WNC Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Canton, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 9, 2024

245 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $279.99/cwt +14.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,204/hd at 430 lb · 12 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $263.53/cwt +19.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,389/hd at 527 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	245	280	109
Feeder cattle	166	164	90
Slaughter cattle	54	98	19
Replacement cattle	16	8	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 4.00 Higher Feeder cattle 12.00 To 15.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive Baby calves 45.00

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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	395.00	$395.00	$1,086	+50.00
330	330	2	390.00	$390.00	$1,287	—
415–445	437	7	340.00–345.00	$343.93	$1,503	+16.43
450–490	472	8	327.50–332.00	$330.45	$1,560	+35.28
500–530	513	6	312.50–325.00	$317.61	$1,629	+45.09
585	585	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,506	-28.50
610–628	624	4	240.00–260.00	$255.11	$1,592	-4.36
651	651	5	273.00	$273.00	$1,777	+31.75
770	770	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,709	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	280.00	$280.00	$616	—
405	405	1	140.00	$140.00	$567	-90.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–315	308	2	342.50–350.00	$346.34	$1,067	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	305.00	$305.00	$762	—
365–380	374	4	307.50–320.00	$312.72	$1,170	+51.69
405–445	430	12	275.00–287.50	$279.99	$1,204	+14.79
455–485	469	4	264.00–278.00	$270.75	$1,270	+19.91
515–545	527	10	260.00–270.00	$263.53	$1,389	+19.45
590	590	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,652	+45.42
600–610	605	7	237.00–247.50	$240.63	$1,456	—
665	665	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,443	+12.83
710–720	715	2	214.00–224.00	$219.03	$1,566	+51.56

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	5	255.00	$255.00	$650	—
375	375	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,097	—
435	435	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,109	—
455–465	460	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,196	—
502–505	503	3	253.00–255.00	$253.67	$1,276	—
630–645	638	3	215.00–224.00	$218.03	$1,391	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	250.00	$250.00	$625	+30.00
340	340	1	260.00	$260.00	$884	—
445	445	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,079	-1.72
490	490	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,102	—
525–540	533	2	235.00–240.00	$237.54	$1,266	+2.54
595	595	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,374	—
635	635	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,206	-36.17
685	685	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,233	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	177.50	$177.50	$772	-57.50
505–510	507	3	217.50–222.50	$219.99	$1,115	—
780	780	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,170	+4.22

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	140.00	$140.00	$567	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	320.00	$320.00	$624	—
255–280	268	2	380.00–395.00	$387.15	$1,038	-10.35
345	345	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,113	-7.26
350–370	356	8	333.00–385.00	$348.48	$1,241	+3.52
400–445	419	6	320.00–350.00	$337.27	$1,413	-0.73
465–475	472	6	300.00–325.00	$306.62	$1,447	-10.88
500–510	505	2	301.50–315.00	$308.32	$1,557	+35.92
555–565	558	5	265.00–275.00	$271.00	$1,512	-5.56
620	620	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,472	-21.50
662	662	2	237.50	$237.50	$1,572	+17.50
700	700	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,498	—
945	945	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,347	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	375	2	235.00–245.00	$240.20	$901	-88.63
445	445	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,146	-12.50
455	455	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,206	-12.69
500	500	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,400	—
715	715	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,544	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,271	—
515–530	522	3	282.50–295.00	$290.43	$1,516	—
560	560	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,428	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–465	458	2	230.00–240.00	$235.08	$1,077	+15.08
710 thin fleshed	710	1	80.00	$80.00	$568	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1235	1123	80-85%	11	110.00–121.00	$115.71	$1,299	+26.10
1065–1190	1128	80-85%	2	84.00–94.00	$89.28	$1,007	-0.33
930–1355	1145	80-85%	7	88.00–109.00	$102.50	$1,174	+12.89
1160–1455	1255	80-85%	4	122.00–127.00	$125.13	$1,570	+20.45

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1620	1429	75-80%	7	124.00–140.00	$129.02	$1,844	+16.29
1495	1495	75-80%	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,480	—
1415–1660	1512	75-80%	3	111.00–116.00	$113.34	$1,714	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–865	810	85-90%	3	62.00–80.00	$72.61	$588	-27.09
750–875	818	85-90%	3	100.00–102.00	$100.68	$824	+0.98

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1765	1530	3	139.00–151.00	$144.43	$2,210	—
1370–2255	1604	7	125.00–138.00	$133.16	$2,136	—
1225–2410	1700	3	113.00–124.00	$119.88	$2,038	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1105	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,275.00–1,650.00	$1,510.39
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,210.00	$1,210.00
1030–1175	1103	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,293.42
1195	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1238	1238	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1295	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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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
1045–1320	1178	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,100.00–2,500.00	$2,348.66	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
760	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	+475.00
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,795.00	$1,795.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	156.00	$156.00	$694	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	265.00	$265.00	$768	+140.00
590	590	1	150.00	$150.00	$885	-5.00
635	635	1	137.50	$137.50	$873	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	45.00	$45.00	-30.00
80	80	1	40.00	$40.00	-65.00
100	100	1	40.00	$40.00	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	75.00	$75.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	35.00	$35.00	—
35	35	1	45.00	$45.00	—
40–45	43	2	40.00–150.00	$95.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	60.00	$60.00	—

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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.