WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 30, 2023

359 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $180.69/cwt -1.56 vs last sale · ≈ $856/hd at 474 lb · 14 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $199.97/cwt -1.25 vs last sale · ≈ $752/hd at 376 lb · 10 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 steers $219.35/cwt +17.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,064/hd at 485 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	359	294	326
Feeder cattle	260	204	220
Slaughter cattle	86	85	85
Replacement cattle	4	1	21

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle 1.00 To 3.00 lower Feeder cattle 6.00 To 8.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	227.50	$227.50	$637	+12.50
320–345	333	2	230.00–240.00	$235.19	$783	—
390	390	1	247.50	$247.50	$965	—
435–440	438	2	240.00–252.50	$246.21	$1,078	—
466–490	476	8	230.00–240.00	$233.50	$1,111	-5.50
510–545	530	3	240.00–247.50	$243.25	$1,289	-4.25
580–583	582	9	227.00–237.50	$230.50	$1,342	+33.99
610	610	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,357	+22.79
700	700	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,400	+15.00
863	863	4	154.00	$154.00	$1,329	—
915	915	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,263	+28.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	200.00	$200.00	$610	—
395	395	2	227.50	$227.50	$899	—
405–415	410	2	225.00–230.00	$227.47	$933	—
477–489	485	10	213.00–222.00	$219.35	$1,064	+17.31
505–540	523	3	222.50–230.00	$225.88	$1,181	+6.05
560–570	563	3	215.00–220.00	$216.99	$1,222	+46.99
635	635	1	151.00	$151.00	$959	-36.50
650–660	655	2	160.00–162.00	$160.99	$1,054	—
710–745	728	2	155.00–162.50	$158.84	$1,156	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–385	373	2	175.00–180.00	$177.42	$662	—
425–430	428	2	165.00–180.00	$172.54	$738	—
475–485	480	3	170.00–180.00	$175.30	$841	—
575	575	1	140.00	$140.00	$805	-4.89
630	630	2	132.50–147.50	$140.00	$882	—
735	735	1	110.00	$110.00	$808	-26.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	205.00	$205.00	$758	—
515	515	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,082	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	192.50	$192.50	$645	—
360–387	379	7	180.00–190.00	$185.81	$704	—
410–445	433	6	177.50–187.00	$182.40	$790	—
460–495	474	14	175.00–187.50	$180.69	$856	-1.56
500–535	518	6	170.00–180.00	$174.17	$902	-2.54
550	550	1	175.00	$175.00	$962	-2.55
615	615	1	160.00	$160.00	$984	-12.50
660–685	673	3	166.00–177.50	$171.93	$1,157	+13.49
705–730	720	3	155.00–164.00	$159.62	$1,149	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	180.00	$180.00	$531	-30.00
320–340	330	2	202.00–210.00	$205.88	$679	—
355–390	376	10	195.00–207.50	$199.97	$752	-1.25
400–420	411	5	190.00–200.00	$192.92	$793	-6.99
450–477	464	7	184.00–192.00	$188.55	$875	-3.46
515	515	4	180.00	$180.00	$927	-6.68
550–590	562	5	180.00–192.50	$185.08	$1,040	-1.20
600–605	603	2	182.50–184.00	$183.25	$1,105	+7.32
665	665	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,164	+15.13
700–745	722	3	150.00–156.00	$154.06	$1,112	+6.11
780	780	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,092	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	175.00	$175.00	$332	+25.00
245	245	1	165.00	$165.00	$404	—
315–325	318	3	170.00–175.00	$172.97	$550	—
350–385	365	3	165.00–175.00	$168.29	$614	-6.71
420–445	430	3	155.00–165.00	$159.90	$688	-11.12
450–485	468	9	160.00–173.00	$165.39	$774	+9.78
510	510	1	105.00	$105.00	$536	-55.35
505–520	513	3	161.00–170.00	$165.38	$848	+5.03
565–585	578	9	145.00–157.00	$150.87	$872	-4.44
680–690	686	4	160.00	$160.00	$1,098	+14.96

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	150.00	$150.00	$285	—
540 thin fleshed	540	1	80.00	$80.00	$432	—
640 thin fleshed	640	1	110.00	$110.00	$704	—
645	645	1	148.00	$148.00	$955	—
650–675	663	2	125.00–130.00	$127.45	$845	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	197.50	$197.50	$494	—
315	315	1	227.50	$227.50	$717	+42.62
350–380	374	5	190.00–220.00	$212.58	$795	—
410–442	431	4	207.50–215.00	$209.37	$902	+39.37
465	465	1	210.00	$210.00	$976	—
525–535	529	4	180.00–185.00	$182.50	$965	+2.84
575–585	580	6	170.00–180.00	$172.49	$1,000	+1.66
610–640	627	3	160.00–170.00	$166.65	$1,045	+4.15
700	700	1	130.00	$130.00	$910	+15.88
820	820	1	100.00	$100.00	$820	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	150.00	$150.00	$450	—
365	365	1	180.00	$180.00	$657	+10.07
420	420	1	150.00	$150.00	$630	—
450	450	1	187.50	$187.50	$844	+22.50
520	520	1	120.00	$120.00	$624	-51.58
525	525	1	112.50	$112.50	$591	-59.08
560–595	573	3	140.00–145.00	$141.63	$812	-33.37
610	610	1	130.00	$130.00	$793	+3.60
655–680	663	3	140.00–150.00	$146.71	$973	+2.90
715–725	720	2	142.50–143.00	$142.75	$1,028	+35.25
785–795	790	2	120.00–130.00	$124.97	$987	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	325	2	230.00–240.00	$235.15	$764	+13.67
360–390	375	2	225.00–235.00	$229.80	$862	+24.77
415–425	422	3	232.50–242.50	$239.22	$1,010	+35.81
450	450	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,046	—
560	560	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,246	+22.50
830	830	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,054	+5.36
885	885	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,062	—
925–940	933	2	121.00–127.00	$124.02	$1,157	+14.02

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	1	105.00	$105.00	$746	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1165	1058	80-85%	2	58.00–65.00	$61.14	$647	—
900–1505	1124	80-85%	16	70.00–79.00	$75.73	$851	—
915–1460	1146	80-85%	27	80.00–92.00	$85.18	$976	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1605	1396	75-80%	11	80.00–93.00	$86.87	$1,213	—
1200–1675	1486	75-80%	8	98.00–108.00	$101.69	$1,511	—
1450–1575	1513	75-80%	2	74.00–78.00	$75.92	$1,149	-1.08

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–810	753	85-90%	3	69.00–75.00	$71.27	$537	—
720–825	773	85-90%	2	46.00–58.00	$51.59	$399	-20.97
810–820	815	85-90%	2	95.00–97.50	$96.26	$785	-8.74
885–950	908	85-90%	3	82.50–90.00	$87.55	$795	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1645	1459	7	92.00–106.00	$101.65	$1,483	—
1305–1775	1583	3	114.00–119.00	$116.13	$1,838	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1405	1405	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1500	1500	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	135.00	$135.00	—

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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
1690	1690	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,790.00	$1,790.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	180.00	$180.00	$630	—
480	480	1	145.00	$145.00	$696	—
570	570	1	140.00	$140.00	$798	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	1	30.00	$30.00	-20.00
40	40	1	50.00	$50.00	±0.00
60	60	1	100.00	$100.00	+10.00
70	70	1	100.00	$100.00	+10.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–105	101	4	120.00–130.00	$126.25	—

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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.