WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 6, 2021

375 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.11/cwt +3.18 vs last sale · ≈ $563/hd at 436 lb · 19 head

heavy 4-weight M 2 heifers $111.91/cwt -5.42 vs last sale · ≈ $552/hd at 493 lb · 15 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $126.91/cwt +5.90 vs last sale · ≈ $732/hd at 577 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	375	319	256
Feeder cattle	281	233	193
Slaughter cattle	62	67	43
Replacement cattle	19	11	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

Baby calves 10.00 To 40.00 Head calves 150.00 To 190.00 Slaughter cattle 1.00 To 2.00 Higher Feeder cattle 3.00 To 5.00 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
215	215	1	138.00	$138.00	$297	—
298	298	2	157.50	$157.50	$469	—
305–340	327	3	153.00–155.00	$154.31	$505	+11.77
350–370	360	2	160.00–165.00	$162.57	$585	+14.90
400–440	424	4	148.00–157.00	$153.52	$651	+14.93
455–496	490	14	148.00–156.00	$151.48	$742	+4.97
532	532	2	144.00	$144.00	$766	+0.34
580–590	584	6	134.00–143.00	$136.67	$798	-6.11
600–620	610	3	133.00–142.00	$138.03	$842	+10.29
695	695	1	123.00	$123.00	$855	-6.39
705–730	718	2	108.00–118.00	$112.91	$811	—
785	785	1	120.00	$120.00	$942	—
830	830	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,058	—
1045	1045	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,191	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	137.50	$137.50	$406	—
315–320	318	2	122.00–133.00	$127.54	$406	—
350–360	355	2	145.00–150.00	$147.46	$523	+13.46
405–430	418	2	141.00–145.00	$142.94	$597	+13.34
472–495	480	3	133.00–144.00	$140.22	$673	—
510	510	1	129.00	$129.00	$658	-1.36
555	555	1	129.00	$129.00	$716	—
745	745	1	90.00	$90.00	$670	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	112.50	$112.50	$326	—
325	325	1	100.00	$100.00	$325	—
360–380	372	3	122.00–132.50	$127.79	$475	—
435	435	1	130.00	$130.00	$566	—
530 thin fleshed	530	1	70.00	$70.00	$371	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	73.00	$73.00	$391	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–265	258	2	115.00–120.00	$117.57	$303	—
310–340	328	4	120.00–131.00	$126.58	$415	—
360–395	379	4	130.00–141.00	$133.36	$505	+4.86
405–448	436	19	125.00–134.00	$129.11	$563	+3.18
450–490	478	11	124.00–133.00	$127.27	$608	+0.78
500–545	521	7	120.00–130.00	$124.11	$647	-1.38
550–594	577	15	123.00–132.50	$126.91	$732	+5.90
612–635	625	15	110.00–115.00	$113.10	$707	-3.71
665–680	673	2	95.00–105.00	$100.06	$673	-6.94
720	720	1	111.00	$111.00	$799	—
760	760	1	103.00	$103.00	$783	—
820–835	830	3	95.00–101.00	$99.02	$822	—
1030	1030	1	97.50	$97.50	$1,004	—
1065	1065	1	90.00	$90.00	$958	—
1200	1200	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,140	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	102.50	$102.50	$246	—
250–295	278	3	100.00	$100.00	$278	—
315–330	323	2	115.00–118.00	$116.47	$376	—
355–365	359	7	115.00–125.00	$119.83	$430	+0.48
400–445	431	7	112.50–122.00	$119.10	$513	+6.52
480–495	493	15	111.00–119.00	$111.91	$552	-5.42
505	505	1	118.00	$118.00	$596	+4.91
560–595	572	9	110.00–120.00	$117.09	$670	+7.74
617–640	623	4	103.00–108.00	$106.72	$665	+2.09
655	655	1	80.00	$80.00	$524	—
720	720	1	88.00	$88.00	$634	—
1215	1215	1	82.50	$82.50	$1,002	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	80.00	$80.00	$180	—
375–395	387	3	105.00–113.00	$109.29	$423	—
410	410	1	80.00	$80.00	$328	-24.21
445	445	1	70.00	$70.00	$312	-34.21
490	490	1	80.00	$80.00	$392	-24.59
505–525	515	2	104.00–105.00	$104.49	$538	+13.00
550–555	553	2	95.00–106.00	$100.52	$556	—
650	650	1	72.50	$72.50	$471	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 thin fleshed	250	1	30.00	$30.00	$75	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–445	442	5	125.00–130.00	$126.98	$561	-20.04
450–495	468	8	137.00–147.50	$142.98	$669	—
500–530	515	6	136.00–147.00	$139.17	$717	-1.98
550–580	566	4	125.00–133.00	$129.55	$733	-1.15
605–637	630	8	114.00–123.00	$121.54	$766	+1.30
685	685	1	115.00	$115.00	$788	—
710	710	3	108.00	$108.00	$767	+6.99
890	890	1	90.00	$90.00	$801	—
905	905	1	90.00	$90.00	$814	—
965–980	975	3	85.00–95.00	$91.70	$894	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–480	463	4	121.00–128.00	$124.22	$575	—
505–510	508	2	130.00–134.00	$132.01	$671	+0.34
555–560	557	3	115.00–120.00	$117.50	$654	—
610–630	618	3	103.00–110.00	$106.00	$655	+3.02

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	110.00	$110.00	$484	-7.75
475	475	1	111.00	$111.00	$527	—
520–535	527	3	115.00–122.50	$119.16	$628	-1.02
645	645	1	100.00	$100.00	$645	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	80.00	$80.00	$336	—
555	555	1	87.50	$87.50	$486	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1025	968	80-85%	2	24.00–30.00	$27.18	$263	—
1010–1315	1108	80-85%	5	39.00–48.00	$44.34	$491	—
910–1385	1143	80-85%	3	61.00–65.00	$63.27	$723	+10.78
910–1530	1163	80-85%	23	50.00–59.00	$53.96	$628	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1330	1308	75-80%	2	63.00	$63.00	$824	—
1195–1815	1437	75-80%	17	51.00–59.00	$55.93	$804	+1.77

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1180	1132	3	70.00–76.00	$73.31	$830	—
1000–1815	1366	5	80.00–87.00	$83.30	$1,138	—
1590–1940	1765	2	91.00–92.00	$91.45	$1,614	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1075	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	675.00–775.00	$728.88
925–1210	1068	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	460.00–750.00	$624.36
1085–1215	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	560.00–725.00	$647.16

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640–800	702	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	385.00–600.00	$486.47

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	140.00	$140.00	—
90	90	1	140.00	$140.00	—
100–110	105	2	130.00–160.00	$145.71	—

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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
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	+525.00
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
1140–1265	1201	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–1,025.00	$871.72	—
1265	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	710.00	$710.00	—
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	760.00	$760.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	61.00	$61.00	$250	—
540	540	1	53.00	$53.00	$286	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	88.00	$88.00	$312	—
1110	1110	1	67.00	$67.00	$744	—
1260	1260	1	75.00	$75.00	$945	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
180	180	1	145.00	$145.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	2	50.00–110.00	$80.00	+35.00
60	60	2	130.00–140.00	$135.00	+4.31
80	80	3	110.00	$110.00	-70.00
90	90	1	110.00	$110.00	-70.00

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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.