WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report, Canton, NC

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 26, 2022

361 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M 2 heifers $126.17/cwt -9.61 vs last sale · ≈ $704/hd at 558 lb · 23 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $155.27/cwt +1.27 vs last sale · ≈ $835/hd at 538 lb · 13 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $143.39/cwt -11.96 vs last sale · ≈ $898/hd at 626 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	361	250	385
Feeder cattle	291	210	286
Slaughter cattle	64	26	80
Replacement cattle	6	6	19

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 3.00 Lower Feeder cattle 5.00 To 10.00 Lower Demand Moderate Activity Moderate 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
210	210	1	167.50	$167.50	$352	—
260–295	278	2	150.00	$150.00	$417	—
300	300	1	167.50	$167.50	$502	+16.46
350–390	369	5	170.00–182.50	$174.79	$645	-8.12
405–410	408	2	167.00–167.50	$167.25	$682	-10.25
456–495	464	5	146.00–150.00	$146.85	$681	-10.15
500–545	538	13	150.00–157.00	$155.27	$835	+1.27
560–585	568	3	155.00–162.50	$158.49	$900	+0.49
608–639	626	12	140.00–152.50	$143.39	$898	-11.96
670–685	678	2	137.50–140.00	$138.76	$941	-13.22
712	712	3	133.00	$133.00	$947	-8.34
785	785	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,001	—
820	820	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,107	-9.00
865–870	868	2	122.50–125.00	$123.75	$1,074	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390–395	393	2	160.00–165.00	$162.52	$639	-7.17
410–445	433	3	145.00–152.00	$148.42	$643	—
485	485	1	142.00	$142.00	$689	-3.00
500–535	518	2	145.00–147.50	$146.21	$757	+6.21
565–583	574	6	145.00–148.00	$146.49	$841	—
845	845	1	103.00	$103.00	$870	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	125.00	$125.00	$344	+2.50
340	340	1	145.00	$145.00	$493	—
355–370	360	3	150.00	$150.00	$540	—
440	440	1	135.00	$135.00	$594	—
465	465	1	130.00	$130.00	$604	—
640	640	1	125.00	$125.00	$800	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	373	2	95.00–100.00	$97.35	$363	-22.65
390	390	1	120.00	$120.00	$468	-20.00
500	500	1	65.00	$65.00	$325	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	120.00	$120.00	$354	—
305–345	327	3	120.00–129.00	$123.38	$403	-4.99
400–445	423	2	120.00–127.50	$123.55	$523	-10.62
465–495	480	6	130.00–137.50	$133.86	$643	+1.23
519–525	520	5	120.00	$120.00	$624	-12.50
550–595	558	23	123.00–133.00	$126.17	$704	-9.61
610–625	618	2	118.00–126.00	$122.05	$754	-11.65
655–675	665	2	115.00–116.00	$115.51	$768	+1.89
702–705	703	4	108.00–113.00	$111.75	$786	—
765	765	1	106.00	$106.00	$811	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	136.00	$136.00	$320	—
370–395	386	8	134.00–145.00	$141.43	$546	-4.72
400–435	423	11	135.00–140.00	$138.63	$586	-5.15
450–480	465	2	139.00–150.00	$144.68	$673	+0.07
500–545	521	11	130.00–136.00	$132.84	$692	-8.59
555–565	560	2	138.00–145.00	$141.47	$792	-21.53
605–625	616	5	120.00–131.00	$123.77	$762	-31.23
670–695	683	2	115.00–121.00	$117.95	$806	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	105.00	$105.00	$236	—
320–340	330	2	107.50–110.00	$108.71	$359	+8.71
360	360	1	107.50	$107.50	$387	—
415–440	432	3	100.00–106.00	$103.64	$448	-8.69
450–480	470	9	120.00–127.50	$124.06	$583	+8.70
530	530	1	115.00	$115.00	$610	-5.00
550–590	570	3	120.00–121.00	$120.35	$686	+1.35
620–640	630	4	109.00–116.00	$111.28	$701	+1.29
720	720	1	102.50	$102.50	$738	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	70.00	$70.00	$147	—
290	290	1	80.00	$80.00	$232	-20.00
355	355	1	62.50	$62.50	$222	+7.50
410	410	2	80.00–84.00	$82.00	$336	-3.00
445	445	1	100.00	$100.00	$445	—
460–495	482	3	80.00–93.00	$86.19	$415	—
480–490	485	3	105.00–110.00	$108.02	$524	—
500	500	1	100.00	$100.00	$500	+5.00
590	590	1	90.00	$90.00	$531	—
670	670	1	85.00	$85.00	$570	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–440	430	2	157.00–162.50	$159.69	$687	-25.31
470–485	475	3	150.00–160.00	$153.30	$728	-8.14
505–530	518	4	150.00–160.00	$154.97	$803	—
565–595	585	3	147.50–155.00	$150.04	$878	-5.77
600–630	616	7	140.00–153.00	$145.40	$896	+8.91
650–690	670	2	135.00–142.50	$138.64	$929	+11.18
770	770	1	103.00	$103.00	$793	—
845	845	1	102.00	$102.00	$862	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	149.00	$149.00	$626	+6.21
450–485	474	7	137.00–143.00	$141.30	$670	-11.20
510–520	517	3	140.00–147.50	$142.47	$737	+5.47
550–570	560	2	140.00	$140.00	$784	+6.63
620–635	628	3	140.00–150.00	$145.80	$916	+25.79
650–680	665	2	130.00–134.00	$131.95	$877	+13.20
755	755	1	102.00	$102.00	$770	—
830	830	1	95.00	$95.00	$788	-3.00
850	850	1	99.00	$99.00	$842	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–435	428	2	120.00–131.00	$125.40	$537	-3.33
460–485	473	4	127.00–130.00	$128.63	$608	+3.63
500–530	518	4	121.00–131.00	$128.08	$663	+4.70
550	550	1	130.00	$130.00	$715	—
605–645	622	5	115.00–124.00	$119.65	$744	—
650–675	663	2	110.00–120.00	$114.91	$762	+7.16
715	715	1	112.50	$112.50	$804	—
785	785	1	90.00	$90.00	$706	—
840	840	1	93.00	$93.00	$781	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	106.00	$106.00	$435	-5.39
465	465	1	117.50	$117.50	$546	+7.50
490	490	1	102.50	$102.50	$502	+1.02
500	500	1	80.00	$80.00	$400	±0.00
525–545	532	3	110.00–120.00	$114.24	$608	+34.24
565	565	1	117.00	$117.00	$661	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1215	1103	80-85%	2	52.00	$52.00	$574	-24.19
945–1270	1112	80-85%	9	56.00–68.00	$63.10	$702	-13.09
945–1595	1246	80-85%	23	70.00–79.00	$73.73	$919	—
1190–1360	1252	80-85%	5	81.00–84.00	$82.38	$1,031	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–890	772	85-90%	3	55.00–65.00	$62.05	$479	—
660–885	812	85-90%	7	30.00–50.00	$39.11	$318	-34.48
850	850	85-90%	1	70.00	$70.00	$595	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1460	1390	75-80%	2	78.00–79.00	$78.53	$1,092	—
1440–1575	1511	75-80%	4	80.00–84.00	$81.97	$1,239	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1545	1355	2	94.00	$94.00	$1,274	—
1380–2080	1657	6	99.00–106.00	$102.03	$1,691	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–955	953	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00–925.00	$737.99

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695	695	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

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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
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,235.00	$1,235.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	63.00	$63.00	$183	—
475	475	1	30.00	$30.00	$142	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	70.00	$70.00	$259	-7.50
495	495	1	79.00	$79.00	$391	—
580	580	1	75.00	$75.00	$435	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	50.00	$50.00	$245	—

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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.