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Canton Livestock Auction

Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 17

● Final108 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090

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Feeder Cattle receipts

208 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 204▲ 208 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

57 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 77▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 10▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Baby calves 5.00 To 50.00. Slaughter cattle Mostly steady. Feeder cattle Mostly steady To 2.00 Higher. Demand Good. Activity Moderate. Offerings Moderate. Quality Plain To Average.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.88/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$110.88

89 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$558

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$403

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 3

$63.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.36

vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	495	119.96	593	57
Medium 2	550	104.42	575	19thin
Medium 3	532	91.79	488	8thin
Small and Medium 3	443	71.25	315	2thin
Small 3	335	56.67	190	3thin

One grade step is worth $63.29/cwt here — about $403 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 sale89 hd

110.88

—

NC average8 barns · 893 hd

116.24

−5.36

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,528	85.61	1,309	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,442	60.60	874	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,187	57.24	680	24

Every lot

108 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 2	205	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	261	1
Steers	—	Small 3	220	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	231	1
Steers	—	Small 3Thin Fleshed	250	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	131	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	260	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	286	1
Steers	—	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	260	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	234	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	270	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	421	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	513	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	148.32/cwt	144.00–152.50	467	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	333	136.39/cwt	132.50–140.00	454	2
Steers	—	Medium 3	335	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	402	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	605	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	370	125.57/cwt	120.00–131.00	465	2
Steers	—	Small 3Thin Fleshed	370	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	185	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	383	116.52/cwt	116.00–117.00	446	2
Steers	—	Small and Medium 3	390	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	406	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	145.49/cwt	143.00–148.00	608	2
Steers	—	Small and Medium 3	420	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	431	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	423	131.46/cwt	126.00–135.00	556	4
Steers	—	Medium 3	435	120.73/cwt	119.00–122.50	525	2
Steers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	450	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	383	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	646	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	475	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	565	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	480	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	499	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	132.17/cwt	130.00–135.00	698	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	128.81/cwt	125.00–131.00	733	5
Steers	—	Medium 2	595	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	684	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	131.78/cwt	130.00–134.00	816	6
Steers	—	Medium 2	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	129.18/cwt	127.50–131.00	869	3
Steers	—	Medium 3	685	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	548	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	951	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	950	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,044	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	967	110.33/cwt	109.00–112.00	1,067	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,283	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,283	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	195	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	254	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	273	139.02/cwt	138.00–140.00	380	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	295	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	369	1
Heifers	—	Small 3Thin Fleshed	295	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	148	1
Heifers	—	Small 3Thin Fleshed	320	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	160	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	120.32/cwt	116.00–125.00	397	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	330	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	371	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	345	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	497	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	365	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	522	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	124.56/cwt	122.00–130.00	461	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	373	111.43/cwt	110.00–113.00	416	2
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3Full	375	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	300	1
Heifers	—	Small 3	390	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	273	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	116.16/cwt	110.00–120.00	491	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	120.92/cwt	117.50–126.00	570	13
Heifers	—	Medium 3	473	96.71/cwt	92.00–100.00	457	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	488	110.33/cwt	109.00–112.00	538	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	510	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	571	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	510	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	408	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	510	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	319	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	118.85/cwt	113.00–123.00	624	10
Heifers	—	Medium 3	555	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	500	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	564	105.01/cwt	100.00–108.00	592	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	117.83/cwt	115.00–120.00	681	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2	610	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	641	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	114.38/cwt	112.50–116.00	703	4
Heifers	—	Medium 3	645	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	581	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	655	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	573	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	773	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	102.99/cwt	101.00–105.00	752	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	110.00/cwt	109.00–111.00	847	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	770	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	616	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	910	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	835	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	735	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	900	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	653	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	136.49/cwt	135.00–138.00	557	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	417	119.76/cwt	115.00–125.00	499	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	133.26/cwt	132.50–136.00	621	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	467	113.46/cwt	110.00–120.00	530	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	518	104.83/cwt	100.00–110.00	543	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	130.21/cwt	125.00–134.00	688	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	124.65/cwt	120.00–128.00	713	3
Bulls	—	Medium 3	590	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	590	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	595	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	696	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	113.85/cwt	110.00–120.00	704	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	633	102.52/cwt	98.00–107.00	649	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	670	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	690	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	107.07/cwt	100.00–111.00	725	3
Bulls	—	Medium 3	690	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	604	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	105.35/cwt	100.00–108.00	764	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2	745	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	633	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	775	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	698	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	793	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	840	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	735	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	875	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	744	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Small 2	410	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	205	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	525	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	368	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	575	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	345	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Medium 2	595	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	357	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Medium 2	630	75.12/cwt	70.00–80.00	473	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 2	525	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	394	1
Dairy Steers	—	Small and Medium 3	905	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	543	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,395	77.56/cwt	77.00–78.00	1,082	2
Bulls	—	—	1,464	85.45/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,251	5
Bulls	—	—	1,823	94.07/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,715	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,178	63.78/cwt	61.00–67.00	751	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,185	54.95/cwt	51.00–59.00	651	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	47.07/cwt	46.00–48.00	584	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,413	63.05/cwt	60.00–70.00	891	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,488	56.78/cwt	52.00–59.00	845	9
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2	815	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	8,558	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,105	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,630	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,305	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	11,419	1

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

WNC Regional Livestock Center - Canton, NC

Mon Aug 17, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 208Last week 204Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 77Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 10Year ago 0

Baby calves 5.00 To 50.00. Slaughter cattle Mostly steady. Feeder cattle Mostly steady To 2.00 Higher. Demand Good. Activity Moderate. Offerings Moderate. Quality Plain To Average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	92.00–100.00	96.71
1	—	655	87.50	87.50
1	—	555	90.00	90.00
1	—	510	80.00	80.00
1	—	645	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	72.50	72.50
2	—	610	105.00	105.00
1	—	835	88.00	88.00
1	—	510	112.00	112.00
1	—	295	125.00	125.00
3	—	488	109.00–112.00	110.33
6	—	564	100.00–108.00	105.01
1	—	330	112.50	112.50
2	—	373	110.00–113.00	111.43
1	—	770	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	143.00	143.00
1	—	345	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	615	112.50–116.00	114.38
1	—	835	109.00	109.00
2	—	770	109.00–111.00	110.00
6	—	423	110.00–120.00	116.16
1	—	690	112.00	112.00
2	—	730	101.00–105.00	102.99
3	—	330	116.00–125.00	120.32
3	—	370	122.00–130.00	124.56
13	—	471	117.50–126.00	120.92
10	—	525	113.00–123.00	118.85
3	—	273	138.00–140.00	139.02
1	—	195	130.00	130.00
6	—	578	115.00–120.00	117.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	50.00	50.00
1	—	320	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	62.50	62.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	60.00	60.00
1	—	525	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	60.00	60.00
2	—	630	70.00–80.00	75.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	619	130.00–134.00	131.78
2	—	1,283	100.00	100.00
3	—	673	127.50–131.00	129.18
2	—	418	143.00–148.00	145.49
1	—	270	156.00	156.00
1	—	360	168.00	168.00
1	—	785	121.00	121.00
3	—	967	109.00–112.00	110.33
6	—	528	130.00–135.00	132.17
1	—	475	136.00	136.00
1	—	715	133.00	133.00
2	—	315	144.00–152.50	148.32
5	—	569	125.00–131.00	128.81
1	—	885	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	52.50	52.50
1	—	370	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	104.00	104.00
1	—	420	102.50	102.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	110.00	110.00
1	—	335	120.00	120.00
1	—	480	104.00	104.00
2	—	435	119.00–122.50	120.73
1	—	685	80.00	80.00
2	—	383	116.00–117.00	116.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	126.00–135.00	131.46
2	—	370	120.00–131.00	125.57
1	—	475	119.00	119.00
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
2	—	333	132.50–140.00	136.39
1	—	205	127.50	127.50
1	—	595	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	125.00–134.00	130.21
3	—	677	100.00–111.00	107.07
2	—	408	135.00–138.00	136.49
6	—	466	132.50–136.00	133.26
5	—	725	100.00–108.00	105.35
6	—	618	110.00–120.00	113.85
3	—	572	120.00–128.00	124.65
1	—	785	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	103.00	103.00
1	—	775	90.00	90.00
1	—	840	87.50	87.50
2	—	633	98.00–107.00	102.52
2	—	518	100.00–110.00	104.83
1	—	875	85.00	85.00
1	—	745	85.00	85.00
1	—	595	117.00	117.00
3	—	417	115.00–125.00	119.76
3	—	467	110.00–120.00	113.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	100.00	100.00
1	—	690	87.50	87.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	75.00	75.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,488	52.00–59.00	56.78
14	—	1,413	60.00–70.00	63.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,185	51.00–59.00	54.95
8	—	1,178	61.00–67.00	63.78
2	—	1,240	46.00–48.00	47.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,823	91.00–97.00	94.07
2	—	1,395	77.00–78.00	77.56
5	—	1,464	80.00–88.00	85.45

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	1,050.00	1,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,305	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	600.00	600.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.