	—
745–850	798	85-90%	2	46.00–59.00	$52.07	$416	—
795–880	828	85-90%	3	75.00–80.00	$78.02	$646	—
875 value added	875	85-90%	1	95.00	$95.00	$831	—
895	895	85-90%	1	43.00	$43.00	$385	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1565	1433	75-80%	4	66.00–73.00	$70.39	$1,009	—
1245–1715	1448	75-80%	8	57.00–65.00	$63.27	$916	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1580	1403	2	78.00	$78.00	$1,094	—
1135–2290	1774	4	81.00–89.00	$85.91	$1,524	—
1420–2010	1837	5	90.00–98.00	$93.47	$1,717	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
900–1075	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–910.00	$814.30
940–1070	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	925.00–975.00	$951.62
1225–1360	1293	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–975.00	$892.07

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
180	180	1	270.00	$270.00	+30.00
200	200	2	200.00–290.00	$245.00	-115.00

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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
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	660.00–675.00	$667.50	—
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
180	180	1	290.00	$290.00	—
210	210	1	135.00	$135.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	23	2	60.00	$60.00	-55.00
30–35	33	5	70.00–97.50	$83.00	+14.14
40–45	43	10	70.00–145.00	$117.00	-23.71
50–55	53	7	110.00–167.50	$137.14	-9.53
60–65	63	7	127.50–192.50	$158.36	+3.36
75	75	1	172.50	$172.50	+70.00
80	80	3	127.50–210.00	$179.17	+49.17

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	160.00	$160.00	-28.75
100	100	1	157.50	$157.50	-32.50

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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.