Sale reports / North Carolina / Canton Livestock Auction / 2024-08-12

Canton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 12
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090
Feeder Cattle receipts
195 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 200▲ 10 vs year ago 185 · +5.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 34▼ 19 vs year ago 71 · −26.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 9▲ 0 vs year ago 3 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 3.00 To 7.00 Higher Feeder cattle 4.00 To 10.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.33/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −124.00 against this barn's trailing median of $352.33.
Average price
$228.33
15 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,294
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$25.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.82
vs NC average
−23.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545238.371,2996thin
Medium 1581226.201,3146thin
Medium 2582212.511,2373thin
One grade step is worth $25.86/cwt here — about $62 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale15 hd
228.33
—
NC average7 barns · 151 hd
215.51
+12.82
National average159 barns · 7,784 hd
251.94
−23.61
This barn, trailing median25 sales
352.33
−124.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales
393350307264median 352.3303/0205/1107/0608/3110/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $378.66, low $277.87, median $352.33 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,609170.352,74011
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,504141.222,12411
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,161132.541,53927
CowsLean 85-90%Average782101.857963thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,265$1,8001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)985$1,9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)740$1,1251thin

Every lot

95 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295262.50/cwt262.50–262.507741
Steers400–450Medium 1405230.00/cwt230.00–230.009322
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425257.50/cwt250.00–265.001,0942
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,3011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459256.66/cwt250.00–260.001,1783
Steers450–500Medium 1485213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,0331
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,5211
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3901
Steers550–600Medium 1580230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3342
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623238.72/cwt237.50–240.001,4872
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,6133
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,6894
Steers650–700Medium 1683233.98/cwt229.00–239.001,5982
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1702231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6222
Steers750–800Medium 1765219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,6751
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6281
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1980165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,6171
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1213245.29/cwt240.00–250.005222
Heifers200–250Medium 1240227.50/cwt227.50–227.505461
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295310.00/cwt310.00–310.009151
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330270.00/cwt270.00–270.008913
Heifers300–350Medium 1340220.00/cwt220.00–220.007481
Heifers300–350Medium 2345196.00/cwt196.00–196.006761
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362253.27/cwt250.00–260.009173
Heifers350–400Medium 2388193.87/cwt187.50–200.007522
Heifers400–450Medium 1418223.88/cwt220.00–235.009367
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420245.56/cwt240.00–250.001,03118
Heifers400–450Medium 2438215.00/cwt215.00–215.009422
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467260.00/cwt255.00–265.001,2144
Heifers450–500Medium 1475224.63/cwt220.00–229.001,0673
Heifers450–500Medium 2480200.00/cwt200.00–200.009602
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523235.08/cwt230.00–238.001,2293
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567241.65/cwt241.00–243.001,3703
Heifers550–600Medium 1581226.20/cwt219.00–230.001,3146
Heifers550–600Medium 2582212.51/cwt210.00–215.001,2373
Heifers600–650Medium 2600154.00/cwt154.00–154.009241
Heifers600–650Medium 1610212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2961
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4153
Heifers650–700Medium 1660210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3861
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669216.50/cwt216.00–217.501,4486
Heifers700–750Medium 1700195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3651
Heifers700–750Medium 2710107.50/cwt107.50–107.507631
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1742207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,5402
Heifers750–800Medium 1790170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3432
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1852189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,6102
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,070192.50/cwt192.50–192.502,0601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium 1190230.00/cwt230.00–230.004371
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240251.12/cwt245.00–257.506032
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260280.00/cwt280.00–280.007281
Bulls300–350Medium 1320252.27/cwt245.00–260.008072
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330275.87/cwt270.00–280.009103
Bulls350–400Medium 1355252.50/cwt252.50–252.508961
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378282.53/cwt280.00–292.501,0686
Bulls350–400Medium 2390237.50/cwt237.50–237.509261
Bulls400–450Medium 1405257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,0431
Bulls400–450Small and Medium 2417191.10/cwt186.00–197.507973
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428272.51/cwt270.00–277.501,1663
Bulls400–450Medium 2443230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0192
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463278.99/cwt275.00–285.001,2923
Bulls450–500Medium 1475253.35/cwt251.00–260.001,20310
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3522
Bulls500–550Medium 2523209.94/cwt202.50–220.001,0983
Bulls500–550Small and Medium 2530147.48/cwt145.00–150.007822
Bulls500–550Medium 1545245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3351
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575238.51/cwt237.00–240.001,3712
Bulls550–600Medium 1575222.54/cwt220.00–225.001,2802
Bulls550–600Medium 2575177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,0211
Bulls600–650Medium 1609221.77/cwt219.00–230.001,3515
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4154
Bulls650–700Medium 1665206.95/cwt204.00–210.001,3762
Bulls700–750Medium 1705192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,3571
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,6861
Bulls700–750Medium 2715182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,3051
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1779164.05/cwt160.00–166.001,2783
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1890165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4691
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1945160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5121
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1975177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,7311
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers250–300Medium 2250145.00/cwt145.00–145.003631
Dairy Steers300–350Medium 2315145.00/cwt145.00–145.004571
Dairy Steers450–500Medium 2480180.00/cwt180.00–180.008641
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers300–350Medium 2300135.00/cwt135.00–135.004051
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers350–400Medium 1370187.50/cwt187.50–187.506941
Beef/Dairy Heifers550–600Medium 2550185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0181
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers350–400Medium 2375175.00/cwt175.00–175.006561
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,530159.20/cwt152.50–163.002,4365
Bulls——1,674179.64/cwt169.00–185.003,0076
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%782101.85/cwt97.50–108.007963
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,060115.62/cwt110.00–121.001,2265
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,174143.46/cwt138.00–150.001,68411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195129.32/cwt124.00–135.001,54511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,467130.81/cwt125.00–133.001,9193
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,518145.12/cwt139.00–150.002,2038
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2651,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 27401,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29851,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001

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.