WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 11, 2024

418 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $296.52/cwt +64.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,824/hd at 615 lb · 32 head

heavy 5-weight M 1 heifers $238.81/cwt +36.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,364/hd at 571 lb · 28 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $245.18/cwt +19.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,790/hd at 730 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	418	169	165
Feeder cattle	362	124	112
Slaughter cattle	39	31	46
Replacement cattle	5	3	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle 3.00 To 8.00 Higher Feeder cattle 6.00 To14.00 Higher Demand Very Good Activity Active Offerings Heavy 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
275	275	1	305.00	$305.00	$839	—
300	300	1	320.00	$320.00	$960	—
365–395	380	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,235	+15.00
415–445	430	2	320.00–325.00	$322.41	$1,386	-4.59
478	478	1	297.00	$297.00	$1,420	+2.00
505–548	535	13	312.00–321.00	$317.46	$1,698	+39.96
555–580	561	4	314.00–322.50	$316.69	$1,777	—
605–632	615	32	292.50–299.00	$296.52	$1,824	+64.04
652–659	657	7	245.00–252.50	$247.13	$1,624	+12.13
703–736	730	23	235.00–247.00	$245.18	$1,790	+19.18
770	770	3	230.00–239.00	$233.00	$1,794	—
843	843	3	219.00	$219.00	$1,846	—
878	878	2	207.50	$207.50	$1,822	—
902	902	7	187.50	$187.50	$1,691	—
1015–1028	1024	3	176.00–178.00	$176.66	$1,809	—
1080–1083	1082	3	172.50–180.00	$175.00	$1,894	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,027	—
400–440	420	2	300.00–305.00	$302.62	$1,271	—
585	585	2	298.00	$298.00	$1,743	—
620–636	633	5	264.00–270.00	$265.18	$1,679	—
700	700	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,596	—
777–778	778	8	222.00–231.00	$227.63	$1,771	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	318	2	260.00–267.50	$263.96	$839	—
445	445	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,112	—
460	460	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,150	—
535	535	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,204	—
590–598	595	3	250.00–258.00	$255.36	$1,519	+40.36
605	605	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,512	—
660–685	673	2	215.00–228.00	$221.62	$1,492	—
715–745	730	2	190.00–200.00	$194.90	$1,423	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,312	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	2	255.00–260.00	$257.53	$626	—
290	290	1	265.00	$265.00	$768	+22.39
320–325	321	6	265.00–270.00	$265.84	$853	—
375–395	385	2	255.00–260.00	$257.56	$992	+24.56
430	430	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,182	+14.96
467–484	474	12	267.50–279.00	$273.66	$1,297	+53.61
512–537	523	14	265.00–275.00	$272.09	$1,423	+28.55
555	555	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,610	+59.19
612–630	615	15	230.00–239.00	$235.38	$1,448	+6.88
653–675	662	5	244.00–245.00	$244.59	$1,619	—
712	712	2	244.00	$244.00	$1,737	+31.00
763–786	774	16	198.00–205.00	$200.29	$1,550	—
810–843	840	10	172.50–182.00	$181.08	$1,521	—
874	874	7	213.00	$213.00	$1,862	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	240.00	$240.00	$684	—
300–310	305	2	220.00–230.00	$225.08	$686	—
370	370	1	230.00	$230.00	$851	+20.00
410–425	418	2	230.00	$230.00	$961	+5.88
480	480	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,128	+35.00
515–525	520	4	230.00–240.00	$235.62	$1,225	+25.62
552–592	571	28	232.00–245.00	$238.81	$1,364	+36.31
625–630	628	2	210.00–217.00	$213.51	$1,341	—
670	670	3	205.00–206.00	$205.67	$1,378	+30.67
745	745	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,527	+45.00
875	875	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,444	—
905	905	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,367	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	382	3	240.00–255.00	$249.83	$954	—
410	410	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,025	+6.93
465	465	2	255.00–265.00	$260.00	$1,209	+60.00
505–535	531	9	250.00–261.00	$259.00	$1,375	+26.01
568–588	576	9	247.50–256.00	$252.34	$1,453	—
605–625	612	3	222.50–226.00	$224.81	$1,376	+9.81
668	668	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,503	—
710	710	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,207	+2.03
775	775	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,472	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–480	475	3	207.50–210.00	$209.18	$994	—
510–520	515	2	210.00–225.00	$217.43	$1,120	—
560–585	573	4	220.00–225.00	$223.50	$1,281	+56.03
605–610	608	2	192.50–200.00	$196.27	$1,193	—
685	685	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,267	—
752	752	6	134.00	$134.00	$1,008	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–590	580	3	150.00–190.00	$172.34	$1,000	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	285.00	$285.00	$656	—
395	395	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,126	-7.50
430	430	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,268	-8.85
450–470	460	3	292.50–300.00	$296.63	$1,364	+3.67
510–515	513	2	282.50–295.00	$288.78	$1,481	+8.78
590	590	1	296.00	$296.00	$1,746	+22.23
630	630	1	236.00	$236.00	$1,487	+10.73
715	715	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,573	+12.50
765	765	1	213.00	$213.00	$1,629	+25.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–485	468	2	277.50	$277.50	$1,299	—
520–530	522	6	270.00–279.00	$277.48	$1,448	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,034	—
450–460	455	2	250.00–255.00	$252.47	$1,149	+37.42

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–930	800	80-85%	2	80.00–92.00	$86.98	$696	—
935–1540	1159	80-85%	14	98.00–112.00	$105.27	$1,220	—
1120–1240	1195	80-85%	3	124.00–129.00	$126.67	$1,514	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1170	1127	75-80%	5	130.00–140.00	$134.70	$1,518	—
915–1725	1398	75-80%	9	106.00–119.00	$114.00	$1,594	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$357	—
640–810	725	85-90%	2	60.00–66.00	$63.35	$459	-16.81

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340	1340	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,702	—
1850–2005	1928	2	141.00–149.00	$145.16	$2,799	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1052–1085	1072	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,100.00–1,125.00	$1,111.53

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645	645	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	130.00	$130.00	$637	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	2	100.00	$100.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	30.00	$30.00	±0.00
30	30	7	30.00–40.00	$36.79	+6.79
40	40	1	30.00	$30.00	±0.00
50	50	1	20.00	$20.00	-80.00

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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.