Sale reports / North Carolina / Canton Livestock Auction / 2022-06-13

Canton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 13
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090
Feeder Cattle receipts
111 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 193▲ 9 vs year ago 102 · +8.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 59▲ 15 vs year ago 48 · +31.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 11▼ 2 vs year ago 6 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Baby calves 10.00 To 35.00 Slaughter cattle 3.00 To 5.00 Lower Feeder cattle 10.00 Lower Demand GOOD Activity Moderate Offerings Moderate Quality Average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.27/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$119.27
50 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$264
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 3
$46.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.52
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2466127.0359223
Medium 2522116.7460918thin
Medium 3463108.195017thin
Small and Medium 3415102.004231thin
Small 340581.003281thin
One grade step is worth $46.03/cwt here — about $264 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 sale50 hd
119.27
—
NC average8 barns · 983 hd
138.79
−19.52
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
Bulls—High1,682116.741,9646thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42283.661,19022
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22178.0295231
CowsLean 85-90%Average73058.034244thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)935$8882thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,040$7501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,040$5301thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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
HeifersMedium 2—479122.79/cwt118.00–126.005885
HeifersMedium 2—418125.80/cwt120.00–128.005264
HeifersMedium 2—70592.00/cwt92.00–92.006491
HeifersMedium 2—335126.00/cwt126.00–126.004221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—705135.00/cwt135.00–135.009521
HeifersMedium 2—527114.31/cwt110.00–117.006023
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—373130.50/cwt130.00–131.004872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—558123.00/cwt122.00–124.006862
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—273127.87/cwt126.00–130.003492
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—522124.77/cwt123.00–126.006515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—322133.49/cwt130.00–140.004303
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—468126.98/cwt126.00–128.005942
SteersMedium 2—360126.00/cwt126.00–126.004541
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—615140.00/cwt140.00–140.008611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—585142.00/cwt142.00–142.008312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—343137.04/cwt132.00–142.004702
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—245140.00/cwt140.00–140.003431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—693115.02/cwt110.00–120.007972
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—780130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0141
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—365144.35/cwt140.00–150.005273
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—480144.00/cwt144.00–144.006911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—275152.00/cwt152.00–152.004181
SteersMedium 2—310130.00/cwt130.00–130.004031
Dairy SteersMedium 2—90079.00/cwt79.00–79.007111
Dairy SteersMedium 2—74578.00/cwt78.00–78.005811
SteersMedium 2—540132.00/cwt132.00–132.007131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—223138.58/cwt137.00–140.003092
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—718130.02/cwt129.00–131.009342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—683134.00/cwt134.00–134.009152
Dairy SteersMedium 2—35091.00/cwt91.00–91.003191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—536145.47/cwt144.00–148.007804
Dairy SteersMedium 2—59593.00/cwt93.00–93.005531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—615143.00/cwt143.00–143.008792
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—473151.98/cwt148.00–156.007195
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—678124.99/cwt120.00–129.008475
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—705135.00/cwt135.00–135.009521
BullsMedium 3—450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005851
BullsMedium 2—555132.00/cwt132.00–132.007331
CowsLean 85-90%—79570.00/cwt70.00–70.005571
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05865.36/cwt61.00–68.006923
CowsLean 85-90%—69858.56/cwt53.00–63.004092
CowsLean 85-90%—73045.00/cwt45.00–45.003291
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42876.07/cwt73.00–78.001,0866
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42086.51/cwt81.00–91.001,22816
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,03051.00/cwt51.00–51.005251
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18987.49/cwt83.00–93.001,04010
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27976.28/cwt70.00–80.0097617
Bulls——1,828121.90/cwt114.00–129.002,2284
Bulls——1,390106.42/cwt101.00–110.001,4792
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1001,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,040750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Bred CowsMedium 2—770675.00/head675.00–675.006751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,040530.00/head530.00–530.005301
BullsMedium 2—403132.01/cwt130.00–134.005322
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—577142.27/cwt139.00–147.008213
BullsMedium 2—618126.57/cwt124.00–129.007822
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—533144.95/cwt138.00–148.007734
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—820103.00/cwt103.00–103.008451
BullsMedium 2—463138.56/cwt135.00–142.006422
HeifersMedium 2—93090.00/cwt90.00–90.008371
HeifersMedium 3—433113.42/cwt110.00–116.004913
HeifersMedium 3—465109.05/cwt104.00–114.005072
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—635105.00/cwt105.00–105.006671
BullsMedium 2—76097.00/cwt97.00–97.007371
BullsMedium 2—730114.41/cwt108.00–120.008353
HeifersMedium 3—61593.00/cwt93.00–93.005721
HeifersSmall and Medium 3—415102.00/cwt102.00–102.004231
HeifersSmall 3—40581.00/cwt81.00–81.003281
HeifersMedium 2—573109.64/cwt105.00–114.006282
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—415135.34/cwt131.00–140.005622
HeifersMedium 2—625114.00/cwt114.00–114.007131
HeifersMedium 3—395106.00/cwt106.00–106.004191

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.