Sale reports / North Carolina / Canton Livestock Auction / 2025-09-15

Canton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Sep 15
● Final116 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090
Feeder Cattle receipts
232 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 237▼ 72 vs year ago 304 · −23.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 28▲ 25 vs year ago 10 · +250.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 4▼ 59 vs year ago 66 · −89.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 5.00 To 10.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 7.00 To 15.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Heavy 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 $304.73/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 5 of 25 comparable sales and sits −47.61 against this barn's trailing median of $352.33.
Average price
$304.73
31 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$634
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2
$123.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.22
vs NC average
−54.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528343.231,8116thin
Medium and Large 2555320.001,7761thin
Medium 1543319.201,73312thin
Medium 2529279.671,47910thin
Small and Medium 2535220.001,1772thin
One grade step is worth $123.23/cwt here — about $634 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 100–200 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 sale31 hd
304.73
—
NC average8 barns · 312 hd
320.95
−16.22
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
−54.93
This barn, trailing median25 sales
352.33
−47.61
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—Average1,352185.102,5037thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,440176.352,5398thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,171151.781,77819
CowsLean 85-90%Average650132.508611thin

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)1,285$2,6001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,210$2,4501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)2,275$2,2751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)970$2,1502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,335$2,0751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,295$2,0001thin

Every lot

116 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360425.14/cwt420.00–430.001,5312
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4251
Steers350–400Medium 1389270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0501
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5911
Steers400–450Medium 1435320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3921
Steers450–500Medium 2475265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2591
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480406.21/cwt402.50–410.001,9502
Steers450–500Medium 1490365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7892
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,9742
Steers500–550Medium 1545333.75/cwt332.50–335.001,8194
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570361.28/cwt357.50–365.002,0592
Steers550–600Medium 1570323.97/cwt317.50–330.001,8472
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2629335.74/cwt335.00–336.002,1124
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2051
Steers600–650Medium 1632320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0222
Steers650–700Medium 1650317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,0641
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2658340.06/cwt335.00–345.002,2382
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,5011
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,6301
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium 2158151.00/cwt151.00–151.002391
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1195385.00/cwt385.00–385.007511
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1215430.00/cwt430.00–430.009251
Heifers250–300Medium 1275315.00/cwt315.00–315.008661
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285332.54/cwt330.00–335.009482
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2871
Heifers300–350Medium 1335310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0391
Heifers350–400Medium 1367351.77/cwt350.00–355.001,2913
Heifers350–400Medium 2370320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1841
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379376.08/cwt367.50–380.001,4255
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 2405285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1541
Heifers400–450Medium 2412322.04/cwt300.00–335.001,3273
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424373.27/cwt365.00–382.501,5837
Heifers400–450Medium 1425360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5302
Heifers450–500Medium 1457323.32/cwt320.00–330.001,4783
Heifers450–500Medium 2464276.36/cwt265.00–295.001,2824
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 2465250.02/cwt245.00–255.001,1633
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472354.06/cwt347.50–363.001,67110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505348.04/cwt340.00–352.501,7584
Heifers500–550Medium 2518282.29/cwt255.00–292.501,4628
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 2520230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1961
Heifers500–550Medium 1534323.15/cwt320.00–330.001,7269
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 2550210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1551
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7761
Heifers550–600Medium 1570307.35/cwt300.00–317.501,7523
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573333.61/cwt327.50–340.001,9122
Heifers550–600Medium 2573269.21/cwt250.00–290.001,5432
Heifers600–650Medium 1623275.06/cwt270.00–280.001,7142
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628302.37/cwt300.00–305.001,8993
Heifers600–650Medium 2635250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5881
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675275.67/cwt270.00–280.001,8617
Heifers650–700Medium 2675220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4851
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1703239.96/cwt230.00–250.001,6872
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755275.00/cwt270.00–280.002,0762
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1880200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls41 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1203420.06/cwt415.00–425.008532
Bulls250–300Medium 1255375.00/cwt375.00–375.009561
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1283445.44/cwt435.00–455.001,2612
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4401
Bulls300–350Medium 1323343.38/cwt325.00–355.001,1093
Bulls300–350Medium 2330270.30/cwt260.00–280.008922
Bulls350–400Medium 2368317.38/cwt315.00–320.001,1682
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4631
Bulls350–400Medium 1375375.20/cwt370.00–380.001,4072
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5991
Bulls350–400Small and Medium 2395285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1261
Bulls400–450Small and Medium 2400235.00/cwt235.00–235.009401
Bulls400–450Medium 2405292.50/cwt285.00–300.001,1852
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418385.98/cwt380.00–390.001,6133
Bulls400–450Medium 1420349.94/cwt345.00–355.001,4703
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430412.33/cwt405.00–420.001,7732
Bulls450–500Small and Medium 2450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006301
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3801
Bulls450–500Medium 1473281.51/cwt265.00–297.501,3322
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1481378.96/cwt360.00–390.001,8235
Bulls500–550Medium 2503292.44/cwt280.00–305.001,4712
Bulls500–550Medium 1512333.57/cwt320.00–340.001,7085
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524358.20/cwt350.00–367.501,8774
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560339.28/cwt335.00–360.001,9006
Bulls550–600Medium 1568312.83/cwt300.00–325.001,7777
Bulls550–600Medium 2575290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6681
Bulls600–650Medium 2625242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5131
Bulls600–650Medium 1630270.26/cwt250.00–290.001,7033
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1634288.96/cwt280.00–300.001,8325
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660329.03/cwt310.00–347.502,1722
Bulls650–700Medium 2670255.00/cwt250.00–260.001,7092
Bulls650–700Medium 1683285.02/cwt280.00–290.001,9472
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725271.64/cwt265.00–275.001,9693
Bulls700–750Medium 1725270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9581
Bulls700–750Medium 2730237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,7341
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0141
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1813243.07/cwt235.00–250.001,9764
Bulls900–950Medium 2900200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8001
Bulls900–950Medium 1925240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,2201
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1940227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,1341
Bulls950–1000Medium 1960230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,2081
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers350–400Medium 2365222.00/cwt222.00–222.008101
Dairy Heifers350–400Medium 1380295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1211
Dairy Heifers400–450Medium 1430200.00/cwt200.00–200.008601
Dairy Heifers600–650Medium 2630205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2921
Dairy Heifers650–700Medium 1670140.00/cwt140.00–140.009381
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,090144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,5701
Bulls——1,125181.45/cwt180.00–184.002,0413
Bulls——1,667202.44/cwt196.00–208.003,3753
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%650132.50/cwt132.50–132.508611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,127152.16/cwt145.00–158.001,7159
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163170.55/cwt166.00–175.001,9835
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,259132.31/cwt125.00–137.001,6665
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440185.30/cwt171.00–212.002,6686
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440149.48/cwt138.00–159.002,1532
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 28501,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0902,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2102,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2852,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2952,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3352,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-22,2752,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751

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.