WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 3, 2023

305 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $202.31/cwt +9.90 vs last sale · ≈ $876/hd at 433 lb · 10 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $214.21/cwt -19.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,232/hd at 575 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	305	327	247
Feeder cattle	209	199	170
Slaughter cattle	83	96	64
Replacement cattle	13	13	13

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle mostly steady. Feeder cattle 7.00 to 11.00 higher. Demand Good, Activity Active, Offerings Moderate, Quality Attractive. 3 Hogs

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	275	2	220.00–235.00	$226.95	$624	+11.95
310	310	1	225.00	$225.00	$698	-4.00
360–390	372	3	215.00–221.00	$217.10	$808	-8.86
410–420	412	5	212.50–225.00	$222.45	$916	—
460	460	1	224.00	$224.00	$1,030	+0.52
515	515	1	218.00	$218.00	$1,123	-4.00
555–595	575	10	207.00–220.00	$214.21	$1,232	-19.79
710–715	713	2	185.00–189.00	$186.99	$1,333	—
753	753	2	181.00	$181.00	$1,363	—
830	830	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,336	—
905–908	907	3	153.00–160.00	$155.33	$1,409	—
965	965	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,476	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	177.50	$177.50	$364	—
265	265	1	160.00	$160.00	$424	—
310	310	1	156.00	$156.00	$484	-51.50
570	570	1	170.00	$170.00	$969	+5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	175.00	$175.00	$569	—
410	410	1	180.00	$180.00	$738	—
555	555	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,096	—
690	690	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,208	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	170.00	$170.00	$348	—
260–265	263	2	165.00–175.00	$169.95	$447	—
305–345	320	3	175.00–185.00	$179.79	$575	+4.00
370–395	384	6	185.00–190.00	$186.66	$717	+16.37
425–445	438	4	189.00–191.00	$189.99	$832	+24.99
460–495	476	4	170.00–175.00	$171.25	$815	+1.25
525–535	530	2	150.00–157.50	$153.71	$815	-18.20
585	585	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,024	+9.52
600–622	610	7	135.00–149.00	$142.32	$868	—
660	660	1	140.00	$140.00	$924	-8.00
705	705	1	137.00	$137.00	$966	+19.50
770	770	1	120.00	$120.00	$924	+2.50
800	800	1	115.00	$115.00	$920	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	195.00	$195.00	$575	—
310	310	1	220.00	$220.00	$682	+15.31
355	355	1	220.00	$220.00	$781	+11.00
400–443	433	10	195.00–206.00	$202.31	$876	+9.90
450–490	468	8	195.00–204.00	$199.34	$933	+2.49
525–545	533	4	193.00–195.00	$194.51	$1,037	+2.87
578	578	5	182.50	$182.50	$1,055	-8.36
922	922	2	127.00	$127.00	$1,171	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–230	223	2	150.00–156.00	$152.90	$341	—
340	340	1	155.00	$155.00	$527	-1.00
405	405	1	160.00	$160.00	$648	—
450–480	465	4	135.00–160.00	$151.26	$703	—
610–620	617	3	100.00–125.00	$113.41	$700	—
650–660	655	2	105.00–110.00	$107.52	$704	—
725–740	733	2	87.50–93.00	$90.28	$662	—
810–830	820	2	73.00–90.00	$81.60	$669	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	205.00	$205.00	$543	—
365–375	372	3	200.00–207.50	$203.30	$756	—
475–495	487	3	182.50–193.00	$186.06	$906	—
515–540	528	4	187.50–194.00	$191.91	$1,013	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	340	6	195.00–205.00	$202.11	$687	+9.03
485	485	1	192.50	$192.50	$934	+8.73
520	520	1	187.50	$187.50	$975	+3.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	220.00	$220.00	$462	+30.00
265–280	273	3	215.00–231.00	$222.08	$606	+7.08
330–340	335	8	212.50–229.00	$224.02	$750	-0.98
360–390	382	6	217.50–228.00	$222.34	$849	+2.19
415	415	2	227.00	$227.00	$942	+5.76
455–473	467	9	224.00–230.00	$226.87	$1,059	+16.67
505–530	518	2	208.00	$208.00	$1,077	-19.50
555	555	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,104	-0.98
625	625	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,162	-0.53
735	735	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,183	—
780	780	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,123	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	195.00	$195.00	$390	—
485	485	1	200.00	$200.00	$970	+32.54
575	575	2	185.00–190.00	$187.50	$1,078	—
630	630	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,071	+10.00
715	715	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,162	+12.50
765	765	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,148	+5.00
960	960	1	87.50	$87.50	$840	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	150.00	$150.00	$638	±0.00
495	495	1	147.00	$147.00	$728	—
540	540	1	160.00	$160.00	$864	—
555	555	1	159.00	$159.00	$882	—
620	620	1	142.50	$142.50	$884	—
710	710	1	120.00	$120.00	$852	—
770	770	1	93.00	$93.00	$716	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	200.00	$200.00	$720	-5.31
535	535	1	185.00	$185.00	$990	-24.18
580	580	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,044	+7.00
635	635	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,175	+19.38
745	745	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,080	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485–490	488	2	212.50–216.00	$214.26	$1,046	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1150	1023	80-85%	7	52.00–59.00	$55.08	$563	-18.61
905–1350	1068	80-85%	12	70.00–83.00	$77.67	$830	—
960–1270	1104	80-85%	7	66.00–77.00	$72.81	$804	-23.49
935–1670	1106	80-85%	24	84.00–95.00	$88.80	$982	-7.50

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1570	1334	75-80%	5	83.00–92.00	$88.12	$1,176	—
1040–1625	1423	75-80%	10	93.00–103.00	$96.59	$1,374	+7.55

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	85-90%	1	72.00	$72.00	$594	+7.60
775–895	840	85-90%	5	77.00–85.00	$81.17	$682	-4.28

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400	1400	1	76.00	$76.00	$1,064	—
1065–1975	1532	5	107.00–117.00	$111.35	$1,706	—
1800–2165	1999	6	123.00–132.00	$126.85	$2,536	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1040–1105	1073	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–950.00	$924.24

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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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	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	+350.00
920–980	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,225.00	$1,200.79	—
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
685–820	753	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	975.00–1,300.00	$1,152.08	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–465	463	2	110.00–117.00	$113.48	$525	—
515–540	527	3	100.00–125.00	$115.19	$607	-14.81
550–560	555	2	115.00–123.00	$118.96	$660	—

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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.