Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 lower, while slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 5.00 to 8.00 lower, while heifers were mostly 14.00 to 15.00 lower. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was plain. Baby calves ranged 10.00 to 25.00 per head; "by the head" calves were 155.00 to 210.00.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.47/cwt on 93 head.

Average price

$104.47

93 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$535

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$24.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.68

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	497	109.02	542	65
Medium 2	549	94.61	520	26
Medium 3	523	84.90	444	2thin

One grade step is worth $24.12/cwt here — about $98 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 sale93 hd

104.47

—

NC average8 barns · 1,149 hd

114.16

−9.68

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	1,831	89.65	1,641	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,422	59.69	849	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,155	55.70	643	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	792	46.86	371	3thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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 2	—	708	90.72/cwt	87.50–94.00	642	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	458	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	435	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	428	103.23/cwt	99.00–105.00	442	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	134.96/cwt	132.50–140.00	624	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	120.34/cwt	117.00–124.00	461	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	633	112.49/cwt	110.00–115.00	712	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	528	96.51/cwt	91.00–100.00	510	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	622	89.47/cwt	85.00–93.00	557	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	95.72/cwt	95.00–98.00	599	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	569	120.40/cwt	120.00–121.00	685	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	518	125.28/cwt	120.00–129.00	649	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	129.65/cwt	127.00–132.00	742	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	106.38/cwt	102.50–111.00	555	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	110.68/cwt	110.00–112.00	416	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	103.77/cwt	100.00–105.00	695	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	112.50/cwt	111.00–114.00	810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	131.09/cwt	130.00–132.50	560	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	119.98/cwt	118.00–123.00	738	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	112.93/cwt	110.00–117.50	377	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	112.22/cwt	110.00–117.50	475	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	324	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	139.78/cwt	134.00–143.00	724	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	133.02/cwt	132.50–135.00	419	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	300	115.50/cwt	111.00–120.00	347	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	460	124.59/cwt	120.00–129.00	573	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	528	105.77/cwt	100.00–110.00	558	3
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	363	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	245	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	121.47/cwt	118.00–125.00	575	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	133.25/cwt	127.50–137.50	552	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	413	151.27/cwt	150.00–152.50	625	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	570	93.75/cwt	90.00–97.50	534	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 3	—	416	98.78/cwt	95.00–100.00	411	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	122.34/cwt	119.00–125.00	744	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	66.71/cwt	65.00–69.00	961	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	58.29/cwt	55.00–62.00	827	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	55.70/cwt	53.00–59.00	643	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	792	46.86/cwt	45.00–48.00	371	3
Bulls	—	—	1,821	92.07/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,677	4
Bulls	—	—	1,840	87.22/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,605	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	9,373	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	755	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	7,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	7,260	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	12,395	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	709.41/cwt	650.00–775.00	7,541	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	709.91/cwt	560.00–800.00	7,475	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	885	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,638	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	11,923	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,003	895.54/cwt	810.00–985.00	8,982	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	578	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	122.53/cwt	121.00–124.00	708	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	518	92.44/cwt	90.00–95.00	479	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	620	101.66/cwt	100.00–102.50	630	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	84.27/cwt	82.50–86.00	736	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	419	124.57/cwt	120.00–126.00	522	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	99.52/cwt	96.00–100.00	731	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	111.27/cwt	110.00–112.50	590	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	101.30/cwt	100.00–104.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	523	84.90/cwt	81.00–89.00	444	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	586	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	527	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	471	110.50/cwt	110.00–112.00	520	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	107.65/cwt	103.00–109.00	840	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	110.01/cwt	106.00–114.00	626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	110.73/cwt	110.00–113.00	514	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 Oct 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 284Last week 286Year ago 276

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 80Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 19Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	708	87.50–94.00	90.72
2	—	458	95.00	95.00
4	—	428	99.00–105.00	103.23
9	—	528	91.00–100.00	96.51
6	—	622	85.00–93.00	89.47
3	—	586	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	626	95.00–98.00	95.72
8	—	522	102.50–111.00	106.38
6	—	376	110.00–112.00	110.68
8	—	670	100.00–105.00	103.77
12	—	334	110.00–117.50	112.93
11	—	423	110.00–117.50	112.22
2	—	270	120.00	120.00
6	—	780	103.00–109.00	107.65
4	—	569	106.00–114.00	110.01
4	—	464	110.00–113.00	110.73
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	81.00–89.00	84.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	132.50–140.00	134.96
3	—	383	117.00–124.00	120.34
12	—	572	127.00–132.00	129.65
2	—	720	111.00–114.00	112.50
6	—	427	130.00–132.50	131.09
5	—	615	118.00–123.00	119.98
5	—	518	134.00–143.00	139.78
5	—	315	132.50–135.00	133.02
3	—	665	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	633	110.00–115.00	112.49
10	—	569	120.00–121.00	120.40
4	—	518	120.00–129.00	125.28
2	—	300	111.00–120.00	115.50
4	—	460	120.00–129.00	124.59
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	100.00–110.00	105.77
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	67.50	67.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	473	118.00–125.00	121.47
5	—	414	127.50–137.50	133.25
3	—	608	119.00–125.00	122.34
2	—	578	121.00–124.00	122.53
2	—	873	82.50–86.00	84.27
8	—	735	96.00–100.00	99.52
2	—	530	110.00–112.50	111.27
3	—	677	100.00–104.00	101.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	150.00–152.50	151.27
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	90.00–97.50	93.75
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	95.00–100.00	98.78
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	110.00	110.00
2	—	518	90.00–95.00	92.44
3	—	620	100.00–102.50	101.66
5	—	419	120.00–126.00	124.57
4	—	471	110.00–112.00	110.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	65.00–69.00	66.71
10	—	1,418	55.00–62.00	58.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,155	53.00–59.00	55.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	792	45.00–48.00	46.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,821	90.00–95.00	92.07
4	—	1,840	85.00–89.00	87.22

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,255	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,003	810.00–985.00	895.54
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,320	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,340	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,063	650.00–775.00	709.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,053	560.00–800.00	709.91

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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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