Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, boning type slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 lower; there were too few comparable breaking type slaughter cows and slaughter bulls to establish an adequate market comparison. Feeder steers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower with some 8.00 to 9.00 lower; heifers were 9.00 to 10.00 lower; and there were too few comparable feeder bulls to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves ranged 15.00 to 30.00 per head; "by the head" calves were 60.00 to 300.00.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.06/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$123.06

89 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$315

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

$70.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.04

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	502	127.55	640	61
Medium 2	478	118.44	566	24
Medium 3	513	106.95	549	2thin
Small and Medium 3	565	57.54	325	2thin

One grade step is worth $70.01/cwt here — about $315 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 sale89 hd

123.06

—

NC average8 barns · 1,447 hd

126.09

−3.04

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	1,475	97.01	1,431	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,482	69.74	1,034	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,155	64.67	747	35

Every lot, as filed

53 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	—	524	147.59/cwt	144.00–149.00	773	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	133.48/cwt	132.00–135.00	918	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	130.00/cwt	129.00–131.00	623	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	133.12/cwt	130.00–139.00	560	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	119.63/cwt	115.00–126.00	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	145.02/cwt	144.00–146.00	635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	226	131.86/cwt	127.00–136.00	298	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	141.19/cwt	138.00–147.00	826	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	90.99/cwt	90.00–92.00	833	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	114.50/cwt	111.00–118.00	779	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	128.34/cwt	125.00–132.00	737	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	101.67/cwt	101.00–102.00	900	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	110.98/cwt	110.00–116.00	796	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	69.31/cwt	66.00–73.00	835	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	60.76/cwt	57.00–64.00	676	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	142.63/cwt	139.00–146.00	682	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	565	57.54/cwt	53.00–62.00	325	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	138.33/cwt	134.00–142.00	856	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	134.99/cwt	130.00–137.00	513	11
Bulls	Medium 2	—	623	117.96/cwt	116.00–120.00	735	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	71.53/cwt	68.00–74.00	1,038	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,608	62.57/cwt	61.00–64.00	1,006	2
Bulls	—	—	1,475	97.01/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,431	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	556	131.42/cwt	131.00–131.50	731	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	513	106.95/cwt	105.00–109.00	549	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	363	118.59/cwt	116.00–121.00	430	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	322	124.02/cwt	120.00–128.00	399	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	808	108.32/cwt	106.00–110.00	875	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	472	123.33/cwt	122.00–124.00	582	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,951	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	655	117.53/cwt	114.00–121.00	770	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	778	99.47/cwt	96.00–103.00	774	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	523	116.55/cwt	113.00–120.00	610	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	469	116.77/cwt	110.00–119.00	548	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	360	129.57/cwt	127.00–132.00	466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	116.00/cwt	110.00–120.00	735	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	143.21/cwt	138.00–146.00	652	5
Bulls	Medium 3	—	568	119.03/cwt	118.00–120.00	676	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	425	121.91/cwt	118.00–126.00	518	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	870.00/cwt	870.00–870.00	11,745	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	10,335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	126.46/cwt	121.00–131.00	673	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	124.58/cwt	120.00–130.00	649	8
Bulls	Medium 2	—	581	129.99/cwt	128.00–133.00	755	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	575	117.39/cwt	112.00–121.00	675	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	150.05/cwt	148.00–151.00	653	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	154.61/cwt	149.00–160.00	588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	156.26/cwt	154.00–162.00	453	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	134.40/cwt	130.00–139.00	449	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	130.12/cwt	125.00–135.00	807	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	7,236	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	137.78/cwt	132.00–143.00	437	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 Aug 9, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 227Last week 197Year ago 204

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 45Year ago 77

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 5Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	524	144.00–149.00	147.59
2	—	688	132.00–135.00	133.48
2	—	438	144.00–146.00	145.02
4	—	226	127.00–136.00	131.86
11	—	585	138.00–147.00	141.19
2	—	478	139.00–146.00	142.63
5	—	619	134.00–142.00	138.33
4	—	380	149.00–160.00	154.61
6	—	290	154.00–162.00	156.26
3	—	317	132.00–143.00	137.78
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	556	131.00–131.50	131.42
2	—	655	114.00–121.00	117.53
2	—	360	127.00–132.00	129.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	129.00–131.00	130.00
9	—	421	130.00–139.00	133.12
2	—	680	111.00–118.00	114.50
10	—	574	125.00–132.00	128.34
3	—	840	95.00	95.00
11	—	380	130.00–137.00	134.99
4	—	634	110.00–120.00	116.00
13	—	532	121.00–131.00	126.46
5	—	334	130.00–139.00	134.40
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	53.00–62.00	57.54
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	105.00–109.00	106.95
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	116.00–121.00	118.59
3	—	322	120.00–128.00	124.02
2	—	523	113.00–120.00	116.55
7	—	469	110.00–119.00	116.77
2	—	425	118.00–126.00	121.91
8	—	575	112.00–121.00	117.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	115.00–126.00	119.63
2	—	915	90.00–92.00	90.99
3	—	885	101.00–102.00	101.67
6	—	717	110.00–116.00	110.98
5	—	455	138.00–146.00	143.21
8	—	521	120.00–130.00	124.58
3	—	435	148.00–151.00	150.05
2	—	620	125.00–135.00	130.12
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	116.00–120.00	117.96
3	—	808	106.00–110.00	108.32
3	—	472	122.00–124.00	123.33
2	—	778	96.00–103.00	99.47
5	—	581	128.00–133.00	129.99
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	118.00–120.00	119.03

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,205	66.00–73.00	69.31
19	—	1,113	57.00–64.00	60.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,451	68.00–74.00	71.53
2	—	1,608	61.00–64.00	62.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,475	96.00–100.00	97.01

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	1	—	1,085	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,350	870.00	870.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	720.00	720.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle