Sale reports / North Carolina / Canton Livestock Auction / 2019-11-11

Canton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Nov 11
● Final140 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090
Feeder Cattle receipts
402 head
▲ 143 vs last sale 259▲ 402 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 71▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 25▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle 3.00 to 6.00 higher Demand good Activity moderate Offerings moderate Quality average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $103.72/cwt on 184 head.
Average price
$103.72
184 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$544
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$346
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 3
$58.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.62
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556114.26636115
Medium and Large 2500100.9950534
Medium 241682.6834413thin
Large 360872.504402thin
Medium 344569.8631112thin
Small 335557.522043thin
Small and Medium 351855.982905thin
One grade step is worth $58.28/cwt here — about $346 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale184 hd
103.72
—
NC average8 barns · 1,399 hd
106.34
−2.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Average1,39669.1796616
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33551.616898thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12444.3849928
CowsLean 85-90%Low76435.712737thin

Every lot, as filed

140 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—718121.49/cwt120.00–123.008722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—435135.86/cwt130.00–142.005912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—935113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0571
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—895110.00/cwt110.00–110.009851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—840118.00/cwt118.00–118.009911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—665125.00/cwt125.00–125.008311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,335769.66/cwt700.00–850.0010,2752
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—428102.08/cwt100.00–104.004372
HeifersMedium and Large 2—57298.91/cwt92.50–103.005668
HeifersMedium and Large 2—431108.37/cwt105.00–110.004675
HeifersMedium and Large 2—616100.26/cwt99.00–102.006184
HeifersMedium and Large 2—529101.35/cwt97.50–103.005364
HeifersMedium and Large 2—471100.05/cwt95.00–107.004714
HeifersMedium and Large 2—312105.76/cwt102.50–107.503303
HeifersMedium and Large 2—70095.00/cwt95.00–95.006651
HeifersMedium and Large 2—65590.00/cwt90.00–90.005901
HeifersMedium and Large 2—39595.00/cwt95.00–95.003751
HeifersMedium and Large 2—25592.50/cwt92.50–92.502361
Dairy SteersLarge 3—72570.00/cwt70.00–70.005081
Dairy SteersLarge 3—51585.00/cwt85.00–85.004381
Dairy SteersLarge 3—31060.00/cwt60.00–60.001861
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,095600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,5701
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—920725.00/cwt725.00–725.006,6701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—335138.31/cwt135.00–140.004633
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—295140.00/cwt140.00–140.004131
SteersMedium 3—53392.44/cwt90.00–95.004932
SteersMedium 3—395105.00/cwt105.00–105.004151
SteersMedium 3—27597.50/cwt97.50–97.502681
SteersMedium 2—328108.00/cwt108.00–108.003542
SteersMedium 2—250106.25/cwt100.00–112.502662
SteersMedium 2—515100.00/cwt100.00–100.005151
SteersMedium 2—460100.00/cwt100.00–100.004601
SteersMedium 2—380100.00/cwt100.00–100.003801
HeifersSmall and Medium 3—54560.00/cwt60.00–60.003271
HeifersSmall and Medium 3—49070.00/cwt70.00–70.003431
HeifersSmall and Medium 3—30560.00/cwt60.00–60.001831
HeifersSmall and Medium 3Full—62544.96/cwt40.00–50.002812
HeifersSmall 3Thin Fleshed—21550.00/cwt50.00–50.001081
HeifersSmall 3—42561.28/cwt60.00–62.502602
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—265105.00/cwt105.00–105.002781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—185117.50/cwt117.50–117.502171
HeifersMedium 3Thin Fleshed—44555.00/cwt55.00–55.002451
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11748.34/cwt41.00–54.0054016
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13037.03/cwt33.00–40.004189
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24857.91/cwt57.00–59.007232
CowsBoner 80-85%—93020.00/cwt20.00–20.001861
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35349.64/cwt45.00–54.006726
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,28057.51/cwt57.00–58.007362
CowsLean 85-90%—75531.98/cwt30.00–35.002413
CowsLean 85-90%—74829.00/cwt29.00–29.002172
CowsLean 85-90%—85038.00/cwt38.00–38.003231
CowsLean 85-90%—74058.00/cwt58.00–58.004291
Bulls——1,42873.20/cwt70.00–79.001,04510
Bulls——1,34362.45/cwt54.00–68.008396
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—775117.04/cwt115.00–121.009073
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—627121.64/cwt116.00–125.007633
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,105645.49/cwt625.00–660.007,1334
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—537119.00/cwt119.00–119.0063919
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—709112.50/cwt112.50–112.507985
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—432121.03/cwt115.00–125.005233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—804101.00/cwt101.00–101.008122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—650107.00/cwt107.00–107.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—475110.00/cwt110.00–110.005231
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—375121.00/cwt121.00–121.004541
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—335122.50/cwt122.50–122.504101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—474113.18/cwt107.00–117.0053611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—516113.84/cwt107.00–118.0058710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—579111.63/cwt110.00–115.006469
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—410118.80/cwt113.00–122.504877
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—616109.65/cwt105.00–113.006755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—73591.64/cwt90.00–95.006743
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—372122.30/cwt118.00–127.004553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—323117.56/cwt115.00–120.003802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,02051.00/cwt51.00–51.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—670111.00/cwt111.00–111.007441
BullsMedium and Large 2—477124.45/cwt120.00–129.005945
BullsMedium and Large 2—68595.00/cwt90.00–100.006512
BullsMedium and Large 2—573105.07/cwt100.00–110.006022
BullsMedium and Large 2—505110.00/cwt110.00–110.005561
BullsMedium and Large 2—435108.00/cwt108.00–108.004701
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—566119.42/cwt115.00–123.006767
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—430140.72/cwt135.00–148.006055
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—510120.66/cwt115.00–125.006154
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—460136.97/cwt132.50–143.006303
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—95575.00/cwt75.00–75.007161
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—90072.00/cwt72.00–72.006481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—74095.00/cwt95.00–95.007031
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—670115.00/cwt115.00–115.007711
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—630100.00/cwt100.00–100.006301
BullsMedium 3Thin Fleshed—96555.00/cwt55.00–55.005311
BullsMedium 3Thin Fleshed—85550.00/cwt50.00–50.004281
BullsMedium 3Thin Fleshed—80068.00/cwt68.00–68.005441
BullsMedium 3—43575.06/cwt70.00–80.003272
BullsMedium 3—48584.00/cwt84.00–84.004071
BullsMedium 2—58593.93/cwt90.00–98.005492
BullsMedium 2—468100.51/cwt100.00–101.004702
BullsMedium 2—70080.00/cwt80.00–80.005601
BullsMedium 2—52597.00/cwt97.00–97.005091
BullsMedium 2—405115.00/cwt115.00–115.004661
HeifersMedium 3—33774.44/cwt70.00–83.002513
HeifersMedium 3—42875.00/cwt75.00–75.003212
HeifersMedium 3—70070.00/cwt70.00–70.004901
HeifersMedium 3—51580.00/cwt80.00–80.004121
HeifersMedium 3—46570.00/cwt70.00–70.003261
HeifersMedium 3—36070.00/cwt70.00–70.002521
HeifersMedium 3—26570.00/cwt70.00–70.001861
HeifersMedium 3Full—72050.00/cwt50.00–50.003601
HeifersMedium 2Thin Fleshed—62577.50/cwt77.50–77.504841
HeifersMedium 2—37481.51/cwt80.00–86.003057
HeifersMedium 2—42592.38/cwt90.00–95.003932
HeifersMedium 2—71577.00/cwt77.00–77.005511
HeifersMedium 2—31080.00/cwt80.00–80.002481
HeifersMedium 2—28585.00/cwt85.00–85.002421
HeifersLarge 3—68088.00/cwt88.00–88.005981
HeifersLarge 3—53557.00/cwt57.00–57.003051
BullsSmall and Medium 3Thin Fleshed—65052.50/cwt52.50–52.503411
BullsSmall and Medium 3—44080.00/cwt80.00–80.003521
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,010900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,0901
SteersSmall and Medium 3—37070.00/cwt70.00–70.002591
SteersSmall 3—27580.00/cwt80.00–80.002201
SteersMedium and Large 2—527121.23/cwt116.00–128.006395
SteersMedium and Large 2—473118.33/cwt115.00–120.005603
SteersMedium and Large 2—338123.99/cwt123.00–125.004192
SteersMedium and Large 2—765108.00/cwt108.00–108.008261
SteersMedium and Large 2—720100.00/cwt100.00–100.007201
SteersMedium and Large 2—675105.00/cwt105.00–105.007091
SteersMedium and Large 2—565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006221
SteersMedium and Large 2—365120.00/cwt120.00–120.004381
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—635127.96/cwt127.00–128.0081322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—735129.00/cwt129.00–129.0094813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—542137.64/cwt137.00–140.0074613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—471142.15/cwt137.50–146.006704
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—322154.79/cwt152.00–157.504983
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—808123.50/cwt123.50–123.509982
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—423143.49/cwt137.50–149.006072
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—476135.76/cwt130.00–142.0064610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—581128.08/cwt125.00–134.007449
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—521135.09/cwt130.00–140.007047
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—376143.64/cwt137.50–149.005404
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—637116.50/cwt116.50–116.5074228

How this sale compares

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.