WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 25, 2021

371 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.85/cwt +0.76 vs last sale · ≈ $631/hd at 522 lb · 34 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $134.99/cwt -0.15 vs last sale · ≈ $706/hd at 523 lb · 12 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.53/cwt +0.15 vs last sale · ≈ $580/hd at 473 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	371	351	260
Feeder cattle	300	271	202
Slaughter cattle	60	63	54
Replacement cattle	11	7	4

Market comments — USDA reporter

Baby calves 40.00 To 60.00 Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle 3.00 To 5.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Heavy Quality Average

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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	147.50	$147.50	$258	—
230	230	1	126.00	$126.00	$290	—
275–295	285	3	135.00–142.50	$138.41	$394	-11.05
305–330	318	2	135.00–145.00	$140.20	$446	+4.44
330 value added	330	1	152.00	$152.00	$502	—
350–395	376	4	140.00–151.00	$146.34	$550	+0.45
415–445	432	8	140.00–146.00	$143.73	$621	-5.24
450–492	471	11	138.00–146.00	$141.50	$666	+5.50
515–540	528	5	135.00–142.00	$138.77	$733	-9.65
550–590	574	7	133.00–143.00	$136.65	$784	+7.51
605–649	627	11	122.00–133.00	$129.94	$815	—
650	650	1	125.00	$125.00	$812	—
700–706	705	9	119.00–123.00	$120.22	$848	-4.27
795	795	1	122.00	$122.00	$970	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	130.00	$130.00	$370	-6.01
335	335	1	130.00	$130.00	$436	—
355–380	364	6	130.00–139.00	$133.77	$487	+1.69
455–490	467	3	120.00–127.50	$124.25	$580	—
545	545	1	128.00	$128.00	$698	-5.27
565	565	1	112.00	$112.00	$633	—
740	740	1	110.00	$110.00	$814	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	110.00	$110.00	$368	—
360–395	384	4	122.00–127.00	$125.07	$480	+6.06
440	440	1	110.00	$110.00	$484	—
555	555	1	90.00	$90.00	$500	—
615	615	1	85.00	$85.00	$523	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	125.00	$125.00	$262	—
325–345	338	3	127.00–138.00	$132.56	$448	—
365–375	370	2	121.00–127.50	$124.21	$460	-1.90
400–435	418	7	120.00–131.00	$124.01	$518	-1.03
465–485	473	12	120.00–126.00	$122.53	$580	+0.15
500–545	522	34	115.00–125.00	$120.85	$631	+0.76
550–590	576	5	114.00–119.00	$115.96	$668	+0.58
600–635	619	5	109.00–110.00	$109.60	$678	+3.04
655–670	663	3	105.00–110.00	$108.33	$718	-3.03
725–730	728	2	105.00–106.00	$105.50	$768	—
770	770	2	111.00–114.00	$112.50	$866	+2.37
810–820	817	3	86.00–92.50	$89.49	$731	—
893	893	3	90.00	$90.00	$804	—
910	910	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,001	—
985	985	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,152	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	110.00	$110.00	$253	—
255–290	273	2	108.00–117.50	$112.44	$307	—
300–330	308	4	115.00–122.00	$116.88	$360	+6.88
390–395	393	2	110.00–115.00	$112.48	$442	—
435–445	440	3	110.00–116.00	$113.65	$500	+3.65
465–495	483	5	105.00–115.00	$110.84	$535	+0.84
500–530	515	8	108.00–117.00	$111.22	$573	+12.79
555–595	572	3	110.00–116.00	$113.68	$650	—
610–640	627	3	90.00–100.00	$94.24	$591	—
730–740	735	2	90.00	$90.00	$662	—
795	795	2	87.00–92.00	$89.50	$712	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285 thin fleshed	285	1	80.00	$80.00	$228	—
305	305	1	100.00	$100.00	$305	—
350 thin fleshed	350	1	85.00	$85.00	$298	—
400	400	1	100.00	$100.00	$400	—
450	450	1	70.00	$70.00	$315	—
453–485	466	5	90.00–100.00	$93.75	$437	—
530–545	538	2	100.00–104.00	$101.97	$549	—
575 thin fleshed	575	1	72.50	$72.50	$417	—
565–590	577	3	95.00–105.00	$100.03	$577	—
625	625	1	72.50	$72.50	$453	—
660	660	1	81.00	$81.00	$535	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435 thin fleshed	435	1	27.50	$27.50	$120	—
525	525	1	75.00	$75.00	$394	—
570	570	1	80.00	$80.00	$456	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	422	8	140.00–150.00	$144.99	$612	+12.86
465–485	476	5	137.50–142.00	$139.51	$664	+9.56
510–540	523	12	129.00–138.00	$134.99	$706	-0.15
555–560	558	3	116.00–125.00	$122.02	$681	+0.69
600–645	615	4	113.00–121.00	$117.06	$720	-2.69
655–690	671	4	113.00–121.00	$115.73	$777	-5.58
765	765	1	96.00	$96.00	$734	—
925	925	1	93.00	$93.00	$860	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	139.00	$139.00	$598	+18.49
480–485	483	3	131.00–139.00	$133.65	$646	+20.63
520–545	531	4	120.00	$120.00	$637	—
550–595	573	6	109.00–119.00	$111.68	$640	—
600–645	625	3	108.00–115.00	$110.67	$692	—
685	685	1	105.00	$105.00	$719	+2.50
710	710	2	85.00	$85.00	$604	-17.00
910–945	928	2	75.00–81.00	$77.94	$723	—
970	970	1	71.00	$71.00	$689	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–405	403	2	122.00–123.00	$122.50	$494	—
450	450	1	125.00	$125.00	$562	—
515–525	520	3	100.00–107.00	$103.98	$541	—
630	630	1	92.50	$92.50	$583	—
695	695	1	90.00	$90.00	$626	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	112.50	$112.50	$450	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–980	965	80-85%	2	32.00–35.00	$33.52	$323	—
915–1115	1008	80-85%	7	40.00–49.00	$44.30	$447	—
915–1460	1130	80-85%	20	50.00–59.00	$53.67	$606	-1.02
1070–1465	1221	80-85%	4	60.00–63.00	$61.56	$752	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355	1355	75-80%	1	48.00	$48.00	$650	-5.53
1265–1485	1394	75-80%	5	53.00–58.00	$55.11	$768	+1.58
1210–1615	1407	75-80%	3	60.00–64.00	$61.82	$870	-1.46

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795	795	85-90%	1	51.00	$51.00	$405	—
815	815	85-90%	1	28.00	$28.00	$228	-17.69
625–1020	829	85-90%	4	43.00–46.00	$44.41	$368	-1.28

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1300	1132	3	69.00–78.00	$74.46	$843	—
1235–2270	1513	7	80.00–89.00	$84.09	$1,272	—
1460–1775	1618	2	90.00–94.00	$92.19	$1,492	+4.82

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1105–1375	1193	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	585.00–1,050.00	$775.93
1325	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785	785	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	960.00	$960.00	+335.00
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	60.00	$60.00	$147	—
375 thin fleshed	375	1	30.00	$30.00	$112	—
520	520	1	40.00	$40.00	$208	—

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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.