WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 10, 2022

414 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M 2 heifers $122.67/cwt -8.49 vs last sale · ≈ $524/hd at 427 lb · 13 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $147.49/cwt +5.08 vs last sale · ≈ $761/hd at 516 lb · 12 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $147.84/cwt +9.87 vs last sale · ≈ $819/hd at 554 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	414	390	298
Feeder cattle	296	278	221
Slaughter cattle	84	80	45
Replacement cattle	12	18	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

Baby calves 40.00 To 80.00. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 5.00 lower with bulls bringing up to 126.00. Feeder cattle 4.00 To 8.00 Lower Demand Moderate Activity Moderate Offerings Heavy Quality Average

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	330	6	135.00–145.00	$141.85	$468	-44.66
365–388	383	8	145.00–155.00	$147.60	$565	-14.15
420	420	1	163.00	$163.00	$685	-2.49
465	465	1	154.00	$154.00	$716	-20.95
530–545	538	4	157.00–168.00	$163.53	$880	+0.68
550	550	2	158.00–165.00	$161.50	$888	+2.60
600–625	610	6	142.00–150.00	$144.50	$881	-2.96
760–770	765	2	125.00–136.00	$130.54	$999	—
920	920	1	104.00	$104.00	$957	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	286	5	120.00–130.00	$125.40	$359	-34.60
330–345	334	5	125.00–134.00	$131.79	$440	-33.21
360–385	376	4	130.00–140.00	$133.84	$503	-6.16
432	432	2	144.00	$144.00	$622	-1.48
470–475	473	2	131.00–135.00	$132.99	$629	-24.61
577–595	582	4	150.00	$150.00	$873	—
620–645	633	2	135.00–139.00	$136.96	$867	+2.56
665–675	670	2	130.00–137.50	$133.72	$896	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	115.00	$115.00	$310	-32.50
325	325	1	100.00	$100.00	$325	-40.00
365–380	375	6	120.00	$120.00	$450	—
420	420	1	130.00	$130.00	$546	+1.00
470	470	1	122.50	$122.50	$576	—
510	510	1	120.00	$120.00	$612	-3.47
580–590	585	2	105.00–110.00	$107.52	$629	-1.23
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	+32.50
710	710	1	110.00	$110.00	$781	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	77.50–80.00	$78.75	$268	-41.25
400–420	410	2	70.00–80.00	$75.12	$308	-34.88
430	430	1	100.00	$100.00	$430	-10.00
688	688	2	112.00	$112.00	$771	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	110.00	$110.00	$187	—
280	280	1	130.00	$130.00	$364	—
300–345	323	2	145.00–147.50	$146.16	$472	+10.15
375–390	381	6	132.50–141.00	$137.11	$522	-12.89
400–435	427	8	130.00–137.50	$136.08	$581	-8.85
470–490	482	5	137.50–147.50	$142.09	$685	+2.09
510	510	1	123.00	$123.00	$627	-9.02
555–580	570	5	120.00–127.50	$123.49	$704	-7.35
620–645	635	3	120.00–125.00	$123.04	$781	+0.02
665–680	673	2	117.50–128.00	$122.69	$826	-22.01
705	705	1	139.00	$139.00	$980	+23.51
750–760	755	3	100.00–106.00	$102.65	$775	-4.85
807–830	813	4	82.00–90.00	$84.04	$683	—
920–940	930	2	110.00–116.00	$113.03	$1,051	—
1005	1005	1	97.00	$97.00	$975	—
1075	1075	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,150	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	115.00	$115.00	$339	—
305–330	315	3	120.00–130.00	$123.49	$389	+0.83
405–435	427	13	110.00–128.00	$122.67	$524	-8.49
470–495	479	5	115.00–127.50	$121.45	$582	+6.36
500–535	518	6	120.00–128.00	$122.19	$633	+0.96
565–595	576	4	117.00–123.00	$120.04	$691	-0.97
600–640	629	7	115.00–123.00	$119.63	$752	+5.63
695	695	1	115.00	$115.00	$799	-1.01
755–780	768	2	100.00–105.00	$102.54	$788	+12.54
855	855	1	75.00	$75.00	$641	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	100.00	$100.00	$335	-12.52
420	420	2	97.50–109.00	$103.25	$434	—
460–475	465	3	100.00–105.00	$101.65	$473	+7.65
510	510	1	112.50	$112.50	$574	+2.50
550–570	559	4	112.50–115.00	$113.89	$637	+3.89
625	625	1	100.00	$100.00	$625	-10.00
650	650	2	87.50–93.00	$90.25	$587	-16.24
700–705	703	2	102.50–114.00	$108.27	$761	—
785	785	1	92.50	$92.50	$726	—
830	830	1	60.00	$60.00	$498	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	73.00	$73.00	$179	—
420	420	1	90.00	$90.00	$378	-25.00
465	465	1	62.50	$62.50	$291	—
475–495	486	4	80.00–90.00	$84.25	$409	—
500–515	508	2	56.00–70.00	$62.90	$320	-29.60
505–535	520	2	92.00–96.00	$94.06	$489	+1.56
560–585	577	3	97.50–100.00	$99.19	$572	+14.19
660	660	1	85.00	$85.00	$561	—
675	675	1	60.00	$60.00	$405	—
795	795	1	80.00	$80.00	$636	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–415	410	2	145.00–150.00	$147.47	$605	-21.54
465	465	5	158.00	$158.00	$735	-11.51
502–545	516	12	140.00–150.00	$147.49	$761	+5.08
550–565	554	10	146.00–150.00	$147.84	$819	+9.87
600–640	622	9	125.00–135.00	$130.99	$815	-1.93
690	690	1	136.00	$136.00	$938	+7.48
765	765	1	99.00	$99.00	$757	-7.75
1000	1000	1	90.00	$90.00	$900	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	117.50	$117.50	$499	-20.00
535–540	538	2	120.00	$120.00	$646	-10.28
550–585	567	9	125.00–136.00	$132.18	$749	+2.18
610–630	620	2	110.00–122.00	$116.10	$720	-3.90
655–690	668	4	115.00–120.00	$116.24	$776	+0.91
730–740	733	3	100.00–103.00	$101.66	$745	+2.05
935	935	1	80.00	$80.00	$748	-19.49

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	70.00	$70.00	$280	—
475	475	1	90.00	$90.00	$428	—
510	510	1	90.00	$90.00	$459	-7.50
550	550	2	100.00–107.50	$103.75	$571	—
585	585	1	90.00	$90.00	$526	—
615	615	1	80.00	$80.00	$492	—
615–620	618	2	100.00–105.00	$102.49	$633	—
665	665	2	86.00	$86.00	$572	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	100.00	$100.00	$435	—
465–490	475	3	100.00–110.00	$106.56	$506	—
500	500	1	117.50	$117.50	$588	-0.02
575	575	2	110.00–120.00	$115.00	$661	+8.35

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1120	1034	80-85%	6	36.00–52.00	$45.26	$468	—
1070–1120	1095	80-85%	2	107.50–112.50	$110.06	$1,205	—
945–1520	1140	80-85%	29	53.00–68.00	$62.66	$714	—
945–1445	1193	80-85%	8	69.00–79.00	$72.03	$859	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–845	778	85-90%	3	40.00–50.00	$44.79	$348	—
795	795	85-90%	1	85.00	$85.00	$676	—
755–850	803	85-90%	3	55.00–61.00	$58.29	$468	+15.90
770–860	822	85-90%	3	70.00–73.00	$71.02	$584	+28.63

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1625	1486	75-80%	7	70.00–77.00	$72.60	$1,079	—
1570–1635	1603	75-80%	2	64.00–66.00	$64.98	$1,042	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1615	1211	5	70.00–85.00	$78.08	$946	—
1200–1965	1669	10	89.00–100.00	$95.65	$1,596	—
1420–1930	1713	4	101.00–113.00	$105.15	$1,801	+3.99

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
915–1055	999	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	950.00–1,000.00	$985.79
975–1055	1022	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–1,200.00	$1,003.26

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	135.00	$135.00	—
100–125	113	2	130.00–152.50	$141.25	—
150	150	2	170.00–192.50	$181.25	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	-41.70

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	87.50	$87.50	$599	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–420	418	2	80.00–89.00	$84.47	$353	—
478	478	2	100.00	$100.00	$478	—
505	505	1	73.00	$73.00	$369	—
740	740	1	74.00	$74.00	$548	—
860–880	870	2	65.00–87.50	$76.12	$662	—
935	935	1	60.00	$60.00	$561	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	59.00	$59.00	$304	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130–140	135	4	115.00–200.00	$152.50	—
150–160	155	2	135.00–155.00	$145.00	-65.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	23	2	30.00–65.00	$47.50	-47.50
30	30	1	67.50	$67.50	-27.50
75	75	1	140.00	$140.00	+20.00
80	80	2	110.00–160.00	$135.00	+20.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–130	118	4	130.00–147.50	$138.13	+8.13

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120	120	1	150.00	$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.