Sale reports / North Carolina / Canton Livestock Auction / 2022-02-07

Canton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 7
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090
Feeder Cattle receipts
179 head
34 vs last sale 145 179 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
35 vs last sale 46 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
2 vs last sale 6 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 4.00 to 5.00 higher, while slaughter bulls were 11.00 to 12.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 3.00 to 9.00 higher. Demand was moderate to very good for value added cattle; market activity and buyer interest were moderate to active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average to attractive. Baby calves ranged 35.00 to 220.00 per head; "by the head calves" were 170.00 to 270.00.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.50/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$135.50
61 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$672
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$13
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$22.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.24
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2462143.3866240
Medium 2561120.5167521
One grade step is worth $22.87/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale61 hd
135.50
NC average8 barns · 823 hd
129.26
+6.24
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,45493.631,36110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49478.211,1689thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21474.2290111
CowsLean 85-90%High97861.6360311
HeifersChoice and PrimeHigh1,197110.641,3255thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium 2538133.01/cwt131.00–135.007162
BullsMedium 2473141.54/cwt140.00–143.006692
HeifersMedium 2525129.47/cwt128.00–131.006802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470145.40/cwt140.00–151.006834
HeifersMedium 2728114.42/cwt110.00–117.008335
HeifersMedium 2625121.48/cwt120.00–126.007594
HeifersMedium 2678117.45/cwt115.00–120.007962
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525142.37/cwt136.00–145.007477
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2636131.00/cwt131.00–131.008336
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2334144.22/cwt140.00–147.504825
HeifersMedium 2415121.18/cwt115.50–126.005033
HeifersMedium 2270122.07/cwt120.00–126.003303
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380149.38/cwt145.00–152.005685
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2426149.34/cwt148.00–151.006369
SteersMedium and Large 1-2463182.05/cwt177.50–187.008434
SteersMedium 2518163.50/cwt163.00–164.008472
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added318204.96/cwt200.00–210.006522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added365209.05/cwt202.00–212.507634
SteersMedium 2380174.60/cwt172.00–177.006632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570136.24/cwt135.00–137.507772
SteersMedium and Large 1-2620160.28/cwt155.00–162.009944
SteersMedium and Large 1-2318193.79/cwt190.00–197.006165
SteersMedium and Large 1-2362192.29/cwt190.00–195.006963
SteersMedium 2493164.51/cwt162.50–165.008115
SteersMedium 2556155.05/cwt148.00–161.008624
SteersMedium 3383157.50/cwt157.50–157.506032
Dairy SteersLarge 372383.77/cwt82.50–85.006062
Dairy SteersLarge 367085.00/cwt85.00–85.005701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525170.20/cwt168.00–177.008947
SteersMedium and Large 1-2431186.62/cwt185.50–191.008045
BullsMedium 2573129.02/cwt128.00–130.007392
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518157.26/cwt157.00–157.508152
BullsMedium and Large 1-2563153.68/cwt151.00–157.008656
BullsMedium and Large 1-2622149.22/cwt144.00–153.009283
BullsMedium 3775107.70/cwt104.00–111.008353
BullsMedium 3688114.14/cwt110.00–117.507853
HeifersChoice and Prime1,392125.20/cwt124.00–126.501,7433
HeifersChoice and Prime90588.81/cwt85.00–92.008042
CowsLean 85-90%96675.63/cwt75.00–77.507314
CowsLean 85-90%98045.53/cwt45.00–46.004462
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23070.84/cwt67.00–72.008716
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19478.28/cwt75.00–81.009355
CowsLean 85-90%98756.87/cwt55.00–59.005615
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37070.48/cwt70.00–71.009662
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52980.42/cwt78.00–83.001,2307
Bulls1,41894.07/cwt92.00–96.001,3345
Bulls1,11780.98/cwt80.00–83.009053
Bulls2,048111.52/cwt111.00–112.002,2842
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,165800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,3201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,310925.00/cwt925.00–925.0012,1181
Bred CowsMedium 2880825.00/cwt825.00–825.007,2601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2965850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,2031
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed920550.00/cwt550.00–550.005,0601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,035600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,2101
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2885900.00/cwt900.00–900.007,9651
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2885900.00/cwt900.00–900.007,9651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2278143.23/cwt138.00–148.003982
HeifersMedium 2585124.50/cwt124.00–125.007282
BullsMedium 3829105.50/cwt101.00–110.008754
BullsMedium 3716112.78/cwt108.00–115.008084

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.