WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 28, 2024

226 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $241.78/cwt +26.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,591/hd at 658 lb · 12 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $228.55/cwt +18.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,412/hd at 618 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	226	322	359
Feeder cattle	171	241	260
Slaughter cattle	35	78	86
Replacement cattle	6	3	4

Market comments — USDA reporter

Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average Attractive

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	270.00	$270.00	$716	-30.00
375	375	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,088	+20.00
480–495	488	2	290.00–297.50	$293.69	$1,433	+23.64
502–510	503	9	264.00–275.00	$265.24	$1,334	—
550	550	1	281.00	$281.00	$1,546	—
610–635	618	11	225.00–235.00	$228.55	$1,412	+18.55
651–662	658	12	231.00–245.00	$241.78	$1,591	+26.78
745	745	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,639	+20.00
845	845	2	212.50	$212.50	$1,796	—
850	850	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,806	—
955	955	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,504	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	185.00	$185.00	$860	—
500	500	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,125	—
555–585	574	7	200.00–225.00	$204.91	$1,176	—
600	600	1	160.00	$160.00	$960	—
825–830	828	3	148.00–155.00	$151.83	$1,257	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	260.00	$260.00	$975	—
510–540	521	5	242.50–250.00	$245.87	$1,281	+73.30
598	598	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,525	—
620	620	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,302	—
700	700	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,330	—
800	800	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,360	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	262.50	$262.50	$788	+38.86
360–390	375	2	252.50–266.00	$259.52	$973	+17.30
400–425	413	2	205.00–210.00	$207.42	$857	-30.90
455	455	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,051	+1.26
505	505	3	228.00	$228.00	$1,151	-2.00
578	578	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,300	+20.00
630–635	633	2	232.50–237.50	$235.01	$1,488	+14.22
660	660	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,386	+18.74
700–730	715	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,216	-24.00
765	765	4	172.00	$172.00	$1,316	+9.48
860–875	868	2	137.50–145.00	$141.28	$1,226	-8.72
900	900	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,350	-7.41
965	965	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,858	+39.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390–395	393	2	246.00–250.00	$248.01	$975	—
455–490	479	4	212.50–215.00	$214.36	$1,027	—
505–535	522	5	200.00–207.00	$202.38	$1,056	—
565–595	582	3	200.00–212.00	$204.09	$1,188	—
625	625	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,281	—
672	672	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,210	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	220.00	$220.00	$803	+4.87
490	490	1	180.00	$180.00	$882	-28.81
530	530	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,007	-12.95
570–590	580	2	180.00–190.00	$185.09	$1,074	-19.13
600–645	628	6	170.00–186.00	$175.62	$1,103	-26.73
680	680	2	167.50–177.50	$172.50	$1,173	+5.89
720	720	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,080	+2.53
795	795	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,212	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	200.00	$200.00	$770	+20.00
535–545	540	2	150.00–172.50	$161.15	$870	-21.85
550	550	1	155.00	$155.00	$852	-9.95
645	645	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,032	-26.71

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	290.00	$290.00	$928	-16.79
350–365	358	2	275.00–285.00	$279.90	$1,002	-5.17
415	415	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,038	±0.00
485	485	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,140	-29.46
505–545	529	4	247.00–257.50	$251.02	$1,328	-16.48
585	585	2	220.00–237.50	$228.75	$1,338	-7.41
600	600	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,125	-38.00
650–670	660	2	196.00–200.00	$197.97	$1,307	-19.03
715–745	730	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,241	—
785–790	788	2	150.00–152.50	$151.25	$1,192	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,181	+16.93
570	570	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,140	-8.82
670	670	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,206	-15.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	160.00	$160.00	$792	-64.62
580	580	1	165.00	$165.00	$957	-5.00
630	630	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,033	-26.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	2	199.00	$199.00	$1,170	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	140.00	$140.00	$889	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1555	1394	75-80%	10	111.00–123.00	$118.76	$1,656	—
1240–1875	1410	75-80%	6	124.00–136.00	$128.65	$1,814	+18.69

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900 value added	900	80-85%	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,305	—
980–1160	1080	80-85%	3	90.00–100.00	$96.98	$1,047	—
1125–1135	1130	80-85%	2	124.00–127.00	$125.49	$1,418	+28.78
1035–1425	1178	80-85%	5	110.00–121.00	$116.18	$1,369	+9.46

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1880	1517	5	140.00–148.00	$143.83	$2,182	—
1610–2130	1803	3	150.00–162.00	$153.70	$2,771	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1245	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	140.00	$140.00	$784	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	145.00	$145.00	$710	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120	120	1	145.00	$145.00	—

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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
1095–1185	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,150.00–2,450.00	$2,305.92	+730.92
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,475.00	$2,475.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	150.00	$150.00	$870	—
870	870	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,148	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	150.00	$150.00	$532	—
575–595	585	2	155.00–175.00	$165.17	$966	—
610–625	618	2	110.00–120.00	$114.94	$710	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	165.00	$165.00	$866	—
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30–35	33	2	35.00–40.00	$37.50	—
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	—
60–65	61	4	90.00–130.00	$111.88	—
140	140	1	195.00	$195.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	145.00	$145.00	—
120	120	1	185.00	$185.00	—
140	140	1	167.50	$167.50	—
150	150	1	170.00	$170.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	170.00	$170.00	—

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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.