WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 30, 2023

506 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $160.58/cwt +9.65 vs last sale · ≈ $849/hd at 529 lb · 48 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $153.50/cwt +11.50 vs last sale · ≈ $959/hd at 625 lb · 38 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $213.41/cwt +40.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,101/hd at 516 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	506	134	197
Feeder cattle	445	99	145
Slaughter cattle	42	30	46
Replacement cattle	12	2	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle 9.00 to 14.00 higher. Feeder cattle 11.00 to 26.00 higher. Demand very good, Activity active, offerings heavy, quality 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
315–340	330	3	195.00–207.50	$200.95	$663	+15.95
365–392	385	4	197.50–204.00	$199.93	$770	+31.36
400–447	435	24	200.00–226.00	$210.23	$915	+35.35
514–521	516	31	212.00–216.00	$213.41	$1,101	+40.91
571	571	5	192.00	$192.00	$1,096	+22.00
610–618	616	5	164.00–171.00	$168.41	$1,037	—
666	666	6	173.50	$173.50	$1,156	+16.70
714–727	718	9	160.00–168.00	$162.70	$1,168	—
793	793	6	151.00	$151.00	$1,197	—
832	832	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,456	+33.00
915	915	1	137.50	$137.50	$1,258	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	333	2	170.00–185.00	$177.44	$591	—
415–430	423	2	180.00–182.50	$181.23	$767	—
485	485	1	170.00	$170.00	$824	+7.50
505–541	534	5	192.50–193.00	$192.91	$1,030	—
557–580	565	5	171.00–177.00	$173.99	$983	—
665–670	670	13	155.00–165.00	$159.15	$1,066	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	142.50	$142.50	$549	-2.50
450–465	458	2	130.00–140.00	$135.08	$619	—
500–530	515	2	177.50	$177.50	$914	+37.50
565–575	570	3	158.00–166.00	$161.35	$920	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	157.00	$157.00	$463	+2.00
385–395	393	4	152.50–163.00	$156.33	$614	-9.67
417–443	428	10	167.50–179.00	$175.24	$750	+26.01
487	487	5	181.00	$181.00	$881	+38.25
500–545	529	48	157.00–168.00	$160.58	$849	+9.65
562–590	571	20	155.00–157.50	$156.48	$894	-9.52
600–640	625	38	146.00–155.50	$153.50	$959	+11.50
658	658	12	176.00	$176.00	$1,158	—
708	708	6	145.00	$145.00	$1,027	—
758	758	2	137.00	$137.00	$1,038	—
835	835	1	117.50	$117.50	$981	—
920–935	928	2	110.00–112.00	$110.99	$1,030	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	283	3	122.00–125.00	$122.92	$348	—
315	315	1	127.50	$127.50	$402	—
350–390	366	6	142.00–150.00	$146.22	$535	+2.22
410–432	421	17	156.00–165.00	$159.49	$671	+29.49
465–485	478	6	157.50–167.50	$164.44	$786	—
525–545	535	2	145.00–153.00	$149.07	$798	+10.07
550–575	563	2	130.00–142.50	$136.11	$766	-3.89
600–629	608	28	141.00–144.00	$143.11	$870	—
690	690	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,056	—
700	700	1	112.50	$112.50	$788	+25.50
800	800	1	90.00	$90.00	$720	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	364	4	120.00–130.00	$126.98	$462	—
420–440	430	2	147.50–152.00	$149.80	$644	+44.80
450–495	478	6	147.50–155.00	$151.75	$725	—
510–540	523	6	132.00–140.00	$133.46	$698	+11.13
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	—
605–630	622	3	115.00–125.00	$120.07	$747	+37.07
650–696	681	6	137.00–138.00	$137.32	$935	—
760–790	783	4	105.00–110.00	$106.21	$832	—
870	870	1	83.00	$83.00	$722	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	120.00	$120.00	$492	—
440	440	2	127.50–131.00	$129.25	$569	—
460–485	473	4	125.00–133.00	$128.88	$610	—
490–495	493	2	110.00–112.50	$111.24	$548	—
535	535	1	110.00	$110.00	$588	—
540	540	1	127.00	$127.00	$686	—
600	600	1	100.00	$100.00	$600	—
630	630	1	110.00	$110.00	$693	—
650–690	673	3	105.00–116.00	$108.54	$730	+18.54
740	740	1	94.00	$94.00	$696	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–420	413	2	198.00–206.00	$201.93	$834	+27.95
450–485	470	3	171.00–176.00	$174.00	$818	+6.74
505–535	515	5	164.00–175.00	$171.23	$882	+26.23
565–580	572	3	159.00–168.00	$162.63	$930	-2.37
615	615	1	155.00	$155.00	$953	+12.00
665	665	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,004	—
760–785	773	2	110.00–145.00	$127.78	$988	—
805	805	1	110.00	$110.00	$886	—
885	885	1	95.00	$95.00	$841	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–435	431	6	180.00–190.00	$184.89	$797	+49.89
465–470	468	2	160.00	$160.00	$749	—
525–540	533	2	151.00–157.50	$154.30	$822	+29.30
575–580	578	3	150.00–154.00	$152.17	$880	+13.17
615–620	618	2	140.00–150.00	$145.02	$896	—
695	695	1	140.00	$140.00	$973	—
940	940	1	90.00	$90.00	$846	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–445	435	2	170.00–172.50	$171.22	$745	+59.99
450	450	1	125.00	$125.00	$562	—
585	585	1	127.00	$127.00	$743	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1250	1110	80-85%	10	72.00–79.00	$74.84	$831	+12.86
995–1325	1110	80-85%	3	60.00–67.00	$64.11	$712	+2.13
975–1290	1168	80-85%	5	81.00–90.00	$85.95	$1,004	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355	1355	75-80%	1	83.00	$83.00	$1,125	+1.73
1265–1620	1434	75-80%	10	85.00–97.00	$91.16	$1,307	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–895	744	85-90%	4	70.00–79.00	$73.61	$548	—
875	875	85-90%	1	82.50	$82.50	$722	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1745	1482	3	112.00–124.00	$114.70	$1,700	—
1145–2245	1695	2	97.00–101.00	$99.65	$1,689	—
1850	1850	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,572	—

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–850	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	760.00–775.00	$765.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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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
1045	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
1055–1290	1173	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,925.00	$1,621.32	—
1220	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
1500	1500	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	122.50	$122.50	$551	—
500	500	2	112.50–125.00	$118.75	$594	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	50.00	$50.00	-50.00
60	60	1	60.00	$60.00	-65.00
70	70	1	70.00	$70.00	-55.00
80	80	2	80.00–100.00	$90.00	-35.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	70.00	$70.00	—
110	110	1	145.00	$145.00	—

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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.