WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 12, 2024

259 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $245.56/cwt -56.94 vs last sale · ≈ $1,031/hd at 420 lb · 18 head

heavy 4-weight M 1 bulls $253.35/cwt +39.66 vs last sale · ≈ $1,203/hd at 475 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	259	243	259
Feeder cattle	195	200	185
Slaughter cattle	52	34	71
Replacement cattle	3	9	3

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle 3.00 To 7.00 Higher Feeder cattle 4.00 To 10.00 Higher 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
295	295	1	262.50	$262.50	$774	—
430	430	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,301	-3.50
458–460	459	3	250.00–260.00	$256.66	$1,178	-46.34
520	520	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,521	+20.78
625	625	3	258.00	$258.00	$1,612	+28.00
665	665	4	254.00	$254.00	$1,689	+7.87
702	702	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,622	—
835	835	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,628	—
980	980	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,617	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	2	230.00	$230.00	$932	-2.50
485	485	1	213.00	$213.00	$1,033	—
575–585	580	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,334	+10.00
680–685	683	2	229.00–239.00	$233.98	$1,598	+49.98
765	765	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,675	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	2	250.00–265.00	$257.50	$1,094	—
545	545	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,390	—
610–635	623	2	237.50–240.00	$238.72	$1,487	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	213	2	240.00–250.00	$245.29	$522	—
295	295	1	310.00	$310.00	$914	+75.23
330	330	3	270.00	$270.00	$891	+15.00
350–380	362	3	250.00–260.00	$253.27	$917	—
405–448	420	18	240.00–250.00	$245.56	$1,031	-56.94
458–475	467	4	255.00–265.00	$260.00	$1,214	+19.32
510–540	523	3	230.00–238.00	$235.08	$1,229	-7.38
550–575	567	3	241.00–243.00	$241.65	$1,370	-1.60
615	615	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,414	+7.50
666–675	669	6	216.00–217.50	$216.50	$1,448	+26.50
742	742	2	207.50	$207.50	$1,540	+31.12
852	852	2	189.00	$189.00	$1,610	—
1070	1070	1	192.50	$192.50	$2,060	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	227.50	$227.50	$546	±0.00
340	340	1	220.00	$220.00	$748	±0.00
410–430	418	7	220.00–235.00	$223.88	$936	-5.84
455–490	475	3	220.00–229.00	$224.63	$1,067	-3.61
550–595	581	6	219.00–230.00	$226.20	$1,314	+10.92
610	610	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,296	+4.13
660	660	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,386	+20.00
700	700	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,365	—
790	790	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,343	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	196.00	$196.00	$676	+66.00
380–395	388	2	187.50–200.00	$193.87	$752	-11.13
430–445	438	2	215.00	$215.00	$942	+45.00
465–495	480	2	200.00	$200.00	$960	+21.26
575–585	582	3	210.00–215.00	$212.51	$1,237	+32.51
600	600	1	154.00	$154.00	$924	—
710	710	1	107.50	$107.50	$763	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	245.00–257.50	$251.12	$603	-11.47
260	260	1	280.00	$280.00	$728	+20.19
325–335	330	3	270.00–280.00	$275.87	$910	+4.57
375–385	378	6	280.00–292.50	$282.53	$1,068	—
425–430	428	3	270.00–277.50	$272.51	$1,166	-4.85
460–470	463	3	275.00–285.00	$278.99	$1,292	+3.99
515–525	520	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,352	+17.43
570–580	575	2	237.00–240.00	$238.51	$1,371	+16.04
615	615	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,414	-5.00
710	710	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,686	+57.50
760–788	779	3	160.00–166.00	$164.05	$1,278	—
890	890	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,468	—
945	945	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,512	—
975	975	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,731	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	230.00	$230.00	$437	—
310–330	320	2	245.00–260.00	$252.27	$807	+7.43
355	355	1	252.50	$252.50	$896	—
405	405	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,043	+13.58
455–481	475	10	251.00–260.00	$253.35	$1,203	+39.66
545	545	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,335	+19.40
565–585	575	2	220.00–225.00	$222.54	$1,280	+15.04
600–625	609	5	219.00–230.00	$221.77	$1,351	+23.13
655–675	665	2	204.00–210.00	$206.95	$1,376	—
705	705	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,357	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	237.50	$237.50	$926	+31.33
440–445	443	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,019	+21.41
505–535	523	3	202.50–220.00	$209.94	$1,098	—
575	575	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,021	-2.50
715	715	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,305	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	417	3	186.00–197.50	$191.10	$797	+41.10
525–535	530	2	145.00–150.00	$147.48	$782	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1305	1060	80-85%	5	110.00–121.00	$115.62	$1,226	—
925–1485	1174	80-85%	11	138.00–150.00	$143.46	$1,684	+1.68
900–1455	1195	80-85%	11	124.00–135.00	$129.32	$1,545	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1710	1467	75-80%	3	125.00–133.00	$130.81	$1,919	—
1190–1810	1518	75-80%	8	139.00–150.00	$145.12	$2,203	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–825	782	85-90%	3	97.50–108.00	$101.85	$796	+3.06

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–2120	1530	5	152.50–163.00	$159.20	$2,436	—
1040–2095	1674	6	169.00–185.00	$179.64	$3,007	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1265	1265	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	187.50	$187.50	$694	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,018	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	175.00	$175.00	$656	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
740	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	135.00	$135.00	$405	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	145.00	$145.00	$362	—
315	315	1	145.00	$145.00	$457	—
480	480	1	180.00	$180.00	$864	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	115.00	$115.00	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	20.00	$20.00	—
60–65	62	3	70.00–75.00	$73.33	—
75	75	1	80.00	$80.00	—

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70–90	80	2	155.00–165.00	$160.00	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	110.00	$110.00	—

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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.