Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Baby calves 30.00 To 110.00 Head calves 195.00 To 300.00 Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 4.00 Higher Feeder cattle 3.00 To 5.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Heavy Quality Average To Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.79/cwt on 129 head.

Average price

$128.79

129 head · 480 lb average

Value per head Derived

$619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$23.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.07

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	487	131.19	638	101
Medium 2	453	122.23	554	24
Medium 3	488	107.50	524	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.70/cwt here — about $114 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 sale129 hd

128.79

—

NC average7 barns · 1,449 hd

125.72

+3.07

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	1,601	90.38	1,447	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	66.92	984	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,137	61.43	699	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	789	48.70	384	13

Every lot, as filed

101 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,142.17/cwt	950.00–1,300.00	12,221	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	10,125	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,100	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,135.00/cwt	1,135.00–1,135.00	11,350	1
Bulls	—	—	1,645	93.46/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,537	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	924	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	390	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	254	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	470	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	550	1
Steers	Small 3Full	—	265	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	225	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Value Added	—	1,060	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	822	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	45.34/cwt	39.00–49.00	515	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	67.52/cwt	65.00–75.00	788	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	64.38/cwt	63.00–65.00	984	3
Bulls	—	—	1,534	85.76/cwt	77.00–88.00	1,316	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	683	26.81/cwt	20.00–35.00	183	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	58.89/cwt	52.00–64.00	661	28
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	784	659.68/cwt	575.00–775.00	5,172	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	425	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	141.00/cwt	135.00–146.00	534	8
Bulls	Medium 2	—	600	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	478	139.22/cwt	136.00–142.00	665	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	473	128.16/cwt	122.50–134.00	606	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	210	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	310	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	643	127.49/cwt	125.00–130.00	820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	1,425.00/cwt	1,425.00–1,425.00	17,884	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	465	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	500	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	500	133.50/cwt	128.00–139.00	668	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	285	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	399	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	550	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	633	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	494	141.82/cwt	137.50–149.00	701	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	565	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	712	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	328	150.96/cwt	150.00–152.00	495	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	583	129.60/cwt	125.00–134.00	756	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	429	153.80/cwt	150.00–157.00	660	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	765	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	528	117.00/cwt	110.00–121.00	618	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	392	147.98/cwt	146.00–150.00	580	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	600	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	618	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	373	126.94/cwt	122.50–132.00	473	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	423	132.14/cwt	130.00–134.00	559	3
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	510	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	332	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	600	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	318	121.16/cwt	117.50–125.00	385	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	458	112.49/cwt	110.00–115.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	625	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	531	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	340	138.00/cwt	136.00–140.00	469	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	433	140.03/cwt	135.00–145.00	606	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	865	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,920	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	235	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	294	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	773	749.35/cwt	550.00–900.00	5,792	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	851	814.09/cwt	700.00–850.00	6,928	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	775	799.19/cwt	775.00–825.00	6,194	2
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	770	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	616	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	68.01/cwt	66.00–71.00	983	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	410	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	492	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	818	56.78/cwt	52.00–62.00	464	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	725	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	479	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	38.68/cwt	38.00–39.00	315	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	318	180.83/cwt	178.00–184.00	575	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,370	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	13,015	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	110.72/cwt	109.00–112.50	795	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	132.51/cwt	130.00–136.00	822	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	117.49/cwt	115.00–119.00	794	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	149.11/cwt	144.00–155.00	695	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	160.03/cwt	155.00–165.00	610	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,144	906.75/cwt	600.00–1,075.00	10,373	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	969	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	222	163.40/cwt	160.00–167.50	363	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	159.50/cwt	156.00–165.00	507	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	240	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	156.86/cwt	152.00–160.00	737	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	139.39/cwt	135.00–145.00	729	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	110.18/cwt	109.00–113.00	744	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	118.44/cwt	115.00–122.00	910	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	163.39/cwt	160.00–170.00	660	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	140.97/cwt	136.00–146.00	819	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	126.41/cwt	124.00–130.00	722	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	422	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	684	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	146.36/cwt	145.00–147.50	776	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	127.59/cwt	125.00–129.00	906	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	130.59/cwt	123.00–133.00	678	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	138.61/cwt	133.00–142.50	378	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	366	171.23/cwt	171.00–172.50	627	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	111.59/cwt	106.00–117.00	694	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	142.46/cwt	137.00–146.00	601	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	112.02/cwt	110.00–114.00	816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	136.85/cwt	130.00–141.00	435	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	137.11/cwt	135.00–146.00	639	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	141.42/cwt	135.00–145.00	860	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	150.65/cwt	150.00–151.00	633	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	190	140.07/cwt	137.50–142.50	266	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	135.10/cwt	130.00–140.00	774	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,121	922.29/cwt	650.00–1,150.00	10,339	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	898	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,029.74/cwt	950.00–1,175.00	9,783	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	10,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	7,695	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,308	871.89/cwt	700.00–1,010.00	11,404	2

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 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 314Last week 232Year ago 251

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 61Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 47Last week 30Year ago 10

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,070	950.00–1,300.00	1,142.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,135.00	1,135.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	775	775.00–825.00	799.19
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	784	575.00–775.00	659.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	865	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	773	550.00–900.00	749.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	851	700.00–850.00	814.09
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,370	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,144	600.00–1,075.00	906.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,121	650.00–1,150.00	922.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	950	950.00–1,175.00	1,029.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	950	1,150.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,308	700.00–1,010.00	871.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,255	1,425.00	1,425.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,645	90.00–100.00	93.46
4	—	1,534	77.00–88.00	85.76
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	77.50	77.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,135	39.00–49.00	45.34
17	—	1,167	65.00–75.00	67.52
28	—	1,122	52.00–64.00	58.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,528	63.00–65.00	64.38
7	—	1,445	66.00–71.00	68.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	20.00–35.00	26.81
7	—	818	52.00–62.00	56.78
1	—	725	66.00	66.00
3	—	815	38.00–39.00	38.68

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	110.00	110.00
2	—	718	109.00–112.50	110.72
4	—	620	130.00–136.00	132.51
4	—	676	115.00–119.00	117.49
10	—	466	144.00–155.00	149.11
12	—	523	135.00–145.00	139.39
1	—	915	93.00	93.00
3	—	420	150.00–151.00	150.65
1	—	760	103.00	103.00
7	—	573	130.00–140.00	135.10
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	142.00	142.00
1	—	600	122.00	122.00
5	—	478	136.00–142.00	139.22
1	—	565	126.00	126.00
1	—	765	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	162.00	162.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	65.00	65.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	120.00	120.00
1	—	470	117.00	117.00
Steers — Small 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	147.50	147.50
2	—	643	125.00–130.00	127.49
2	—	500	128.00–139.00	133.50
1	—	285	140.00	140.00
10	—	494	137.50–149.00	141.82
2	—	328	150.00–152.00	150.96
2	—	583	125.00–134.00	129.60
4	—	429	150.00–157.00	153.80
3	—	392	146.00–150.00	147.98
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	136.00–140.00	138.00
2	—	433	135.00–145.00	140.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	178.00–184.00	180.83
1	—	240	175.00	175.00
7	—	366	171.00–172.50	171.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	381	155.00–165.00	160.03
1	—	850	114.00	114.00
3	—	222	160.00–167.50	163.40
4	—	318	156.00–165.00	159.50
18	—	470	152.00–160.00	156.86
2	—	768	115.00–122.00	118.44
4	—	404	160.00–170.00	163.39
10	—	581	136.00–146.00	140.97
4	—	530	145.00–147.50	146.36
5	—	710	125.00–129.00	127.59
17	—	608	135.00–145.00	141.42
1	—	675	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	379	135.00–146.00	141.00
5	—	675	109.00–113.00	110.18
5	—	571	124.00–130.00	126.41
20	—	519	123.00–133.00	130.59
3	—	273	133.00–142.50	138.61
16	—	622	106.00–117.00	111.59
26	—	422	137.00–146.00	142.46
2	—	728	110.00–114.00	112.02
4	—	318	130.00–141.00	136.85
10	—	466	135.00–146.00	137.11
2	—	190	137.50–142.50	140.07
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	473	122.50–134.00	128.16
1	—	550	115.00	115.00
4	—	528	110.00–121.00	117.00
1	—	600	103.00	103.00
5	—	373	122.50–132.00	126.94
3	—	423	130.00–134.00	132.14
2	—	318	117.50–125.00	121.16
1	—	235	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	110.00–115.00	112.49
1	—	625	85.00	85.00
1	—	410	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	107.50	107.50
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	65.00	65.00

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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How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

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