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Canton Livestock Auction

Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Jan 27

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090

← Jan 20Jan 27Feb 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

142 head

▲ 43 vs last sale 99▲ 51 vs year ago 91 · +56.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 21 vs last sale 19▼ 26 vs year ago 66 · −39.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 3▼ 1 vs year ago 4 · −25.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Some What Higher Feeder cattle Some What Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality 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 $267.07/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −85.26 against this barn's trailing median of $352.33.

Average price

$267.07

27 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,449

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$416

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$76.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.81

vs NC average

−37.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	319.43	1,703	6thin
Medium 1	554	260.77	1,446	8thin
Medium and Large 2	575	258.98	1,489	3thin
Medium 2	529	243.12	1,286	10thin

One grade step is worth $76.31/cwt here — about $416 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale27 hd

267.07

—

NC average8 barns · 200 hd

254.25

+12.81

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−37.57

This barn, trailing median25 sales

352.33

−85.26

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	—	High	1,768	159.73	2,825	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,452	160.32	2,328	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,145	125.93	1,442	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	843	88.03	742	2thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,295	$2,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	910	$2,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	935	$2,000	1thin

Every lot

81 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,386	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,647	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	369.96/cwt	367.50–372.50	1,694	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,442	1
Steers	500–550	Medium 2	500	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	925	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	321.28/cwt	312.50–328.00	1,651	7
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	545	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,608	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	307.24/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,751	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,699	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,821	1
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	630	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,707	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	259.24/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,701	4
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	690	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,570	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	702	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,818	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,851	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,097	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,282	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	220	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	781	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium 1	240	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	684	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium 2	240	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	624	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,069	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	365	243.06/cwt	230.00–250.00	887	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	316.95/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,179	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	378	282.75/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,069	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	420	206.93/cwt	205.00–209.00	869	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	423	284.79/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,205	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	303.70/cwt	302.50–305.00	1,300	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	450	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	990	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	469	289.56/cwt	285.00–292.50	1,358	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,596	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	334.14/cwt	322.50–338.00	1,677	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	515	277.59/cwt	273.00–285.00	1,430	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	518	247.64/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,283	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	573	225.02/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,289	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	258.98/cwt	256.00–261.00	1,489	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	578	250.68/cwt	249.00–253.00	1,449	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,726	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	249.02/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,522	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	627	227.10/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,424	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,651	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1	690	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,518	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium 2	715	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,001	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	218.70/cwt	215.00–222.50	1,586	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	725	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,287	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,812	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium 2	845	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,099	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium 1	875	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,531	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,836	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,140	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	356.70/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,170	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium 1	390	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	917	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,462	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	324.82/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,536	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	475	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,283	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	315.00/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,638	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium 1	535	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,552	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium 2	545	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,319	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,753	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1	578	276.54/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,598	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	250.20/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,576	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	213.88/cwt	207.50–220.00	1,529	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	216.46/cwt	215.00–218.00	1,667	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,360	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	985	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,743	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	500–550	Medium 2	510	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	791	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	545	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,008	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,565	170.05/cwt	165.00–179.00	2,661	2
Bulls	—	—	1,870	154.57/cwt	145.00–160.00	2,890	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	843	88.03/cwt	86.00–90.00	742	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	893	78.91/cwt	78.00–80.00	705	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,159	131.99/cwt	121.00–141.00	1,530	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,187	109.86/cwt	101.00–118.00	1,304	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,189	157.41/cwt	147.00–169.00	1,872	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Value Added	1,322	192.97/cwt	190.00–196.00	2,551	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,340	147.19/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,972	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,385	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,787	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,584	155.77/cwt	147.00–168.00	2,467	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,295	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	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 Jan 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 142Last week 99Year ago 91

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 19Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 3Year ago 4

Slaughter cattle Some What Higher Feeder cattle Some What Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	285.00	285.00
2	350–400	378	275.00–290.00	282.75
2	400–450	423	280.00–290.00	284.79
6	450–500	469	285.00–292.50	289.56
3	500–550	515	273.00–285.00	277.59
5	550–600	578	249.00–253.00	250.68
3	600–650	627	221.00–235.00	227.10
1	650–700	690	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	725	177.50	177.50
1	850–900	875	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	355.00	355.00
1	250–300	285	375.00	375.00
3	350–400	372	310.00–325.00	316.95
2	400–450	428	302.50–305.00	303.70
1	450–500	495	322.50	322.50
4	500–550	502	322.50–338.00	334.14
2	550–600	595	290.00	290.00
10	600–650	611	240.00–252.00	249.02
1	650–700	655	252.00	252.00
2	700–750	725	215.00–222.50	218.70
3	750–800	752	241.00	241.00
1	850–900	885	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	260.00	260.00
3	350–400	365	230.00–250.00	243.06
2	400–450	420	205.00–209.00	206.93
1	450–500	450	220.00	220.00
8	500–550	518	240.00–255.00	247.64
2	550–600	573	220.00–230.00	225.02
1	700–750	715	140.00	140.00
1	800–850	845	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	575	256.00–261.00	258.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	630	271.00	271.00
1	650–700	690	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	445	370.00	370.00
2	450–500	458	367.50–372.50	369.96
7	500–550	514	312.50–328.00	321.28
2	550–600	570	300.00–315.00	307.24
1	600–650	630	289.00	289.00
4	650–700	656	257.00–265.00	259.24
3	700–750	702	259.00	259.00
1	850–900	865	214.00	214.00
3	1050–1100	1,097	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	590	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	235.00	235.00
1	450–500	485	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	535	290.00	290.00
3	550–600	578	270.00–285.00	276.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	400.00	400.00
3	300–350	328	355.00–360.00	356.70
1	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	430	340.00	340.00
3	450–500	473	310.00–345.00	324.82
2	500–550	520	312.50–317.50	315.00
1	550–600	560	313.00	313.00
4	600–650	630	247.00–255.00	250.20
2	700–750	715	207.50–220.00	213.88
2	750–800	770	215.00–218.00	216.46
1	850–900	850	160.00	160.00
1	950–1000	985	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	545	242.00	242.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,189	147.00–169.00	157.41
8	—	1,159	121.00–141.00	131.99
5	—	1,187	101.00–118.00	109.86
2	—	893	78.00–80.00	78.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	843	86.00–90.00	88.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,584	147.00–168.00	155.77
3	—	1,340	145.00–151.00	147.19
1	—	1,385	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,322	190.00–196.00	192.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,565	165.00–179.00	170.05
4	—	1,870	145.00–160.00	154.57

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,295	2,100.00	2,100.00

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	1	—	910	2,400.00	2,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	2,000.00	2,000.00

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.