WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 24, 2023

363 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $206.20/cwt -10.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,080/hd at 524 lb · 19 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $200.28/cwt -1.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,152/hd at 575 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	363	279	182
Feeder cattle	242	215	123
Slaughter cattle	101	50	53
Replacement cattle	13	14	3

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 5.00 Higher Feeder cattle 5.00 To 9.00 Lower Demand Very Good Activity Active Offerings Heavy Quality Attractive Baby calves 50.00 2 Hogs Head calves 100.00 To 280.00

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	205.00–220.00	$212.50	$818	+1.28
400–420	410	2	230.00–245.00	$237.68	$974	-0.32
475–495	482	5	217.00–237.50	$228.07	$1,099	-12.33
515–545	528	4	216.00–227.50	$221.13	$1,168	-19.87
550–595	573	2	220.00–235.00	$227.21	$1,302	-13.49
605–640	620	6	215.00–230.00	$223.07	$1,383	-5.88
650	650	2	217.50	$217.50	$1,414	-2.50
731	731	7	205.00	$205.00	$1,499	-0.35
760–780	770	2	180.00–190.00	$184.94	$1,424	-13.06
885	885	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,690	—
945	945	1	187.00	$187.00	$1,767	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	200.00	$200.00	$780	-14.00
429–448	435	6	220.00–228.00	$222.74	$969	—
452–495	464	5	200.00–215.00	$208.82	$969	+2.97
535–540	538	2	172.50–180.00	$176.27	$948	—
580	580	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,232	+24.50
615–645	629	4	197.50–210.00	$205.06	$1,290	+12.06
665	665	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,330	—
705	705	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,322	—
785	785	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,334	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	190.00	$190.00	$817	—
485	485	1	136.00	$136.00	$660	—
690	690	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,035	—
700	700	1	140.00	$140.00	$980	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	130.00	$130.00	$351	—
515	515	3	130.00	$130.00	$670	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	200.00	$200.00	$780	—
415	415	1	210.00	$210.00	$872	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	200.00	$200.00	$580	—
370–398	383	5	207.00–218.00	$212.26	$813	+6.03
420–440	433	4	208.00–219.00	$212.26	$919	-9.73
455–490	475	4	204.00–216.00	$210.07	$998	-14.68
500–540	524	19	200.00–215.00	$206.20	$1,080	-10.52
550–592	575	15	194.50–206.00	$200.28	$1,152	-1.20
635–641	640	9	177.00–181.00	$177.44	$1,136	-48.56
695	695	1	206.00	$206.00	$1,432	+32.65
850	850	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,352	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	192.50	$192.50	$664	—
355–375	368	4	190.00–200.00	$196.34	$723	-8.66
405–440	420	3	197.50–205.00	$200.78	$843	-5.75
464–498	491	5	200.00–202.50	$200.47	$984	-12.37
510	510	1	190.00	$190.00	$969	-15.47
595	595	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,116	+8.78
600	600	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,080	-19.75
650–675	667	3	169.00–180.00	$173.04	$1,154	-3.93
715	715	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,162	+8.50
765	765	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,148	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	165.00	$165.00	$396	-10.00
260–290	275	2	180.00–190.00	$184.73	$508	+3.80
305–335	318	3	160.00–170.00	$164.95	$525	—
375–380	378	2	170.00–175.00	$172.48	$652	-14.05
420	420	1	180.00	$180.00	$756	-2.99
495	495	1	170.00	$170.00	$842	+12.50
505–530	518	2	155.00–167.50	$161.10	$834	-0.90
620–630	625	2	135.00–150.00	$142.44	$890	-43.33
652–695	666	5	160.00–168.00	$165.11	$1,100	+5.11

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	195.00	$195.00	$838	+2.50
455	455	1	190.00	$190.00	$864	-5.00

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	130.00	$130.00	$442	—
390	390	1	160.00	$160.00	$624	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790	790	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,003	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–445	430	9	200.00–210.00	$203.81	$876	+11.31
460–495	484	6	210.00–218.00	$211.65	$1,024	+10.27
510–535	524	7	200.00–214.00	$203.06	$1,064	+0.54
555–558	557	5	190.00–200.00	$196.01	$1,092	+1.01
630	630	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,040	—
730	730	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,241	+5.00
810	810	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,235	+7.50
915	915	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,144	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	230.00	$230.00	$529	—
280	280	1	245.00	$245.00	$686	+10.00
330	330	2	220.00–227.50	$223.75	$738	-1.25
350–385	372	6	225.00–232.50	$226.77	$844	+0.77
400–440	418	3	220.00–222.50	$220.83	$923	-8.15
450–460	453	5	220.00–231.00	$224.70	$1,018	-7.29
505–515	510	2	227.00–230.00	$228.49	$1,165	+8.55
559–575	562	6	215.00–216.00	$215.83	$1,213	-5.39
620	620	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,302	-5.99
680–690	685	2	170.00–182.50	$176.20	$1,207	—
735	735	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,286	-9.91

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	190.00	$190.00	$390	—
425	425	1	190.00	$190.00	$808	+15.00
565	565	1	170.00	$170.00	$960	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	157.50–167.50	$162.50	$723	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–960	955	80-85%	2	49.00–59.00	$53.97	$515	—
940–1210	1049	80-85%	4	74.00–79.00	$76.42	$802	—
910–1550	1117	80-85%	42	88.00–99.00	$93.41	$1,043	+1.54
1075–1210	1142	80-85%	10	100.00–111.00	$105.44	$1,204	+13.57

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1785	1418	75-80%	8	93.00–104.00	$97.47	$1,382	-14.77
1200–1690	1439	75-80%	11	106.00–116.00	$110.79	$1,594	-1.45

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–670	638	85-90%	2	55.00–60.00	$57.37	$366	—
820–850	833	85-90%	3	82.00–93.00	$86.40	$720	+39.27
800–875	842	85-90%	3	72.00–79.00	$75.74	$638	+28.61
870	870	85-90%	1	104.00	$104.00	$905	+20.96

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050	1050	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,082	—
1120	1120	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,310	—
1360–2030	1669	13	120.00–134.00	$126.43	$2,110	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1110–1225	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	925.00–1,060.00	$980.75
1230	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
475–800	688	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	600.00–860.00	$700.73

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	130.00	$130.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
765–880	823	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00–1,375.00	$1,305.24	+355.24

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	80.00	$80.00	$256	-20.00
375	375	1	136.00	$136.00	$510	—
450	450	1	130.00	$130.00	$585	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420 thin fleshed	420	1	55.00	$55.00	$231	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	1	15.00	$15.00	—
25	25	1	30.00	$30.00	—
35	35	1	57.50	$57.50	—
40	40	2	47.50–50.00	$48.75	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	85.00	$85.00	—

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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.