Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Baby calves 30.00 To 55.00. Slaughter cattle Mostly steady To 4.00 Higher. Feeder cattle Mostly steady To 5.00 higher. Demand Good, Activity Moderate, Offerings Moderate, and Quality Average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $126.53/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$126.53

63 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

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

$47.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.84

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	471	133.14	627	41
Medium and Large 2	464	127.54	591	4thin
Medium 2	489	118.57	580	14thin
Small and Medium 3	429	85.68	367	4thin

One grade step is worth $47.46/cwt here — about $259 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 sale63 hd

126.53

—

NC average9 barns · 1,775 hd

131.37

−4.84

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	1,796	96.47	1,732	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,326	60.63	804	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,114	57.76	643	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	821	55.01	452	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,175	69.00	811	1thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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 1-2	—	562	128.53/cwt	124.00–133.00	722	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	126.80/cwt	123.00–132.50	612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	128.82/cwt	123.00–133.00	435	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	138.17/cwt	134.00–144.00	583	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	111.50/cwt	111.00–113.00	679	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	103.12/cwt	100.00–106.00	685	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	127.83/cwt	121.00–130.00	358	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	579	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	133.48/cwt	132.00–135.00	634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	128.67/cwt	128.00–129.00	812	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	383	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	95.00/cwt	90.00–100.00	727	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	134.28/cwt	132.00–138.00	705	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	335	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	492	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	420	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	273	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	102.96/cwt	101.00–105.00	683	2
Steers	Small and Medium 3Full	—	465	87.61/cwt	82.50–92.50	407	2
Heifers	Small 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	705	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	303	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	113.24/cwt	109.00–119.00	659	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	122.67/cwt	118.00–125.00	584	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,175	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	872	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,074	56.92/cwt	50.00–59.00	611	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	955	43.75/cwt	40.00–48.00	418	3
Bulls	—	—	1,778	101.89/cwt	95.00–109.00	1,812	5
Bulls	—	—	1,825	87.43/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,596	3
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	365	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	374	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	56.16/cwt	55.00–58.00	736	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	505	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	142.23/cwt	140.00–145.00	528	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	113.04/cwt	110.00–115.00	588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	121.15/cwt	115.00–125.00	636	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	391	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	366	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	664	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	601.49/cwt	525.00–675.00	6,045	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	609	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	109.64/cwt	105.00–113.00	681	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	816	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	110.33/cwt	106.00–116.00	633	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	637	114.65/cwt	112.00–117.00	730	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	124.05/cwt	120.00–127.00	657	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	588	121.00/cwt	120.00–122.00	711	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	760.07/cwt	725.00–800.00	8,209	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	976.46/cwt	950.00–1,000.00	10,839	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	585	107.75/cwt	107.50–108.00	630	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,005	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	460	109.02/cwt	107.00–110.00	501	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	512	106.64/cwt	100.00–110.00	546	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	320	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	352	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	440	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	561	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	700	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	721	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	515	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	464	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	478	112.03/cwt	110.00–116.00	536	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	775	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	659	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	415	104.14/cwt	100.00–110.00	432	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	365	129.15/cwt	125.00–132.50	471	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	525	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	551	2
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	545	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	491	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	62.79/cwt	60.00–70.00	764	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,344	65.85/cwt	65.00–67.00	885	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	821	55.01/cwt	51.00–59.00	452	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	532	109.00/cwt	105.00–113.00	580	3

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 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 167Last week 180Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 43Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 3Year ago 0

Baby calves 30.00 To 55.00. Slaughter cattle Mostly steady To 4.00 Higher. Feeder cattle Mostly steady To 5.00 higher. Demand Good, Activity Moderate, Offerings Moderate, and Quality Average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	562	124.00–133.00	128.53
3	—	483	123.00–132.50	126.80
6	—	338	123.00–133.00	128.82
5	—	422	134.00–144.00	138.17
3	—	631	128.00–129.00	128.67
1	—	255	150.00	150.00
1	—	205	160.00	160.00
1	—	698	121.00	121.00
4	—	525	132.00–138.00	134.28
1	—	745	117.00	117.00
5	—	371	140.00–145.00	142.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	147.00	147.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	65.00	65.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	82.50–92.50	87.61
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	102.50	102.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	138.00	138.00
3	—	530	120.00–127.00	124.05
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	637	112.00–117.00	114.65
2	—	588	120.00–122.00	121.00
3	—	512	100.00–110.00	106.64
1	—	320	110.00	110.00
1	—	440	127.50	127.50
4	—	365	125.00–132.50	129.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	609	111.00–113.00	111.50
7	—	664	100.00–106.00	103.12
1	—	400	124.00	124.00
4	—	280	121.00–130.00	127.83
1	—	365	122.00	122.00
14	—	582	109.00–119.00	113.24
5	—	476	118.00–125.00	122.67
1	—	800	85.00	85.00
6	—	525	115.00–125.00	121.15
1	—	730	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Small 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	43.00	43.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	107.50–108.00	107.75
3	—	460	107.00–110.00	109.02
3	—	415	100.00–110.00	104.14
3	—	532	105.00–113.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	133.00	133.00
2	—	475	132.00–135.00	133.48
2	—	765	90.00–100.00	95.00
2	—	663	101.00–105.00	102.96
5	—	520	110.00–115.00	113.04
1	—	715	116.00	116.00
6	—	621	105.00–113.00	109.64
1	—	960	85.00	85.00
1	—	810	90.00	90.00
6	—	574	106.00–116.00	110.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	421	120.00	120.00
1	—	490	121.00	121.00
1	—	580	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	103.00	103.00
3	—	478	110.00–116.00	112.03
1	—	775	85.00	85.00
2	—	525	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	90.00	90.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	69.00	69.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,074	50.00–59.00	56.92
3	—	955	40.00–48.00	43.75
11	—	1,216	60.00–70.00	62.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,310	55.00–58.00	56.16
6	—	1,344	65.00–67.00	65.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	821	51.00–59.00	55.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,778	95.00–109.00	101.89
3	—	1,825	85.00–90.00	87.43

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,005	525.00–675.00	601.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,080	725.00–800.00	760.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	550.00	550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,110	950.00–1,000.00	976.46

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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Steers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle