WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report, Canton, NC

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 23, 2022

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $167.71/cwt +1.21 vs last sale · ≈ $894/hd at 533 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	237	206	193
Feeder cattle	138	146	119
Slaughter cattle	75	49	36
Replacement cattle	11	8	14

Market comments — USDA reporter

Baby calves 40.00 Slaughter cattle 1.00 To 3.00 Higher Feeder cattle 4.00 To 8.00 Lower Demand Moderate Activity Moderate Offerings Moderate ( heavy rain) 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
225–245	235	3	150.00–155.00	$151.74	$357	-15.76
255	255	1	175.00	$175.00	$446	+8.57
310–335	323	2	157.50–165.00	$161.10	$520	-7.86
381	381	5	178.00	$178.00	$678	+6.84
415–435	428	3	163.00–170.00	$165.26	$707	-11.74
475–485	480	2	167.00–169.00	$167.99	$806	-8.01
530–545	533	10	167.00–171.00	$167.71	$894	+1.21
555	555	2	162.00	$162.00	$899	-3.00
675	675	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,046	-3.00
827	827	6	125.00	$125.00	$1,034	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	134.00	$134.00	$281	—
265–290	278	2	145.00–150.00	$147.61	$410	—
315–335	325	2	137.50–144.00	$140.65	$457	-20.09
385	385	1	137.50	$137.50	$529	-12.50
490	490	1	130.00	$130.00	$637	—
675	675	2	137.50–140.00	$138.75	$937	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	267	3	122.50–132.50	$127.98	$342	—
320	320	1	110.00	$110.00	$352	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	115.00	$115.00	$328	—
325	325	1	90.00	$90.00	$292	—
400	400	1	90.00	$90.00	$360	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	237	3	123.00–131.00	$125.92	$298	-9.08
260–275	267	3	125.00–135.00	$131.56	$351	-10.44
330	330	1	130.00	$130.00	$429	-12.60
440	440	1	150.00	$150.00	$660	-1.54
460–464	463	5	142.00–148.00	$146.81	$680	-4.60
515–545	527	8	143.00–150.00	$146.76	$773	-2.45
550	550	2	151.00	$151.00	$830	+10.04
600	600	1	142.00	$142.00	$852	+6.42
700–720	710	2	100.00–105.00	$102.46	$727	-22.54
825	825	3	105.00	$105.00	$866	-23.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–265	261	4	120.00–130.00	$125.94	$329	—
335	335	1	120.00	$120.00	$402	—
385	385	1	120.00	$120.00	$462	—
415	415	1	130.00	$130.00	$540	-11.34
485–490	488	2	117.00–125.00	$120.98	$590	-22.54
510–520	515	2	125.00–131.00	$128.03	$659	-10.32
575	575	1	135.00	$135.00	$776	—
622–625	623	3	113.00–125.00	$120.99	$754	-5.88
675	675	1	85.00	$85.00	$574	-37.50

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	65.00	$65.00	$120	—
380	380	1	90.00	$90.00	$342	—
400	400	1	90.00	$90.00	$360	—
405	405	1	50.00	$50.00	$202	—
495	495	1	70.00	$70.00	$346	—
580	580	1	102.50	$102.50	$594	—
615	615	2	92.50–97.50	$95.00	$584	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	115.00	$115.00	$276	—
260–295	278	2	112.50–117.50	$115.16	$320	—
335	335	1	100.00	$100.00	$335	-20.00
580	580	1	122.00	$122.00	$708	—
615	615	1	115.00	$115.00	$707	—
650	650	1	77.50	$77.50	$504	-21.24

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–430	420	2	150.00–155.00	$152.56	$641	—
470–485	478	2	150.00–152.00	$150.98	$722	-12.33
515–535	523	4	140.00–150.00	$146.28	$765	-12.29
550–585	563	5	145.00–150.00	$147.37	$830	-12.63
630–645	635	3	140.00–145.00	$141.65	$899	-7.35
665–690	678	2	132.00–137.50	$134.70	$913	-7.30
710	710	1	105.00	$105.00	$746	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–425	420	2	124.00–130.00	$126.96	$533	-29.04
522	522	2	137.50	$137.50	$718	-5.00

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	103.00	$103.00	$412	-27.00
515	515	1	105.00	$105.00	$541	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1020	962	80-85%	3	56.00–62.00	$57.92	$557	—
910–1530	1112	80-85%	22	70.00–79.00	$73.83	$821	—
1070–1315	1174	80-85%	5	80.00–85.00	$82.49	$968	+0.46

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1595	1374	75-80%	9	80.00–89.00	$83.84	$1,152	-0.48
1310–1705	1445	75-80%	12	70.00–79.00	$77.04	$1,113	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	85-90%	1	75.00	$75.00	$450	—
785	785	85-90%	1	85.00	$85.00	$667	-6.00
760–895	818	85-90%	5	55.00–67.00	$59.86	$490	+3.27
895	895	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$403	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1410	1188	3	77.00–89.00	$82.61	$981	—
1115–2360	1546	7	96.00–109.00	$103.71	$1,603	—
1705–2165	1865	6	111.00–120.00	$115.92	$2,162	—

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–798	777	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	710.00–875.00	$762.03

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	1	100.00	$100.00	—
150	150	1	100.00	$100.00	-70.00
300	300	1	335.00	$335.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
695–855	762	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	775.00–950.00	$859.35	+59.35

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
1273	1273	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	2	87.50–97.50	$92.50	$370	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	75.00	$75.00	—
40	40	1	80.00	$80.00	—
50	50	2	100.00–120.00	$110.00	—
60	60	2	100.00–110.00	$105.00	—
70	70	1	120.00	$120.00	—
80	80	1	140.00	$140.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120–140	130	2	130.00–170.00	$150.00	—

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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.