Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle 5.00 lower Baby calves 15.00 to 50.00 Demand moderate Activity moderate Offerings light Quality plain to average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.41/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$119.41

58 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$278

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 3

$85.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.63

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	449	123.58	555	45
Medium and Large 2	518	110.71	573	5thin
Medium 2	436	110.50	481	7thin
Small 3	730	38.00	277	1thin

One grade step is worth $85.58/cwt here — about $278 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 sale58 hd

119.41

—

NC average8 barns · 853 hd

125.04

−5.63

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	1,720	86.01	1,479	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,385	66.51	921	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,100	56.91	626	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	773	46.56	360	8thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	146.24/cwt	145.00–147.50	487	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	639	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	885	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	423	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	541	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	640	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	678	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	970	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	660	1
Dairy Steers	Small 3	—	695	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	292	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	445	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	263	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	280	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 3	—	223	75.84/cwt	60.00–90.00	169	2
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	295	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	345	1
Steers	Small 3	—	455	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	144.86/cwt	141.00–149.00	616	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	162.65/cwt	160.00–168.00	599	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	154.38/cwt	150.00–159.00	706	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	145.33/cwt	141.00–150.00	763	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	158.93/cwt	153.00–165.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	528	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	924	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	775	45.42/cwt	42.00–49.00	352	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	659	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,156.94/cwt	1,025.00–1,275.00	12,495	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	11,981	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	13,659	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,415	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	17,688	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	890	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	8,678	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	947.63/cwt	825.00–1,050.00	10,263	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	1,144.50/cwt	1,060.00–1,300.00	12,796	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	855	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	7,994	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,353	976.20/cwt	925.00–1,025.00	13,208	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,280	849.99/cwt	849.99–849.99	10,880	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	874.80/cwt	825.00–925.00	11,154	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,174	942.37/cwt	800.00–1,135.00	11,063	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	779.96/cwt	700.00–850.00	8,642	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	953.81/cwt	935.00–975.00	11,255	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,169	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	723	475.43/cwt	450.00–500.00	3,437	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	860	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,020	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,653	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	10,810	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	16,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	616	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,387	67.17/cwt	60.00–75.00	932	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	732	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,083	63.22/cwt	60.00–69.00	685	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	54.80/cwt	48.00–59.00	643	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,026	47.63/cwt	46.00–53.00	489	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	940	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	291	1
Bulls	—	—	1,990	94.68/cwt	91.00–99.00	1,884	4
Bulls	—	—	1,728	85.87/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,484	4
Bulls	—	—	1,163	68.94/cwt	67.00–71.00	802	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	60.47/cwt	60.00–61.00	493	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	675	30.63/cwt	28.00–33.00	207	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	324	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	190	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	257	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	215	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	215	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	475	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	603	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	570	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	735	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	385	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	447	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	730	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	116.28/cwt	113.00–120.00	378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	140.26/cwt	137.50–143.00	677	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	156.23/cwt	152.00–162.00	656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	127.98/cwt	125.00–134.00	669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	110.26/cwt	107.00–114.00	737	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	118.38/cwt	116.00–120.00	687	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	114.87/cwt	113.00–120.00	716	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	138.51/cwt	138.00–139.00	575	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	265	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	292	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	335	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	352	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	395	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	435	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	489	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	495	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	545	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	580	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	243	128.19/cwt	122.50–134.00	312	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	122.53/cwt	119.00–126.00	686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	123.37/cwt	120.00–127.00	354	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	311	134.40/cwt	131.00–137.50	418	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	130.49/cwt	125.00–133.00	482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	125.89/cwt	120.00–130.00	534	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	124.80/cwt	120.00–128.00	587	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	122.47/cwt	118.00–125.00	633	9

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 Feb 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 132Last week 107Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 30Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 4Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle 5.00 lower Baby calves 15.00 to 50.00 Demand moderate Activity moderate Offerings light Quality plain to average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	145.00–147.50	146.24
1	—	545	129.00	129.00
1	—	450	142.00	142.00
2	—	425	141.00–149.00	144.86
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	117.00	117.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	368	160.00–168.00	162.65
3	—	457	150.00–159.00	154.38
2	—	525	141.00–150.00	145.33
2	—	405	153.00–165.00	158.93
2	—	330	160.00	160.00
1	—	800	113.00	113.00
1	—	700	132.00	132.00
1	—	560	141.00	141.00
1	—	295	158.00	158.00
1	—	240	135.00	135.00
1	—	190	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	127.00	127.00
1	—	570	129.00	129.00
1	—	385	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	128.00	128.00
1	—	640	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	68.00	68.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	95.00	95.00
1	—	960	76.00	76.00
2	—	483	137.50–143.00	140.26
3	—	420	152.00–162.00	156.23
3	—	523	125.00–134.00	127.98
3	—	668	107.00–114.00	110.26
4	—	580	116.00–120.00	118.38
10	—	623	113.00–120.00	114.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	118.00	118.00
2	—	415	138.00–139.00	138.51
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	42.00	42.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	59.00	59.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	80.00	80.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	223	60.00–90.00	75.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	95.00	95.00
1	—	775	85.00	85.00
1	—	610	101.00	101.00
1	—	810	106.00	106.00
2	—	243	122.50–134.00	128.19
2	—	560	119.00–126.00	122.53
3	—	287	120.00–127.00	123.37
4	—	311	131.00–137.50	134.40
6	—	369	125.00–133.00	130.49
7	—	424	120.00–130.00	125.89
8	—	470	120.00–128.00	124.80
9	—	517	118.00–125.00	122.47
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	38.00	38.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	114.00–115.00	114.50
2	—	325	113.00–120.00	116.28
1	—	810	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	110.00	110.00
1	—	335	105.00	105.00
1	—	395	117.00	117.00
1	—	435	112.50	112.50
1	—	495	116.00	116.00
1	—	545	110.00	110.00
1	—	580	103.00	103.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	775	42.00–49.00	45.42
2	—	815	60.00–61.00	60.47
2	—	675	28.00–33.00	30.63
1	—	880	54.00	54.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,387	60.00–75.00	67.17
1	—	1,355	54.00	54.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,083	60.00–69.00	63.22
9	—	1,174	48.00–59.00	54.80
4	—	1,026	46.00–53.00	47.63
1	—	940	31.00	31.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,990	91.00–99.00	94.68
4	—	1,728	81.00–89.00	85.87
2	—	1,163	67.00–71.00	68.94

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,080	1,025.00–1,275.00	1,156.94
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,083	825.00–1,050.00	947.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,118	1,060.00–1,300.00	1,144.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	940	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,475.00	1,475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,415	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	975.00	975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	935.00	935.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,353	925.00–1,025.00	976.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,280	849.99	849.99
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,275	825.00–925.00	874.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,174	800.00–1,135.00	942.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,108	700.00–850.00	779.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,180	935.00–975.00	953.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	925	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	723	450.00–500.00	475.43
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	860	700.00	700.00

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.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle