Sale reports / North Carolina / Canton Livestock Auction / 2022-12-05

Canton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Dec 5
● Final113 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090
Feeder Cattle receipts
290 head
2 vs last sale 292 9 vs year ago 281 · +3.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
1 vs last sale 72 11 vs year ago 62 · +17.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
4 vs last sale 13 10 vs year ago 19 · 52.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Baby calves 20.00 No reporter last week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Heavy Quality Average To Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.06/cwt on 163 head.
Average price
$120.06
163 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$349
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 3
$67.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.37
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2480136.3165570
Medium 2472129.2361037
Medium 3484110.0553325
Small and Medium 347897.2246513thin
Small 344668.4530518thin
One grade step is worth $67.87/cwt here — about $349 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 sale163 hd
120.06
NC average8 barns · 1,394 hd
121.43
−1.37
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
BullsHigh1,46797.881,43511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62669.391,1285thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20261.4673949
CowsLean 85-90%Average77957.604498thin

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)1,125$8123thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)890$8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)935$5501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,255$9923thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)955$8251thin

Every lot, as filed

113 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
SteersMedium 3375145.00/cwt145.00–145.005441
HeifersSmall 3Thin Fleshed42550.00/cwt50.00–50.002131
HeifersSmall 3Thin Fleshed45545.00/cwt45.00–45.002051
HeifersSmall 3Thin Fleshed51559.00/cwt59.00–59.003041
HeifersSmall 3Thin Fleshed29585.00/cwt85.00–85.002511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2688105.46/cwt102.00–109.007262
SteersMedium and Large 1-2581161.27/cwt157.00–165.009377
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523129.76/cwt125.00–135.0067911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2765113.00/cwt113.00–113.008641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-284092.50/cwt92.50–92.507771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2890112.00/cwt112.00–112.009971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310144.92/cwt140.00–150.004492
HeifersSmall 3Thin Fleshed33030.00/cwt30.00–30.00991
HeifersMedium 2373131.19/cwt130.00–132.504892
HeifersMedium 2413126.51/cwt125.00–128.005222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425135.02/cwt130.00–141.0057411
HeifersMedium 2331129.97/cwt127.50–132.504308
HeifersMedium 361094.92/cwt90.00–100.005792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2555146.00/cwt146.00–146.008101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2467141.75/cwt136.00–148.0066235
HeifersMedium 2525126.20/cwt125.00–127.506632
HeifersMedium 3370103.72/cwt102.50–105.003842
HeifersMedium 2564128.22/cwt125.00–130.0072314
HeifersSmall and Medium 345895.03/cwt90.00–100.004352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380143.44/cwt137.00–147.005454
HeifersMedium 3415113.75/cwt110.00–117.504722
HeifersMedium 378594.00/cwt94.00–94.007381
HeifersSmall and Medium 352999.96/cwt95.00–105.005294
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2275130.00/cwt130.00–130.003581
SteersMedium and Large 1-2338183.82/cwt177.50–190.006214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2365177.43/cwt175.00–180.006482
SteersMedium and Large 1-2830120.00/cwt120.00–120.009961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430185.00/cwt185.00–185.007961
SteersMedium 2750132.50/cwt132.50–132.509941
SteersSmall and Medium 3Fleshy360105.00/cwt105.00–105.003781
SteersSmall 331095.00/cwt95.00–95.002951
SteersMedium 3325150.00/cwt150.00–150.004882
SteersSmall and Medium 3345120.00/cwt120.00–120.004141
SteersMedium 3468137.54/cwt135.00–140.006442
SteersMedium and Large 1-2452176.68/cwt172.50–179.007995
SteersSmall and Medium 3378102.45/cwt100.00–105.003872
SteersMedium and Large 1-2609156.01/cwt153.00–157.009504
SteersMedium 293570.00/cwt70.00–70.006551
SteersMedium 2245135.00/cwt135.00–135.003311
SteersMedium 2385160.00/cwt160.00–160.006161
SteersMedium 2470155.11/cwt150.00–160.007292
SteersMedium 3265130.00/cwt130.00–130.003451
Dairy SteersMedium 351552.50/cwt52.50–52.502701
Dairy SteersMedium 261592.50/cwt92.50–92.505691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528163.54/cwt162.00–166.008637
SteersMedium 2295142.50/cwt142.50–142.504201
BullsMedium 2578138.95/cwt132.50–144.008036
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433174.47/cwt170.00–179.007552
BullsMedium and Large 1-2468176.68/cwt172.50–181.008272
BullsMedium and Large 1-2609140.01/cwt135.00–143.008534
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575147.62/cwt145.00–157.508498
BullsMedium and Large 1-2720111.40/cwt108.00–115.008022
CowsLean 85-90%88068.00/cwt68.00–68.005981
CowsLean 85-90%78030.00/cwt30.00–30.002341
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11055.83/cwt52.00–59.0062015
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43972.64/cwt70.00–79.001,0459
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20964.78/cwt60.00–69.0078321
CowsLean 85-90%71853.05/cwt50.00–59.003814
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,86366.53/cwt65.00–68.001,2392
CowsBoner 80-85%98039.99/cwt37.00–44.003924
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46871.29/cwt70.00–73.001,0473
CowsLean 85-90%85075.30/cwt73.00–77.506402
Bulls1,508113.22/cwt108.00–125.001,7073
Bulls1,45192.13/cwt85.00–98.001,3378
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,125811.78/head650.00–950.008123
Bred CowsMedium 2890800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2935550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,125925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,015750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6251,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2955825.00/head825.00–825.008251
BullsMedium 2484166.25/cwt165.00–169.008053
BullsSmall 3470107.00/cwt107.00–107.005031
BullsSmall 340585.00/cwt85.00–85.003441
BullsMedium and Large 1-2531149.94/cwt142.00–153.0079615
BullsMedium 3631118.02/cwt110.00–120.007455
BullsMedium 3525135.00/cwt135.00–135.007091
BullsSmall and Medium 3522115.06/cwt110.00–120.006013
BullsMedium 2400159.17/cwt157.50–162.506373
HeifersMedium 2477130.97/cwt126.00–135.006259
HeifersSmall 336580.00/cwt80.00–80.002923
HeifersMedium 3521112.97/cwt107.50–118.005895
HeifersMedium 3467115.96/cwt110.00–120.005423
HeifersMedium 3575119.99/cwt118.00–124.006906
HeifersSmall 358090.00/cwt90.00–90.005222
HeifersMedium 333097.50/cwt95.00–100.003222
HeifersSmall 347059.00/cwt59.00–59.002771
HeifersMedium 3210102.38/cwt100.00–105.002152
HeifersSmall and Medium 340992.48/cwt90.00–100.003784
HeifersSmall 322080.00/cwt80.00–80.001761
HeifersSmall 362065.00/cwt65.00–65.004031
HeifersSmall 373065.00/cwt65.00–65.004751
BullsSmall and Medium 356090.00/cwt90.00–90.005041
HeifersSmall 351559.00/cwt59.00–59.003041
HeifersSmall 331560.00/cwt60.00–60.001891
HeifersSmall and Medium 3590107.00/cwt103.00–111.006312
HeifersSmall 344377.51/cwt75.00–80.003432
HeifersSmall and Medium 337090.00/cwt90.00–90.003331
BullsMedium 3715100.00/cwt100.00–100.007151
BullsMedium 3439132.50/cwt132.50–132.505825
BullsMedium 293088.49/cwt88.00–89.008232
BullsSmall and Medium 362594.61/cwt90.00–99.005912
BullsMedium 2540140.50/cwt140.00–141.007592
BullsSmall and Medium 3455117.50/cwt117.50–117.505351
BullsMedium 368595.00/cwt95.00–95.006511
BullsSmall 353097.52/cwt95.00–100.005172
BullsSmall 362585.00/cwt85.00–85.005312
BullsMedium 3475132.50/cwt132.50–132.506291

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.