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Canton Livestock Auction

Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Nov 10

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090

← Nov 3Nov 10Nov 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

101 head

▼ 90 vs last sale 191▼ 70 vs year ago 171 · −40.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 36▼ 34 vs year ago 54 · −63.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 4.00 To 15.00 Lower Feeder Cattle 5.00 To 10.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light { Cold Snow } 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 $285.33/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 2 of 25 comparable sales and sits −67.00 against this barn's trailing median of $352.33.

Average price

$285.33

8 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,507

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$501

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$94.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.92

vs NC average

−78.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	309.41	1,608	4thin
Medium and Large 2	585	290.00	1,697	1thin
Medium 1	523	270.00	1,412	2thin
Medium 2	515	215.00	1,107	1thin

One grade step is worth $94.41/cwt here — about $501 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale8 hd

285.33

—

NC average9 barns · 252 hd

288.25

−2.92

National average183 barns · 20,348 hd

363.96

−78.63

This barn, trailing median25 sales

352.33

−67.00

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	1,370	179.33	2,457	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,421	150.10	2,134	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,166	125.45	1,462	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	885	108.00	956	1thin

Every lot

70 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	250–300	Medium 1	285	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	770	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,509	1
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	425	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,488	1
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	465	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,535	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	355.03/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,733	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,725	1
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	508	301.56/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,532	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	620	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,550	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,115	7
Steers	650–700	Medium 2	675	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,451	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,110	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,000	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,225	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1	190	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	760	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	295	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	384	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium 2	330	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	462	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	335	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	946	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	355	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	604	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,097	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	328.76/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,243	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	390	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,053	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	405	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	608	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	445	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,202	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	309.21/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,571	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	515	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,107	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	523	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,412	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,697	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	288.91/cwt	287.50–297.00	1,751	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	638	243.26/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,552	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	723	225.12/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,628	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	232.48/cwt	227.50–242.50	1,704	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	221.88/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,726	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	223	407.47/cwt	405.00–410.00	909	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,195	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium 2Full	330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	495	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,377	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,365	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1	430	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,172	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1	472	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,322	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium 1	505	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,528	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	319.96/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,651	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium 2	565	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,300	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,076	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium 1	635	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,873	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium 2	645	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,613	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,663	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium 1	675	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,553	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	255.09/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,857	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium 1	735	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,470	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	232.57/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,914	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	216.23/cwt	212.50–220.00	1,860	2
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	206.28/cwt	200.00–212.50	1,898	2
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,728	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium 1	990	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,733	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium 2	995	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,055	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	200–250	Medium 2	240	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	408	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,290	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,425	1
Bulls	—	—	1,410	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,468	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	885	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	956	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,155	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,271	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,157	128.56/cwt	123.00–133.00	1,487	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,160	116.09/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,347	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,748	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,373	151.63/cwt	150.00–153.00	2,082	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,615	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,326	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 Nov 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 101Last week 191Year ago 171

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 36Year ago 54

Slaughter Cattle 4.00 To 15.00 Lower Feeder Cattle 5.00 To 10.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light { Cold Snow } Quality Average To Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	400.00	400.00
2	350–400	378	327.50–330.00	328.76
1	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	460	300.00	300.00
3	500–550	508	300.00–315.00	309.21
1	550–600	555	310.00	310.00
7	600–650	606	287.50–297.00	288.91
3	700–750	733	227.50–242.50	232.48
3	750–800	778	210.00–230.00	221.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	140.00	140.00
1	350–400	355	170.00	170.00
1	400–450	405	150.00	150.00
1	500–550	515	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	282.50	282.50
1	350–400	390	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	445	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	523	270.00	270.00
3	600–650	638	230.00–250.00	243.26
2	700–750	723	220.00–230.00	225.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	292.50	292.50
1	550–600	585	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	405.00–410.00	407.47
1	250–300	295	405.00	405.00
1	300–350	340	405.00	405.00
1	350–400	390	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	495	330.00	330.00
5	500–550	516	310.00–325.00	319.96
1	600–650	615	337.50	337.50
1	650–700	665	250.00	250.00
2	700–750	728	250.00–260.00	255.09
2	800–850	823	230.00–235.00	232.57
2	850–900	860	212.50–220.00	216.23
2	900–950	920	200.00–212.50	206.28
1	950–1000	960	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	272.50	272.50
2	450–500	472	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	505	302.50	302.50
4	600–650	635	295.00	295.00
1	650–700	675	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	735	200.00	200.00
1	950–1000	990	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	645	250.00	250.00
1	950–1000	995	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	405	372.50	372.50
2	450–500	488	350.00–360.00	355.03
1	500–550	500	345.00	345.00
7	600–650	622	340.00	340.00
1	950–1000	970	217.50	217.50
1	1000–1050	1,000	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	425	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	465	330.00	330.00
3	500–550	508	295.00–305.00	301.56
1	600–650	620	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,157	123.00–133.00	128.56
2	—	1,160	111.00–121.00	116.09
1	—	1,155	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,240	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,373	150.00–153.00	151.63
1	—	1,615	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,410	175.00	175.00
1	—	1,290	188.00	188.00

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.