WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 19, 2021

328 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.01/cwt +1.76 vs last sale · ≈ $675/hd at 523 lb · 16 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $141.84/cwt +0.45 vs last sale · ≈ $831/hd at 586 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.00/cwt +0.80 vs last sale · ≈ $623/hd at 487 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	328	444	236
Feeder cattle	238	256	153
Slaughter cattle	49	69	44
Replacement cattle	11	34	13

Market comments — USDA reporter

Baby calves 25.00 To 65.00 Head calves 155.00 To 320.00 Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle 4.00 To 8.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Moderate 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
140	140	1	140.00	$140.00	$196	—
185	185	1	130.00	$130.00	$240	—
275–295	283	3	170.00–175.00	$171.65	$486	+35.25
320–335	328	2	160.00–167.50	$163.66	$537	+29.31
350–395	379	11	142.00–153.00	$147.21	$558	+2.69
400–445	420	5	150.00–159.00	$153.18	$643	+10.76
450–480	461	5	145.00–155.00	$150.10	$692	—
505–545	526	4	137.00–148.00	$142.98	$752	±0.00
580–588	586	13	137.00–146.00	$141.84	$831	+0.45
604–640	617	11	136.00–140.00	$138.25	$853	+2.62
666–692	680	12	130.00–138.50	$134.89	$917	—
710	710	1	123.00	$123.00	$873	-8.54
785	785	1	120.00	$120.00	$942	—
965	965	3	111.50	$111.50	$1,076	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	120.00	$120.00	$246	—
250	250	1	137.50	$137.50	$344	+15.02
320–345	333	2	125.00–135.00	$129.81	$432	—
405–410	408	2	136.00–138.00	$137.01	$559	+14.01
455–495	479	5	135.00–144.00	$141.10	$676	—
510–525	517	3	133.00–136.00	$134.33	$694	—
565–580	573	2	124.00–131.00	$127.45	$730	—
627	627	3	126.00	$126.00	$790	—
730	730	1	107.00	$107.00	$781	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	120.00	$120.00	$414	—
615	615	1	114.00	$114.00	$701	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1480	1480	1	70.00	$70.00	$1,036	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	72.50	$72.50	$301	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	333	2	141.00–144.00	$142.47	$474	+12.47
365–390	379	6	129.00–136.00	$133.13	$505	+7.12
400–445	424	9	127.00–134.00	$130.25	$552	+2.86
465–495	487	12	125.00–133.00	$128.00	$623	+0.80
500–546	523	16	125.00–133.00	$129.01	$675	+1.76
550–590	572	12	120.00–130.00	$124.69	$713	+3.52
600–640	618	12	110.00–120.00	$117.17	$724	+2.61
657–660	658	8	117.00–126.00	$120.87	$795	+14.00
715–738	730	3	105.00–113.00	$110.39	$806	+4.13
760 value added	760	2	125.00	$125.00	$950	—
885	885	1	95.00	$95.00	$841	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	333	2	120.00–127.50	$123.83	$412	—
410	410	1	120.00	$120.00	$492	+2.37
450–485	468	3	105.00–110.00	$107.95	$505	-12.38
515–525	520	2	120.00–122.00	$121.01	$629	+2.84
550–585	568	2	116.00–117.50	$116.77	$663	+2.24
642	642	3	107.00	$107.00	$687	—
775	775	1	103.00	$103.00	$798	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	102.50	$102.50	$364	—
525 thin fleshed	525	1	105.00	$105.00	$551	—
555	555	1	105.00	$105.00	$583	—
750	750	1	80.00	$80.00	$600	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500 thin fleshed	500	1	60.00	$60.00	$300	—
610 thin fleshed	610	1	65.00	$65.00	$396	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	424	4	142.50–150.00	$147.30	$625	+6.10
460–480	470	3	137.50–148.00	$143.85	$676	+12.83
510–530	522	5	130.00–139.00	$134.13	$700	+8.75
585	585	1	131.00	$131.00	$766	+8.45
600–605	602	3	120.00–129.00	$125.65	$756	+6.66
655	655	1	122.50	$122.50	$802	+12.84
735	735	1	110.00	$110.00	$808	-0.50
804–830	820	3	100.00–107.50	$104.15	$854	—
875	875	1	103.00	$103.00	$901	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	120.00	$120.00	$504	-7.02
485–490	488	3	117.50–128.00	$124.36	$607	+1.21
505–545	520	3	120.00–126.00	$122.75	$638	+0.90
605–635	622	3	115.00–116.00	$115.34	$717	+4.60
665–672	670	3	107.50–111.00	$108.66	$728	—
850	850	1	89.00	$89.00	$756	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	100.00	$100.00	$450	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1655	1407	75-80%	10	69.00–76.00	$72.03	$1,013	—
1255–1650	1410	75-80%	7	62.00–68.00	$64.60	$911	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915	915	80-85%	1	39.00	$39.00	$357	—
1050	1050	80-85%	1	51.00	$51.00	$536	—
1005–1275	1139	80-85%	9	60.00–68.00	$64.28	$732	-5.39
1250–1415	1305	80-85%	3	68.00–73.00	$69.92	$912	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–785	728	85-90%	2	35.00–38.00	$36.38	$265	—
815	815	85-90%	1	56.00	$56.00	$456	-1.96
785–865	825	85-90%	2	52.00–54.00	$52.95	$437	-5.01
805–865	835	85-90%	2	70.00–73.00	$71.55	$597	+13.59

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	1	80.00	$80.00	$904	—
1100–2465	1580	4	82.00–88.00	$84.66	$1,338	—
1415–2060	1658	5	96.00–101.00	$99.22	$1,645	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–960	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00–800.00	$787.30
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1045–1295	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	700.00–875.00	$792.27
1370	1370	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	220.00	$220.00	+57.50
200	200	1	320.00	$320.00	+80.00
250–260	255	2	290.00–350.00	$320.00	-20.00

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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
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	+192.96
1130	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	+200.00

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	80.00	$80.00	$364	—
780	780	1	61.00	$61.00	$476	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	2	120.00	$120.00	—
50	50	4	130.00–135.00	$133.75	—
80	80	1	50.00	$50.00	—
100	100	6	87.50–90.00	$89.58	—
150–175	163	2	50.00–85.00	$67.50	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	2	75.00	$75.00	+15.00
80	80	3	125.00–155.00	$135.00	-20.83

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110	110	1	120.00	$120.00	-75.00
175–195	183	3	170.00–215.00	$200.00	-7.86
200	200	2	200.00–220.00	$210.00	-45.00

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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.