WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 13, 2023

259 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $200.17/cwt -22.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,055/hd at 527 lb · 12 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $228.38/cwt -10.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,302/hd at 570 lb · 12 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $191.00/cwt ≈ $1,524/hd at 798 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	259	317	189
Feeder cattle	202	224	128
Slaughter cattle	46	70	56
Replacement cattle	6	4	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 8.00 Higher Feeder cattle 7.00 To 10.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average Baby calves 15.00 To 70.00 Head calves 130.00 To 230.00

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	235.00	$235.00	$576	—
320	320	1	235.00	$235.00	$752	—
355	355	1	237.50	$237.50	$843	-10.55
475	475	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,140	-15.00
531	531	4	234.00	$234.00	$1,243	+0.58
558–588	570	12	225.00–233.00	$228.38	$1,302	-10.79
615	615	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,365	-4.00
695	695	2	182.00	$182.00	$1,265	-32.21
709	709	7	195.00	$195.00	$1,383	-25.00
798	798	11	191.00	$191.00	$1,524	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–480	461	4	125.00–135.00	$128.09	$590	-51.91
518	518	2	150.00	$150.00	$777	—
580	580	1	127.00	$127.00	$737	-52.96

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,122	+15.00
565–590	574	4	210.00–220.00	$217.49	$1,248	-2.51
770–785	778	2	142.50–150.00	$146.29	$1,138	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
537	537	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,074	—
635	635	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,016	—

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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	222.50	$222.50	$645	-2.50
350–395	373	3	185.00–196.00	$188.77	$704	-27.45
400–415	408	2	196.00	$196.00	$800	-24.53
472	472	2	195.00	$195.00	$920	-13.82
538	538	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,076	+0.40
550–592	568	8	175.00–187.00	$179.57	$1,020	-20.68
605–649	636	7	174.00–181.00	$179.91	$1,144	-3.87
660	660	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,129	-8.15
710	710	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,150	+13.21
760	760	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,170	-2.00
820	820	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,066	—
855	855	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,120	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–292	278	3	190.00–197.50	$192.25	$534	-10.21
410–442	428	7	170.00–180.00	$172.72	$739	-26.48
495	495	1	180.00	$180.00	$891	-17.05
510–535	523	3	170.00–186.00	$180.47	$944	-8.97
560	560	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,022	-3.58
635	635	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,016	-12.50
665	665	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,130	+20.00
760–785	773	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,198	+17.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	180.00	$180.00	$423	—
360	360	1	160.00	$160.00	$576	—
490	490	2	110.00–122.50	$116.25	$570	-33.75
500–540	523	3	125.00–130.00	$128.41	$672	-39.09
550–585	573	3	120.00–133.00	$126.97	$728	-45.53
630–640	633	3	138.00–147.00	$141.03	$893	-11.47
695	695	1	125.00	$125.00	$869	—
725	725	1	130.00	$130.00	$942	±0.00
755	755	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,019	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	205.00	$205.00	$420	—
425–445	435	2	160.00–165.00	$162.56	$707	-21.14
485	485	1	140.00	$140.00	$679	-10.00
505–530	523	4	142.50–150.00	$145.58	$761	—
562–575	566	3	158.00–159.00	$158.34	$896	—
605	605	1	160.00	$160.00	$968	—
655	655	1	150.00	$150.00	$982	—
910	910	1	100.00	$100.00	$910	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–545	528	2	115.00–117.50	$116.29	$614	-27.00
560–580	568	3	100.00–110.00	$103.28	$587	-37.98

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	235.00	$235.00	$552	—
285	285	1	235.00	$235.00	$670	+9.86
325–335	330	2	243.00–250.00	$246.55	$814	-0.95
350–385	373	3	245.00–248.00	$247.06	$922	+19.06
425	425	6	235.00–240.00	$237.83	$1,011	-21.70
470	470	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,022	-10.97
525–530	527	12	190.00–202.00	$200.17	$1,055	-22.40
550–560	555	2	170.00–177.50	$173.78	$964	-30.42
665	665	1	145.00	$145.00	$964	-19.31
725	725	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,000	-7.00
750	750	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,042	+2.15

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	185.00	$185.00	$500	—
330	330	1	220.00	$220.00	$726	+30.00
390	390	1	220.00	$220.00	$858	—
450–495	473	2	190.00–195.00	$192.62	$911	-11.71
505–545	528	3	160.00–170.00	$163.38	$863	-41.62
575	575	1	137.50	$137.50	$791	-52.50
610	610	1	134.00	$134.00	$817	-6.16

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	157.50	$157.50	$701	-42.50
515–525	520	2	145.00–147.50	$146.26	$761	—
630	630	1	150.00	$150.00	$945	+20.00
740	740	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,043	—
870	870	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,000	—
955	955	1	90.00	$90.00	$860	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	160.00	$160.00	$672	-63.43

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	100.00	$100.00	$505	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	80-85%	1	67.00	$67.00	$670	-5.32
950–1085	1029	80-85%	4	70.00–82.00	$76.27	$785	+3.95
905–1265	1113	80-85%	12	82.00–94.00	$88.73	$988	—
1230–1470	1350	80-85%	2	96.00–108.00	$101.47	$1,370	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225 value added	1225	75-80%	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,623	—
1370	1370	75-80%	1	76.00	$76.00	$1,041	—
1290–1540	1419	75-80%	8	94.00–110.00	$99.28	$1,409	+9.28
1345–1710	1473	75-80%	4	89.00–91.00	$90.21	$1,329	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	85-90%	1	72.50	$72.50	$486	—
680	680	85-90%	1	95.00	$95.00	$646	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1265	1260	2	85.00–93.00	$88.98	$1,121	—
1050–1795	1499	5	110.00–115.00	$112.52	$1,687	—
1720–1830	1785	4	117.00–127.00	$123.54	$2,205	—

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
580–875	743	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	425.00–850.00	$609.14

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1420	1420	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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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
1165	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	170.00	$170.00	$612	-15.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	2	75.00–95.00	$85.00	-33.33

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	130.00	$130.00	—
100	100	1	140.00	$140.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	1	125.00	$125.00	—

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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.