WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 3, 2021

325 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.10/cwt -6.27 vs last sale · ≈ $552/hd at 421 lb · 23 head

light 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $150.66/cwt -6.27 vs last sale · ≈ $488/hd at 324 lb · 10 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $146.07/cwt -21.93 vs last sale · ≈ $622/hd at 426 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	325	304	295
Feeder cattle	240	201	248
Slaughter cattle	55	49	36
Replacement cattle	20	12	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was good at lower prices; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was attractive. Baby calves ranged 10.00 to 50.00 per head; "by the head" calves were 210.00 to 320.00.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150–165	158	2	140.00–150.00	$144.76	$229	—
240	240	1	150.00	$150.00	$360	—
270	270	1	142.50	$142.50	$385	-17.73
305–335	324	10	145.00–154.00	$150.66	$488	-3.39
365–388	377	9	149.00–155.00	$153.81	$580	-1.11
402–445	426	10	140.00–150.00	$146.07	$622	-7.93
450–455	453	7	142.50–150.00	$145.49	$659	-21.90
505–545	516	4	130.00–141.00	$136.65	$705	-12.35
575–590	584	5	134.00–136.00	$135.21	$790	+15.19
620–625	624	8	126.00–135.00	$127.12	$793	-4.93
650–685	674	4	123.00–127.00	$124.50	$839	-4.25
700–728	720	6	117.00–128.00	$120.06	$864	+1.07
755–765	760	2	115.00	$115.00	$874	+3.03
945	945	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,049	+6.00
1130	1130	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,186	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	137.50	$137.50	$302	—
310	310	1	115.00	$115.00	$356	-18.42
365	365	2	133.00–140.00	$136.50	$498	-0.50
435	435	1	135.00	$135.00	$587	-2.50
460–495	486	4	128.00–137.00	$131.15	$637	-22.32
530	530	1	120.00	$120.00	$636	—
615	615	1	122.50	$122.50	$753	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	330	2	80.00–92.50	$86.16	$284	—
365	365	1	127.50	$127.50	$465	—
405–425	413	3	112.00–122.00	$118.01	$487	+0.01
465–480	473	3	110.00–120.00	$115.62	$547	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035	1035	1	68.00	$68.00	$704	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	110.00	$110.00	$253	-5.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–205	203	2	130.00–131.00	$130.51	$265	-0.44
255–295	284	4	125.00–127.50	$126.17	$358	-1.99
300–328	313	5	127.50–135.00	$131.38	$411	-4.16
355–390	374	6	126.00–133.00	$130.42	$488	-3.63
400–445	421	23	126.00–137.00	$131.10	$552	-6.27
455–495	475	7	120.00–130.00	$124.48	$591	-7.38
500–530	514	6	121.00–128.00	$123.99	$637	+0.99
560–595	576	8	115.00–121.00	$117.33	$676	-4.06
620–645	633	3	105.00–106.00	$105.34	$667	-9.01
690	690	3	116.50	$116.50	$804	+5.51
725	725	3	120.00	$120.00	$870	+18.49
818	818	7	120.50	$120.50	$986	—
890	890	1	79.00	$79.00	$703	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	120.00	$120.00	$276	—
270–280	275	2	115.00	$115.00	$316	—
295 thin fleshed	295	1	117.50	$117.50	$347	—
325	325	1	110.00	$110.00	$358	-16.49
360–385	373	2	110.00–119.00	$114.65	$428	—
415–440	433	4	117.50–125.00	$120.67	$523	+3.17
475	475	1	116.00	$116.00	$551	—
505–542	530	9	113.00–117.00	$115.98	$615	+2.98
655	655	1	80.00	$80.00	$524	—
665–680	673	2	100.00–103.00	$101.52	$683	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	85.00	$85.00	$340	-10.23
480	480	1	95.00	$95.00	$456	—
500	500	1	105.00	$105.00	$525	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	90.00	$90.00	$284	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–420	410	2	135.00–144.00	$139.61	$572	-8.95
450–477	467	5	135.00–144.00	$141.48	$661	—
500–545	520	7	126.00–135.00	$131.13	$682	-8.86
575	575	1	124.00	$124.00	$713	-2.30
605–645	619	4	117.50–126.00	$121.79	$754	+4.16
680	680	1	107.50	$107.50	$731	-13.49
700–720	714	4	100.00–110.00	$106.97	$764	-1.03
750–795	773	2	95.00–105.00	$99.85	$772	—
805–825	815	2	91.00–100.00	$95.56	$779	-3.17
955	955	1	97.50	$97.50	$931	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–425	415	2	125.00–126.00	$125.49	$521	-4.78
465–485	475	2	125.00–134.00	$129.59	$616	+24.59
520	520	1	120.00	$120.00	$624	-10.00
565	565	2	105.00–117.50	$111.25	$629	-6.75
625	625	1	102.50	$102.50	$641	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–945	935	80-85%	2	35.00–40.00	$37.53	$351	—
995–1140	1073	80-85%	3	52.00–54.00	$53.03	$569	-12.97
980–1205	1116	80-85%	10	65.00–70.00	$67.69	$755	+20.90
955–1260	1130	80-85%	12	54.00–64.00	$58.77	$664	+11.98

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1325	1270	75-80%	4	65.00–68.00	$66.24	$841	—
1155–1860	1459	75-80%	8	60.00–64.00	$62.15	$907	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	85-90%	1	34.00	$34.00	$260	-18.07
780–860 value added	823	85-90%	4	80.00–90.00	$84.09	$692	—
850–895	873	85-90%	2	52.00–59.00	$55.41	$484	+12.41

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400	1400	1	71.00	$71.00	$994	-7.00
1355–1915	1635	2	83.00–85.00	$84.17	$1,376	—
1765–2070	1921	4	88.00–98.00	$92.94	$1,785	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1360	1148	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	700.00–910.00	$803.65

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

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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
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
1015–1175	1081	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,375.00	$1,214.71	+339.71
945–1310	1123	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	675.00–1,050.00	$900.58	—
1185–1475	1283	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,353.70	+78.70

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	100.00	$100.00	$360	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030	1030	1	59.00	$59.00	$608	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	95.00	$95.00	-22.00
80	80	1	120.00	$120.00	-59.17
95	95	1	175.00	$175.00	-4.17
100–105	103	2	175.00–195.00	$185.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–145	128	3	160.00–210.00	$181.67	—
150	150	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	1	330.00	$330.00	—

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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.