Sale reports / North Carolina / Canton Livestock Auction / 2019-11-11

Canton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Nov 11
● Final140 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090
Feeder Cattle receipts
402 head
▲ 143 vs last sale 259▲ 402 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 71▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 25▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle 3.00 to 6.00 higher Demand good Activity moderate Offerings moderate Quality average

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $103.72/cwt on 184 head.
Average price
$103.72
184 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$544
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$346
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 3
$58.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.62
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556114.26636115
Medium and Large 2500100.9950534
Medium 241682.6834413thin
Large 360872.504402thin
Medium 344569.8631112thin
Small 335557.522043thin
Small and Medium 351855.982905thin
One grade step is worth $58.28/cwt here — about $346 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale184 hd
103.72
—
NC average8 barns · 1,399 hd
106.34
−2.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,39669.1796616
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33551.616898thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12444.3849928
CowsLean 85-90%Low76435.712737thin

Every lot

140 lots · USDA AMS · WNC Regional Livestock Center - Canton, NC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2250106.25/cwt100.00–112.502662
Steers—Medium 327597.50/cwt97.50–97.502681
Steers—Small 327580.00/cwt80.00–80.002201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2295140.00/cwt140.00–140.004131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added322154.79/cwt152.00–157.504983
Steers—Medium 2328108.00/cwt108.00–108.003542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335138.31/cwt135.00–140.004633
Steers—Medium and Large 2338123.99/cwt123.00–125.004192
Steers—Medium and Large 2365120.00/cwt120.00–120.004381
Steers—Small and Medium 337070.00/cwt70.00–70.002591
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376143.64/cwt137.50–149.005404
Steers—Medium 2380100.00/cwt100.00–100.003801
Steers—Medium 3395105.00/cwt105.00–105.004151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added423143.49/cwt137.50–149.006072
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435135.86/cwt130.00–142.005912
Steers—Medium 2460100.00/cwt100.00–100.004601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added471142.15/cwt137.50–146.006704
Steers—Medium and Large 2473118.33/cwt115.00–120.005603
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476135.76/cwt130.00–142.0064610
Steers—Medium 2515100.00/cwt100.00–100.005151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521135.09/cwt130.00–140.007047
Steers—Medium and Large 2527121.23/cwt116.00–128.006395
Steers—Medium 353392.44/cwt90.00–95.004932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added542137.64/cwt137.00–140.0074613
Steers—Medium and Large 2565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581128.08/cwt125.00–134.007449
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627121.64/cwt116.00–125.007633
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635127.96/cwt127.00–128.0081322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665125.00/cwt125.00–125.008311
Steers—Medium and Large 2675105.00/cwt105.00–105.007091
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718121.49/cwt120.00–123.008722
Steers—Medium and Large 2720100.00/cwt100.00–100.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added735129.00/cwt129.00–129.0094813
Steers—Medium and Large 2765108.00/cwt108.00–108.008261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775117.04/cwt115.00–121.009073
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added808123.50/cwt123.50–123.509982
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2840118.00/cwt118.00–118.009911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2895110.00/cwt110.00–110.009851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2935113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0571
Feeder Cattle · Heifers55 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2185117.50/cwt117.50–117.502171
Heifers—Small 3Thin Fleshed21550.00/cwt50.00–50.001081
Heifers—Medium and Large 225592.50/cwt92.50–92.502361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265105.00/cwt105.00–105.002781
Heifers—Medium 326570.00/cwt70.00–70.001861
Heifers—Medium 228585.00/cwt85.00–85.002421
Heifers—Small and Medium 330560.00/cwt60.00–60.001831
Heifers—Medium 231080.00/cwt80.00–80.002481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2312105.76/cwt102.50–107.503303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323117.56/cwt115.00–120.003802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added335122.50/cwt122.50–122.504101
Heifers—Medium 333774.44/cwt70.00–83.002513
Heifers—Medium 336070.00/cwt70.00–70.002521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372122.30/cwt118.00–127.004553
Heifers—Medium 237481.51/cwt80.00–86.003057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added375121.00/cwt121.00–121.004541
Heifers—Medium and Large 239595.00/cwt95.00–95.003751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2410118.80/cwt113.00–122.504877
Heifers—Medium 242592.38/cwt90.00–95.003932
Heifers—Small 342561.28/cwt60.00–62.502602
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added428102.08/cwt100.00–104.004372
Heifers—Medium 342875.00/cwt75.00–75.003212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431108.37/cwt105.00–110.004675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added432121.03/cwt115.00–125.005233
Heifers—Medium 3Thin Fleshed44555.00/cwt55.00–55.002451
Heifers—Medium 346570.00/cwt70.00–70.003261
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471100.05/cwt95.00–107.004714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474113.18/cwt107.00–117.0053611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475110.00/cwt110.00–110.005231
Heifers—Small and Medium 349070.00/cwt70.00–70.003431
Heifers—Medium 351580.00/cwt80.00–80.004121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516113.84/cwt107.00–118.0058710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529101.35/cwt97.50–103.005364
Heifers—Large 353557.00/cwt57.00–57.003051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added537119.00/cwt119.00–119.0063919
Heifers—Small and Medium 354560.00/cwt60.00–60.003271
Heifers—Medium and Large 257298.91/cwt92.50–103.005668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579111.63/cwt110.00–115.006469
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616109.65/cwt105.00–113.006755
Heifers—Medium and Large 2616100.26/cwt99.00–102.006184
Heifers—Medium 2Thin Fleshed62577.50/cwt77.50–77.504841
Heifers—Small and Medium 3Full62544.96/cwt40.00–50.002812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added637116.50/cwt116.50–116.5074228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650107.00/cwt107.00–107.006961
Heifers—Medium and Large 265590.00/cwt90.00–90.005901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670111.00/cwt111.00–111.007441
Heifers—Large 368088.00/cwt88.00–88.005981
Heifers—Medium and Large 270095.00/cwt95.00–95.006651
Heifers—Medium 370070.00/cwt70.00–70.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added709112.50/cwt112.50–112.507985
Heifers—Medium 271577.00/cwt77.00–77.005511
Heifers—Medium 3Full72050.00/cwt50.00–50.003601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-273591.64/cwt90.00–95.006743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added804101.00/cwt101.00–101.008122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,02051.00/cwt51.00–51.005201
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 2405115.00/cwt115.00–115.004661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430140.72/cwt135.00–148.006055
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435108.00/cwt108.00–108.004701
Bulls—Medium 343575.06/cwt70.00–80.003272
Bulls—Small and Medium 344080.00/cwt80.00–80.003521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460136.97/cwt132.50–143.006303
Bulls—Medium 2468100.51/cwt100.00–101.004702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477124.45/cwt120.00–129.005945
Bulls—Medium 348584.00/cwt84.00–84.004071
Bulls—Medium and Large 2505110.00/cwt110.00–110.005561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510120.66/cwt115.00–125.006154
Bulls—Medium 252597.00/cwt97.00–97.005091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566119.42/cwt115.00–123.006767
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573105.07/cwt100.00–110.006022
Bulls—Medium 258593.93/cwt90.00–98.005492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2630100.00/cwt100.00–100.006301
Bulls—Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed65052.50/cwt52.50–52.503411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2670115.00/cwt115.00–115.007711
Bulls—Medium and Large 268595.00/cwt90.00–100.006512
Bulls—Medium 270080.00/cwt80.00–80.005601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-274095.00/cwt95.00–95.007031
Bulls—Medium 3Thin Fleshed80068.00/cwt68.00–68.005441
Bulls—Medium 3Thin Fleshed85550.00/cwt50.00–50.004281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-290072.00/cwt72.00–72.006481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-295575.00/cwt75.00–75.007161
Bulls—Medium 3Thin Fleshed96555.00/cwt55.00–55.005311
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 331060.00/cwt60.00–60.001861
Dairy Steers—Large 351585.00/cwt85.00–85.004381
Dairy Steers—Large 372570.00/cwt70.00–70.005081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34362.45/cwt54.00–68.008396
Bulls——1,42873.20/cwt70.00–79.001,04510
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%74058.00/cwt58.00–58.004291
Cows—Lean 85-90%74829.00/cwt29.00–29.002172
Cows—Lean 85-90%75531.98/cwt30.00–35.002413
Cows—Lean 85-90%85038.00/cwt38.00–38.003231
Cows—Boner 80-85%93020.00/cwt20.00–20.001861
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11748.34/cwt41.00–54.0054016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13037.03/cwt33.00–40.004189
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24857.91/cwt57.00–59.007232
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28057.51/cwt57.00–58.007362
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35349.64/cwt45.00–54.006726
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,095600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,5701
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,105645.49/cwt625.00–660.007,1334
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,335769.66/cwt700.00–850.0010,2752
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2920725.00/cwt725.00–725.006,6701
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,010900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,0901

This sale against other markets

North Carolina weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.