Sale reports / North Carolina / Canton Livestock Auction / 2020-05-18

Canton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, May 18
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090
Feeder Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 17▲ 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 25▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 1▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 2.00 to 5.00 higher Feeder cattle 2.00 to 7.00 higher Demand Good, Activity Active, Offerings light, and Quality Attractive.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.92/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$129.92
40 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$8.48/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 1-2526131.4169233
Medium 2484122.935947thin
One grade step is worth $8.48/cwt here — about $97 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 sale40 hd
129.92
—
NC average9 barns · 1,180 hd
132.54
−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—High1,81596.991,7607thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low83472.396045thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43568.069776thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16163.1973411

Every lot

56 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2279149.44/cwt145.00–156.004174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2300154.00/cwt154.00–154.004621
Steers—Medium 2345138.00/cwt138.00–138.004764
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2371141.59/cwt135.00–146.005258
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521132.87/cwt132.50–133.006924
Steers—Medium 2575120.00/cwt120.00–120.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582134.20/cwt134.00–135.007815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605132.00/cwt132.00–132.007991
Steers—Medium 2615112.50/cwt112.50–112.506921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683110.82/cwt107.50–115.007573
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725118.32/cwt117.00–119.008583
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770109.00/cwt109.00–109.008392
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2810106.01/cwt105.00–107.008592
Steers—Medium 281576.00/cwt76.00–76.006191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2160137.50/cwt137.50–137.502201
Heifers—Medium 2225115.00/cwt115.00–115.002591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280130.00/cwt130.00–130.003641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345132.00/cwt132.00–132.004553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376119.22/cwt115.00–124.004484
Heifers—Medium 2420112.50/cwt112.50–112.504731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430123.51/cwt123.00–124.005312
Heifers—Medium 2460105.00/cwt105.00–105.004831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518117.90/cwt117.50–118.006115
Heifers—Medium 2570104.54/cwt102.00–107.005962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2581108.43/cwt105.00–113.006308
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-263597.00/cwt97.00–97.006163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-273090.75/cwt90.00–91.006624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-279093.00/cwt93.00–93.007351
Heifers—Medium 285089.00/cwt89.00–89.007571
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2428141.44/cwt138.00–145.006052
Bulls—Medium 2435110.00/cwt110.00–110.004791
Bulls—Medium and Large 2443124.97/cwt120.00–130.005542
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2462127.94/cwt124.00–132.005913
Bulls—Medium 2463104.76/cwt102.00–107.504852
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500126.00/cwt126.00–126.006301
Bulls—Medium 2Full51580.00/cwt80.00–80.004121
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560110.00/cwt110.00–110.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620109.59/cwt106.00–115.006796
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655114.00/cwt114.00–114.007471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-272093.45/cwt90.00–97.006734
Bulls—Medium 285583.00/cwt83.00–83.007101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-290586.00/cwt86.00–86.007781
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium 337547.50/cwt47.50–47.501781
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45592.81/cwt89.00–96.001,3502
Bulls——1,903104.07/cwt100.00–110.001,9804
Bulls——2,18077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,6791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81386.31/cwt85.00–89.007023
Cows—Lean 85-90%84058.00/cwt58.00–58.004871
Cows—Lean 85-90%89045.00/cwt45.00–45.004011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13545.00/cwt45.00–45.005111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16465.01/cwt60.00–69.0075710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43568.06/cwt65.00–71.009776
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2820625.00/cwt625.00–625.005,1251
Bred Cows—Medium 2825750.00/cwt750.00–750.006,1881
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,275885.93/cwt800.00–960.0011,2963
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 2755575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,3411

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.