WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 23, 2023

294 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $186.68/cwt -2.78 vs last sale · ≈ $982/hd at 526 lb · 11 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $159.87/cwt ≈ $1,074/hd at 672 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	294	420	312
Feeder cattle	204	300	227
Slaughter cattle	85	100	66
Replacement cattle	1	20	14

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle 3.00 To 7.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average 5 Hogs

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	215.00	$215.00	$591	-25.00
490	490	1	239.00	$239.00	$1,171	+14.99
505	505	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,250	—
590–595	593	2	193.00–200.00	$196.51	$1,165	-13.71
618–645	625	4	197.00–207.50	$199.71	$1,248	-20.21
660–690	676	4	180.00–190.00	$185.94	$1,257	-13.64
700	700	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,295	—
905	905	1	110.00	$110.00	$996	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463–480	470	5	200.00–205.00	$202.04	$950	+32.04
505–540	523	2	215.00–225.00	$219.83	$1,150	+34.83
560	560	1	170.00	$170.00	$952	—
605	605	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,134	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	180.00	$180.00	$585	—
650–695	665	6	165.00–167.50	$166.63	$1,108	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–540	535	2	146.00–150.00	$148.02	$792	—
555–580	568	2	140.00–150.00	$144.89	$823	—
720	720	2	136.00	$136.00	$979	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	105.00	$105.00	$551	—

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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	210.00	$210.00	$609	-28.52
365–370	368	2	197.50–205.00	$201.22	$740	+7.38
425–440	433	2	195.00–205.00	$199.91	$866	+27.43
460–480	472	3	187.00–200.00	$192.01	$906	+4.51
508–548	526	11	182.00–194.00	$186.68	$982	-2.78
550–580	568	6	183.00–193.00	$186.28	$1,058	-7.28
605–645	620	6	170.00–180.00	$175.93	$1,091	+18.43
668–676	672	10	155.00–166.00	$159.87	$1,074	—
705–740	717	3	145.00–153.00	$147.95	$1,061	—
890	890	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,255	—
975–995	985	2	121.00–122.50	$121.76	$1,199	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	150.00	$150.00	$292	—
280	280	1	150.00	$150.00	$420	—
380	380	1	175.00	$175.00	$665	+25.00
420–440	430	2	170.00–172.00	$171.02	$735	+6.02
450–490	474	4	150.00–160.00	$155.61	$738	+10.51
515–540	531	4	155.00–164.00	$160.35	$851	+17.84
550–595	578	5	150.00–160.00	$155.31	$898	+2.81
605–625	615	4	151.00–160.00	$157.28	$967	—
675–690	682	3	140.00–150.00	$145.04	$989	-14.96
855	855	1	107.50	$107.50	$919	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–480	466	8	175.00–186.00	$182.25	$849	+13.52
515–530	522	3	170.00–180.00	$176.71	$922	+1.73
560–590	573	7	170.00–180.00	$177.55	$1,017	+3.86
610	610	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,052	-9.44
660–690	675	3	154.00–162.50	$158.44	$1,069	-0.56

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	130.00	$130.00	$325	—
455–490	473	3	135.00–145.00	$139.25	$659	—
515	515	1	120.00	$120.00	$618	—
660	660	1	130.00	$130.00	$858	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	180.00	$180.00	$783	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	75.00	$75.00	$236	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	185.00	$185.00	$453	—
305–335	322	3	215.00–227.50	$221.48	$713	-8.17
390–395	393	2	200.00–210.00	$205.03	$806	-11.05
400–440	425	3	200.00–210.00	$203.41	$864	-24.84
490–495	493	3	190.00–203.00	$195.98	$966	-21.39
505–535	518	3	190.00–201.00	$194.78	$1,009	-11.97
555	555	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,110	—
605–640	620	4	160.00–170.00	$166.27	$1,031	-33.45
740	740	1	127.00	$127.00	$940	—
780	780	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,170	—
825–845	837	3	119.00–126.00	$121.64	$1,018	—
945	945	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,040	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–315	308	2	180.00–190.00	$184.88	$569	—
415	415	1	170.00	$170.00	$706	-20.00
530–545	538	6	175.00–183.00	$179.66	$967	+20.52
565–580	570	3	162.50–180.00	$170.83	$974	-2.17
600	600	1	162.50	$162.50	$975	-20.87
700–745	723	2	110.00–118.00	$114.12	$825	—
760–765	763	2	124.00–134.00	$129.02	$984	—
860	860	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,058	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–380	375	2	165.00–175.00	$169.93	$637	—
460	460	1	165.00	$165.00	$759	—
515–545	528	3	167.50–177.50	$171.58	$906	+41.58
570	570	1	175.00	$175.00	$998	+30.00
610–645	623	3	124.00–130.00	$126.40	$787	—
670–690	680	2	140.00–147.50	$143.81	$978	—
710	710	1	107.50	$107.50	$763	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	130.00	$130.00	$552	—
505	505	1	130.00	$130.00	$656	—
555 thin fleshed	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	80.00	$80.00	$324	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1215	1025	80-85%	4	45.00–67.00	$61.35	$629	-37.50
915–1255	1043	80-85%	12	72.00–81.00	$77.05	$804	-21.80
955–1630	1201	80-85%	27	82.00–94.00	$86.17	$1,035	—
1175–1515	1333	80-85%	4	95.00–105.00	$99.48	$1,326	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1565	1400	75-80%	10	83.00–94.00	$88.46	$1,238	-3.27
1530	1530	75-80%	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,178	—
1265–1770	1584	75-80%	5	100.00–110.00	$104.80	$1,660	—
1645–1755 value added	1708	75-80%	3	115.00–123.00	$118.33	$2,021	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–815	795	85-90%	2	70.00–75.00	$72.56	$577	—
810–815	813	85-90%	2	105.00	$105.00	$854	—
775–890	833	85-90%	2	37.00–67.00	$53.04	$442	—
750–885	834	85-90%	5	80.00–90.00	$83.56	$697	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1295	1096	4	90.00–97.00	$93.82	$1,028	—
1440–2360	1845	4	109.00–121.00	$117.08	$2,160	—

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125	125	1	175.00	$175.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	160.00	$160.00	$816	—
625	625	1	152.50	$152.50	$953	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	50.00	$50.00	—
60	60	1	90.00	$90.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	235.00	$235.00	—

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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.