Sale reports / North Carolina / Canton Livestock Auction / 2023-01-30

Canton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Jan 30
● Final101 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090
Feeder Cattle receipts
445 head
▲ 346 vs last sale 99▲ 300 vs year ago 145 · +206.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 30▼ 4 vs year ago 46 · −8.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 2▲ 6 vs year ago 6 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle 9.00 to 14.00 higher. Feeder cattle 11.00 to 26.00 higher. Demand very good, Activity active, offerings heavy, quality attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.90/cwt on 267 head.
Average price
$149.90
267 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$833
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$325
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 3
$51.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.64
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2574159.10913149
Medium 2512147.1275368
Medium 3571131.2374933
Small and Medium 3542121.5165811thin
Small 3545107.755876thin
One grade step is worth $51.35/cwt here — about $325 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 sale267 hd
149.90
—
NC average8 barns · 1,093 hd
136.26
+13.64
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—High1,614104.731,6916thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42790.421,29011
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12676.1485718
CowsLean 85-90%High77075.395815thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)857$7766
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,273$1,5752thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,189$1,5563thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)850$1,1001thin

Every lot, as filed

101 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 2—534192.91/cwt192.50–193.001,0305
SteersMedium 3—458135.08/cwt130.00–140.006192
SteersMedium 2—565173.99/cwt171.00–177.009835
HeifersMedium 2—700112.50/cwt112.50–112.507881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—625153.50/cwt146.00–155.5095938
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—571156.48/cwt155.00–157.5089420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—758137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—658176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,15812
SteersMedium 3—570161.35/cwt158.00–166.009203
HeifersMedium 2—608143.11/cwt141.00–144.0087028
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—529160.58/cwt157.00–168.0084948
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—708145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0276
HeifersMedium 2—690153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—428175.24/cwt167.50–179.0075010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—295157.00/cwt157.00–157.004631
HeifersSmall 3—410120.00/cwt120.00–120.004921
HeifersMedium 2—80090.00/cwt90.00–90.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—928110.99/cwt110.00–112.001,0302
HeifersMedium 2—535149.07/cwt145.00–153.007982
HeifersMedium 2—366146.22/cwt142.00–150.005356
HeifersMedium 2—421159.49/cwt156.00–165.0067117
HeifersSmall and Medium 3—473128.88/cwt125.00–133.006104
HeifersSmall and Medium 3—630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
HeifersSmall and Medium 3—440129.25/cwt127.50–131.005692
HeifersSmall 3—493111.24/cwt110.00–112.505482
HeifersMedium 2—563136.11/cwt130.00–142.507662
SteersMedium 3—385142.50/cwt142.50–142.505491
SteersMedium 3—515177.50/cwt177.50–177.509142
HeifersMedium 2—315127.50/cwt127.50–127.504021
SteersMedium 2—333177.44/cwt170.00–185.005912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—832175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4563
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—616168.41/cwt164.00–171.001,0375
SteersMedium 2—423181.23/cwt180.00–182.507672
SteersMedium 2—670159.15/cwt155.00–165.001,06613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—835117.50/cwt117.50–117.509811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—330200.95/cwt195.00–207.506633
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—516213.41/cwt212.00–216.001,10131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—666173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,1566
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—718162.70/cwt160.00–168.001,1689
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—793151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,1976
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—435210.23/cwt200.00–226.0091524
Dairy SteersMedium 2—500118.75/cwt112.50–125.005942
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—385199.93/cwt197.50–204.007704
Dairy SteersMedium 2—450122.50/cwt122.50–122.505511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—915137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,2581
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—571192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0965
SteersMedium 2—485170.00/cwt170.00–170.008251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—805110.00/cwt110.00–110.008861
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—413201.93/cwt198.00–206.008342
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—88595.00/cwt95.00–95.008411
BullsMedium 3—435171.22/cwt170.00–172.507452
BullsMedium 3—585127.00/cwt127.00–127.007431
BullsMedium 3—450125.00/cwt125.00–125.005631
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16885.95/cwt81.00–90.001,0045
CowsLean 85-90%—87582.50/cwt82.50–82.507221
CowsLean 85-90%—74473.61/cwt70.00–79.005484
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43491.16/cwt85.00–97.001,30710
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,1251
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11064.11/cwt60.00–67.007123
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11074.84/cwt72.00–79.0083110
Bulls——1,482114.70/cwt112.00–124.001,7003
Bulls——1,69599.65/cwt97.00–101.001,6892
Bulls——1,85085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,5731
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2201,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred CowsMedium 2—820765.67/head760.00–775.007665
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,040825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1731,621.32/head1,250.00–1,925.001,6212
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—8501,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,5001,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0451,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—665151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0041
BullsMedium 2—578152.17/cwt150.00–154.008803
BullsMedium 2—695140.00/cwt140.00–140.009731
BullsMedium 2—94090.00/cwt90.00–90.008461
HeifersMedium 2—478164.44/cwt157.50–167.507866
HeifersSmall 3—74094.00/cwt94.00–94.006961
HeifersSmall 3—535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005891
HeifersMedium 2—283122.92/cwt122.00–125.003483
HeifersMedium 3—783106.21/cwt105.00–110.008324
HeifersMedium 3—681137.32/cwt137.00–138.009356
HeifersMedium 3—555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
HeifersMedium 3—523133.46/cwt132.00–140.006986
HeifersMedium 3—87083.00/cwt83.00–83.007221
HeifersMedium 3—430149.80/cwt147.50–152.006442
HeifersSmall and Medium 3—673108.54/cwt105.00–116.007303
HeifersMedium 3—622120.07/cwt115.00–125.007473
HeifersMedium 3—364126.98/cwt120.00–130.004624
HeifersSmall and Medium 3—540127.00/cwt127.00–127.006861
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—615155.00/cwt155.00–155.009531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—393156.33/cwt152.50–163.006144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—487181.00/cwt181.00–181.008815
HeifersSmall 3—600100.00/cwt100.00–100.006001
HeifersMedium 3—478151.75/cwt147.50–155.007256
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—515171.23/cwt164.00–175.008825
BullsMedium 2—468160.00/cwt160.00–160.007492
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—773127.78/cwt110.00–145.009882
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—470174.00/cwt171.00–176.008183
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—572162.63/cwt159.00–168.009303
BullsMedium 2—431184.89/cwt180.00–190.007976
BullsMedium 2—533154.30/cwt151.00–157.508222
BullsMedium 2—618145.02/cwt140.00–150.008962

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.