Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower, boning type slaughter cows were 4.00 to 5.00 lower, and slaughter bulls were 6.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was good at lower prices; market activity and buyer interest were fairly active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves ranged 20.00 to 150.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.35/cwt on 111 head.

Average price

$143.35

111 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$723

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$65.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.04

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	483	151.30	731	80
Medium 2	507	131.70	668	25
Small 1-2	776	85.96	667	6thin

One grade step is worth $65.34/cwt here — about $64 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

143.35

—

NC average8 barns · 1,187 hd

133.31

+10.04

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	1,742	99.73	1,738	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,489	75.93	1,131	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,201	72.20	867	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	959	65.92	632	12

Every lot, as filed

55 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	—	560	164.35/cwt	163.00–166.00	920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	176.68/cwt	170.00–182.50	599	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	169.82/cwt	165.00–175.00	475	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	169.85/cwt	165.00–172.50	890	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	400	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	115.14/cwt	110.00–120.00	533	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	672	132.66/cwt	130.00–134.00	891	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	518	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	720	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	581	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	828	87.83/cwt	82.50–93.00	727	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	370	140.02/cwt	137.50–142.50	518	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	662	126.99/cwt	125.00–131.00	841	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	141.96/cwt	140.00–144.00	752	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	628	127.79/cwt	125.00–129.00	803	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	146.95/cwt	142.00–152.00	630	11
Heifers	Medium 2	—	415	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	145.44/cwt	140.00–151.00	682	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	149.00/cwt	146.00–150.00	507	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	174.92/cwt	170.00–178.00	834	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	480	133.28/cwt	130.00–135.00	640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	546	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	841	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	480	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	816	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	873	83.24/cwt	82.50–84.00	727	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	628	86.80/cwt	82.50–91.00	545	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	348	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	181.52/cwt	178.00–185.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	520	133.61/cwt	130.00–137.50	695	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	158.53/cwt	157.00–160.00	729	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	156.48/cwt	152.50–160.00	823	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	438	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	767	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	65.54/cwt	64.00–67.00	931	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	82.32/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,144	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	66.76/cwt	66.00–67.00	783	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	914	66.02/cwt	65.00–67.00	603	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	50.31/cwt	50.00–51.00	486	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	75.21/cwt	74.00–76.00	744	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,529	76.07/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,163	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	71.75/cwt	68.00–75.00	856	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	78.33/cwt	76.00–82.00	971	4
Bulls	—	—	1,240	78.50/cwt	78.00–79.00	973	2
Bulls	—	—	1,937	104.34/cwt	101.00–106.00	2,021	3
Bulls	—	—	1,953	114.06/cwt	113.00–115.00	2,228	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	815.09/cwt	725.00–900.00	7,564	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	950	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,225	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	868	737.18/cwt	700.00–775.00	6,399	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	750	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	4,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	843	722.03/cwt	600.00–835.00	6,087	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	802.71/cwt	750.00–860.00	7,706	2
Heifers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	578	122.26/cwt	122.00–122.50	707	2
Heifers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	278	127.98/cwt	126.00–130.00	356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	373	160.28/cwt	156.00–161.00	598	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	156.99/cwt	156.00–158.00	683	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	778	109.97/cwt	107.00–113.00	856	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	113.92/cwt	110.00–118.00	604	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	563	134.02/cwt	130.00–137.00	755	3

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 Apr 11, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 196Last week 170Year ago 232

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 64Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 13Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	163.00–166.00	164.35
4	—	339	170.00–182.50	176.68
2	—	280	165.00–175.00	169.82
4	—	524	165.00–172.50	169.85
6	—	477	170.00–178.00	174.92
2	—	353	178.00–185.00	181.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	348	204.00	204.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	110.00–120.00	115.14
2	—	778	107.00–113.00	109.97
2	—	530	110.00–118.00	113.92
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	130.00–134.00	132.66
2	—	520	130.00–137.50	133.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	157.00–160.00	158.53
4	—	526	152.50–160.00	156.48
2	—	435	156.00–158.00	156.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	139.00	139.00
4	—	370	137.50–142.50	140.02
3	—	662	125.00–131.00	126.99
4	—	628	125.00–129.00	127.79
2	—	415	130.00	130.00
3	—	480	130.00–135.00	133.28
3	—	563	130.00–137.00	134.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	151.00	151.00
5	—	530	140.00–144.00	141.96
11	—	429	142.00–152.00	146.95
15	—	469	140.00–151.00	145.44
4	—	340	146.00–150.00	149.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	828	82.50–93.00	87.83
2	—	873	82.50–84.00	83.24
2	—	628	82.50–91.00	86.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	546	154.00	154.00
2	—	480	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	122.00–122.50	122.26
2	—	278	126.00–130.00	127.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	373	156.00–161.00	160.28

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,420	64.00–67.00	65.54
3	—	1,390	80.00–85.00	82.32
11	—	1,529	74.00–79.00	76.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,173	66.00–67.00	66.76
6	—	1,193	68.00–75.00	71.75
4	—	1,240	76.00–82.00	78.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	914	65.00–67.00	66.02
3	—	967	50.00–51.00	50.31
5	—	989	74.00–76.00	75.21
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	78.00–79.00	78.50
3	—	1,937	101.00–106.00	104.34
2	—	1,953	113.00–115.00	114.06

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	928	725.00–900.00	815.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	960	750.00–860.00	802.71
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	950	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	868	700.00–775.00	737.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	843	600.00–835.00	722.03

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

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