Sale reports / North Carolina / Canton Livestock Auction / 2023-01-09

Canton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Jan 9
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090
Feeder Cattle receipts
172 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 96▼ 2 vs year ago 174 · −1.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 19▲ 36 vs year ago 44 · +81.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Sale Last Two Weeks Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.30/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$142.30
69 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$45.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.97
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2468153.0971741
Medium 2441139.0361317thin
Medium 3474107.1750811thin
One grade step is worth $45.92/cwt here — about $209 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 sale69 hd
142.30
—
NC average8 barns · 805 hd
134.33
+7.97
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—High1,862103.871,9345thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46780.881,18726
CowsLean 85-90%High81873.796033thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17467.3279045

Every lot

64 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 3325160.00/cwt160.00–160.005201
Steers—Medium 2335186.18/cwt180.00–192.006242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2339209.34/cwt202.50–210.0071010
Steers—Medium 3360170.00/cwt170.00–170.006121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383200.50/cwt200.00–201.007682
Steers—Medium 2385184.49/cwt184.00–185.007102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420187.50/cwt187.50–187.507881
Steers—Medium 2425155.00/cwt155.00–155.006591
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485191.70/cwt185.00–195.009303
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518181.00/cwt181.00–181.009382
Steers—Medium 2545160.00/cwt160.00–160.008721
Steers—Medium 3555142.50/cwt142.50–142.507911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568165.00/cwt165.00–165.009372
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636155.63/cwt151.00–158.009903
Steers—Medium 2680135.00/cwt135.00–135.009181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2717143.95/cwt140.00–146.001,0323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,1361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2920140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2973136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,3236
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 2315128.75/cwt122.50–135.004062
Heifers—Medium 3327104.16/cwt100.00–110.003413
Heifers—Medium 2360142.17/cwt137.00–147.505124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375166.42/cwt163.00–172.5062411
Heifers—Medium 3390112.50/cwt112.50–112.504391
Heifers—Medium 3403106.21/cwt100.00–112.504282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413161.99/cwt155.00–167.006697
Heifers—Medium 2430148.73/cwt146.00–151.006404
Heifers—Medium 2450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476151.04/cwt145.00–154.0071910
Heifers—Medium 2515137.50/cwt137.50–137.507083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523147.71/cwt142.50–153.007736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570146.58/cwt140.00–150.008365
Heifers—Medium 2572129.98/cwt127.50–132.507433
Heifers—Medium 3578117.15/cwt112.50–120.006773
Heifers—Medium 3615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006771
Heifers—Medium 368580.00/cwt80.00–80.005481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-272091.27/cwt90.00–92.506572
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 2405175.36/cwt175.00–177.507107
Bulls—Medium 3410136.00/cwt136.00–136.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2422189.57/cwt183.00–195.008005
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465180.00/cwt180.00–180.008372
Bulls—Medium 2465170.00/cwt170.00–170.007911
Bulls—Medium 3485150.00/cwt150.00–150.007281
Bulls—Medium 2500160.00/cwt160.00–160.008001
Bulls—Medium 3518122.50/cwt122.50–122.506352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523169.26/cwt165.00–175.008853
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568158.88/cwt150.00–163.009028
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2618158.00/cwt158.00–158.009763
Bulls—Medium 2620134.00/cwt133.00–135.008318
Bulls—Medium 3655120.00/cwt120.00–120.007861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675140.00/cwt140.00–140.009451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715127.00/cwt127.00–127.009081
Bulls—Medium 386085.00/cwt85.00–85.007311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-289096.00/cwt96.00–96.008541
Bulls—Medium 397580.00/cwt80.00–80.007801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3061
Bulls——1,984106.09/cwt101.00–109.002,1054
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%77979.18/cwt76.00–83.006172
Cows—Lean 85-90%89563.00/cwt63.00–63.005641
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07854.86/cwt48.00–59.0059110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14865.75/cwt62.00–69.0075515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24274.72/cwt70.00–87.0092820
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41068.38/cwt66.00–71.009642
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47281.92/cwt72.00–92.001,20624

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.