Sale reports / North Carolina / Canton Livestock Auction / 2020-05-11

Canton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, May 11
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090
Feeder Cattle receipts
17 head
231 vs last sale 248 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
11 vs last sale 36 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
6 vs last sale 7 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Moderate Activity Moderate Offerings light Quality Average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.65/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$113.65
10 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$572
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.08
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2503113.6557210thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale10 hd
113.65
NC average8 barns · 948 hd
112.57
+1.08
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
BullsAverage1,65493.211,5427thin
CowsLean 85-90%High84072.506091thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49459.778939thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,07657.726218thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365121.00/cwt121.00–121.004421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-270098.00/cwt98.00–98.006861
HeifersMedium and Large 1-264595.00/cwt95.00–95.006131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2406123.95/cwt120.00–127.005034
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540117.00/cwt117.00–117.006321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580104.87/cwt100.00–110.006082
Bulls1,30588.57/cwt88.00–89.001,1562
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006771
BullsMedium and Large 1-2435120.00/cwt120.00–120.005221
Bulls1,79495.07/cwt90.00–100.001,7065
SteersMedium and Large 1-2345147.00/cwt147.00–147.005071
SteersMedium and Large 1-2915110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0071
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05342.64/cwt40.00–45.004492
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50862.20/cwt60.00–64.009386
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580140.00/cwt140.00–140.008121
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,025625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,4061
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00357.49/cwt57.00–58.005772
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46754.91/cwt52.00–58.008063
SteersMedium and Large 1-2360140.00/cwt140.00–140.005041
SteersMedium and Large 2520128.00/cwt128.00–128.006661
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12465.37/cwt60.00–72.007354
CowsLean 85-90%84072.50/cwt72.50–72.506091

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.