Sale reports / North Carolina / Canton Livestock Auction / 2025-02-17

Canton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090
Feeder Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 193 vs last sale 221▼ 79 vs year ago 107 · −73.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 49▼ 16 vs year ago 46 · −34.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 11▼ 2 vs year ago 3 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 4.00 To 5.00 Lower Feeder cattle 5.00 To 13.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light {Cold Weather } Quality Attractive One Hog

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $265.24/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −102.27 against this barn's trailing median of $367.51.
Average price
$265.24
4 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,446
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+24.17
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545265.241,4464thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
265.24
—
NC average7 barns · 130 hd
241.07
+24.17
This barn, trailing median23 sales
367.51
−102.27
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

23 sales
430385341296median 367.5103/0204/2007/0609/1410/26
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $416.11, low $309.82, median $367.51 across 23 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—High1,903164.203,1254thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,423141.922,0197thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,201131.141,57617
CowsLean 85-90%High735110.758142thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,070$2,5751thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285320.00/cwt320.00–320.009121
Steers350–400Small and Medium 2370100.00/cwt100.00–100.003701
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,4221
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225270.00/cwt270.00–270.006081
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,0831
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519240.45/cwt239.00–245.001,2484
Heifers550–600Medium 1568190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0792
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4561
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1955177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,6901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0711
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,1781
Bulls400–450Medium 1430265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1401
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467272.44/cwt270.00–277.501,2723
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515269.71/cwt267.50–272.001,3892
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575260.77/cwt252.00–270.001,4992
Bulls600–650Medium 1610235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4341
Bulls600–650Small and Medium 2635150.00/cwt150.00–150.009531
Bulls850–900Medium 1875184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,6101
Bulls900–950Medium 1905174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,5751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,903164.20/cwt160.00–169.003,1254
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%645137.50/cwt137.50–137.508871
Cows—Lean 85-90%82584.00/cwt84.00–84.006931
Cows—Boner 80-85%Value Added1,155180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,0791
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,162143.12/cwt131.00–165.001,6636
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194120.33/cwt116.00–129.001,4378
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,373114.01/cwt113.00–115.001,5652
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,398149.56/cwt144.00–153.002,0913
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,422129.58/cwt121.00–139.001,8433
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Value Added1,500156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,3401
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0702,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5751

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.