Sale reports / North Carolina / Canton Livestock Auction / 2022-06-27

Canton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 27
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090
Feeder Cattle receipts
159 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 162▼ 45 vs year ago 204 · −22.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 78▼ 10 vs year ago 110 · −9.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 8▼ 22 vs year ago 32 · −68.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 5.00 To 10.00 Higher Feeder cattle 5.00 To 11.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.11/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$147.11
62 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$741
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$398
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 3
$52.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.18
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523157.3282338
Medium 2496132.9365919thin
Medium 3380128.004864thin
Small and Medium 3405105.004251thin
One grade step is worth $52.32/cwt here — about $398 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 sale62 hd
147.11
—
NC average8 barns · 662 hd
147.29
−0.18
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—Low1,817114.702,08417
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41796.041,36126
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,10380.1888454
CowsLean 85-90%Low76038.502932thin

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)1,430$1,3501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)778$7516
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,080$1,3502thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)913$1,1434thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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—600118.00/cwt118.00–118.007081
HeifersMedium 2—83082.50/cwt82.50–82.506851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—584135.21/cwt132.00–136.007905
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—773117.77/cwt113.00–122.509102
HeifersMedium 2—568121.01/cwt120.00–122.006872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—255142.50/cwt142.50–142.503631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—430142.50/cwt142.50–142.506131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,015105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0661
SteersMedium 3—340125.00/cwt125.00–125.004251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—890101.00/cwt101.00–101.008991
HeifersMedium 2—360125.00/cwt125.00–125.004501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—325158.81/cwt157.50–160.005162
SteersMedium 3—480125.00/cwt125.00–125.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—840100.00/cwt100.00–100.008401
SteersMedium 3—275130.00/cwt130.00–130.003581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—160140.00/cwt140.00–140.002241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—610128.48/cwt124.00–133.007844
SteersMedium 2—277146.04/cwt143.00–147.504053
SteersMedium 2—528129.83/cwt125.00–135.006862
SteersMedium 3—425132.00/cwt132.00–132.005611
SteersMedium 2—685131.69/cwt127.50–136.009022
SteersMedium 2—423145.00/cwt145.00–145.006132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—575159.68/cwt155.00–165.009183
SteersMedium 2—180130.00/cwt130.00–130.002341
SteersMedium 2—98080.00/cwt80.00–80.007841
SteersMedium 2—775113.00/cwt113.00–113.008761
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—373154.45/cwt152.50–157.505764
SteersMedium 2—565129.14/cwt125.00–132.507303
SteersSmall and Medium 3—405105.00/cwt105.00–105.004251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—288157.52/cwt155.00–160.004542
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—523162.29/cwt159.00–166.0084910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—425169.24/cwt168.00–170.007194
Dairy HeifersMedium 2—42085.12/cwt80.00–90.003582
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—618151.32/cwt150.00–153.009353
SteersMedium 2—630140.00/cwt140.00–140.008821
SteersMedium 2—335137.50/cwt137.50–137.504611
SteersMedium 2—363143.34/cwt139.00–147.505202
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—666149.50/cwt149.50–149.5099610
Dairy SteersMedium 2—80572.50/cwt72.50–72.505841
Dairy SteersMedium 2—44570.00/cwt70.00–70.003121
Dairy HeifersMedium 2—74568.00/cwt68.00–68.005071
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—600130.00/cwt130.00–130.007801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—435170.00/cwt170.00–170.007401
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—573134.93/cwt130.00–140.007732
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—830104.00/cwt104.00–104.008631
BullsMedium 3—670103.00/cwt103.00–103.006901
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—535142.75/cwt142.50–143.007642
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38593.32/cwt88.00–99.001,29221
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09053.47/cwt50.00–56.005832
CowsLean 85-90%—77546.00/cwt46.00–46.003571
CowsLean 85-90%—74531.00/cwt31.00–31.002311
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,550107.47/cwt100.00–114.001,6665
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02267.43/cwt64.00–70.006897
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15693.62/cwt89.00–99.001,08214
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09878.71/cwt73.00–88.0086431
Bulls——1,48097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,4361
Bulls——2,028123.47/cwt118.00–129.002,5045
Bulls——1,752112.32/cwt105.00–117.001,96811
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2—1,1351,535.00/head1,535.00–1,535.001,5352
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2—1,0801,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3502
Bred CowsLarge 1-2—1,4301,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred CowsSmall 2—778750.71/head550.00–925.007516
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2—690750.00/head750.00–750.007502
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—485157.75/cwt157.50–158.007652
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—668126.72/cwt122.50–132.508463
BullsMedium 3—600110.00/cwt110.00–110.006601
BullsMedium 2—720120.00/cwt120.00–120.008641
BullsMedium 2—666119.79/cwt115.00–122.007985
BullsMedium 3—74594.00/cwt94.00–94.007001
BullsMedium 2—480136.95/cwt135.00–140.006573
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—910105.00/cwt105.00–105.009561
BullsMedium 3—405115.00/cwt115.00–115.004661
BullsMedium 2—563133.73/cwt130.00–137.507532
BullsMedium 2—525128.34/cwt128.00–129.006743
BullsMedium 2—605123.31/cwt117.50–127.507463
HeifersMedium 3—290104.00/cwt104.00–104.003021
HeifersMedium 3—535106.31/cwt100.00–112.505692
HeifersSmall 3—55066.00/cwt66.00–66.003631
HeifersMedium 3—380110.00/cwt110.00–110.004181
HeifersMedium 3—33092.50/cwt92.50–92.503051
BullsMedium 2—440141.75/cwt140.00–143.006244
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—360138.67/cwt138.00–140.004993
HeifersMedium 3—165100.00/cwt100.00–100.001651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—513135.36/cwt130.00–140.006943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—484142.80/cwt140.00–147.006917
HeifersMedium 2—473133.43/cwt129.00–136.006313
HeifersMedium 2—795107.50/cwt107.50–107.508551
HeifersMedium 2—413130.00/cwt130.00–130.005372
HeifersMedium 3—473122.51/cwt120.00–125.005792
HeifersMedium 3—423103.51/cwt100.00–111.004383
HeifersMedium 2—540126.00/cwt126.00–126.006801

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.