WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 7, 2022

318 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M 2 heifers $121.80/cwt -8.87 vs last sale · ≈ $572/hd at 470 lb · 17 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.42/cwt -18.14 vs last sale · ≈ $491/hd at 408 lb · 13 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.35/cwt -2.77 vs last sale · ≈ $751/hd at 563 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	318	326	388
Feeder cattle	273	220	297
Slaughter cattle	40	85	76
Replacement cattle	5	21	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 3.00 Higher. Feeder cattle 2.00 To 8.00 Lower. Head calves 95.00 To 210.00. 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
300–340	323	3	157.50–160.00	$159.15	$514	+7.41
360–390	378	4	147.50–152.50	$149.33	$564	-19.43
450–470	458	4	152.00–162.50	$159.31	$730	-4.10
520–525	523	2	145.00–154.00	$149.52	$782	—
605–619	615	7	141.00–147.00	$145.31	$894	+1.63
690	690	1	134.00	$134.00	$925	—
790	790	1	122.00	$122.00	$964	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	125.00	$125.00	$356	—
325	325	4	120.00–130.00	$122.50	$398	-7.50
365–395	380	2	107.50–110.00	$108.70	$413	—
420	420	1	117.50	$117.50	$494	—
520	520	2	119.00	$119.00	$619	-21.00
595	595	1	111.00	$111.00	$660	—
620	620	1	103.00	$103.00	$639	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	138.00	$138.00	$462	—
355–392	386	8	136.00–138.00	$136.35	$526	-13.24
530	530	1	138.00	$138.00	$731	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	80.00	$80.00	$160	—
250	250	1	75.00	$75.00	$188	—
330	330	1	70.00	$70.00	$231	-47.50
380	380	1	60.00	$60.00	$228	-40.00
375–395	385	2	80.00	$80.00	$308	-20.00
525	525	1	85.00	$85.00	$446	—
555	555	1	82.50	$82.50	$458	—
630	630	1	80.00	$80.00	$504	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	379	4	120.00–130.00	$123.68	$469	-6.32
400–440	408	13	118.00–125.00	$120.42	$491	-18.14
455–495	475	8	129.00–136.00	$133.29	$633	-10.65
500–545	521	8	127.00–135.00	$132.34	$689	-8.32
555–570	563	13	130.00–136.00	$133.35	$751	-2.77
630	630	1	117.00	$117.00	$737	—
680–690	687	3	108.00–118.00	$114.70	$788	—
710	710	1	105.00	$105.00	$746	-13.00
755	755	1	104.00	$104.00	$785	-5.00
880	880	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,030	—
1055	1055	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,171	+9.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–490	470	17	120.00–125.00	$121.80	$572	-8.87
510–525	518	2	120.00–122.50	$121.23	$628	-6.72
555–595	572	5	110.00–120.00	$115.34	$660	-13.69
630–640	637	3	100.00–110.00	$105.03	$669	-17.47
685	685	1	105.00	$105.00	$719	-15.26
815	815	1	90.00	$90.00	$734	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	335	2	70.00	$70.00	$234	-25.00
355	355	1	97.50	$97.50	$346	+25.00
370–395	382	3	75.00–85.00	$81.55	$312	+9.05
390 thin fleshed	390	1	70.00	$70.00	$273	—
450–460	453	3	82.50–87.50	$84.19	$381	—
460–465 thin fleshed	463	2	50.00–65.00	$57.46	$266	—
472	472	2	80.00	$80.00	$378	—
510	510	1	80.00	$80.00	$408	-10.00
565	565	1	70.00	$70.00	$396	—
635	635	1	80.00	$80.00	$508	+10.00
730	730	1	67.50	$67.50	$493	+0.49

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	117.50	$117.50	$294	—
320	320	1	115.00	$115.00	$368	—
360	360	1	110.00	$110.00	$396	+2.50
400–405	403	2	100.00–110.00	$104.97	$423	—
470–495	483	2	90.00–100.00	$94.87	$458	-15.13
505–535	520	2	105.00–110.00	$107.43	$559	-11.57
550–590	574	5	110.00–118.00	$114.81	$659	+1.07
720	720	1	70.00	$70.00	$504	—

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Feeder Bulls

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	418	2	65.00–70.00	$67.40	$282	-42.60
425 thin fleshed	425	1	57.50	$57.50	$244	—
470 thin fleshed	470	1	50.00	$50.00	$235	—
485	485	1	70.00	$70.00	$340	-16.61
485	485	2	107.50–112.00	$109.75	$532	+23.14
515	515	1	107.50	$107.50	$554	-7.50
525	525	1	60.00	$60.00	$315	-55.00
530–545	538	2	80.00	$80.00	$430	+27.50
550	550	1	77.50	$77.50	$426	-2.50
550	550	1	92.00	$92.00	$506	+12.00
550–595	575	7	100.00–110.00	$105.62	$607	+18.12
633–635	634	4	99.00–109.00	$101.51	$644	—
665–675	672	3	92.50–94.00	$93.50	$628	+16.00
790	790	1	70.00	$70.00	$553	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	433	4	120.00–128.00	$123.44	$534	+38.44
470–490	484	4	118.00–124.00	$120.51	$583	-5.90
505	505	1	120.00	$120.00	$606	-4.14
550–585	565	7	118.00–124.00	$121.21	$685	+16.21
615–645	626	5	112.50–118.00	$114.51	$717	+1.97
668	668	3	97.00	$97.00	$648	-10.50
728	728	2	95.00	$95.00	$692	-16.00
840	840	1	87.00	$87.00	$731	-8.11

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	424	5	135.00–145.00	$138.58	$588	—
450–492	473	7	130.00–140.00	$133.90	$633	-13.09
505–545	525	2	126.00–127.00	$126.52	$664	-22.67
550–590	566	4	125.00–131.00	$128.23	$726	+5.60
610–625	618	2	97.00–101.00	$99.02	$612	—
665	665	1	80.00	$80.00	$532	-33.04
770	770	1	90.00	$90.00	$693	—
800–840	827	3	87.00–92.00	$89.29	$738	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	431	4	146.00–159.00	$153.60	$662	-8.76
460–495	475	4	150.00–156.00	$152.37	$724	-2.41
505–545	523	4	133.00–141.00	$136.20	$712	-27.80
560	560	1	155.00	$155.00	$868	+21.97
610–640	623	3	123.00–133.00	$126.66	$789	-10.09
660–695	671	5	112.00–121.00	$116.07	$779	-25.77
710–715	713	2	113.00–116.00	$114.51	$816	+5.51

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005	1005	80-85%	1	40.00	$40.00	$402	—
965–1260	1089	80-85%	5	50.00–58.00	$54.96	$599	+16.71
960–1335	1190	80-85%	9	60.00–68.00	$64.07	$762	-0.11
1025–1405	1253	80-85%	3	70.00–78.00	$74.35	$932	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1690	1403	75-80%	6	64.00–69.00	$66.51	$933	+3.12
1375–1490	1418	75-80%	4	70.00–73.00	$72.03	$1,021	+8.64

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–625	618	85-90%	2	47.00–48.00	$47.49	$293	—
755	755	85-90%	1	53.00	$53.00	$400	-2.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–2210	1588	5	86.00–94.00	$92.01	$1,461	-0.56
1555–2170	1863	2	100.00–103.00	$101.25	$1,886	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035	1035	1	78.00	$78.00	$807	—

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	410.00	$410.00
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
1430	1430	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775	775	1	40.00	$40.00	$310	—

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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.