Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week in observance of the Independence Day holiday. Today, demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was attractive. Baby calves were 100.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.81/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$110.81

73 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$596

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$331

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

$66.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.80

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	538	116.85	629	51
Medium and Large 2	564	106.16	599	8thin
Small and Medium 3	350	100.00	350	1thin
Medium 2	516	98.08	506	10thin
Medium 3	595	75.00	446	2thin
Small 1-2	595	50.00	298	1thin

One grade step is worth $66.85/cwt here — about $331 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 sale73 hd

110.81

—

NC average3 barns · 314 hd

116.62

−5.80

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	1,825	99.52	1,817	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,404	67.34	945	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,141	62.64	715	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	863	47.50	410	2thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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 2	—	375	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	439	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	435	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	500	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	480	102.60/cwt	100.00–105.00	492	3
Heifers	Medium 3Full	—	575	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,160	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,137	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	118.83/cwt	115.00–122.50	740	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,560	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	16,380	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,305	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	750	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,500	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	395	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	312	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	580	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	406	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	845	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	739	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	528	71.34/cwt	65.00–77.50	377	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	625	73.75/cwt	70.00–77.50	461	2
Heifers	Medium 3Full	—	615	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	122.76/cwt	122.50–123.00	344	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	133.33/cwt	133.00–134.00	491	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	129.51/cwt	128.00–130.00	549	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	101.49/cwt	99.00–108.00	637	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	94.03/cwt	90.00–95.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	121.28/cwt	117.00–124.00	640	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	119.31/cwt	112.50–124.00	681	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	118.42/cwt	115.00–120.00	560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	95.76/cwt	95.00–96.00	601	4
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	595	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	298	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	350	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	350	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	375	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	413	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	550	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	600	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	610	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	634	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	655	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,183	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,265	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	121.20/cwt	117.50–125.00	830	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	136.38/cwt	133.00–140.00	528	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	625	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	387	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	431	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,407	69.17/cwt	65.00–75.00	973	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	62.21/cwt	60.00–63.00	868	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	65.58/cwt	60.00–70.00	763	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	563	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	910	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	391	1
Bulls	—	—	1,869	100.88/cwt	97.00–106.00	1,885	7
Bulls	—	—	1,520	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	130.76/cwt	130.00–138.00	669	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	133.87/cwt	133.00–134.00	858	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	134.41/cwt	133.00–136.00	757	12
Bulls	Medium 2	—	735	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	676	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	785	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	413	114.97/cwt	110.00–120.00	475	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	525	106.27/cwt	105.00–107.50	558	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	593	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	623	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	132.92/cwt	130.00–135.00	565	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	127.90/cwt	122.00–132.00	605	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	115.35/cwt	113.00–118.00	706	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	119.18/cwt	117.00–124.00	677	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	113.05/cwt	108.00–115.00	757	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	120.81/cwt	116.00–125.00	628	6
Bulls	Small and Medium 3	—	535	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	455	1
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	655	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	459	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 Jul 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 180Last week 150Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 63Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 17Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	117.00	117.00
1	—	435	92.00	92.00
1	—	500	94.00	94.00
1	—	600	100.00	100.00
2	—	575	100.00	100.00
3	—	480	100.00–105.00	102.60
Heifers — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	80.00	80.00
1	—	615	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	129.00	129.00
1	—	325	132.00	132.00
1	—	715	90.00	90.00
1	—	765	92.00	92.00
1	—	835	85.00	85.00
2	—	280	122.50–123.00	122.76
2	—	478	132.00	132.00
3	—	368	133.00–134.00	133.33
4	—	424	128.00–130.00	129.51
4	—	628	99.00–108.00	101.49
5	—	690	90.00–95.00	94.03
13	—	528	117.00–124.00	121.28
13	—	571	112.50–124.00	119.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	111.00	111.00
3	—	473	115.00–120.00	118.42
4	—	628	95.00–96.00	95.76
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	50.00	50.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	70.00	70.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	125.00	125.00
1	—	1,160	98.00	98.00
2	—	623	115.00–122.50	118.83
1	—	380	125.00	125.00
1	—	330	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	110.00	110.00
1	—	550	109.00	109.00
1	—	610	104.00	104.00
1	—	655	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	145.00	145.00
1	—	495	134.00	134.00
1	—	1,075	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,150	110.00	110.00
2	—	685	117.50–125.00	121.20
3	—	387	133.00–140.00	136.38
4	—	431	145.00	145.00
16	—	512	130.00–138.00	130.76
15	—	641	133.00–134.00	133.87
12	—	563	133.00–136.00	134.41
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	79.00	79.00
1	—	580	70.00	70.00
1	—	845	87.50	87.50
2	—	528	65.00–77.50	71.34
2	—	625	70.00–77.50	73.75
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	92.00	92.00
1	—	785	86.00	86.00
2	—	413	110.00–120.00	114.97
2	—	525	105.00–107.50	106.27
2	—	593	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	103.00	103.00
3	—	425	130.00–135.00	132.92
3	—	473	122.00–132.00	127.90
3	—	612	113.00–118.00	115.35
4	—	568	117.00–124.00	119.18
5	—	670	108.00–115.00	113.05
6	—	520	116.00–125.00	120.81
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	85.00	85.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,560	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	600.00	600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	44.00	44.00
1	—	845	51.00	51.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,407	65.00–75.00	69.17
5	—	1,395	60.00–63.00	62.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,163	60.00–70.00	65.58
1	—	1,125	50.00	50.00
1	—	910	43.00	43.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,869	97.00–106.00	100.88
1	—	1,520	90.00	90.00

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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