WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 17, 2023

360 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $214.76/cwt +9.62 vs last sale · ≈ $881/hd at 410 lb · 25 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $238.49/cwt +3.49 vs last sale · ≈ $997/hd at 418 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	360	173	181
Feeder cattle	263	99	130
Slaughter cattle	79	55	32
Replacement cattle	12	12	19

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand good, activity active, offerings heavy . Quality of cattle average to attractive. Baby calves 30.00. 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
295	295	1	225.00	$225.00	$664	—
305–335	320	2	230.00–240.00	$235.23	$753	+15.23
375–395	387	3	222.50–235.00	$229.45	$888	+14.45
410–445	418	13	235.00–244.00	$238.49	$997	+3.49
498	498	2	233.00	$233.00	$1,160	+4.82
535	535	7	230.00	$230.00	$1,230	±0.00
565	565	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,328	+11.00
740	740	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,350	—
775	775	2	180.00–188.00	$184.00	$1,426	—
835	835	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,399	—
935	935	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,356	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,020	—
570	570	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,140	—
720	720	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,224	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	190.00	$190.00	$988	—
600	600	1	150.00	$150.00	$900	—
690	690	1	140.00	$140.00	$966	-37.50
865	865	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,341	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	220.00	$220.00	$792	—
400	400	1	225.00	$225.00	$900	—
555	555	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,215	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	127.50	$127.50	$606	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	210.00	$210.00	$420	—
275	275	1	195.00	$195.00	$536	—
320–345	330	4	200.00–210.00	$202.54	$668	—
350	350	1	205.00	$205.00	$718	—
402–430	410	25	207.00–218.00	$214.76	$881	—
450–495	466	9	195.00–217.50	$198.88	$927	-7.12
515–525	520	2	190.00–202.00	$195.94	$1,019	+1.94
565–570	568	2	190.00–193.00	$191.51	$1,088	—
640	640	2	198.00–208.00	$203.00	$1,299	—
955	955	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,547	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	180.00	$180.00	$432	—
250	250	1	195.00	$195.00	$488	-5.27
310–340	325	3	192.50–195.00	$193.33	$628	-8.46
395	395	1	198.00	$198.00	$782	+8.73
430–435	432	3	192.50–200.00	$195.02	$842	+0.02
465–486	479	8	190.00–200.00	$197.10	$944	+4.77
500–505	503	2	190.00–195.00	$192.49	$968	—
550–555	553	2	180.00–185.00	$182.51	$1,009	-6.21
605–640	623	2	168.00–176.00	$171.89	$1,071	—
700–725	710	3	140.00–145.00	$142.48	$1,012	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	167.50	$167.50	$352	—
310–325	319	4	170.00–180.00	$176.93	$564	+6.93
355–360	358	2	170.00–180.00	$175.03	$627	—
415–425	420	3	175.00–185.00	$179.16	$752	+11.75
470–495	478	3	172.50–180.00	$175.78	$840	+0.78
515	515	1	180.00	$180.00	$927	±0.00
610–640	627	3	150.00–160.00	$153.35	$962	-8.84
685	685	1	144.00	$144.00	$986	+8.00
700	700	1	127.50	$127.50	$892	—
770–775	773	2	146.00–147.00	$146.50	$1,132	—
1018	1018	2	128.00	$128.00	$1,303	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	120.00	$120.00	$276	—
375–385	380	2	150.00–156.00	$152.96	$581	—
480	480	1	147.50	$147.50	$708	—
530–540	535	2	155.00–157.50	$156.26	$836	+16.26
605–625	618	3	120.00–122.50	$121.68	$752	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	192.50	$192.50	$808	—
475	475	1	165.00	$165.00	$784	—
600	600	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,020	—
740	740	1	137.50	$137.50	$1,018	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	268	2	232.50–235.00	$233.81	$627	—
300–310	305	2	227.50–237.50	$232.58	$709	+22.42
360–375	366	4	230.00–240.00	$234.08	$857	+17.77
435–440	438	4	212.50–220.00	$217.14	$951	-5.27
450–465	457	3	234.00–235.00	$234.67	$1,072	+17.32
510–540	528	5	216.00–220.00	$218.60	$1,154	—
560–580	570	2	223.00–229.00	$225.95	$1,288	—
600–625	617	3	194.00–204.00	$197.70	$1,220	+3.70
680	680	1	192.00	$192.00	$1,306	—
760–785	773	2	137.00–137.50	$137.25	$1,061	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	176.00	$176.00	$572	-1.50
380–385	383	2	188.00–197.50	$192.78	$738	—
410–425	420	3	182.50–186.00	$183.68	$771	—
460	460	1	170.00	$170.00	$782	—
500–510	503	3	172.50–175.00	$173.33	$872	-7.88
550–590	565	6	167.50–194.00	$183.24	$1,035	+0.08
600–635	611	4	150.00–192.00	$177.73	$1,086	—
665–675	670	4	140.00–180.00	$165.57	$1,109	+5.57
780–785	783	2	150.00–167.50	$158.72	$1,243	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	328	3	195.00–205.00	$199.97	$656	—
370–395	381	6	215.00–225.00	$222.10	$846	—
400–435	418	6	195.00–207.50	$202.72	$847	—
450–480	470	3	205.00–220.00	$214.10	$1,006	—
500	500	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,000	—
555–560	558	4	200.00–210.00	$204.87	$1,143	—
600	600	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,200	+55.00
665	665	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,230	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–435	428	2	200.00–210.00	$204.91	$877	-2.59
450–470	460	2	205.00–210.00	$207.55	$955	+0.95
515–535	525	2	197.50–200.00	$198.73	$1,043	-1.27
555	555	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,082	—
620	620	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,070	—
665	665	1	196.00	$196.00	$1,303	+7.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1100	1007	80-85%	7	68.00–79.00	$74.25	$748	-1.60
970–1270	1086	80-85%	9	92.00–99.00	$94.30	$1,024	+6.32
900–1435	1136	80-85%	14	80.00–89.00	$84.50	$960	-17.99

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1630	1362	75-80%	14	95.00–109.00	$100.60	$1,370	+0.34
1210–1710	1454	75-80%	13	87.00–94.00	$90.89	$1,322	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	85-90%	1	40.00	$40.00	$288	—
745–875	819	85-90%	7	75.00–88.00	$82.22	$673	-9.24
805–835	820	85-90%	2	52.00–56.00	$53.96	$442	-37.50
805–880	843	85-90%	2	93.00–98.00	$95.39	$804	+3.93

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040	1040	1	94.00	$94.00	$978	—
1155–2420	1556	6	105.00–115.00	$109.85	$1,709	—
1700–2215	1978	3	117.00–136.00	$124.33	$2,459	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135–1370	1253	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,225.00–1,275.00	$1,252.35
1290	1290	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1370	1370	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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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
965–1030	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00–1,250.00	$1,201.63	—
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
670–830	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,075.00	$1,047.33	-152.67

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	120.00	$120.00	$510	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	155.00	$155.00	$465	—
410	410	1	130.00	$130.00	$533	—
450–488	479	4	115.00–132.50	$128.39	$615	—
540	540	1	130.00	$130.00	$702	—
620	620	1	120.00	$120.00	$744	—
655	655	1	122.50	$122.50	$802	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	90.00	$90.00	$256	—
425	425	1	100.00	$100.00	$425	—
580	580	1	92.50	$92.50	$536	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	23	3	15.00–35.00	$23.33	-26.67
35	35	1	50.00	$50.00	±0.00
40	40	1	50.00	$50.00	±0.00
50	50	1	50.00	$50.00	-15.00

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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.