WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report, Canton, NC

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 8, 2021

406 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.96/cwt -1.71 vs last sale · ≈ $512/hd at 427 lb · 11 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $116.48/cwt -6.82 vs last sale · ≈ $660/hd at 567 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	406	317	383
Feeder cattle	297	236	270
Slaughter cattle	76	43	52
Replacement cattle	15	15	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Baby calves 5.00 To 20.00 Head calves 95.00 Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle 3.00 To 7.00 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
180	180	1	127.50	$127.50	$230	—
250–265	258	2	130.00	$130.00	$335	—
320–325	323	2	142.50–152.50	$147.54	$477	+9.05
370–380	375	2	154.00–158.00	$156.03	$585	+10.62
400–435	423	4	146.00–158.00	$151.66	$642	+7.29
450–495	470	3	138.00–147.50	$142.54	$670	+3.97
525	525	1	126.00	$126.00	$662	-5.61
575	575	1	139.00	$139.00	$799	+3.65
625	625	2	135.00	$135.00	$844	+6.24
655–682	675	4	120.00–129.00	$126.82	$856	-1.19
715	715	1	126.00	$126.00	$901	—
795	795	1	120.00	$120.00	$954	—
840–845	843	2	116.00–123.00	$119.51	$1,007	+1.51
945	945	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,134	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	130.00	$130.00	$410	—
350–390	376	5	125.00–132.00	$127.71	$480	-0.82
425–430	428	2	132.00–140.00	$136.02	$582	—
665	665	2	108.00–110.00	$109.00	$725	—
780	780	1	108.00	$108.00	$842	-13.00
840	840	1	80.00	$80.00	$672	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	100.00	$100.00	$215	—
265	265	1	110.00	$110.00	$292	—
300–345	323	2	93.00–99.00	$96.21	$311	—
355–395	375	2	110.00–120.00	$115.27	$432	—
498	498	1	99.00	$99.00	$493	-15.43
960	960	1	66.00	$66.00	$634	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	40.00	$40.00	$96	—
255	255	1	40.00	$40.00	$102	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	270	4	110.00–120.00	$113.20	$306	—
305–345	326	4	122.50–134.00	$127.92	$417	—
350–395	381	7	120.00–127.50	$122.92	$468	-1.00
400–445	427	11	117.50–124.00	$119.96	$512	-1.71
455–495	474	5	113.00–122.00	$116.36	$552	+0.92
500–545	521	8	110.00–120.00	$115.45	$601	-2.43
555–595	567	10	112.50–120.00	$116.48	$660	+0.24
600–643	633	9	112.00–122.00	$114.41	$724	+1.54
660–680	675	5	105.00–115.00	$112.61	$760	+5.74
708–735	721	7	96.00–105.00	$102.75	$741	-6.24
750	750	1	95.00	$95.00	$712	-16.66
820–825	823	2	97.00–100.00	$98.50	$811	—
878	878	2	95.00	$95.00	$834	—
912	912	2	96.00	$96.00	$876	—
990	990	1	80.00	$80.00	$792	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–275	269	5	100.00–108.00	$105.72	$284	+7.07
320–345	333	4	110.00–120.00	$113.92	$379	-8.34
355–395	377	5	102.50–110.00	$106.85	$403	-6.18
415–435	423	4	105.00–115.00	$109.80	$464	-1.71
450–490	473	6	110.00–115.00	$110.84	$524	+9.88
520–545	530	6	100.00–110.00	$105.30	$558	-3.69
560–595	579	6	103.00–109.00	$105.73	$612	-3.31
645	645	2	102.50–111.00	$106.75	$689	—
660–690	678	4	95.00–103.00	$98.70	$669	—
730–745	738	3	70.00–80.00	$76.66	$566	-18.34

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155	155	1	80.00	$80.00	$124	—
245	245	1	60.00	$60.00	$147	—
310	310	1	103.00	$103.00	$319	—
320 thin fleshed	320	1	90.00	$90.00	$288	—
385	385	1	95.00	$95.00	$366	—
450–490	467	5	96.00–102.50	$99.08	$463	—
515	515	1	90.00	$90.00	$464	—
550	550	1	85.00	$85.00	$468	—
610 thin fleshed	610	1	62.50	$62.50	$381	—
610–645	625	3	90.00–92.00	$91.02	$569	—
725	725	1	89.00	$89.00	$645	—
735	735	1	52.50	$52.50	$386	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	100.00	$100.00	$175	—
250–265	258	2	70.00–75.00	$72.57	$187	—
275 thin fleshed	275	1	55.00	$55.00	$151	—
415 thin fleshed	415	1	47.50	$47.50	$197	—
420	420	1	60.00	$60.00	$252	—
565	565	1	60.00	$60.00	$339	—
650	650	1	74.00	$74.00	$481	—
660 thin fleshed	660	1	30.00	$30.00	$198	—

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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 value added	410	1	154.00	$154.00	$631	—
400–430	416	4	139.00–146.00	$142.47	$593	—
450–490	476	7	131.00–141.00	$135.14	$643	+3.90
505–545	531	7	125.00–135.00	$129.37	$687	+1.49
555–570	563	3	120.00–128.00	$123.98	$698	-2.60
600–645	625	6	107.50–117.00	$110.11	$688	-9.30
655–690	669	6	100.00–109.00	$106.62	$713	—
700–720	710	2	102.00–105.00	$103.52	$735	+6.06
755–795	773	3	88.00–94.00	$90.68	$701	—
850–890	864	4	84.00–95.00	$88.33	$763	—
910–925	921	4	85.00–96.00	$93.28	$859	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–420	410	5	122.00–125.00	$124.41	$510	+9.38
450–495	478	3	120.00–129.00	$124.55	$595	+4.55
500–515	509	4	115.00–123.00	$119.74	$609	+3.54
560–595	578	2	108.00–113.00	$110.58	$639	—
615–640	628	4	93.00–102.50	$98.85	$621	—
665–695	680	2	97.00–107.00	$101.89	$693	—
705–745	722	3	90.00–93.00	$91.32	$659	—
750	750	1	87.00	$87.00	$652	—
865–890	878	2	83.00	$83.00	$729	—
910	910	1	81.00	$81.00	$737	—
960	960	1	77.00	$77.00	$739	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	412	3	112.00–113.00	$112.35	$463	—
430 thin fleshed	430	1	107.00	$107.00	$460	—
455–470	463	4	110.00–111.00	$110.25	$510	—
505 thin fleshed	505	1	65.00	$65.00	$328	—
585–595	592	3	82.00–90.00	$87.32	$517	—
615–645	628	3	80.00–90.00	$86.58	$544	—
690	690	1	85.00	$85.00	$586	—
735 thin fleshed	735	1	69.00	$69.00	$507	—
810	810	1	60.00	$60.00	$486	—
850	850	1	70.00	$70.00	$595	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365 thin fleshed	365	1	62.50	$62.50	$228	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935 value added	935	80-85%	1	72.50	$72.50	$678	—
950	950	80-85%	1	38.00	$38.00	$361	—
915–1230	1073	80-85%	2	60.00–67.50	$63.20	$678	—
960–1375	1111	80-85%	9	41.00–48.00	$45.12	$501	—
900–1360	1153	80-85%	17	50.00–58.00	$53.78	$620	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1525	1408	75-80%	2	60.00–61.00	$60.54	$852	—
1285–1825	1470	75-80%	17	50.00–59.00	$53.93	$793	-7.09

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625–885	766	85-90%	6	23.00–35.00	$31.34	$240	—
770–815	793	85-90%	3	39.00–45.00	$41.97	$333	—
880	880	85-90%	1	50.00	$50.00	$440	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1945	1365	4	71.00–78.00	$75.70	$1,033	—
1230–1970	1567	9	80.00–88.00	$83.72	$1,312	—
1175–2020	1701	4	90.00–93.00	$91.68	$1,559	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1065	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	650.00–785.00	$716.54
1040–1065	1053	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	610.00–650.00	$630.24
965–1245	1136	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	535.00–725.00	$631.96

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	120.00	$120.00	-10.88
200	200	1	140.00	$140.00	—
325	325	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
740–810	763	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	575.00–735.00	$631.59	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	-50.00
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	-50.00
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	-200.78

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	1	95.00	$95.00	$746	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	52.50–87.50	$70.00	$214	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	55.00	$55.00	-55.00
100–130	118	3	80.00–147.50	$115.99	-4.01
150–160	155	2	95.00–147.50	$120.40	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	3	135.00–160.00	$145.00	+51.67
70	70	1	127.50	$127.50	+34.17
85	85	1	127.50	$127.50	+22.50
90	90	1	140.00	$140.00	+35.00
100	100	1	170.00	$170.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	80.00	$80.00	—
250	250	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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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.