Sale reports / North Carolina / Canton Livestock Auction / 2025-06-09

Canton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 9
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090
Feeder Cattle receipts
93 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 132▼ 108 vs year ago 201 · −53.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 50▼ 31 vs year ago 64 · −48.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 13▲ 4 vs year ago 2 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 4.00 To 12.00 Higher Feeder cattle 10.00 To 15.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Attractive

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $302.15/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 5 of 25 comparable sales and sits −50.18 against this barn's trailing median of $352.33.
Average price
$302.15
13 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,650
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$352
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$81.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.68
vs NC average
−38.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533325.101,7328thin
Medium 1568298.711,6972thin
Medium 2567243.241,3793thin
One grade step is worth $81.86/cwt here — about $352 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale13 hd
302.15
—
NC average9 barns · 251 hd
305.83
−3.68
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−38.77
This barn, trailing median25 sales
352.33
−50.18
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—Average1,565170.472,6684thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,428148.492,12010
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,298141.971,84316
CowsLean 85-90%Low732129.329473thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,545$2,4001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,045$2,1501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,333$1,8982thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)975$2,4752thin

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,4731
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3901
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7951
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520380.82/cwt375.00–390.001,9803
Steers500–550Medium 1525310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6281
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1281
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9691
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0072
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0621
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,1631
Heifers300–350Medium 1330330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0891
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370375.27/cwt365.00–385.001,3882
Heifers350–400Medium 1370310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1471
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433352.50/cwt350.00–355.001,5265
Heifers400–450Medium 1440265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1661
Heifers450–500Medium 1473317.59/cwt315.00–320.001,5022
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477332.80/cwt325.00–345.001,5877
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509327.67/cwt326.00–334.001,6685
Heifers550–600Medium 2567243.24/cwt240.00–250.001,3793
Heifers550–600Medium 1568298.71/cwt290.00–307.501,6972
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572320.82/cwt312.50–327.501,8353
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616306.34/cwt300.00–318.001,8874
Heifers600–650Medium 1623287.23/cwt280.00–295.001,7892
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672265.05/cwt260.00–277.501,7815
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4661
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1758222.52/cwt220.00–225.001,6872
Heifers750–800Medium 1790180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4221
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,8771
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7301
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1915197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,8071
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1061
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375405.84/cwt405.00–407.501,5223
Bulls350–400Medium 1395365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4421
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3921
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465390.05/cwt387.50–392.501,8142
Bulls450–500Medium 1495345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7081
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518353.70/cwt350.00–357.501,8322
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535324.97/cwt320.00–330.001,7393
Bulls500–550Medium 1540290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5661
Bulls550–600Medium 1555317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7621
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568361.44/cwt355.00–367.502,0532
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8701
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7631
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1900195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,7551
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1950187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,7811
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Medium 2380180.00/cwt180.00–180.006841
Dairy Steers450–500Medium 2450175.00/cwt175.00–175.007881
Dairy Steers500–550Medium 2518182.56/cwt170.00–195.009462
Dairy Steers800–850Medium 2830174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,4441
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,045140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4631
Bulls——1,655167.93/cwt161.00–172.002,7792
Bulls——1,905206.00/cwt206.00–206.003,9241
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%650142.50/cwt142.50–142.509261
Cows—Lean 85-90%773122.73/cwt117.50–127.009492
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130119.07/cwt118.00–120.001,3452
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,318136.33/cwt132.00–141.001,7976
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325151.93/cwt145.00–158.002,0138
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,409156.28/cwt152.00–162.002,2024
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440143.30/cwt139.00–146.002,0646
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29352,525.00/head2,525.00–2,525.002,5251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0152,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0452,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3331,898.41/head1,700.00–2,075.001,8982
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5452,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001

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.