WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 18, 2023

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light 5-weight M 1 heifers $213.85/cwt ≈ $1,114/hd at 521 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	282	152	242
Feeder cattle	224	24	210
Slaughter cattle	49	117	26
Replacement cattle	9	11	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 5.00 Lower Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive Baby calves 80.00 To 110.00 Head calves 260.00 To 550.00

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	245.00	$245.00	$808	—
365	365	1	250.00	$250.00	$912	—
438	438	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,073	—
525–545	540	5	240.00–252.00	$248.46	$1,342	—
580–595	585	4	220.00–232.50	$228.70	$1,338	—
640	640	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,408	—
852	852	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,747	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–385	380	2	175.00–180.00	$177.53	$675	—
445	445	1	180.00	$180.00	$801	—
515–540	532	3	160.00–170.00	$165.42	$880	—
665	665	1	110.00	$110.00	$732	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	2	200.00–215.00	$207.50	$1,120	—
550–560	555	2	180.00–190.00	$184.95	$1,026	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	228.00	$228.00	$912	—
500–505	503	2	233.00–235.00	$234.00	$1,177	—
555	555	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,166	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	225.00	$225.00	$518	—
252–295	266	4	210.00–220.00	$216.33	$575	—
315	315	1	220.00	$220.00	$693	—
350–360	355	2	215.00–224.00	$219.44	$779	-20.56
415–420	418	2	231.00–238.00	$234.52	$980	—
450–475	460	4	232.00–240.00	$236.32	$1,087	—
500–535	516	7	230.00–232.00	$230.72	$1,191	—
560–570	563	3	232.00–234.00	$232.67	$1,310	—
615	615	2	205.00–209.00	$207.00	$1,273	—
685	685	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,370	—
760–795	783	3	155.00–167.50	$161.77	$1,267	—
830	830	1	158.00	$158.00	$1,311	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	210.00	$210.00	$462	—
300	300	1	195.00	$195.00	$585	—
370–385	378	2	200.00–210.00	$204.90	$775	-21.10
420–435	423	6	210.00–223.00	$218.78	$925	—
450–485	468	8	200.00–215.00	$207.26	$970	-2.74
520–535	527	3	226.00–227.50	$226.84	$1,195	—
565	565	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,243	—
635–645	640	2	194.00–195.00	$194.50	$1,245	—
720	720	1	120.00	$120.00	$864	—
750	750	1	130.00	$130.00	$975	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	190.00	$190.00	$522	—
300–345	318	3	180.00–195.00	$184.71	$587	—
400–410	405	2	209.00–210.00	$209.51	$849	—
480–495	488	3	225.00–228.00	$226.01	$1,103	—
500–548	521	15	208.00–220.00	$213.85	$1,114	—
615	615	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,168	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	157.50	$157.50	$354	—
255	255	1	170.00	$170.00	$434	—
320–340	330	2	150.00–167.50	$159.02	$525	—
350–370	360	9	150.00–160.00	$158.86	$572	—
400–425	413	2	165.00	$165.00	$681	—
455–480	462	5	190.00–195.00	$192.97	$892	—
500	500	1	180.00	$180.00	$900	—
575	575	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,136	—
615–640	628	2	160.00–170.00	$164.90	$1,036	—
720	720	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,134	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	142.50	$142.50	$513	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	255.00	$255.00	$663	—
300–315	308	2	250.00–257.50	$253.84	$782	—
380–395	388	2	252.00–262.00	$257.10	$998	—
415–439	431	6	250.00–260.00	$252.89	$1,090	+33.89
455–495	474	5	251.00–261.00	$255.24	$1,210	—
510–518	516	7	227.00–234.00	$232.44	$1,199	—
555–590	573	2	219.00–222.50	$220.70	$1,265	-1.80
620–645	634	4	207.50–218.00	$213.05	$1,351	—
650–665	658	2	205.00–217.50	$211.32	$1,390	—
720–745	728	3	182.00–185.00	$183.32	$1,335	—
780	780	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,326	—
845	845	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,310	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	235.00	$235.00	$599	—
310	310	1	230.00	$230.00	$713	—
375–390	383	2	217.00–225.00	$220.92	$846	—
450–475	458	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,053	—
520	520	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,014	—
595	595	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,279	—
620–645	640	6	190.00–200.00	$194.33	$1,244	—
685	685	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,319	—
740	740	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,110	—
800	800	2	125.00–127.00	$126.00	$1,008	—
895	895	1	100.00	$100.00	$895	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	195.00	$195.00	$536	-15.00
385	385	4	190.00–197.50	$191.88	$739	—
600–635	618	2	160.00–170.00	$165.14	$1,021	—
670–685	675	3	165.00–170.00	$167.50	$1,131	—
700–710	705	2	172.50–180.00	$176.28	$1,243	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	145.00	$145.00	$457	—
415	415	1	110.00	$110.00	$456	—
525–545	535	2	140.00–150.00	$145.09	$776	—
565–570	568	2	141.00–150.00	$145.52	$827	—
840	840	1	112.50	$112.50	$945	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775	775	1	125.00	$125.00	$969	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–960	923	80-85%	3	59.00–65.00	$61.62	$569	-7.38
1075 value added	1075	80-85%	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,376	—
945–1370	1128	80-85%	10	88.00–99.00	$93.80	$1,058	-1.94
920–1380	1156	80-85%	8	100.00–108.00	$104.13	$1,204	—
1035–1370	1195	80-85%	3	70.00–82.00	$76.84	$918	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280 value added	1280	75-80%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,664	—
1185–1550	1333	75-80%	10	103.00–113.00	$106.72	$1,423	—
1305–1555	1415	75-80%	3	96.00–101.00	$98.19	$1,389	-16.15

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–820	748	85-90%	2	114.00–115.00	$114.55	$857	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280	1280	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,331	—
1070–2040	1517	7	121.00–133.00	$127.30	$1,931	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1080	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–1,250.00	$1,089.00
965–1360	1163	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,125.00–1,425.00	$1,300.48

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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
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00	+300.00
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—
1210–1380	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,375.00–1,800.00	$1,601.45	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	+200.00

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	100.00	$100.00	$340	—
370	370	1	110.00	$110.00	$407	—
400	400	1	110.00	$110.00	$440	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	147.50	$147.50	$524	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	107.50	$107.50	$435	-78.50
490	490	1	115.00	$115.00	$564	-55.00
550–570	560	2	77.00–89.00	$82.89	$464	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	75.00	$75.00	$300	—

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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.