Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Correction with removal of outlier high priced feeder calf *

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady to 2.00 higher Feeder cattle 4.00 to 6.00 Higher Demand Very Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.67/cwt on 105 head.

Average price

$105.67

105 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 3

$50.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.97

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	444	112.96	501	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	511	110.58	565	69
Medium 2	561	93.97	527	20
Medium 3	549	78.86	433	5thin
Small 3	475	62.50	297	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.46/cwt here — about $204 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 sale105 hd

105.67

—

NC average8 barns · 946 hd

116.64

−10.97

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	—	Average	1,215	81.28	988	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,096	61.63	675	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,383	60.68	839	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	813	51.80	421	9thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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 3	—	540	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	450	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	394	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	585	97.52/cwt	90.00–100.00	570	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	742	78.33/cwt	73.00–82.00	581	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	662.63/cwt	650.00–675.00	6,262	2
Bulls	Medium 2Full	—	685	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	462	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	530	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	900	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	463	114.02/cwt	110.00–118.00	528	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	590	94.03/cwt	90.00–98.00	555	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	417	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	459	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	107.31/cwt	105.00–110.00	657	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	133.06/cwt	129.00–138.00	566	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	117.03/cwt	110.00–120.00	666	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	89.50/cwt	87.00–92.00	651	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	86.00/cwt	84.00–88.00	660	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	97.32/cwt	95.00–105.00	659	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	131.51/cwt	125.00–136.00	610	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	127.88/cwt	124.00–134.00	656	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	626	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	120.85/cwt	120.00–122.50	631	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	635	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	488	95.08/cwt	90.00–100.00	464	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	525	101.96/cwt	100.00–104.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	773	67.43/cwt	65.00–70.00	521	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	378	111.90/cwt	110.00–115.00	423	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	435	101.58/cwt	97.00–107.50	442	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	424	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	141.02/cwt	138.00–144.00	554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	132.00/cwt	127.00–137.00	442	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	139.49/cwt	136.00–144.00	657	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	120.89/cwt	117.50–125.00	760	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	898	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	142.78/cwt	140.00–146.00	598	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	131.85/cwt	129.00–137.00	704	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	133.47/cwt	129.00–135.00	747	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	827	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	175	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	203	182.65/cwt	170.00–195.00	371	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	364	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	417	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	450	1
Dairy Steers	Small 3	—	435	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	228	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	12,220	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	6,795	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	830	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	9,545	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	790	44.06/cwt	42.00–46.00	348	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	528	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,339	62.50/cwt	60.00–68.00	837	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	705	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	331	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	635	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	318	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	879	55.26/cwt	50.00–59.00	486	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	57.04/cwt	54.00–58.00	840	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	64.17/cwt	60.00–76.00	719	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	940	43.61/cwt	40.00–47.00	410	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	950	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	494	1
Bulls	—	—	1,320	82.42/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,088	2
Bulls	—	—	1,005	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	794	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	5,463	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,641	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	9,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	300	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	625	96.52/cwt	94.00–99.00	603	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	435	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	392	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	360	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	378	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	425	130.21/cwt	125.00–134.00	553	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	370	114.95/cwt	113.00–117.00	425	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	800	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	720	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	605	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	653	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	565	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	616	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	450	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	549	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	325	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	364	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	615	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	570	74.91/cwt	70.00–80.00	427	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	129.25/cwt	126.00–132.50	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	107.50/cwt	107.00–108.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	90.46/cwt	87.00–94.00	613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	123.39/cwt	120.00–130.00	352	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	121.71/cwt	119.00–125.00	391	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	98.03/cwt	93.00–99.00	617	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	115.46/cwt	111.00–121.00	491	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	110.02/cwt	107.00–115.00	574	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	118.50/cwt	115.00–125.00	556	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	118.99/cwt	115.00–121.00	451	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	110.78/cwt	109.00–114.00	527	4
Heifers	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	475	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	297	1

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 Apr 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 251Last week 32Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 16Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 7Year ago 0

*Correction with removal of outlier high priced feeder calf *

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady to 2.00 higher Feeder cattle 4.00 to 6.00 Higher Demand Very Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	87.00	87.00
1	—	450	87.50	87.50
1	—	615	70.00	70.00
2	—	570	70.00–80.00	74.91
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	585	90.00–100.00	97.52
3	—	742	73.00–82.00	78.33
1	—	635	85.00	85.00
2	—	488	90.00–100.00	95.08
2	—	525	100.00–104.00	101.96
2	—	773	65.00–70.00	67.43
3	—	378	110.00–115.00	111.90
3	—	435	97.00–107.50	101.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	98.00	98.00
1	—	820	87.00	87.00
1	—	855	75.00	75.00
1	—	960	73.00	73.00
1	—	1,020	87.00	87.00
2	—	350	126.00–132.50	129.25
2	—	575	107.00–108.00	107.50
2	—	678	87.00–94.00	90.46
3	—	285	120.00–130.00	123.39
5	—	321	119.00–125.00	121.71
10	—	629	93.00–99.00	98.03
11	—	425	111.00–121.00	115.46
13	—	522	107.00–115.00	110.02
16	—	469	115.00–125.00	118.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	117.50	117.50
1	—	595	93.00	93.00
4	—	379	115.00–121.00	118.99
4	—	476	109.00–114.00	110.78
Heifers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	62.50	62.50
Bulls — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	67.50	67.50
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	107.00	107.00
1	—	900	75.00	75.00
2	—	463	110.00–118.00	114.02
2	—	590	90.00–98.00	94.03
3	—	417	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	84.00	84.00
3	—	612	105.00–110.00	107.31
4	—	425	129.00–138.00	133.06
5	—	569	110.00–120.00	117.03
6	—	727	87.00–92.00	89.50
6	—	768	84.00–88.00	86.00
7	—	677	95.00–105.00	97.32
9	—	464	125.00–136.00	131.51
10	—	513	124.00–134.00	127.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	105.00	105.00
1	—	680	92.00	92.00
3	—	522	120.00–122.50	120.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	160.00	160.00
2	—	393	138.00–144.00	141.02
3	—	335	127.00–137.00	132.00
4	—	471	136.00–144.00	139.49
4	—	629	117.50–125.00	120.89
4	—	742	121.00	121.00
5	—	419	140.00–146.00	142.78
9	—	534	129.00–137.00	131.85
10	—	560	129.00–135.00	133.47
10	—	656	126.00	126.00
1	—	235	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	175	215.00	215.00
2	—	203	170.00–195.00	182.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	140.00	140.00
1	—	340	122.50	122.50
1	—	390	125.00	125.00
1	—	445	120.00	120.00
1	—	450	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	94.00–99.00	96.52
1	—	435	90.00	90.00
1	—	360	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	125.00–134.00	130.21
2	—	370	113.00–117.00	114.95
1	—	800	90.00	90.00
1	—	605	108.00	108.00
1	—	565	109.00	109.00
1	—	450	122.00	122.00
1	—	325	112.00	112.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	72.50	72.50
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	52.50	52.50

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	945	650.00–675.00	662.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	635.00	635.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	575.00	575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,115	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	810.00	810.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,040	1,175.00	1,175.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	1,150.00	1,150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	790	42.00–46.00	44.06
1	—	880	60.00	60.00
4	—	879	50.00–59.00	55.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,339	60.00–68.00	62.50
5	—	1,472	54.00–58.00	57.04
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	47.00	47.00
1	—	635	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,121	60.00–76.00	64.17
2	—	940	40.00–47.00	43.61
1	—	950	52.00	52.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	80.00–84.00	82.42
1	—	1,005	79.00	79.00

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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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