WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 5, 2022

377 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $141.75/cwt -1.34 vs last sale · ≈ $662/hd at 467 lb · 35 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $149.94/cwt -4.42 vs last sale · ≈ $796/hd at 531 lb · 15 head

heavy 5-weight M 2 heifers $128.22/cwt -1.78 vs last sale · ≈ $723/hd at 564 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	377	377	363
Feeder cattle	290	292	281
Slaughter cattle	73	72	62
Replacement cattle	9	13	19

Market comments — USDA reporter

Baby calves 20.00 No reporter last week 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
320–345	338	4	177.50–190.00	$183.82	$621	+10.82
355–375	365	2	175.00–180.00	$177.43	$648	+7.43
430	430	1	185.00	$185.00	$796	+9.00
450–455	452	5	172.50–179.00	$176.68	$799	+8.91
510–543	528	7	162.00–166.00	$163.54	$863	+6.72
565–590	581	7	157.00–165.00	$161.27	$937	-1.50
605–610	609	4	153.00–157.00	$156.01	$950	—
830	830	1	120.00	$120.00	$996	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	135.00	$135.00	$331	—
295	295	1	142.50	$142.50	$420	—
385	385	1	160.00	$160.00	$616	+7.50
460–480	470	2	150.00–160.00	$155.11	$729	—
750	750	1	132.50	$132.50	$994	—
935	935	1	70.00	$70.00	$654	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	130.00	$130.00	$344	—
325	325	2	150.00	$150.00	$488	—
375	375	1	145.00	$145.00	$544	—
460–475	468	2	135.00–140.00	$137.54	$644	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	95.00	$95.00	$294	—
345	345	1	120.00	$120.00	$414	—
360	360	1	105.00	$105.00	$378	—
370–385	378	2	100.00–105.00	$102.45	$387	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	130.00	$130.00	$358	—
305–315	310	2	140.00–150.00	$144.92	$449	—
365–395	380	4	137.00–147.00	$143.44	$545	-1.47
405–440	425	11	130.00–141.00	$135.02	$574	-8.14
455–486	467	35	136.00–148.00	$141.75	$662	-1.34
510–545	523	11	125.00–135.00	$129.76	$679	-16.16
555	555	1	146.00	$146.00	$810	—
680–695	688	2	102.00–109.00	$105.46	$726	-14.04
765	765	1	113.00	$113.00	$864	±0.00
840	840	1	92.50	$92.50	$777	—
890	890	1	112.00	$112.00	$997	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	331	8	127.50–132.50	$129.97	$430	-2.49
355–390	373	2	130.00–132.50	$131.19	$489	-1.87
410–415	413	2	125.00–128.00	$126.51	$522	-5.34
450–495	477	9	126.00–135.00	$130.97	$625	-3.25
505–545	525	2	125.00–127.50	$126.20	$663	-7.63
550–598	564	14	125.00–130.00	$128.22	$723	-1.78

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	80.00	$80.00	$176	—
295 thin fleshed	295	1	85.00	$85.00	$251	—
315	315	1	60.00	$60.00	$189	—
330 thin fleshed	330	1	30.00	$30.00	$99	—
355–370	365	3	80.00	$80.00	$292	—
370	370	1	90.00	$90.00	$333	—
400–425	409	4	90.00–100.00	$92.48	$378	—
425 thin fleshed	425	1	50.00	$50.00	$212	—
440–445	443	2	75.00–80.00	$77.51	$343	—
455 thin fleshed	455	1	45.00	$45.00	$205	—
455–460	458	2	90.00–100.00	$95.03	$435	—
470	470	1	59.00	$59.00	$277	—
515 thin fleshed	515	1	59.00	$59.00	$304	—
515 thin fleshed	515	1	59.00	$59.00	$304	—
520–535	529	4	95.00–105.00	$99.96	$529	—
575–585	580	2	90.00	$90.00	$522	—
590	590	2	103.00–111.00	$107.00	$631	—
620	620	1	65.00	$65.00	$403	—
730	730	1	65.00	$65.00	$474	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–220	210	2	100.00–105.00	$102.38	$215	—
330	330	2	95.00–100.00	$97.50	$322	—
360–380	370	2	102.50–105.00	$103.72	$384	—
415	415	2	110.00–117.50	$113.75	$472	—
455–475	467	3	110.00–120.00	$115.96	$542	—
510–535	521	5	107.50–118.00	$112.97	$589	—
560–585	575	6	118.00–124.00	$119.99	$690	—
600–620	610	2	90.00–100.00	$94.92	$579	—
785	785	1	94.00	$94.00	$738	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–435	433	2	170.00–179.00	$174.47	$755	+8.81
460–475	468	2	172.50–181.00	$176.68	$827	—
515–545	531	15	142.00–153.00	$149.94	$796	-4.42
550–590	575	8	145.00–157.50	$147.62	$849	-7.38
605–610	609	4	135.00–143.00	$140.01	$853	—
700–740	720	2	108.00–115.00	$111.40	$802	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	3	157.50–162.50	$159.17	$637	—
455–498	484	3	165.00–169.00	$166.25	$805	—
535–545	540	2	140.00–141.00	$140.50	$759	—
565–590	578	6	132.50–144.00	$138.95	$803	+0.91
920–940	930	2	88.00–89.00	$88.49	$823	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–449	439	5	132.50	$132.50	$582	—
475	475	1	132.50	$132.50	$629	—
525	525	1	135.00	$135.00	$709	—
615–645	631	5	110.00–120.00	$118.02	$745	—
685	685	1	95.00	$95.00	$651	—
715	715	1	100.00	$100.00	$715	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	85.00	$85.00	$344	—
455	455	1	117.50	$117.50	$535	—
470	470	1	107.00	$107.00	$503	—
515–535	522	3	110.00–120.00	$115.06	$601	—
525–535	530	2	95.00–100.00	$97.52	$517	—
560	560	1	90.00	$90.00	$504	—
610–640	625	2	90.00–99.00	$94.61	$591	—
620–630	625	2	85.00	$85.00	$531	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1065	980	80-85%	4	37.00–44.00	$39.99	$392	—
950–1240	1110	80-85%	15	52.00–59.00	$55.83	$620	—
955–1540	1209	80-85%	21	60.00–69.00	$64.78	$783	+0.27
1225–1630	1439	80-85%	9	70.00–79.00	$72.64	$1,045	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630–860	718	85-90%	4	50.00–59.00	$53.05	$381	—
780	780	85-90%	1	30.00	$30.00	$234	—
830–870	850	85-90%	2	73.00–77.50	$75.30	$640	—
880	880	85-90%	1	68.00	$68.00	$598	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1600	1468	75-80%	3	70.00–73.00	$71.29	$1,047	-1.71
1830–1895	1863	75-80%	2	65.00–68.00	$66.53	$1,239	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–2015	1451	8	85.00–98.00	$92.13	$1,337	—
1235–2045	1508	3	108.00–125.00	$113.22	$1,707	+28.22

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
1035–1300	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	650.00–950.00	$811.78

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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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
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00	-50.00
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
1125	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
1625	1625	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	92.50	$92.50	$569	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	52.50	$52.50	$270	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120–140	125	4	132.00–137.50	$136.13	—

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	190.00	$190.00	—

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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.