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Canton Livestock Auction

Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Oct 25

● Final113 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090

← Oct 18Oct 25Nov 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

300 head

▲ 29 vs last sale 271▲ 98 vs year ago 202 · +48.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

60 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 63▲ 6 vs year ago 54 · +11.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

11 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 7▲ 7 vs year ago 4 · +175.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Baby calves 40.00 To 60.00 Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle 3.00 To 5.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Heavy Quality 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 $110.60/cwt on 140 head.

Average price

$110.60

140 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$402

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

$66.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.59

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	551	117.53	648	84
Medium 2	494	108.43	536	35
Medium 3	488	90.77	443	18thin
Small and Medium 3	570	80.00	456	1thin
Small 3	480	51.25	246	2thin

One grade step is worth $66.28/cwt here — about $402 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 sale140 hd

110.60

—

NC average6 barns · 831 hd

113.19

−2.59

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	1,435	83.03	1,192	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,394	56.56	788	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,105	51.42	568	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	821	42.77	351	6thin

Every lot

113 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	175	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	258	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	230	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	290	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	285	138.41/cwt	135.00–142.50	394	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	285	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	371	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	318	140.20/cwt	135.00–145.00	446	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	330	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	502	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	335	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	369	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	364	133.77/cwt	130.00–139.00	487	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	146.34/cwt	140.00–151.00	550	4
Steers	—	Medium 3	384	125.07/cwt	122.00–127.00	480	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	143.73/cwt	140.00–146.00	621	8
Steers	—	Medium 3	440	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	484	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	467	124.25/cwt	120.00–127.50	580	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	141.50/cwt	138.00–146.00	666	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	138.77/cwt	135.00–142.00	733	5
Steers	—	Medium 2	545	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	698	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	555	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	500	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	565	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	633	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	136.65/cwt	133.00–143.00	784	7
Steers	—	Medium 3	615	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	523	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	129.94/cwt	122.00–133.00	815	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	120.22/cwt	119.00–123.00	848	9
Steers	—	Medium 2	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	795	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	970	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	210	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	263	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	230	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	253	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	273	112.44/cwt	108.00–117.50	307	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	285	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	228	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	305	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	305	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	308	116.88/cwt	115.00–122.00	360	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	132.56/cwt	127.00–138.00	448	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	350	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	298	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	124.21/cwt	121.00–127.50	460	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	393	112.48/cwt	110.00–115.00	442	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	400	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	400	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	124.01/cwt	120.00–131.00	518	7
Heifers	—	Small 3Thin Fleshed	435	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	120	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	440	113.65/cwt	110.00–116.00	500	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3Full	450	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	315	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	466	93.75/cwt	90.00–100.00	437	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	122.53/cwt	120.00–126.00	580	12
Heifers	—	Medium 2	483	110.84/cwt	105.00–115.00	535	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	515	111.22/cwt	108.00–117.00	573	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	120.85/cwt	115.00–125.00	631	34
Heifers	—	Small 3	525	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	394	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	538	101.97/cwt	100.00–104.00	549	2
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	570	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	456	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	572	113.68/cwt	110.00–116.00	650	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	575	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	417	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	115.96/cwt	114.00–119.00	668	5
Heifers	—	Medium 3	577	100.03/cwt	95.00–105.00	577	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	109.60/cwt	109.00–110.00	678	5
Heifers	—	Medium 3	625	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	453	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	627	94.24/cwt	90.00–100.00	591	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	660	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	535	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	108.33/cwt	105.00–110.00	718	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	105.50/cwt	105.00–106.00	768	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	662	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	112.50/cwt	111.00–114.00	866	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	795	89.50/cwt	87.00–92.00	712	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	817	89.49/cwt	86.00–92.50	731	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	893	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	804	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,001	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	985	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,152	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 3	400	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	450	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3	403	122.50/cwt	122.00–123.00	494	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	144.99/cwt	140.00–150.00	612	8
Bulls	—	Medium 2	430	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	598	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3	450	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	563	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	139.51/cwt	137.50–142.00	664	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2	483	133.65/cwt	131.00–139.00	646	3
Bulls	—	Medium 3	520	103.98/cwt	100.00–107.00	541	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	134.99/cwt	129.00–138.00	706	12
Bulls	—	Medium 2	531	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	637	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	558	122.02/cwt	116.00–125.00	681	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	573	111.68/cwt	109.00–119.00	640	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	117.06/cwt	113.00–121.00	720	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	625	110.67/cwt	108.00–115.00	692	3
Bulls	—	Medium 3	630	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	583	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	115.73/cwt	113.00–121.00	777	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	685	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	719	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3	695	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	626	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	710	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	604	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	734	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	860	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	928	77.94/cwt	75.00–81.00	723	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	970	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	689	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Small and Medium 3	245	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	147	1
Dairy Steers	—	Small 3Thin Fleshed	375	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	113	1
Dairy Steers	—	Small 3	520	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	208	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,132	74.46/cwt	69.00–78.00	843	3
Bulls	—	—	1,513	84.09/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,272	7
Bulls	—	—	1,618	92.19/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,492	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	795	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	405	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	815	28.00/cwt	28.00–28.00	228	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	829	44.41/cwt	43.00–46.00	368	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	965	33.52/cwt	32.00–35.00	323	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,008	44.30/cwt	40.00–49.00	447	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,130	53.67/cwt	50.00–59.00	606	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,221	61.56/cwt	60.00–63.00	752	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,355	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	650	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,394	55.11/cwt	53.00–58.00	768	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,407	61.82/cwt	60.00–64.00	870	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	785	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	7,536	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	845	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,915	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	9,584	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	775	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	940	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,144	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,879	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,193	775.93/cwt	585.00–1,050.00	9,257	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,325	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,263	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 Oct 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 300Last week 271Year ago 202

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 63Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 7Year ago 4

Baby calves 40.00 To 60.00 Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle 3.00 To 5.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Heavy Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	110.00	110.00
4	—	384	122.00–127.00	125.07
1	—	440	110.00	110.00
1	—	555	90.00	90.00
1	—	615	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	364	130.00–139.00	133.77
1	—	740	110.00	110.00
1	—	565	112.00	112.00
1	—	335	130.00	130.00
1	—	285	130.00	130.00
3	—	467	120.00–127.50	124.25
1	—	545	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	471	138.00–146.00	141.50
9	—	705	119.00–123.00	120.22
7	—	574	133.00–143.00	136.65
5	—	528	135.00–142.00	138.77
2	—	318	135.00–145.00	140.20
1	—	230	126.00	126.00
11	—	627	122.00–133.00	129.94
1	—	650	125.00	125.00
1	—	795	122.00	122.00
8	—	432	140.00–146.00	143.73
3	—	285	135.00–142.50	138.41
1	—	175	147.50	147.50
4	—	376	140.00–151.00	146.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	85.00	85.00
3	—	483	131.00–139.00	133.65
4	—	531	120.00	120.00
6	—	573	109.00–119.00	111.68
1	—	685	105.00	105.00
1	—	430	139.00	139.00
3	—	625	108.00–115.00	110.67
1	—	970	71.00	71.00
2	—	928	75.00–81.00	77.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	671	113.00–121.00	115.73
4	—	615	113.00–121.00	117.06
8	—	422	140.00–150.00	144.99
5	—	476	137.50–142.00	139.51
3	—	558	116.00–125.00	122.02
1	—	925	93.00	93.00
12	—	523	129.00–138.00	134.99
1	—	765	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	90.00	90.00
1	—	630	92.50	92.50
3	—	520	100.00–107.00	103.98
2	—	403	122.00–123.00	122.50
1	—	450	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	127.00–138.00	132.56
1	—	910	110.00	110.00
5	—	619	109.00–110.00	109.60
1	—	985	117.00	117.00
2	—	370	121.00–127.50	124.21
34	—	522	115.00–125.00	120.85
1	—	210	125.00	125.00
3	—	817	86.00–92.50	89.49
7	—	418	120.00–131.00	124.01
12	—	473	120.00–126.00	122.53
2	—	770	111.00–114.00	112.50
3	—	663	105.00–110.00	108.33
5	—	576	114.00–119.00	115.96
2	—	728	105.00–106.00	105.50
3	—	893	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	110.00–116.00	113.65
2	—	393	110.00–115.00	112.48
3	—	627	90.00–100.00	94.24
2	—	735	90.00	90.00
4	—	308	115.00–122.00	116.88
5	—	483	105.00–115.00	110.84
8	—	515	108.00–117.00	111.22
1	—	230	110.00	110.00
2	—	273	108.00–117.50	112.44
3	—	572	110.00–116.00	113.68
2	—	795	87.00–92.00	89.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	90.00–100.00	93.75
1	—	625	72.50	72.50
1	—	660	81.00	81.00
1	—	305	100.00	100.00
3	—	577	95.00–105.00	100.03
2	—	538	100.00–104.00	101.97
1	—	400	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	80.00	80.00
1	—	575	72.50	72.50
1	—	350	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	27.50	27.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,130	50.00–59.00	53.67
2	—	965	32.00–35.00	33.52
7	—	1,008	40.00–49.00	44.30
4	—	1,221	60.00–63.00	61.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	829	43.00–46.00	44.41
1	—	795	51.00	51.00
1	—	815	28.00	28.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,407	60.00–64.00	61.82
1	—	1,355	48.00	48.00
5	—	1,394	53.00–58.00	55.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,618	90.00–94.00	92.19
7	—	1,513	80.00–89.00	84.09
3	—	1,132	69.00–78.00	74.46

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	1,025.00	1,025.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	960.00	960.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	700.00	700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,193	585.00–1,050.00	775.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,325	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	760.00	760.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	775	400.00	400.00

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.