Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-03

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.31/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$127.31

26 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$635

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

per head · Medium 2 over Medium 3

$68.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.33

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 2	501	131.00	656	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	490	129.55	635	19thin
Medium 3	645	62.50	403	1thin

One grade step is worth $68.50/cwt here — about $253 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 sale26 hd

127.31

—

NC average3 barns · 193 hd

114.98

+12.33

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	2,110	93.33	1,969	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,511	64.37	973	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,172	56.42	661	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	757	25.49	193	3thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	508	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	135.92/cwt	133.00–137.50	578	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	438	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	124.64/cwt	123.00–126.00	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	869	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	655	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	124.24/cwt	120.00–130.00	712	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	645	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	138.14/cwt	137.00–139.00	515	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	532	134.00/cwt	131.00–135.00	713	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	131.08/cwt	125.00–134.00	815	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	810	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,468	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	890	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	8,233	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	5,733	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	885	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,310	1
Bulls	—	—	2,110	93.33/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,969	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	54.94/cwt	51.00–58.00	607	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	64.72/cwt	60.00–69.00	806	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	14.00/cwt	14.00–14.00	150	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,511	64.37/cwt	61.00–68.00	973	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	757	25.49/cwt	21.00–30.00	193	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	139.48/cwt	136.00–143.00	799	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	465	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	764	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	433	111.56/cwt	108.00–115.00	483	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	142.01/cwt	141.00–143.00	753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	568	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	800	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	800	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	491	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	466	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	705	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	725	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	410	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	480	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	435	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	555	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 Jan 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 55Last week 178Year ago 127

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 60Year ago 67

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 10Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	149.00	149.00
1	—	585	143.00	143.00
1	—	400	142.00	142.00
3	—	468	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	119.00	119.00
1	—	705	120.00	120.00
1	—	435	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	128.00	128.00
3	—	425	133.00–137.50	135.92
3	—	473	123.00–126.00	124.64
1	—	790	110.00	110.00
5	—	573	120.00–130.00	124.24
1	—	640	118.00	118.00
4	—	373	137.00–139.00	138.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	125.00	125.00
4	—	532	131.00–135.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	62.50	62.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	125.00–134.00	131.08
2	—	573	136.00–143.00	139.48
1	—	670	114.00	114.00
2	—	493	142.00	142.00
2	—	530	141.00–143.00	142.01
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	108.00–115.00	111.56
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	100.00	100.00
4	—	491	95.00	95.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	585.00	585.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	600.00	600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,110	92.00–95.00	93.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,105	51.00–58.00	54.94
6	—	1,245	60.00–69.00	64.72
1	—	1,070	14.00	14.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,511	61.00–68.00	64.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	21.00–30.00	25.49

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

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle