WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 23, 2024

322 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $229.74/cwt -30.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,094/hd at 476 lb · 15 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $238.32/cwt -14.18 vs last sale · ≈ $984/hd at 413 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	322	380	396
Feeder cattle	241	304	311
Slaughter cattle	78	10	80
Replacement cattle	3	66	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle 6.00 To 8.00 Lower Feeder cattle 4.00 To 9.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Heavy Quality Average To Attractive Baby calves 240.00 To 280.00 Head calves 200.00 To 410.00

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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	300.00	$300.00	$885	—
365	365	1	270.00	$270.00	$986	-35.00
400–430	415	2	285.00–292.50	$288.61	$1,198	+18.88
455–465	460	2	265.00–275.00	$270.05	$1,242	-5.58
610	610	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,281	-15.92
670–690	680	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,462	-4.17
715	715	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,430	-9.90

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	175.00	$175.00	$770	-60.00
515–545	530	2	170.00–175.00	$172.57	$915	-55.05
770	770	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,232	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155	155	1	230.00	$230.00	$356	—
265–295	280	2	235.00–245.00	$240.27	$673	-28.23
302–345	316	3	220.00–230.00	$223.64	$707	-36.36
350–384	377	5	230.00–245.00	$242.22	$913	+4.24
405–438	413	11	230.00–245.00	$238.32	$984	-14.18
450–490	476	15	228.00–231.00	$229.74	$1,094	-30.26
535	535	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,230	+5.34
575	575	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,179	-15.00
600–610	604	5	217.00–227.00	$220.79	$1,334	+15.79
650–652	652	4	180.00–195.00	$191.26	$1,247	-13.74
720	720	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,397	+21.82
765–780	773	2	160.00–165.00	$162.52	$1,256	+2.52
815	815	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,039	-10.00
880	880	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,320	—
910–945	923	3	150.00–162.50	$157.41	$1,453	—
975	975	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,492	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	271	4	190.00–205.00	$200.14	$542	-37.04
315	315	2	210.00–215.00	$212.50	$669	-27.50
350–385	361	5	210.00–220.00	$215.13	$777	-2.48
405–445	439	7	210.00–220.00	$216.38	$950	-9.67
465–490	479	4	200.00–215.00	$208.81	$1,000	-16.12
510–545	520	5	197.50–210.00	$202.95	$1,055	-11.96
550–590	568	3	200.00–210.00	$204.22	$1,160	-1.42
610–625	621	5	192.50–208.00	$202.35	$1,257	-0.16
660–695	683	3	160.00–170.00	$166.61	$1,138	-25.86
700–705	703	2	140.00–155.00	$147.47	$1,037	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	150.00	$150.00	$420	-60.35
315	315	2	155.00	$155.00	$488	-44.36
385–395	390	2	180.00	$180.00	$702	-17.28
420	420	1	165.00	$165.00	$693	-25.04
480–495	488	3	170.00–180.00	$176.66	$862	-16.40
505–525	513	4	180.00–190.00	$183.00	$939	-11.98
550–560	555	2	160.00–170.00	$164.95	$915	—
605–645	626	7	180.00–190.00	$186.71	$1,169	—
710	710	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,100	-11.40

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	368	2	130.00–140.00	$135.10	$497	—
415–425	420	2	130.00–140.00	$134.94	$567	-12.56
465	465	1	135.00	$135.00	$628	-5.00
605	605	1	127.50	$127.50	$771	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–490	478	3	160.00–162.50	$160.82	$769	—
555	555	1	140.00	$140.00	$777	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	90.00	$90.00	$410	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	290.00	$290.00	$624	—
255–270	263	3	245.00–257.50	$250.89	$660	+0.89
322–345	330	4	300.00–312.50	$306.79	$1,012	+25.22
350 value added	350	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,085	—
365–375	370	4	280.00–295.00	$285.07	$1,055	-3.68
410–435	420	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,050	-27.32
450–495	468	9	260.00–270.00	$264.46	$1,238	-0.54
505	505	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,351	+28.85
550–585	561	4	230.00–240.00	$236.16	$1,325	—
600	600	2	223.00–228.00	$225.50	$1,353	+4.31
665	665	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,443	+7.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–293	284	4	230.00–235.00	$233.88	$664	—
335	335	1	240.00	$240.00	$804	-0.79
380	380	1	229.00	$229.00	$870	-0.97
410–445	431	4	210.00–225.00	$218.91	$944	-36.64
455–470	462	3	200.00–215.00	$208.41	$963	-24.87
525–545	532	5	200.00–215.00	$208.07	$1,107	-3.95
580–590	585	2	200.00–217.50	$208.82	$1,222	-11.14
625–635	632	3	200.00–212.50	$207.47	$1,311	-1.96
685	685	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,336	-0.83
775	775	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,031	—
815	815	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,141	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	225.00	$225.00	$428	—
340–345	343	2	170.00–180.00	$175.04	$600	—
360–390	378	3	190.00–220.00	$203.48	$769	+33.48
400–420	410	2	200.00	$200.00	$820	+10.00
460–485	473	2	220.00–229.00	$224.62	$1,062	+14.62
535–545	540	2	205.00–215.00	$209.95	$1,134	+29.95
570	570	1	170.00	$170.00	$969	-32.44
640	640	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,216	-5.00
685–690	688	2	157.50–170.00	$163.77	$1,127	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	150.00	$150.00	$525	—
460–475	470	3	150.00–160.00	$153.37	$721	—
510	510	1	165.00	$165.00	$842	—
630	630	1	127.50	$127.50	$803	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	135.00	$135.00	$459	—
410–415	413	2	160.00–175.00	$167.45	$692	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,127	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	1	90.00	$90.00	$626	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1070	1008	80-85%	2	122.00–122.50	$122.23	$1,232	—
910–1335	1146	80-85%	13	91.00–102.00	$96.71	$1,108	-8.66
945–1270	1158	80-85%	4	50.00–84.00	$75.16	$870	—
1010–1415	1161	80-85%	19	100.00–114.00	$106.72	$1,239	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1335	1290	75-80%	2	129.00–137.00	$132.86	$1,714	—
1295–1490	1420	75-80%	10	103.00–119.00	$109.96	$1,561	-4.47

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	85-90%	1	78.00	$78.00	$581	—
710–865	820	85-90%	6	104.00–116.00	$109.91	$901	-22.59
805–880	843	85-90%	2	125.00–135.00	$129.78	$1,094	-2.72
830–875	853	85-90%	2	86.00–100.00	$93.18	$795	-23.21

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1550	1219	5	126.00–136.00	$130.21	$1,587	—
1435–1885	1695	7	145.00–155.00	$150.92	$2,558	—
1080–2120	1717	5	160.00–167.50	$162.12	$2,784	—

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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
1125	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—
1350	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,275.00	$2,275.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
575	575	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	190.00	$190.00	$408	—
286	286	5	245.00	$245.00	$701	—
310	310	1	190.00	$190.00	$589	—

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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.