WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 27, 2023

327 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $221.24/cwt +4.59 vs last sale · ≈ $945/hd at 427 lb · 10 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $192.41/cwt -4.95 vs last sale · ≈ $837/hd at 435 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	327	264	243
Feeder cattle	199	186	159
Slaughter cattle	96	70	59
Replacement cattle	13	8	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 5.00 Lower Feeder cattle 7.00 To 11.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Heavy Quality Attractive 2 Hogs Head calves 260.00 To 460.00

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	215.00	$215.00	$602	+15.00
325	325	1	229.00	$229.00	$744	+4.00
360–395	378	2	220.00–232.50	$225.96	$854	-19.04
465–495	483	5	214.00–229.00	$223.48	$1,079	-7.40
535	535	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,188	—
552	552	6	234.00	$234.00	$1,292	—
605	605	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,252	+24.11

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–365	363	2	210.00–217.50	$213.72	$776	—
400–410	405	2	192.50–200.00	$196.30	$795	—
475	475	1	196.00	$196.00	$931	—
580	580	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,189	—
650	650	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,235	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	207.50	$207.50	$674	—
350	350	1	205.00	$205.00	$718	—
555	555	1	165.00	$165.00	$916	—
690	690	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,173	—
830	830	1	98.00	$98.00	$813	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	175.00	$175.00	$665	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	1	90.00	$90.00	$652	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	320	2	200.00–210.00	$204.69	$655	+7.51
355	355	1	209.00	$209.00	$742	+11.78
415–447	435	10	188.00–197.50	$192.41	$837	-4.95
455–490	476	9	192.50–200.00	$196.85	$937	+2.58
520–540	534	5	188.00–197.50	$191.64	$1,023	-10.56
550–552	551	7	189.00–199.00	$190.86	$1,052	+2.36
618	618	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,020	+13.48

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240	230	2	180.00–182.50	$181.20	$417	—
255–280	267	3	180.00–190.00	$185.06	$494	-1.32
320–335	328	4	190.00–195.00	$193.08	$633	+25.58
360–390	372	8	182.00–193.00	$187.35	$697	—
410–425	418	2	175.00–185.00	$180.09	$753	+5.98
470–485	478	2	182.50–185.00	$183.77	$878	+2.97
505–507	507	4	184.00	$184.00	$933	-4.87
555–575	570	4	181.00–187.50	$185.10	$1,055	+22.62
615–625	620	2	135.00–137.50	$136.26	$845	—
670	670	1	145.00	$145.00	$972	-8.48
753	753	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,054	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	318	3	170.00–182.50	$175.79	$559	—
355–390	375	5	165.00–176.00	$170.29	$639	—
445	445	1	165.00	$165.00	$734	—
460	460	1	170.00	$170.00	$782	—
500–530	515	2	169.00–175.00	$171.91	$885	—
550–590	570	2	165.00–166.00	$165.48	$943	—
670	670	1	148.00	$148.00	$992	—
710	710	1	117.50	$117.50	$834	—
750	750	1	117.50	$117.50	$881	—
870	870	1	97.00	$97.00	$844	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	156.00	$156.00	$507	—
570–580	575	2	137.50–147.50	$142.54	$820	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	190.00	$190.00	$418	-30.00
280	280	1	215.00	$215.00	$602	-10.71
325	325	1	225.00	$225.00	$731	-8.24
360–390	377	3	212.50–225.00	$220.15	$830	-12.01
400–445	427	10	215.00–227.00	$221.24	$945	+4.59
450–495	475	5	206.00–215.00	$210.20	$998	-1.96
530	530	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,206	+31.57
565–585	575	2	199.00–201.00	$199.98	$1,150	+2.71
610–625	618	2	184.00–189.00	$186.53	$1,153	—
650	650	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,186	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	200.00	$200.00	$520	+17.50
355–370	363	2	202.50–208.00	$205.31	$745	-9.06
410–445	423	6	195.00–213.00	$207.53	$878	—
450–455	453	2	189.00–197.50	$193.27	$876	+3.27
505–520	510	3	207.50–211.00	$209.18	$1,067	+51.66
550	550	1	173.00	$173.00	$952	-10.80
600–610	605	2	151.00–180.00	$165.62	$1,002	-14.38

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–390	380	3	187.50–195.00	$190.75	$725	—
415–430	422	3	170.00–175.00	$172.53	$728	—
485–490	488	2	160.00–175.00	$167.46	$817	—
500–540	520	2	165.00–170.00	$167.60	$872	—
610	610	1	160.00	$160.00	$976	—
690–695	693	2	157.00–162.50	$159.74	$1,107	—
740	740	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,110	—
795	795	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,153	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	200.00	$200.00	$630	—
350	350	1	197.50	$197.50	$691	—
515–545	533	3	180.00–188.00	$182.58	$973	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	150.00	$150.00	$630	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1095	1034	80-85%	7	69.00–77.00	$73.69	$762	—
1000–1305	1123	80-85%	12	94.00–104.00	$96.30	$1,081	—
910–1425	1131	80-85%	38	82.00–93.00	$88.22	$998	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1590	1366	75-80%	15	94.00–108.00	$100.96	$1,379	-3.59
1325–1560	1442	75-80%	7	85.00–92.00	$89.04	$1,284	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–860	777	85-90%	3	72.00–80.00	$76.39	$594	-24.67
780–845	808	85-90%	3	60.00–68.00	$64.40	$520	—
835–855	845	85-90%	2	81.00–90.00	$85.45	$722	—
875	875	85-90%	1	35.00	$35.00	$306	-13.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1380	1345	3	110.00–112.00	$111.01	$1,493	—
1245–2010	1669	5	117.00–129.00	$125.03	$2,087	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1200	1068	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,121.00
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–840	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	500.00–550.00	$523.75

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
200	200	1	340.00	$340.00	—

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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
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
1105–1150	1132	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,275.00	$1,190.54	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	130.00	$130.00	$663	—
605 thin fleshed	605	1	90.00	$90.00	$544	—
635	635	1	127.50	$127.50	$810	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	132.00	$132.00	$845	—
725–730	728	2	117.50–119.00	$118.25	$861	—
760–780	770	2	137.50–142.50	$139.97	$1,078	+23.97
805	805	1	137.50	$137.50	$1,107	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	1	95.00	$95.00	$598	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	23	2	60.00–65.00	$62.50	—
30	30	6	55.00–70.00	$64.17	—

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	135.00	$135.00	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120	120	1	190.00	$190.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	35.00	$35.00	—
30–35	32	3	35.00–75.00	$60.00	—
40	40	1	35.00	$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	125.00	$125.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125	125	1	190.00	$190.00	—
150	150	1	200.00	$200.00	—

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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.