Sale reports / North Carolina / Canton Livestock Auction / 2023-06-12

Canton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canton, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 12
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2090
Feeder Cattle receipts
144 head
364 vs last sale 508 33 vs year ago 111 · +29.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
25 vs last sale 65 23 vs year ago 63 · 36.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
15 vs last sale 19 0 vs year ago 4 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To attractive 4 Hogs 4 Goats

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.23/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$193.23
58 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$979
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$273
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$55.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.50
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1504207.981,04834
Medium 1448182.718186thin
Medium and Large 2544179.5597611thin
Medium 2510152.137757thin
One grade step is worth $55.85/cwt here — about $273 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 sale58 hd
193.23
NC average8 barns · 1,452 hd
197.73
−4.50
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
BullsAverage1,442121.041,7455thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,346106.841,43810
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,119100.051,11918
CowsLean 85-90%Low72381.065866thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,030$1,4501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)970$1,4093thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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
Dairy SteersMedium 2860100.00/cwt100.00–100.008601
Dairy SteersMedium 257577.00/cwt77.00–77.004431
Dairy HeifersMedium 255878.81/cwt65.00–93.004402
SteersMedium and Large 1620237.88/cwt231.00–240.001,47513
SteersMedium and Large 1509248.22/cwt244.00–255.001,2634
BullsMedium and Large 1660199.97/cwt198.00–202.001,3202
BullsMedium and Large 1345256.00/cwt256.00–256.008831
BullsMedium 1405218.00/cwt218.00–218.008831
BullsMedium 2610146.00/cwt146.00–146.008911
SteersMedium and Large 1485249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,2081
HeifersMedium and Large 2618171.83/cwt166.00–178.001,0622
HeifersMedium 1520181.00/cwt181.00–181.009411
HeifersMedium and Large 1473217.53/cwt212.00–221.001,02911
HeifersMedium 2618117.47/cwt110.00–125.007262
HeifersMedium 2440151.00/cwt151.00–151.006641
HeifersMedium and Large 1625205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2811
HeifersMedium and Large 1278206.05/cwt200.00–212.005732
HeifersMedium and Large 1375222.96/cwt219.00–226.008363
HeifersMedium and Large 1805178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,4332
HeifersMedium 2345195.00/cwt195.00–195.006731
HeifersMedium and Large 1430213.79/cwt208.00–220.009192
SteersMedium and Large 1660223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4721
SteersMedium and Large 1425244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0371
HeifersMedium 1640171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0941
HeifersMedium 2480177.00/cwt177.00–177.008501
HeifersMedium and Large 1330228.00/cwt228.00–228.007522
SteersMedium and Large 2370230.00/cwt230.00–230.008511
SteersMedium 2540170.00/cwt170.00–170.009181
SteersMedium and Large 2515239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,2311
SteersMedium and Large 2480220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0561
HeifersMedium and Large 1525207.14/cwt200.00–214.001,0877
SteersMedium 1360210.00/cwt210.00–210.007561
SteersMedium and Large 1835176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,4701
SteersMedium 1568215.97/cwt214.00–218.001,2272
SteersMedium and Large 1710211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,4981
SteersMedium and Large 1374249.25/cwt241.00–258.009324
HeifersMedium 1295190.00/cwt190.00–190.005611
SteersMedium and Large 2440222.00/cwt222.00–222.009771
SteersMedium and Large 1595238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4161
BullsMedium and Large 1613207.49/cwt206.00–209.001,2722
BullsMedium 1323216.98/cwt216.00–218.007012
BullsMedium 1518195.86/cwt190.00–202.001,0152
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,351112.33/cwt110.00–115.001,5187
CowsLean 85-90%69864.36/cwt57.00–68.004493
CowsLean 85-90%765118.00/cwt118.00–118.009031
CowsLean 85-90%73887.63/cwt84.00–91.006472
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33394.02/cwt91.00–96.001,2533
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09889.67/cwt87.00–96.009857
CowsBoner 80-85%1,132106.65/cwt101.00–114.001,20711
Bulls1,105105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1601
Bulls1,526125.05/cwt120.00–128.001,9084
BullsMedium and Large 1522231.34/cwt226.00–236.001,2083
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0301,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29701,408.81/head1,025.00–1,750.001,4093
BullsMedium and Large 2465217.50/cwt215.00–220.001,0112
BullsMedium and Large 2680185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2581
BullsMedium 2365166.00/cwt166.00–166.006061
BullsMedium and Large 2225230.00/cwt230.00–230.005181
BullsMedium and Large 2423210.58/cwt206.00–215.008912
BullsMedium and Large 2515216.50/cwt215.00–218.001,1152
BullsMedium and Large 1745162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,2071
BullsMedium and Large 2865141.51/cwt140.00–143.001,2242
BullsMedium 2530172.03/cwt170.00–175.009123
BullsMedium and Large 2623186.41/cwt184.00–191.001,1613
BullsMedium and Large 2578194.96/cwt193.00–197.001,1272
BullsMedium and Large 1414230.36/cwt222.00–236.009545
BullsMedium and Large 1485236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1451
BullsMedium and Large 2380203.00/cwt203.00–203.007711
BullsMedium 1480184.00/cwt184.00–184.008831
BullsMedium and Large 1355259.00/cwt258.00–260.009192
HeifersMedium and Large 2700157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0991
HeifersMedium and Large 2670162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0851
HeifersMedium and Large 1965145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3991
BullsMedium and Large 1555222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2321
HeifersMedium and Large 2410196.05/cwt194.00–198.008042
HeifersMedium 1420187.14/cwt183.00–191.007862
HeifersMedium and Large 1573195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1172
HeifersMedium and Large 1715168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2011
HeifersMedium and Large 2475205.11/cwt200.00–210.009742
HeifersMedium and Large 2590158.00/cwt158.00–158.009321
HeifersMedium and Large 2508176.03/cwt174.00–178.008942
HeifersMedium 2533153.49/cwt151.00–156.008182
HeifersMedium 1390180.00/cwt180.00–180.007021

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.