Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady To 4.00 Higher Feeder cattle 5.00 To 10.00 Higher Demand Very Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive Baby calves 200.00 To 260.00 Head Calves 250.00 2 Hogs

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.11/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −118.30 against this barn's trailing median of $356.41.

Average price

$238.11

11 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,268

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$474

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$88.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.03

vs NC average

−28.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	255.01	1,334	5thin
Medium and Large 2	528	249.56	1,318	2thin
Medium 1	556	226.00	1,257	3thin
Medium 2	515	167.00	860	1thin

One grade step is worth $88.01/cwt here — about $474 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $378.66, low $285.80, median $356.41 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

238.11

—

NC average9 barns · 448 hd

244.14

−6.03

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−28.76

This barn, trailing median21 sales

356.41

−118.30

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,558	144.43	2,251	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,361	128.06	1,742	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,108	117.57	1,303	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	825	100.81	832	6thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	965	$1,150	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	895	$1,138	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,058	$1,671	4thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	250–300	280	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	515	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	860	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	350–400	390	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	430	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	903	1
Heifers	Medium 1	150–200	175	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	350	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	542	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,274	2
Bulls	Medium 2	250–300	270	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,312	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	280.83/cwt	277.50–284.00	1,615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	292.83/cwt	292.50–293.00	1,666	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	1,804.15/head	1,675.00–1,900.00	1,804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	320.58/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,173	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	253.76/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,304	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	329.50/cwt	329.00–330.00	1,397	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	300.20/cwt	296.00–305.00	946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	296.34/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,505	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	290.02/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,050	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	994	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	249.56/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,318	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,303	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,549	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,101	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	323.71/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,489	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,183	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	288.43/cwt	284.00–297.00	1,171	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	278.97/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,381	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	333.46/cwt	327.50–340.00	910	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,233	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	292.77/cwt	287.50–298.00	1,590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	195.79/cwt	192.50–200.00	1,410	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,056	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	306.85/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,427	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	124.50/cwt	120.00–133.00	1,391	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	689	1
Bulls	—	—	1,669	151.76/cwt	148.00–155.00	2,533	8
Bulls	—	—	1,295	129.34/cwt	126.00–132.00	1,675	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,367	128.71/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,759	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,270	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,511	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	475	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,330	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	828	93.27/cwt	89.00–98.00	772	2
Bulls	—	—	1,200	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,392	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	110.08/cwt	102.00–114.00	1,198	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	847	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	822	111.78/cwt	107.50–115.00	919	3
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	480	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	852	1
Bulls	Medium 1	200–250	220	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	628	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,225	2
Bulls	Medium 1	250–300	265	257.59/cwt	255.00–260.00	683	2
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	590	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,151	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	500	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	520	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,040	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	800	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	850	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	470	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	635	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	550–600	560	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	585	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,217	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	271.26/cwt	270.00–272.50	1,595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	307.36/cwt	305.00–312.50	1,432	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	310.68/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,327	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	281.26/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	214.04/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,340	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	150–200	175	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	885	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	275.99/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,167	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	268.78/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,290	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	275.00/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,045	2
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	280	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium 1	200–250	210	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	483	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	378	245.48/cwt	245.00–246.00	928	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	100–150	140	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	306.06/cwt	298.00–310.00	1,337	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,044	1
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	310	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	713	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	200–250	217	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	553	3
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	445	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	623	1
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	310	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	720	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,314	1

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

WNC Regional Livestock Center - Canton, NC

Mon Mar 25, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 156Last week 211Year ago 199

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 38Year ago 96

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 4Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	167.00	167.00
1	400–450	445	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	177.50	177.50
1	500–550	515	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	175	200.00	200.00
1	200–250	210	230.00	230.00
1	250–300	280	230.00	230.00
1	300–350	310	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	430	210.00	210.00
2	500–550	542	235.00	235.00
1	550–600	585	208.00	208.00
2	600–650	628	195.00	195.00
1	700–750	720	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	305.00	305.00
3	300–350	315	296.00–305.00	300.20
7	350–400	362	285.00–297.50	290.02
3	400–450	406	284.00–297.00	288.43
3	450–500	495	276.00–285.00	278.97
4	500–550	514	250.00–257.50	253.76
1	550–600	560	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	625	250.00	250.00
3	700–750	720	192.50–200.00	195.79
1	750–800	795	175.00	175.00
2	800–850	820	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	175	255.00	255.00
1	250–300	280	280.00	280.00
1	300–350	315	270.00	270.00
2	350–400	380	270.00–280.00	275.00
10	400–450	423	270.00–280.00	275.99
2	450–500	480	267.50–270.00	268.78
2	500–550	528	245.00–254.00	249.56
4	600–650	626	210.00–220.00	214.04
1	650–700	695	187.50	187.50
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	217	255.00	255.00
1	350–400	390	170.00	170.00
1	550–600	560	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	470	135.00	135.00
1	500–550	520	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	140	275.00	275.00
1	200–250	245	325.00	325.00
2	250–300	273	327.50–340.00	333.46
1	300–350	330	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	360	290.00	290.00
3	400–450	437	298.00–310.00	306.06
3	450–500	465	300.00–312.50	306.85
2	500–550	543	287.50–298.00	292.77
2	550–600	575	277.50–284.00	280.83
1	600–650	615	267.00	267.00
1	650–700	685	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	368	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	415	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	485	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	543	280.00–282.50	281.26
2	550–600	588	270.00–272.50	271.26
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	210.00	210.00
2	250–300	265	255.00–260.00	257.59
1	300–350	310	240.00	240.00
2	350–400	378	245.00–246.00	245.48
1	450–500	475	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	500	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	590	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	322.50	322.50
4	350–400	366	317.50–325.00	320.58
12	400–450	424	329.00–330.00	329.50
2	450–500	460	320.00–327.50	323.71
2	500–550	508	290.00–302.50	296.34
6	550–600	569	292.50–293.00	292.83
1	650–700	665	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	770	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	270.00	270.00
1	350–400	370	297.50	297.50
3	400–450	427	305.00–317.50	310.68
8	450–500	466	305.00–312.50	307.36
1	600–650	640	242.00	242.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,115	1,675.00–1,900.00	1,804.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,675.00	1,675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	965	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	950.00	950.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,117	120.00–133.00	124.50
9	—	1,088	102.00–114.00	110.08
1	—	1,145	74.00	74.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	83.00	83.00
2	—	828	89.00–98.00	93.27
3	—	822	107.50–115.00	111.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,367	124.00–135.00	128.71
1	—	1,270	119.00	119.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,669	148.00–155.00	151.76
2	—	1,295	126.00–132.00	129.34
1	—	1,200	116.00	116.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Canton Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

WNC Regional Livestock Center - Canton, NC

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle