WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 21, 2022

330 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M 2 bulls $138.86/cwt +0.40 vs last sale · ≈ $663/hd at 478 lb · 10 head

heavy 4-weight M 2 heifers $128.80/cwt +13.80 vs last sale · ≈ $625/hd at 486 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	330	126	179
Feeder cattle	255	71	126
Slaughter cattle	56	53	28
Replacement cattle	14	2	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 higher, boning type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 higher, and slaughter bulls were 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was 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
245	245	3	187.50–200.00	$192.50	$472	—
250	250	1	175.00	$175.00	$438	+26.00
255–290	275	3	180.00–187.50	$182.32	$501	+33.32
270–285 fancy	278	2	195.00–197.50	$196.22	$545	—
300 fancy	300	1	202.50	$202.50	$608	—
325	325	1	150.00	$150.00	$488	+4.00
315–340	327	3	170.00–182.50	$175.11	$573	+29.11
365 fancy	365	1	185.00	$185.00	$675	—
370–385	378	2	158.00–159.00	$158.49	$599	-12.09
385–395	389	4	163.00–175.00	$171.03	$665	+0.45
410–425	418	2	152.50–155.00	$153.73	$643	-8.27
425 fancy	425	1	186.00	$186.00	$790	—
420–435	428	2	170.00–176.00	$172.95	$740	+10.95
450	450	1	162.50	$162.50	$731	+5.03
450–465	456	5	167.00–177.00	$173.37	$791	+15.90
500–535	518	2	155.00–166.00	$160.69	$832	+0.52
580	580	1	165.00	$165.00	$957	+7.00
605	605	1	159.00	$159.00	$962	—
655	655	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,028	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
239	239	1	143.00	$143.00	$342	+15.67
335	335	1	135.00	$135.00	$452	—
365	365	1	142.00	$142.00	$518	-1.00
585	585	1	140.00	$140.00	$819	—
600	600	1	125.00	$125.00	$750	—
660	660	1	123.00	$123.00	$812	—
735	735	1	130.00	$130.00	$956	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	111.00	$111.00	$566	—
725	725	1	112.00	$112.00	$812	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	105.00	$105.00	$483	—
765	765	1	82.00	$82.00	$627	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	142.50–145.00	$143.76	$342	—
335–340	338	2	142.50–150.00	$146.22	$494	+11.22
395	395	2	146.00–150.00	$148.00	$585	+5.51
410–445	428	8	140.00–150.00	$145.59	$623	+8.57
455–490	475	6	140.00–147.00	$143.50	$682	-3.07
505–520	513	9	135.00–145.00	$142.56	$731	+4.62
550–588	572	6	130.00–137.00	$133.32	$763	-5.99
610 fancy	610	1	143.00	$143.00	$872	—
655 fancy	655	1	142.00	$142.00	$930	—
675	675	8	130.00	$130.00	$878	+20.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	130.00	$130.00	$306	—
265 fancy	265	1	138.00	$138.00	$366	—
260–290	273	3	125.00–130.00	$127.53	$348	+22.53
305–335	328	5	130.00–137.00	$133.55	$438	+19.55
365 fancy	365	1	139.00	$139.00	$507	—
380–390	385	3	125.00–132.50	$129.15	$497	+11.13
410–445	425	3	130.00–139.00	$135.34	$575	+25.34
455–495	479	4	120.00–122.00	$120.98	$579	+5.98
485–495	488	3	127.50–135.00	$130.03	$635	+15.03
490–495 fancy	492	3	137.50–139.00	$138.00	$679	—
505–545	528	5	127.50–132.50	$130.47	$689	+15.47
545	545	1	122.50	$122.50	$668	—
550–585	570	3	125.00–129.00	$127.14	$725	+0.14
605–615	610	2	123.00–125.00	$123.99	$756	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	380	2	100.00–105.00	$102.60	$390	—
485	485	1	104.00	$104.00	$504	—
495	495	1	95.00	$95.00	$470	—
510	510	1	95.00	$95.00	$484	—
550–570	560	2	105.00–109.00	$107.04	$599	—
610 thin fleshed	610	1	77.50	$77.50	$473	—
620–630	627	3	100.00–107.50	$104.15	$653	—
670 thin fleshed	670	1	50.00	$50.00	$335	—
720	720	1	105.00	$105.00	$756	—
715–745	730	2	82.50–95.00	$88.88	$649	—
770	770	1	87.00	$87.00	$670	—
780	780	1	109.00	$109.00	$850	—
805	805	4	104.00	$104.00	$837	—
800–825	813	2	89.00–90.00	$89.51	$728	—
850	850	1	102.00	$102.00	$867	—
860	860	1	84.00	$84.00	$722	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–435	430	2	112.00–115.00	$113.48	$488	—
450	450	1	115.00	$115.00	$518	—
590	590	1	117.50	$117.50	$693	—
620–635	628	2	115.00	$115.00	$722	—
640 thin fleshed	640	1	102.00	$102.00	$653	—
660–695	679	4	114.00–115.00	$114.74	$779	—
780	780	1	113.00	$113.00	$881	—
995	995	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,045	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	415	3	135.00–145.00	$140.65	$584	+11.65
460–470	465	2	130.00	$130.00	$604	-8.46
465–495	478	6	134.00–143.00	$138.93	$664	+0.47
490 fancy	490	2	147.50	$147.50	$723	—
510–545	523	6	130.00–138.00	$135.33	$708	+3.91
510–535 fancy	523	2	143.00–147.00	$144.95	$758	—
525	525	1	120.00	$120.00	$630	-11.42
550–590	570	2	130.00–136.00	$132.89	$757	—
605 fancy	605	1	142.00	$142.00	$859	—
600–630	618	5	132.50–140.00	$135.02	$834	—
640	640	1	126.00	$126.00	$806	—
655 fancy	655	2	139.00–140.00	$139.50	$914	—
650–690	675	5	123.00–128.00	$126.21	$852	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440 fancy	420	3	165.00–172.00	$167.58	$704	—
410–440	431	5	150.00–160.00	$154.23	$665	+11.22
470 fancy	470	1	174.00	$174.00	$818	—
470–498	488	7	150.00–162.00	$156.86	$765	+2.67
500–535	523	8	150.00–161.00	$153.73	$804	+1.73
550 fancy	550	1	163.00	$163.00	$896	—
550–570	563	5	152.50–155.00	$153.30	$863	+5.96
610	610	1	153.00	$153.00	$933	+17.52

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	1	105.00	$105.00	$735	—
780	780	1	108.00	$108.00	$842	—
825	825	1	99.00	$99.00	$817	—
880 thin fleshed	880	1	79.00	$79.00	$695	—
905–935	920	2	87.00–92.00	$89.46	$823	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715	715	1	113.00	$113.00	$808	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1195	1032	80-85%	3	63.00–67.00	$64.85	$669	+33.53
900–1350	1117	80-85%	6	75.00–81.00	$77.57	$866	—
1025–1335	1174	80-85%	8	87.00–96.00	$92.15	$1,082	+15.31

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1665	1399	75-80%	9	89.00–97.00	$93.18	$1,304	+4.87
1235–1550	1404	75-80%	6	83.00–88.00	$86.36	$1,212	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880	880	85-90%	1	52.00	$52.00	$458	-18.02

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1010	990	2	83.00–91.00	$87.08	$862	—
1080–1440	1317	5	99.00–108.00	$103.84	$1,368	+5.79
1645–2165	1906	6	113.00–123.00	$118.37	$2,256	—

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–880	798	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00	$500.00
880–905	893	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	570.00–635.00	$602.96
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1210	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,235.00	$1,235.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
715	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
850–900	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00–1,225.00	$1,212.86	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	107.50	$107.50	$494	—
505	505	1	95.00	$95.00	$480	—
665	665	2	82.00	$82.00	$545	—
785	785	1	82.50	$82.50	$648	—
845	845	1	87.00	$87.00	$735	—
850 thin fleshed	850	1	60.00	$60.00	$510	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	2	80.00	$80.00	—
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	—
70–75	73	2	70.00–85.00	$77.50	—

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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.