Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 2.00 to 4.00 higher Feeder cattle 5.00 to 9.00 higher Baby calves 10.00 to 40.00 Demand good Activity moderate Offerings light Cold weather Quality Plain to average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.75/cwt on 52 head.

Average price

$118.75

52 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$551

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$357

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 2

$34.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.83

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	473	124.01	586	31
Medium and Large 2	479	116.50	558	8thin
Medium 2	451	109.07	491	12thin
Small and Medium 2	255	90.00	230	1thin

One grade step is worth $34.01/cwt here — about $357 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 sale52 hd

118.75

—

NC average8 barns · 1,045 hd

116.92

+1.83

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,528	84.61	1,293	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,409	56.37	794	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,077	48.93	527	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	805	43.50	350	3thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	127.00/cwt	121.00–133.00	635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	128.38/cwt	125.00–134.00	533	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	108.02/cwt	106.00–110.00	659	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	290	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	334	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	479	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	395	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	458	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	330	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	396	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	312	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	149.92/cwt	145.00–155.00	706	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	160.62/cwt	157.50–165.00	585	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	155.00/cwt	152.50–160.00	442	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	134.52/cwt	131.00–138.00	730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	649	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	265	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	265	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	215	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	202	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	370	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	490	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	649	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	415	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	577	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	419	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	6,469	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	700	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	4,970	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	660	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,970	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	830	806.02/cwt	600.00–1,000.00	6,690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	154.67/cwt	149.00–160.00	662	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	133.34/cwt	125.00–140.00	683	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	575	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	696	1
Steers	Medium 2Full	—	725	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	522	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	685	14.00/cwt	14.00–14.00	96	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	613	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	57.82/cwt	56.00–61.00	817	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	52.74/cwt	52.00–54.00	737	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,036	48.87/cwt	45.00–53.00	506	7
Bulls	—	—	1,528	84.61/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,293	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	530	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	596	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	410	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	390	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	390	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,101	58.09/cwt	55.00–64.00	640	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,112	39.85/cwt	34.00–44.00	443	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	389	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	129.96/cwt	125.00–135.00	500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	118.99/cwt	117.00–122.00	670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	319	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	290	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	323	106.15/cwt	100.00–113.00	343	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	570	112.15/cwt	111.00–113.00	639	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	477	110.88/cwt	107.50–115.00	529	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	255	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	127.41/cwt	125.00–130.00	600	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	163.50/cwt	160.00–167.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	131.67/cwt	130.00–132.50	450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	114.41/cwt	109.00–120.00	833	2

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

WNC Regional Livestock Center - Canton, NC

Mon Jan 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 98Last week 127Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 33Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 6Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle 2.00 to 4.00 higher Feeder cattle 5.00 to 9.00 higher Baby calves 10.00 to 40.00 Demand good Activity moderate Offerings light Cold weather Quality Plain to average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	500	121.00–133.00	127.00
1	—	810	105.00	105.00
7	—	415	125.00–134.00	128.38
1	—	680	98.00	98.00
1	—	570	136.00	136.00
2	—	610	106.00–110.00	108.02
3	—	385	125.00–135.00	129.96
1	—	290	110.00	110.00
1	—	240	121.00	121.00
7	—	471	125.00–130.00	127.41
3	—	342	130.00–132.50	131.67
2	—	728	109.00–120.00	114.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	122.00	122.00
1	—	390	109.00	109.00
1	—	260	105.00	105.00
4	—	563	117.00–122.00	118.99
1	—	510	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	115.00	115.00
1	—	530	112.50	112.50
1	—	410	100.00	100.00
1	—	390	100.00	100.00
2	—	323	100.00–113.00	106.15
3	—	570	111.00–113.00	112.15
3	—	477	107.50–115.00	110.88
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	142.50	142.50
1	—	325	147.50	147.50
1	—	295	140.00	140.00
1	—	245	127.50	127.50
1	—	495	140.00	140.00
1	—	440	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	116.00	116.00
1	—	330	120.00	120.00
1	—	265	100.00	100.00
1	—	215	94.00	94.00
1	—	490	132.50	132.50
1	—	415	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	145.00–155.00	149.92
4	—	364	157.50–165.00	160.62
3	—	285	152.50–160.00	155.00
2	—	543	131.00–138.00	134.52
1	—	625	128.00	128.00
1	—	235	157.50	157.50
2	—	425	160.00	160.00
2	—	335	160.00–167.00	163.50
Steers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	72.00	72.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	149.00–160.00	154.67
3	—	512	125.00–140.00	133.34
1	—	790	107.00	107.00
1	—	745	109.00	109.00
1	—	460	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	135.00	135.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	575.00	575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	710.00	710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	830	600.00–1,000.00	806.02
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	660	450.00	450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	14.00	14.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	72.50	72.50
1	—	885	44.00	44.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,413	56.00–61.00	57.82
4	—	1,398	52.00–54.00	52.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,036	45.00–53.00	48.87
5	—	1,101	55.00–64.00	58.09
5	—	1,112	34.00–44.00	39.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,528	82.00–88.00	84.61

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.

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Canton Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

WNC Regional Livestock Center - Canton, NC

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle