Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Baby calves 5.00 To 20.00 Head calves 95.00 Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle 3.00 To 7.00 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 $105.03/cwt on 150 head.

Average price

$105.03

150 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$542

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$369

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

$50.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.41

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	552	113.85	628	78
Medium 2	488	105.05	513	45
Medium 3	487	87.53	426	18thin
Small and Medium 3	408	63.52	259	9thin

One grade step is worth $50.34/cwt here — about $369 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 sale150 hd

105.03

—

NC average8 barns · 1,154 hd

110.44

−5.41

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	—	Low	1,551	83.71	1,298	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,463	54.63	799	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,121	51.91	582	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	786	36.39	286	10

Every lot, as filed

128 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	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	660	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	198	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	275	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	151	1
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	610	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	645	106.75/cwt	102.50–111.00	689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	122.92/cwt	120.00–127.50	468	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	98.50/cwt	97.00–100.00	811	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	323	96.21/cwt	93.00–99.00	311	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	498	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	493	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	255	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	102	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	415	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	119.96/cwt	117.50–124.00	512	11
Heifers	Medium 2	—	423	109.80/cwt	105.00–115.00	464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	127.92/cwt	122.50–134.00	417	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	114.41/cwt	112.00–122.00	724	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	473	110.84/cwt	110.00–115.00	524	6
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	320	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	113.20/cwt	110.00–120.00	306	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	565	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	339	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	467	99.08/cwt	96.00–102.50	463	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	116.36/cwt	113.00–122.00	552	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	102.75/cwt	96.00–105.00	741	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	579	105.73/cwt	103.00–109.00	612	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	625	91.02/cwt	90.00–92.00	569	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	725	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	115.45/cwt	110.00–120.00	601	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	333	113.92/cwt	110.00–120.00	379	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	650	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	481	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	377	106.85/cwt	102.50–110.00	403	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	420	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	252	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	738	76.66/cwt	70.00–80.00	566	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	530	105.30/cwt	100.00–110.00	558	6
Steers	Medium 3	—	375	115.27/cwt	110.00–120.00	432	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	265	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	292	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	665	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	112.61/cwt	105.00–115.00	760	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	116.48/cwt	112.50–120.00	660	10
Steers	Medium 3	—	215	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	335	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	147.54/cwt	142.50–152.50	477	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	126.82/cwt	120.00–129.00	856	4
Steers	Small 3Full	—	240	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	96	1
Steers	Medium 3Full	—	960	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	634	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	315	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	142.54/cwt	138.00–147.50	670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	151.66/cwt	146.00–158.00	642	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	780	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	842	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	428	136.02/cwt	132.00–140.00	582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	799	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	180	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	230	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	156.03/cwt	154.00–158.00	585	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	119.51/cwt	116.00–123.00	1,007	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	840	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	672	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	376	127.71/cwt	125.00–132.00	480	5
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	305	70.00/cwt	52.50–87.50	214	2
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	746	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,134	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	844	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	901	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	954	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	90.68/cwt	88.00–94.00	701	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	365	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	228	1
Bulls	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	430	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	460	1
Bulls	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	505	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	410	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	735	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	507	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,111	45.12/cwt	41.00–48.00	501	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	766	31.34/cwt	23.00–35.00	240	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	63.20/cwt	60.00–67.50	678	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	53.78/cwt	50.00–58.00	620	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%Value Added	—	935	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	678	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	60.54/cwt	60.00–61.00	852	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	793	41.97/cwt	39.00–45.00	333	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	440	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	53.93/cwt	50.00–59.00	793	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	950	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	361	1
Bulls	—	—	1,365	75.70/cwt	71.00–78.00	1,033	4
Bulls	—	—	1,701	91.68/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,559	4
Bulls	—	—	1,567	83.72/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,312	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	630.24/cwt	610.00–650.00	6,636	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,685	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	716.54/cwt	650.00–785.00	7,524	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,136	631.96/cwt	535.00–725.00	7,179	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	11,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	763	631.59/cwt	575.00–735.00	4,819	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,265	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	850	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	412	112.35/cwt	112.00–113.00	463	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	258	72.57/cwt	70.00–75.00	187	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	245	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	147	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	550	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	385	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	366	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	515	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	464	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	678	98.70/cwt	95.00–103.00	669	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	269	105.72/cwt	100.00–108.00	284	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	175	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	129.37/cwt	125.00–135.00	687	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	142.47/cwt	139.00–146.00	593	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	88.33/cwt	84.00–95.00	763	4
Heifers	Medium 3Full	—	735	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	386	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	155	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	124	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	310	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	319	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	123.98/cwt	120.00–128.00	698	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	110.11/cwt	107.50–117.00	688	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	103.52/cwt	102.00–105.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	910	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	921	93.28/cwt	85.00–96.00	859	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	628	98.85/cwt	93.00–102.50	621	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	878	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	729	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	135.14/cwt	131.00–141.00	643	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	478	124.55/cwt	120.00–129.00	595	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	680	101.89/cwt	97.00–107.00	693	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	509	119.74/cwt	115.00–123.00	609	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	628	86.58/cwt	80.00–90.00	544	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	960	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	106.62/cwt	100.00–109.00	713	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	750	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	653	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	722	91.32/cwt	90.00–93.00	659	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	410	124.41/cwt	122.00–125.00	510	5
Bulls	Medium 3	—	592	87.32/cwt	82.00–90.00	517	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	578	110.58/cwt	108.00–113.00	639	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	463	110.25/cwt	110.00–111.00	510	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	810	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	486	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	690	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	587	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 Nov 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 297Last week 236Year ago 270

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 43Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 15Year ago 0

Baby calves 5.00 To 20.00 Head calves 95.00 Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle 3.00 To 7.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Heavy Quality Average To Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	30.00	30.00
1	—	275	55.00	55.00
1	—	415	47.50	47.50
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	62.50	62.50
1	—	320	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	95.00	95.00
7	—	381	120.00–127.50	122.92
1	—	990	80.00	80.00
2	—	823	97.00–100.00	98.50
11	—	427	117.50–124.00	119.96
4	—	326	122.50–134.00	127.92
9	—	633	112.00–122.00	114.41
4	—	270	110.00–120.00	113.20
5	—	474	113.00–122.00	116.36
2	—	912	96.00	96.00
7	—	721	96.00–105.00	102.75
8	—	521	110.00–120.00	115.45
2	—	878	95.00	95.00
5	—	675	105.00–115.00	112.61
10	—	567	112.50–120.00	116.48
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	102.50–111.00	106.75
4	—	423	105.00–115.00	109.80
6	—	473	110.00–115.00	110.84
6	—	579	103.00–109.00	105.73
4	—	333	110.00–120.00	113.92
5	—	377	102.50–110.00	106.85
3	—	738	70.00–80.00	76.66
6	—	530	100.00–110.00	105.30
4	—	678	95.00–103.00	98.70
5	—	269	100.00–108.00	105.72
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	60.00	60.00
1	—	650	74.00	74.00
1	—	420	60.00	60.00
2	—	258	70.00–75.00	72.57
1	—	175	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	467	96.00–102.50	99.08
3	—	625	90.00–92.00	91.02
1	—	725	89.00	89.00
1	—	245	60.00	60.00
1	—	550	85.00	85.00
1	—	385	95.00	95.00
1	—	515	90.00	90.00
1	—	155	80.00	80.00
1	—	310	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	52.50	52.50
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	93.00–99.00	96.21
1	—	498	99.00	99.00
2	—	375	110.00–120.00	115.27
1	—	265	110.00	110.00
1	—	215	100.00	100.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	40.00	40.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	108.00–110.00	109.00
1	—	315	130.00	130.00
1	—	780	108.00	108.00
2	—	428	132.00–140.00	136.02
1	—	840	80.00	80.00
5	—	376	125.00–132.00	127.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	258	130.00	130.00
2	—	323	142.50–152.50	147.54
4	—	675	120.00–129.00	126.82
3	—	470	138.00–147.50	142.54
4	—	423	146.00–158.00	151.66
1	—	575	139.00	139.00
1	—	180	127.50	127.50
2	—	375	154.00–158.00	156.03
1	—	525	126.00	126.00
2	—	843	116.00–123.00	119.51
1	—	945	120.00	120.00
2	—	625	135.00	135.00
1	—	715	126.00	126.00
1	—	795	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	40.00	40.00
Steers — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	66.00	66.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	52.50–87.50	70.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	773	88.00–94.00	90.68
7	—	531	125.00–135.00	129.37
4	—	416	139.00–146.00	142.47
4	—	864	84.00–95.00	88.33
3	—	563	120.00–128.00	123.98
6	—	625	107.50–117.00	110.11
2	—	710	102.00–105.00	103.52
4	—	921	85.00–96.00	93.28
7	—	476	131.00–141.00	135.14
6	—	669	100.00–109.00	106.62
Bulls — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	62.50	62.50
Bulls — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	107.00	107.00
1	—	505	65.00	65.00
1	—	735	69.00	69.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	70.00	70.00
3	—	412	112.00–113.00	112.35
3	—	628	80.00–90.00	86.58
3	—	592	82.00–90.00	87.32
4	—	463	110.00–111.00	110.25
1	—	810	60.00	60.00
1	—	690	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	81.00	81.00
4	—	628	93.00–102.50	98.85
2	—	878	83.00	83.00
3	—	478	120.00–129.00	124.55
2	—	680	97.00–107.00	101.89
4	—	509	115.00–123.00	119.74
1	—	960	77.00	77.00
1	—	750	87.00	87.00
3	—	722	90.00–93.00	91.32
5	—	410	122.00–125.00	124.41
2	—	578	108.00–113.00	110.58

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,111	41.00–48.00	45.12
2	—	1,073	60.00–67.50	63.20
17	—	1,153	50.00–58.00	53.78
1	—	950	38.00	38.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	766	23.00–35.00	31.34
3	—	793	39.00–45.00	41.97
1	—	880	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	72.50	72.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,408	60.00–61.00	60.54
17	—	1,470	50.00–59.00	53.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,365	71.00–78.00	75.70
4	—	1,701	90.00–93.00	91.68
9	—	1,567	80.00–88.00	83.72

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,053	610.00–650.00	630.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,050	650.00–785.00	716.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,136	535.00–725.00	631.96
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	763	575.00–735.00	631.59

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Canton Livestock Auction

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