WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 8, 2024

289 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $245.18/cwt ≈ $1,388/hd at 566 lb · 27 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $243.75/cwt +31.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,248/hd at 512 lb · 12 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $187.51/cwt +17.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,166/hd at 622 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	289	116	257
Feeder cattle	209	96	172
Slaughter cattle	67	19	80
Replacement cattle	2	1	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

No sale last two weeks Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	220.00	$220.00	$572	—
300–335	322	3	222.50–235.00	$227.25	$732	—
390	390	1	250.00	$250.00	$975	+40.00
438	438	6	261.00	$261.00	$1,143	+33.50
470–480	475	2	220.00–230.00	$224.95	$1,069	—
540	540	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,242	—
555–566	566	27	245.00–250.00	$245.18	$1,388	—
746	746	4	214.00	$214.00	$1,596	—
825	825	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,444	—
995	995	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,552	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	195.00	$195.00	$614	—
415–430	423	2	235.00–237.50	$236.23	$999	+26.23
460–470	465	2	207.50–217.50	$212.55	$988	—
585–590	588	2	226.00–232.50	$229.26	$1,348	—
620	620	2	180.00–192.50	$186.25	$1,155	—
720–730	725	3	180.00–190.00	$184.98	$1,341	—
795	795	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,272	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	217.50	$217.50	$957	—
570	570	1	164.00	$164.00	$935	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,037	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	215.00	$215.00	$559	—
315–345	330	2	215.00–225.00	$220.23	$727	—
355–375	367	3	225.00–227.50	$225.81	$829	+25.28
405–420	413	3	216.00–227.50	$221.20	$914	+21.20
435 value added	435	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,142	—
455–490	473	6	217.00–222.00	$219.85	$1,040	+29.04
500–510	503	3	213.00–219.00	$216.34	$1,088	+46.34
616–645	622	12	182.50–188.50	$187.51	$1,166	+17.51
690	690	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,156	—
705	705	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,093	—
810	810	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,199	—
895	895	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,101	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	185.00	$185.00	$361	—
320–340	330	2	190.00–197.50	$193.64	$639	—
390–395	393	2	197.50–210.00	$203.71	$801	+23.71
405–435	423	3	206.00–210.00	$208.65	$883	+26.94
450–490	470	4	200.00–207.00	$202.42	$951	+28.34
510–525	515	3	200.00–207.50	$204.95	$1,055	+48.47
575–580	578	2	181.00–184.00	$182.51	$1,055	—
640	640	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,072	+15.79
675	675	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,080	+39.00
845	845	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,132	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150–190	170	2	165.00–175.00	$170.59	$290	—
210	210	2	175.00–180.00	$177.50	$373	—
350	350	1	177.50	$177.50	$621	+8.78
460–485	473	2	180.00–185.00	$182.57	$864	—
488	488	2	154.00	$154.00	$752	—
515–530	523	3	180.00–187.50	$184.13	$963	—
660	660	1	132.50	$132.50	$874	-7.50
825	825	1	120.00	$120.00	$990	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340 thin fleshed	340	1	109.00	$109.00	$371	—
345	345	1	130.00	$130.00	$448	—
460–490	475	2	120.00	$120.00	$570	+36.00
655	655	1	120.00	$120.00	$786	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	191.00	$191.00	$754	—
420	420	1	210.00	$210.00	$882	—
690	690	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,087	—
745	745	1	130.00	$130.00	$968	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	1	185.00	$185.00	$305	—
200–205	203	2	195.00–205.00	$199.94	$406	—
305	305	1	235.00	$235.00	$717	—
355–365	360	2	230.00–240.00	$235.07	$846	+26.08
410–440	419	11	225.00–239.00	$236.42	$991	+36.42
470	470	1	242.00	$242.00	$1,137	+42.00
530	530	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,113	+30.00
555–570	563	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,126	+10.00
650–680	670	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,273	+34.01
755	755	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,148	+62.00
845	845	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,014	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	323	3	260.00–267.50	$264.41	$854	+46.91
395	395	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,066	+48.75
400–445	423	2	260.00–261.00	$260.53	$1,102	+44.02
450–475	460	3	255.00–264.00	$259.31	$1,193	+44.88
505–514	512	12	243.00–244.00	$243.75	$1,248	+31.25
590	590	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,268	-1.96
630	630	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,216	+7.00
660	660	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,373	+23.00
730	730	1	158.00	$158.00	$1,153	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	1	170.00	$170.00	$255	—
325	325	1	190.00	$190.00	$618	—
460–490	473	3	200.00–215.00	$210.14	$994	—
590	590	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,062	—
680	680	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,173	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	135.00	$135.00	$533	+5.00
400–405	403	2	130.00–140.00	$135.03	$544	—
480	480	1	115.00	$115.00	$552	-52.45
555	555	1	166.00	$166.00	$921	-1.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1270	1050	80-85%	4	68.00–76.00	$72.86	$765	—
1080	1080	80-85%	1	60.00	$60.00	$648	—
960–1630	1240	80-85%	14	84.00–91.00	$87.68	$1,087	—
1010–1610	1260	80-85%	16	92.00–110.00	$98.63	$1,243	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1595	1470	75-80%	11	92.00–108.00	$95.94	$1,410	—
1325–1755	1521	75-80%	4	82.00–90.00	$87.80	$1,335	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–885	797	85-90%	3	80.00–90.00	$85.13	$678	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–2370	1636	8	110.00–119.00	$115.09	$1,883	—
1205–2160	1840	6	125.00–135.00	$130.49	$2,401	—

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	92.50	$92.50	$370	—
480	480	1	130.00	$130.00	$624	—
745	745	1	65.00	$65.00	$484	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	177.00	$177.00	$832	—
545	545	1	160.00	$160.00	$872	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	5	50.00–75.00	$55.00	—
60	60	1	80.00	$80.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	2	30.00	$30.00	—
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	—
60	60	1	95.00	$95.00	—

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Nannies Does

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