WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 3, 2022

390 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $162.85/cwt +7.58 vs last sale · ≈ $850/hd at 522 lb · 15 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.84/cwt -10.63 vs last sale · ≈ $735/hd at 562 lb · 12 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.93/cwt +6.30 vs last sale · ≈ $603/hd at 416 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	390	361	347
Feeder cattle	278	291	284
Slaughter cattle	80	64	44
Replacement cattle	18	6	13

Market comments — USDA reporter

Head calves 70.00 To 220.00 Slaughter cattle 3.00To 7.00 Higher Feeder cattle 3.00 To 8.00 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
215–225	220	2	150.00–160.00	$154.89	$341	-12.61
270–294	291	7	172.50–177.50	$176.84	$515	+26.84
300–345	323	2	182.50–190.00	$186.51	$602	+19.01
350–395	377	3	160.00–165.00	$161.75	$610	-13.04
400–424	421	9	164.00–175.00	$165.49	$697	-1.76
470–480	475	2	170.00–180.00	$174.95	$831	+28.10
500–543	522	15	155.00–166.00	$162.85	$850	+7.58
550–585	568	6	156.00–161.00	$158.90	$903	+0.41
610–638	628	8	146.00–152.00	$147.46	$926	+4.07
650–660	655	2	139.00–145.00	$142.02	$930	+3.26
700–735	718	3	130.00–137.00	$133.70	$960	+0.70

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	140.00	$140.00	$308	—
270	270	1	160.00	$160.00	$432	—
332	332	5	165.00	$165.00	$548	—
360	360	1	140.00	$140.00	$504	-22.52
400–405	403	2	143.00–148.00	$145.48	$586	-2.94
480–494	492	8	147.50–159.00	$157.60	$775	+15.60
500–505	503	2	140.00–145.00	$142.49	$717	-3.72
610–620	613	4	132.50–140.00	$134.40	$824	—
785	785	1	125.00	$125.00	$981	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	147.50	$147.50	$369	+22.50
315	315	1	140.00	$140.00	$441	-5.00
405	405	1	129.00	$129.00	$522	-6.00
510–540	522	3	120.00–128.00	$123.47	$645	—
550	550	2	105.00–112.50	$108.75	$598	—
615	615	1	87.50	$87.50	$538	-37.50

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	120.00	$120.00	$408	—
345	345	1	80.00	$80.00	$276	—
360	360	1	112.50	$112.50	$405	+15.15
440	440	1	110.00	$110.00	$484	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	320	4	134.00–137.50	$136.01	$435	—
375	375	1	150.00	$150.00	$562	+8.57
405–425	416	10	143.00–150.00	$144.93	$603	+6.30
450–470	463	9	140.00	$140.00	$648	-4.68
520–545	533	5	128.00–137.00	$132.02	$704	-0.82
557–590	562	12	126.00–136.00	$130.84	$735	-10.63
610–615	613	2	119.00–127.00	$123.02	$754	-0.75
650–678	671	4	143.00–150.00	$144.70	$971	+26.75
710–715	713	2	112.00–119.00	$115.49	$823	—
775–780	778	2	107.00–108.00	$107.50	$836	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	320	2	120.00–125.00	$122.66	$393	-0.72
350–395	363	8	131.00–138.00	$136.69	$496	—
405–438	429	5	126.00–135.00	$131.16	$563	+7.61
450–495	472	3	110.00–120.00	$115.09	$543	-18.77
500–540	516	8	115.00–125.00	$121.23	$626	+1.23
575–585	580	2	120.00–122.00	$121.01	$702	-5.16
600	600	2	110.00–118.00	$114.00	$684	-8.05
660–670	665	2	115.00–117.00	$116.01	$771	+0.50
705–745	725	2	105.00–108.00	$106.46	$772	-5.29
780	780	1	90.00	$90.00	$702	-16.00

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	110.00	$110.00	$248	+5.00
270	270	1	100.00	$100.00	$270	—
340–345	343	2	110.00–115.00	$112.52	$386	+3.81
370	370	1	121.00	$121.00	$448	+13.50
460	460	1	94.00	$94.00	$432	-30.06
500–510	505	2	110.00	$110.00	$556	-5.00
555–565	560	2	110.00	$110.00	$616	-10.35
605–610	608	2	110.00	$110.00	$669	-1.28
660–695	678	2	106.00–107.00	$106.49	$722	—
740	740	1	112.50	$112.50	$832	+10.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	110.00	$110.00	$402	+47.50
440	440	1	115.00	$115.00	$506	+15.00
540	540	1	92.50	$92.50	$500	—
580	580	1	85.00	$85.00	$493	-5.00
620	620	1	70.00	$70.00	$434	—
625	625	1	93.00	$93.00	$581	—
705	705	1	80.00	$80.00	$564	—
755	755	1	70.00	$70.00	$528	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–425	423	2	168.00–170.00	$169.01	$715	+9.32
450–460	455	2	169.00–170.00	$169.51	$771	+16.21
510–535	523	4	140.00–147.50	$142.41	$745	-12.56
570–580	575	2	135.00–141.00	$137.97	$793	-12.07
600–645	622	7	129.00–137.50	$132.92	$827	-12.48
660–680	670	2	127.00–130.00	$128.52	$861	-10.12
710	710	1	115.00	$115.00	$816	—
750–795	782	6	105.00–108.00	$106.75	$835	+3.75
910	910	1	102.00	$102.00	$928	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–420	413	4	131.00–142.00	$137.50	$568	-11.50
460–470	465	2	127.00–130.00	$128.48	$597	-12.82
520–540	529	4	126.00–135.00	$130.28	$689	-12.19
565–585	575	2	130.00	$130.00	$748	-10.00
600–610	607	3	120.00	$120.00	$728	-25.80
680–690	683	3	114.00–117.00	$115.33	$788	-16.62
700–725	711	4	97.50–101.00	$99.61	$708	—
750	750	1	95.00	$95.00	$712	-7.00
905–935	920	2	99.00–100.00	$99.49	$915	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–535	524	4	115.00–120.00	$117.52	$616	-10.56
585–590	587	3	100.00–110.00	$106.65	$626	—
605–635	618	4	103.00–111.00	$108.50	$671	-11.15
690	690	1	82.50	$82.50	$569	-32.41
715–735	725	2	75.00–87.00	$80.92	$587	-31.58
770	770	1	85.00	$85.00	$654	-5.00
870	870	1	85.00	$85.00	$740	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	97.50	$97.50	$507	-16.74
525	525	1	107.50	$107.50	$564	-6.74

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1075	1050	80-85%	2	45.00–50.00	$47.56	$499	—
910–1670	1155	80-85%	21	55.00–68.00	$62.93	$727	—
1000–1555	1238	80-85%	26	70.00–78.00	$73.78	$913	+0.05

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–820	700	85-90%	4	60.00–68.00	$63.61	$445	—
715–865	804	85-90%	7	30.00–50.00	$42.39	$341	+3.28

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380	1380	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$897	-13.53
1340–1525	1430	75-80%	6	70.00–75.00	$72.23	$1,033	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–2260	1743	6	96.00–106.00	$101.16	$1,763	—
1365–2035	1777	7	107.00–117.00	$110.48	$1,963	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1080	1080	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
1140–1445	1289	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	900.00–1,000.00	$930.49
1410	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	995.00	$995.00
1515	1515	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
690	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—
710–840	783	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	625.00–950.00	$766.70	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035–1410	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	875.00–1,400.00	$1,216.77	—
1270	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	70.00	$70.00	$224	—
400	400	1	64.00	$64.00	$256	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175	175	1	210.00	$210.00	—

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
200	200	1	280.00	$280.00	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150–175	163	6	180.00–190.00	$188.33	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	2	85.00–105.00	$95.00	—
60	60	1	150.00	$150.00	—
70	70	1	120.00	$120.00	—
80	80	1	115.00	$115.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120	120	1	130.00	$130.00	—

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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.