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Canton Livestock Auction

Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Jan 6

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090

← Dec 16Jan 6Jan 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

139 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 150▼ 70 vs year ago 209 · −33.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

39 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 22▼ 28 vs year ago 67 · −41.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 7▲ 2 vs year ago 2 · +100.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Sale Last 2 Weeks Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average TO Attractive

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.76/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −102.57 against this barn's trailing median of $352.33.

Average price

$249.76

21 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,359

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$340

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$56.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.12

vs NC average

−55.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	268.67	1,498	6thin
Medium 1	538	250.95	1,351	11thin
Medium 2	538	220.00	1,184	3thin
Medium 3	545	212.50	1,158	1thin

One grade step is worth $56.17/cwt here — about $340 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale21 hd

249.76

—

NC average5 barns · 78 hd

233.64

+16.12

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−55.48

This barn, trailing median25 sales

352.33

−102.57

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,557	139.34	2,170	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,357	129.93	1,763	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	854	116.52	995	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,150	108.62	1,249	25

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,185	$1,675	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,095	$1,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	983	$2,803	2thin

Every lot

83 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	430	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,172	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,491	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	326.56/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,567	5
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	480	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,152	1
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	485	276.25/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,340	2
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	530	287.17/cwt	271.00–291.00	1,522	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	308.86/cwt	299.00–312.50	1,683	7
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	565	263.72/cwt	220.00–285.00	1,490	3
Steers	550–600	Medium 2	580	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,160	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	268.75/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,572	2
Steers	600–650	Small and Medium 2	605	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,029	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	238.74/cwt	237.50–240.00	1,504	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,790	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,454	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	230	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	529	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	729	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	274.92/cwt	270.00–280.00	893	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	365	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	913	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	375	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,155	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	380	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	836	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,107	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	273.75/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,166	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	428	232.41/cwt	227.50–237.50	995	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,131	1
Heifers	450–500	Small and Medium 2	455	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	796	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium 3	470	228.00/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,072	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	475	248.72/cwt	245.00–251.00	1,181	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	480	261.17/cwt	257.50–265.00	1,254	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	272.38/cwt	267.50–280.00	1,321	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,391	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	520	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,196	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	529	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,323	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium 3	545	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,158	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	563	253.50/cwt	252.50–255.00	1,427	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	268.40/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,519	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	575	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,150	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	235.22/cwt	233.00–237.50	1,454	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	227.67/cwt	227.50–228.00	1,514	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,575	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium 1	775	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,240	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	201.72/cwt	197.50–206.00	1,573	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	790	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,442	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,575	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium 2	330	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	825	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	358	322.24/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,154	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	368.75/cwt	365.00–372.50	1,401	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium 2	410	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	943	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1	418	281.74/cwt	265.00–297.50	1,178	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	333.25/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,443	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,576	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1	465	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,395	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	480	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,128	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	281.96/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,489	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	273.99/cwt	262.50–278.00	1,578	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,618	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium 2	620	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,364	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium 1	635	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,476	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,492	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium 2	680	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,326	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,484	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium 2	745	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,322	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,560	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium 1	950	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,292	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	500–550	Medium 1	530	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,272	1
Dairy Steers	500–550	Medium 2	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	1
Dairy Steers	550–600	Medium 2	590	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,003	1
Dairy Steers	600–650	Medium 2	620	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,116	1
Dairy Steers	750–800	Medium 1	798	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,496	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,557	139.34/cwt	135.00–144.00	2,170	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	770	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,232	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	878	114.03/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,001	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	890	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	694	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	970	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	388	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,123	116.19/cwt	110.00–123.00	1,305	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,143	100.85/cwt	92.00–106.00	1,153	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,335	129.63/cwt	126.00–136.00	1,731	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,355	119.12/cwt	117.00–121.00	1,614	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,358	134.26/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,823	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,095	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,185	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	983	2,803.44/head	2,750.00–2,850.00	2,803	2

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 Jan 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 139Last week 150Year ago 209

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 22Year ago 67

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 7Year ago 2

No Sale Last 2 Weeks Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average TO Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	220.00	220.00
2	400–450	428	227.50–237.50	232.41
3	450–500	475	245.00–251.00	248.72
2	500–550	520	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	575	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	230.00	230.00
1	250–300	270	270.00	270.00
2	300–350	325	270.00–280.00	274.92
1	350–400	385	287.50	287.50
7	400–450	426	267.50–285.00	273.75
3	450–500	485	267.50–280.00	272.38
1	500–550	515	270.00	270.00
5	550–600	566	260.00–275.00	268.40
2	600–650	618	233.00–237.50	235.22
3	650–700	665	227.50–228.00	227.67
1	700–750	700	225.00	225.00
2	750–800	780	197.50–206.00	201.72
1	900–950	940	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	480	257.50–265.00	261.17
8	500–550	529	250.00	250.00
3	550–600	563	252.50–255.00	253.50
1	750–800	775	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	790	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	226.00–230.00	228.00
1	500–550	545	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	308.00	308.00
1	450–500	465	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	410	230.00	230.00
1	450–500	480	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	620	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	680	195.00	195.00
1	700–750	745	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	380	365.00–372.50	368.75
4	400–450	433	320.00–340.00	333.25
1	450–500	465	339.00	339.00
5	500–550	528	270.00–287.50	281.96
5	550–600	576	262.50–278.00	273.99
1	600–650	605	267.50	267.50
2	650–700	663	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	715	207.50	207.50
1	750–800	780	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	265.00–297.50	281.74
1	450–500	465	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	635	232.50	232.50
1	950–1000	950	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	310.00–335.00	322.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	335.00	335.00
5	450–500	480	320.00–340.00	326.56
7	500–550	545	299.00–312.50	308.86
2	550–600	585	260.00–277.50	268.75
2	600–650	630	237.50–240.00	238.74
1	750–800	770	232.50	232.50
1	850–900	855	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	272.50	272.50
2	450–500	485	275.00–277.50	276.25
7	500–550	530	271.00–291.00	287.17
3	550–600	565	220.00–285.00	263.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	580	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	130.00	130.00
1	550–600	590	170.00	170.00
1	600–650	620	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	240.00	240.00
2	750–800	798	187.50	187.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,123	110.00–123.00	116.19
10	—	1,143	92.00–106.00	100.85
1	—	970	40.00	40.00
3	—	1,335	126.00–136.00	129.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	78.00	78.00
2	—	878	110.00–118.00	114.03
1	—	770	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,358	130.00–141.00	134.26
2	—	1,355	117.00–121.00	119.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,557	135.00–144.00	139.34

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,185	1,675.00	1,675.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	983	2,750.00–2,850.00	2,803.44

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.