Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Baby calves 20.00 To 70.00 Head calves 45.00 190.00 Slaughter cattle 1.00 To 3.00 Lower Feeder cattle 4.00 To 8.00 Higher Demand Moderate Activity Moderate Offerings Moderate Quality Plain To Average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.76/cwt on 111 head.

Average price

$119.76

111 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$450

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

$66.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.16

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	505	126.64	639	72
Medium 2	503	112.54	566	27
Medium 3	500	97.91	490	11thin
Small 3	315	60.00	189	1thin

One grade step is worth $66.64/cwt here — about $450 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 sale111 hd

119.76

—

NC average9 barns · 1,608 hd

125.92

−6.16

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	—	Average	1,816	98.14	1,782	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,378	71.39	984	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,074	63.16	678	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	814	46.32	377	7thin

Every lot, as filed

118 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 2	—	618	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	661	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	138.58/cwt	135.00–140.00	861	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	422	139.30/cwt	138.00–140.00	588	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	156.48/cwt	155.00–158.00	563	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	790	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	998	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	535	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	712	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	385	133.36/cwt	130.00–140.00	513	6
Steers	Medium 3	—	445	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	523	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	232	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	267	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	375	121.70/cwt	120.00–122.50	456	3
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	530	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	424	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	315	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	378	1
Steers	Small 3	—	360	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	223	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	630	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	132.05/cwt	127.50–137.50	417	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	129.14/cwt	123.00–133.00	691	11
Steers	Medium 3	—	875	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	831	1
Steers	Medium 3Full	—	735	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	698	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	506	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	662	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	125.16/cwt	120.00–130.00	707	8
Steers	Medium 3	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	865	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	130.84/cwt	125.00–136.00	365	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	119.70/cwt	119.00–121.00	747	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	528	111.01/cwt	105.00–115.00	586	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	625	105.01/cwt	100.00–110.00	656	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	133.94/cwt	129.00–137.50	504	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	230	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	265	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	149.82/cwt	147.00–151.00	770	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	326	140.37/cwt	135.00–145.00	458	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	483	137.46/cwt	130.00–140.00	664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	154.02/cwt	150.00–156.00	708	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	134.95/cwt	127.00–138.00	931	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,001	2
Steers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	335	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	399	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	141.57/cwt	136.00–147.00	808	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	134.50/cwt	134.00–135.00	978	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	270	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	340	178.73/cwt	177.50–180.00	608	2
Steers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	415	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	130.11/cwt	128.00–132.50	355	3
Steers	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	335	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	276	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	335	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	399	6
Dairy Steers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	390	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	205	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	—	710	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	426	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	493	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	567	3
Steers	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	340	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	152.73/cwt	150.00–156.00	635	6
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	410	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	344	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	470	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	435	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	232	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	267	3
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	557	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	627	3
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	448	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	529	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	131.29/cwt	128.00–136.00	810	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	137.16/cwt	135.00–140.00	785	7
Bulls	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	405	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	192	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	500	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	965	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	676	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	800	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	584	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	723	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	181	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	47.48/cwt	45.00–50.00	392	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	884	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	70.13/cwt	68.00–72.00	783	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	113.33/cwt	112.00–114.00	780	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,059	62.63/cwt	55.00–67.00	663	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	59.75/cwt	56.00–66.00	519	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,401	71.91/cwt	68.00–78.00	1,007	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Value Added	—	1,270	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	991	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,057	51.66/cwt	51.00–52.00	546	3
Bulls	—	—	1,680	91.92/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,544	3
Bulls	—	—	1,867	100.47/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,876	8
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	865	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	4,195	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	8,439	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	12,120	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	765	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	6,885	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	939.93/cwt	735.00–1,100.00	11,091	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	11,040	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	585	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	603	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	422	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	538	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	915	68.98/cwt	68.00–70.00	631	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	483	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	582	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	620	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	129.67/cwt	129.00–130.00	694	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,055	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	134.79/cwt	129.00–138.00	557	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	395	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	415	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	595	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	133.53/cwt	128.00–138.00	630	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	382	116.78/cwt	112.50–120.00	446	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	313	123.07/cwt	120.00–126.00	385	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	780	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	440	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	836	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	433	120.10/cwt	112.00–125.00	520	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	475	121.25/cwt	117.50–125.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	575	114.03/cwt	110.00–118.00	656	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	468	102.56/cwt	97.50–107.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium 3Full	—	475	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	451	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	830	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	664	1
Heifers	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	315	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	189	1
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	560	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	111.08/cwt	105.00–115.00	909	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	149.90/cwt	144.00–153.00	619	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	784	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	148.50/cwt	145.00–153.00	682	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	89.66/cwt	89.00–90.00	724	3
Heifers	Medium 3Full	—	428	94.18/cwt	92.50–96.00	403	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	776	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	437	138.32/cwt	135.00–140.00	604	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	665	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	665	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	490	136.50/cwt	133.00–140.00	669	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	516	116.24/cwt	114.00–119.00	600	4

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 Sep 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 302Last week 116Year ago 297

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 59Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 10Year ago 12

Baby calves 20.00 To 70.00 Head calves 45.00 190.00 Slaughter cattle 1.00 To 3.00 Lower Feeder cattle 4.00 To 8.00 Higher Demand Moderate Activity Moderate Offerings Moderate Quality Plain To Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	618	107.00	107.00
3	—	422	138.00–140.00	139.30
2	—	535	133.00	133.00
6	—	385	130.00–140.00	133.36
5	—	326	135.00–145.00	140.37
4	—	483	130.00–140.00	137.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	621	135.00–140.00	138.58
2	—	360	155.00–158.00	156.48
1	—	860	116.00	116.00
5	—	514	147.00–151.00	149.82
3	—	460	150.00–156.00	154.02
14	—	690	127.00–138.00	134.95
2	—	750	133.50	133.50
5	—	571	136.00–147.00	141.57
4	—	727	134.00–135.00	134.50
1	—	340	157.50	157.50
3	—	273	128.00–132.50	130.11
6	—	416	150.00–156.00	152.73
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	113.00	113.00
1	—	445	117.50	117.50
3	—	232	115.00	115.00
3	—	375	120.00–122.50	121.70
1	—	315	120.00	120.00
1	—	630	105.00	105.00
1	—	875	95.00	95.00
1	—	460	110.00	110.00
2	—	662	115.00	115.00
1	—	545	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	80.00	80.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	62.00	62.00
Steers — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	335	119.00	119.00
1	—	415	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	148.00	148.00
2	—	340	177.50–180.00	178.73
Steers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	82.50	82.50
Steers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	316	127.50–137.50	132.05
11	—	535	123.00–133.00	129.14
1	—	860	85.00	85.00
8	—	565	120.00–130.00	125.16
1	—	910	95.00	95.00
7	—	279	125.00–136.00	130.84
7	—	624	119.00–121.00	119.70
8	—	376	129.00–137.50	133.94
3	—	688	112.00–114.00	113.33
1	—	995	106.00	106.00
4	—	413	129.00–138.00	134.79
10	—	472	128.00–138.00	133.53
1	—	740	113.00	113.00
3	—	818	105.00–115.00	111.08
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	528	105.00–115.00	111.01
6	—	625	100.00–110.00	105.01
1	—	230	115.00	115.00
3	—	382	112.50–120.00	116.78
2	—	313	120.00–126.00	123.07
4	—	433	112.00–125.00	120.10
2	—	475	117.50–125.00	121.25
2	—	575	110.00–118.00	114.03
1	—	830	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	105.00	105.00
1	—	595	93.00	93.00
1	—	780	90.00	90.00
1	—	440	108.00	108.00
3	—	468	97.50–107.00	102.56
Heifers — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	95.00	95.00
2	—	428	92.50–96.00	94.18
Heifers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	335	119.00	119.00
3	—	493	115.00	115.00
3	—	232	115.00	115.00
3	—	557	112.50	112.50
6	—	448	118.00	118.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	52.50	52.50
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	84.00	84.00
1	—	470	92.50	92.50
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	128.00–136.00	131.29
7	—	572	135.00–140.00	137.16
3	—	535	129.00–130.00	129.67
3	—	413	144.00–153.00	149.90
2	—	653	120.00	120.00
4	—	459	145.00–153.00	148.50
3	—	808	89.00–90.00	89.66
1	—	750	100.00	100.00
1	—	720	105.00	105.00
1	—	970	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	47.50	47.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	70.00	70.00
1	—	800	73.00	73.00
4	—	585	103.00	103.00
3	—	422	127.50	127.50
2	—	915	68.00–70.00	68.98
2	—	483	120.00–121.00	120.51
1	—	620	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	437	135.00–140.00	138.32
1	—	665	100.00	100.00
2	—	490	133.00–140.00	136.50
4	—	516	114.00–119.00	116.24

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	25.00	25.00
2	—	825	45.00–50.00	47.48
3	—	868	56.00–66.00	59.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,340	66.00	66.00
8	—	1,401	68.00–78.00	71.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,117	68.00–72.00	70.13
14	—	1,059	55.00–67.00	62.63
3	—	1,057	51.00–52.00	51.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	78.00	78.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,680	88.00–94.00	91.92
8	—	1,867	95.00–105.00	100.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	865	485.00	485.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	785.00	785.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,180	735.00–1,100.00	939.93
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	1,150.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	765	900.00	900.00

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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