Sale reports / North Carolina / Canton Livestock Auction / 2022-07-11

Canton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Jul 11
● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090
Feeder Cattle receipts
248 head
▲ 89 vs last sale 159▼ 8 vs year ago 256 · −3.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 100▲ 35 vs year ago 69 · +50.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 10▼ 31 vs year ago 34 · −91.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Baby calves 40.00 To 100.00 Head calves 230.00 To 325.00 No Sale Last Week July 4

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.39/cwt on 105 head.
Average price
$152.39
105 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$722
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$368
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 3
$60.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.92
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2497162.4180770
Medium 2422145.0861219thin
Medium 3432124.2253711thin
Small and Medium 3431101.814395thin
One grade step is worth $60.60/cwt here — about $368 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 sale105 hd
152.39
—
NC average5 barns · 433 hd
147.47
+4.92
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—Average1,759112.741,98415
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43988.631,27617
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17278.5992163
CowsLean 85-90%Low77256.204349thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$8251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)910$8001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)840$5001thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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 and Large 1-2—450163.00/cwt163.00–163.007341
BullsMedium 2—95585.00/cwt85.00–85.008121
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—720113.13/cwt109.00–117.508152
HeifersMedium 3—135110.00/cwt110.00–110.001491
HeifersMedium 2—518123.87/cwt122.50–126.006423
HeifersSmall and Medium 3—51090.00/cwt90.00–90.004591
BullsMedium 3—471114.83/cwt110.00–119.005415
BullsSmall and Medium 3—463102.98/cwt100.00–106.004772
BullsMedium 2—518122.70/cwt120.00–130.006367
BullsMedium 2—573122.54/cwt120.00–130.007025
BullsMedium 2—87590.00/cwt90.00–90.007881
BullsMedium 2—730111.00/cwt111.00–111.008101
BullsMedium 3—645115.00/cwt115.00–115.007421
BullsMedium 2—665114.00/cwt114.00–114.007581
BullsMedium 2—480127.50/cwt125.00–130.006123
BullsMedium 2—625120.83/cwt120.00–122.507553
BullsMedium 3—51095.10/cwt90.00–100.004852
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—278146.72/cwt143.00–150.004082
SteersMedium 2—504150.00/cwt150.00–150.007565
SteersSmall and Medium 3—31575.00/cwt75.00–75.002361
SteersSmall and Medium 3—473109.52/cwt109.00–110.005182
SteersMedium 2—230135.00/cwt135.00–135.003111
SteersMedium 3—580132.00/cwt132.00–132.007661
SteersMedium 3—290119.00/cwt119.00–119.003451
SteersMedium 2—371139.62/cwt137.50–144.005185
SteersMedium 2—478145.07/cwt140.00–150.006934
SteersMedium 2—433152.50/cwt152.50–152.506602
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—890135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2021
SteersSmall and Medium 3—360105.00/cwt105.00–105.003781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—590168.85/cwt164.00–170.0099615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—660152.86/cwt149.50–157.001,0099
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—730139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0151
SteersMedium 2—315144.10/cwt142.00–146.004542
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—361159.00/cwt159.00–159.0057412
Dairy SteersMedium 2—38567.50/cwt67.50–67.502601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—418171.36/cwt161.00–173.0071612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—478165.61/cwt160.00–169.007925
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—623128.65/cwt124.00–133.008013
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—555133.75/cwt130.00–137.507422
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—540136.00/cwt136.00–136.007341
BullsMedium 3—74090.00/cwt90.00–90.006661
BullsMedium 3—68588.03/cwt86.00–90.006032
BullsMedium 3—565113.78/cwt110.00–117.506432
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—421142.04/cwt137.50–147.505984
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—463141.64/cwt135.00–144.006569
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—576135.59/cwt130.00–138.0078123
HeifersMedium 2—593123.76/cwt122.50–125.007342
HeifersMedium 2—215120.00/cwt120.00–120.002581
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—752142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0684
SteersSmall and Medium 3—535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005891
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—520135.51/cwt133.00–140.007058
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—625152.50/cwt152.50–152.509531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—720115.28/cwt111.00–120.008304
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—377138.81/cwt135.50–145.005235
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—600129.00/cwt128.00–130.007742
SteersMedium 3—358124.73/cwt120.00–126.004475
SteersMedium 3—473125.15/cwt122.50–128.005922
SteersMedium 3—440127.50/cwt127.50–127.505611
SteersMedium 3—710114.00/cwt114.00–114.008091
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—307172.50/cwt172.50–172.505308
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11868.52/cwt60.00–72.0076614
CowsLean 85-90%—74053.00/cwt49.00–60.003923
CowsLean 85-90%—74536.48/cwt30.00–42.002722
CowsLean 85-90%—80968.46/cwt62.00–75.005544
HeifersSmall and Medium 3—45586.00/cwt86.00–86.003911
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27887.70/cwt84.00–91.001,12114
Bulls——1,544105.47/cwt98.00–109.001,6285
Bulls——1,867116.38/cwt111.00–123.002,17310
HeifersMedium 2—610112.54/cwt110.00–115.006862
HeifersMedium 3—59085.00/cwt85.00–85.005021
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,250825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—910800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium 2—840500.00/head500.00–500.005001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—663125.30/cwt122.50–128.008312
HeifersMedium 3—518106.29/cwt105.00–107.505512
HeifersMedium 3—483117.05/cwt115.00–119.005652
HeifersMedium 3—65580.00/cwt80.00–80.005241
HeifersMedium 2—462126.75/cwt120.00–130.005863
HeifersMedium 3—41894.79/cwt90.00–100.003962
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—885106.75/cwt106.00–107.509452
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—676120.58/cwt119.00–124.008155
HeifersMedium 2—375128.08/cwt126.00–130.004802
HeifersMedium 2—290127.50/cwt127.50–127.503701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—319136.22/cwt134.00–137.004354
HeifersMedium 2—325129.18/cwt125.00–133.004202
HeifersMedium 2—655112.50/cwt112.50–112.507371
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15178.97/cwt72.00–85.0090935
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47485.01/cwt80.00–89.001,25314
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,277105.54/cwt101.00–110.001,3483

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.