Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was attractive. Baby calves were 10.00 per head and head calves ranged 210.00 to 330.00.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.65/cwt on 82 head.

Average price

$109.65

82 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$568

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$316

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

$44.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.18

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	526	114.67	603	54
Medium 2	514	105.13	540	21
Small and Medium 2	355	90.00	320	1thin
Medium 3	479	87.50	419	4thin
Large 1-2	650	81.00	527	1thin
Small and Medium 3	410	70.00	287	1thin

One grade step is worth $44.67/cwt here — about $316 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 sale82 hd

109.65

—

NC average8 barns · 1,115 hd

109.47

+0.18

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	1,683	78.80	1,326	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	50.53	746	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	809	42.94	347	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,095	42.62	467	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,350	55.00	743	1thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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 and Large 1-2	—	755	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	116.73/cwt	115.50–124.00	714	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,593	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	133.02/cwt	128.00–137.00	706	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	111.99/cwt	109.00–114.00	627	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	113.60/cwt	109.00–117.00	817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	684	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	125.86/cwt	120.00–130.00	456	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	10,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	121.11/cwt	120.00–123.00	774	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	139.00/cwt	135.00–142.00	580	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	144.61/cwt	140.00–148.00	545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	111.22/cwt	105.00–115.00	588	5
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	808	602.09/cwt	525.00–675.00	4,865	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	121.68/cwt	118.00–126.00	639	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	109.93/cwt	105.00–115.00	698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	345	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	133.43/cwt	125.00–137.00	640	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	114.48/cwt	110.00–119.00	770	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	410	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	287	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	355	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	320	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,350	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	144.79/cwt	140.00–148.00	475	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	395	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	612	1
Bulls	—	—	2,088	86.99/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,816	2
Bulls	—	—	1,908	81.31/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,551	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	122.34/cwt	121.00–123.00	703	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	141.51/cwt	137.50–147.50	597	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	768	1
Bulls	—	—	1,075	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	742	1
Bulls	—	—	1,165	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	769	1
Bulls	—	—	1,095	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	821	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	545	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	328	95.29/cwt	90.00–101.00	313	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	550	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	465	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium 2Mexican Origin	—	385	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	370	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	870	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,090	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	600	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	618	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	775	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	601	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	255	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	255	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	585	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	556	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	478	86.09/cwt	80.00–92.00	412	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	580	114.87/cwt	110.00–120.00	666	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	680	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	592	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	478	107.67/cwt	101.00–112.00	515	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	420	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	378	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	535	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	562	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	705	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	670	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	275	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	330	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	235	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	294	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	885	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	642	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	405	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	675	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	574	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,125.10/cwt	975.00–1,250.00	13,501	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,710	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,994	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	328	118.49/cwt	117.00–120.00	389	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	690	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	418	112.28/cwt	109.00–115.00	469	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	118.43/cwt	115.00–124.00	554	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	361	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	130.20/cwt	127.50–137.50	622	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	755	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	619	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	715	89.02/cwt	87.00–90.00	636	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	543	115.51/cwt	114.00–117.00	627	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	124.15/cwt	120.00–126.00	505	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	757	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,520	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	628	108.51/cwt	107.00–110.00	681	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	132.22/cwt	130.00–135.00	754	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	720	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	650	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	527	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	49.74/cwt	45.00–52.00	749	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	657	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	42.28/cwt	35.00–45.00	444	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	698	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	623	108.18/cwt	105.00–111.00	674	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	418	128.73/cwt	127.50–130.00	538	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	955	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	630	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	763	27.85/cwt	27.00–29.00	212	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	49.31/cwt	48.00–50.00	577	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	28.15/cwt	24.00–31.00	296	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	315	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	331	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	625	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	544	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	450	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	374	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	766	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	350	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	790	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	506	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 Dec 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 193Last week 242Year ago 249

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 81Year ago 67

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 14Year ago 16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	85.00	85.00
7	—	612	115.50–124.00	116.73
14	—	560	109.00–114.00	111.99
5	—	684	100.00	100.00
3	—	362	120.00–130.00	125.86
5	—	529	105.00–115.00	111.22
12	—	468	115.00–124.00	118.43
1	—	295	122.50	122.50
6	—	407	120.00–126.00	124.15
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	90.00–101.00	95.29
1	—	550	99.00	99.00
1	—	775	77.50	77.50
5	—	478	101.00–112.00	107.67
4	—	418	109.00–115.00	112.28
7	—	623	105.00–111.00	108.18
Heifers — Medium 2 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	90.00	90.00
1	—	625	87.00	87.00
1	—	450	83.00	83.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	81.00	81.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	115.00	115.00
4	—	525	118.00–126.00	121.68
3	—	635	105.00–115.00	109.93
3	—	575	121.00–123.00	122.34
3	—	422	137.50–147.50	141.51
1	—	835	92.00	92.00
5	—	478	127.50–137.50	130.20
1	—	735	103.00	103.00
1	—	750	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	103.00	103.00
1	—	405	110.00	110.00
1	—	675	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	125.00	125.00
1	—	600	103.00	103.00
2	—	690	100.00	100.00
1	—	755	82.00	82.00
3	—	715	87.00–90.00	89.02
2	—	418	127.50–130.00	128.73
1	—	955	66.00	66.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	531	128.00–137.00	133.02
4	—	719	109.00–117.00	113.60
9	—	639	120.00–123.00	121.11
1	—	925	107.00	107.00
5	—	417	135.00–142.00	139.00
3	—	377	140.00–148.00	144.61
7	—	480	125.00–137.00	133.43
5	—	673	110.00–119.00	114.48
3	—	328	140.00–148.00	144.79
1	—	968	102.50	102.50
1	—	835	107.50	107.50
4	—	570	130.00–135.00	132.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	160.00	160.00
1	—	395	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	130.00	130.00
2	—	580	110.00–120.00	114.87
1	—	680	87.00	87.00
1	—	480	120.00	120.00
1	—	705	95.00	95.00
2	—	275	120.00	120.00
1	—	235	125.00	125.00
1	—	885	72.50	72.50
2	—	328	117.00–120.00	118.49
2	—	543	114.00–117.00	115.51
2	—	628	107.00–110.00	108.51
1	—	445	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	100.00	100.00
1	—	585	95.00	95.00
2	—	478	80.00–92.00	86.09
1	—	535	105.00	105.00
1	—	315	105.00	105.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,315	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	808	525.00–675.00	602.09
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	975.00–1,250.00	1,125.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	975.00	975.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	55.00	55.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,088	86.00–88.00	86.99
4	—	1,908	80.00–83.00	81.31
1	—	1,075	69.00	69.00
1	—	1,165	66.00	66.00
1	—	1,095	75.00	75.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,505	45.00–52.00	49.74
1	—	1,460	45.00	45.00
2	—	1,320	58.00	58.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,050	35.00–45.00	42.28
1	—	1,145	61.00	61.00
4	—	1,171	48.00–50.00	49.31
3	—	1,053	24.00–31.00	28.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	55.00	55.00
2	—	763	27.00–29.00	27.85
1	—	875	40.00	40.00
1	—	790	64.00	64.00

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