WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 2, 2023

382 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 steers $248.33/cwt +9.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,073/hd at 432 lb · 24 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $203.75/cwt -8.13 vs last sale · ≈ $945/hd at 464 lb · 17 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $209.62/cwt -15.38 vs last sale · ≈ $1,186/hd at 566 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	382	398	382
Feeder cattle	320	311	278
Slaughter cattle	52	80	80
Replacement cattle	6	5	18

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 8.00 Lower Feeder cattle Bull 4.00 To 8.00 Higher Steers And Heifers 5.00 To 8.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Plain To Attractive Baby calves 90.00 Head calves 270.00 To 370.00 4 Hogs

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	250.00	$250.00	$800	—
355	355	1	212.50	$212.50	$754	—
408–448	432	24	243.00–253.00	$248.33	$1,073	+9.60
540	540	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,202	-12.50
560–590	579	4	222.50–235.00	$230.98	$1,337	+18.48
635–640	637	3	215.00–226.00	$218.66	$1,393	+11.15
670–692	687	4	202.00–210.00	$203.95	$1,401	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	285.00	$285.00	$784	+35.00
310–315	313	2	265.00–275.00	$269.96	$845	—
410–440	423	3	254.00–267.50	$260.40	$1,101	+3.57
450–485	465	4	251.00–260.00	$253.68	$1,180	-16.32
517–535	523	5	240.00–242.00	$240.61	$1,258	-8.08
550–580	565	2	236.00–246.00	$240.87	$1,361	-0.46
610–625	618	2	228.00–229.00	$228.51	$1,412	—
655–660	658	2	223.00–226.00	$224.51	$1,477	-1.49
745	745	1	196.00	$196.00	$1,460	-2.26
805	805	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,509	-5.43

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	185.00	$185.00	$638	—
418–420	418	5	165.00–175.00	$172.99	$723	—
480	480	1	150.00	$150.00	$720	—
705	705	1	130.00	$130.00	$916	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	125.00	$125.00	$588	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	190.00	$190.00	$352	—
265	265	1	200.00	$200.00	$530	±0.00
305–330	318	2	185.00–190.00	$187.40	$596	-17.60
365–394	389	11	195.00–200.00	$196.32	$764	-10.20
400–435	416	5	195.00–205.00	$199.95	$832	-13.42
450–490	464	17	200.00–213.00	$203.75	$945	-8.13
510–540	523	4	190.00–205.00	$197.46	$1,033	-7.66
550–575	564	4	192.50–200.00	$196.85	$1,110	-8.74
615–640	621	5	176.00–182.50	$178.50	$1,108	-14.99
665–690	678	2	163.00–167.50	$165.21	$1,120	-30.79
720–722	721	3	152.50–167.50	$157.49	$1,136	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	267	6	196.00–218.00	$206.82	$552	-28.18
330	330	2	217.00–222.50	$219.75	$725	-8.68
350–390	376	4	210.00–220.00	$213.85	$804	-5.83
400–435	418	7	210.00–220.00	$213.94	$894	-21.06
450–485	465	10	215.00–224.00	$218.82	$1,018	-5.46
505–525	514	4	206.00–217.50	$211.94	$1,089	-9.89
553–590	566	15	207.00–216.00	$209.62	$1,186	-15.38
600	600	1	206.00	$206.00	$1,236	+4.62
735	735	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,286	-4.82
815–835	825	2	137.50–148.00	$142.69	$1,177	-10.47

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	150.00	$150.00	$412	-60.00
328	328	2	177.50	$177.50	$582	+12.27
355–390	371	12	179.00–190.00	$181.73	$674	+16.78
400–445	425	8	144.50–155.00	$147.09	$625	-42.37
465–490	479	5	155.00–165.00	$161.00	$771	-18.23
500–545	515	3	180.00–190.00	$184.85	$952	+11.64
575–590	583	2	177.50–178.00	$177.75	$1,036	-0.61
625	625	2	150.00–155.00	$152.50	$953	-22.99
650–675	663	2	137.50–140.00	$138.77	$920	-20.56

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	145.00	$145.00	$413	—
305–335	320	2	115.00–130.00	$122.15	$391	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	1	122.50	$122.50	$882	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	240.00	$240.00	$648	-5.51
305 fancy	305	1	300.00	$300.00	$915	—
325–335	331	4	280.00–287.50	$283.71	$939	—
370–395	379	5	255.00–267.50	$260.96	$989	+5.96
405–435	421	8	252.50–265.00	$257.79	$1,085	+13.57
465–485	472	8	240.00–250.00	$243.37	$1,149	-0.96
505–515	510	4	230.00–240.00	$235.75	$1,202	+1.93
552–555	553	3	210.00–217.50	$214.99	$1,189	-6.49
610	610	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,385	+31.82
710	710	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,136	-14.00
805	805	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,268	-6.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	145.00	$145.00	$420	—
330	330	1	195.00	$195.00	$644	—
380–385	383	3	165.00–177.50	$172.49	$661	-32.67
415–430	420	4	190.00–200.00	$193.78	$814	—
520–535	528	2	180.00–190.00	$184.93	$976	-0.07
575–590	582	3	183.00–192.00	$188.37	$1,096	—
605–635	620	2	178.00–185.00	$181.42	$1,125	+11.42
660–690	675	2	170.00–180.00	$174.89	$1,181	+14.89
730	730	1	125.00	$125.00	$912	-36.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	250.00	$250.00	$750	—
350–390	369	4	235.00–245.00	$241.31	$890	+9.94
425	425	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,052	+10.00
500–540	524	4	217.50–227.00	$221.62	$1,161	+11.62
570–575	572	3	196.00–208.00	$202.15	$1,156	-4.39
615	615	3	187.00	$187.00	$1,150	+1.04
685	685	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,199	-11.71
785	785	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,020	—
835	835	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,144	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–375	370	3	230.00	$230.00	$851	+11.86
400–445	413	10	230.00–240.00	$235.97	$975	+14.68
455	455	1	217.00	$217.00	$987	+6.41
500–540	522	3	200.00–202.50	$200.80	$1,048	+10.80

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	135.00	$135.00	$392	—
305	305	1	145.00	$145.00	$442	—
440	440	1	142.50	$142.50	$627	—
520–525	523	2	140.00–142.50	$141.24	$739	—
605	605	1	130.00	$130.00	$786	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	120.00	$120.00	$600	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	120.00	$120.00	$636	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1325	1145	80-85%	14	82.00–90.00	$86.33	$988	+19.11
935–1475	1171	80-85%	13	71.00–79.00	$74.25	$869	—
1130–1310	1202	80-85%	5	93.00–100.00	$95.55	$1,149	+1.41

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	85-90%	1	58.00	$58.00	$455	-25.38
765–845	810	85-90%	3	73.00–78.00	$76.26	$618	—
830	830	85-90%	1	91.00	$91.00	$755	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1475	1372	75-80%	3	85.00–90.00	$88.36	$1,212	—
1420–1475	1448	75-80%	2	97.00–105.00	$101.08	$1,464	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1635	1370	3	115.00–119.00	$116.21	$1,592	—
1065–2165	1609	7	120.00–127.00	$123.12	$1,981	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1310	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,075.00–1,300.00	$1,205.42
1360	1360	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	510.00	$510.00

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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
995	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	105.00	$105.00	$525	—
555	555	1	100.00	$100.00	$555	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	90.00	$90.00	—
80	80	1	90.00	$90.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	135.00	$135.00	—

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Wethers

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

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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.