Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 1.00 To 4.00 Higher Feeder cattle 5.00 To 7.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $247.01/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −131.63 against this barn's trailing median of $378.64.

Average price

$247.01

20 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,327

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$328

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2

$72.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.01

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	260.47	1,387	10thin
Medium 1	542	246.33	1,335	6thin
Medium 2	534	223.33	1,192	3thin
Small and Medium 2	565	187.50	1,059	1thin

One grade step is worth $72.97/cwt here — about $328 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

19 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $416.11, low $309.82, median $378.64 across 19 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 sale20 hd

247.01

—

NC average8 barns · 199 hd

236.00

+11.01

This barn, trailing median19 sales

378.64

−131.63

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	1,851	157.30	2,911	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,460	142.77	2,084	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,113	131.00	1,458	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	774	121.48	940	3thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,143	$1,467	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$725	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	900	$1,950	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	895	$1,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	955	1
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	673	194.98/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,312	6
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	583	212.56/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,239	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	203.45/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,251	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	265.12/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,100	4
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	475	282.50/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	236.49/cwt	220.00–260.00	1,213	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	244.03/cwt	237.50–247.50	1,159	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	216.01/cwt	214.00–218.00	1,555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	305.16/cwt	300.00–310.00	961	2
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	365	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	730	2
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	430	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	236.49/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,331	3
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	635	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	242.14/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,542	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,609	1
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	445	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	834	1
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	610	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,129	1
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	500	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,364	1
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	468	226.76/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,061	3
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	405	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	810	1
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	570	222.04/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,266	2
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	360	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	274.27/cwt	269.00–277.50	1,530	5
Steers	Medium 1	800–850	805	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,328	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	580	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	847	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	303.21/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,440	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	236.30/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,590	3
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	623	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,386	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	884	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	700–750	725	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,225	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	365	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	548	1
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	510	246.76/cwt	242.00–256.00	1,258	3
Steers	Small and Medium 2	600–650	645	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	278.04/cwt	272.50–287.00	1,474	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	271.30/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,370	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	293.82/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,122	6
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	450	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	1
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	513	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,180	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	262.42/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,260	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	967	114.48/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,107	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	139.15/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,622	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,062	126.45/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,343	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	575	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	561	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	146.31/cwt	143.00–151.00	2,114	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	135.69/cwt	128.00–138.00	2,020	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	873	133.47/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,165	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	102.61/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,124	2
Bulls	—	—	2,011	165.87/cwt	161.00–171.00	3,336	4
Bulls	—	—	1,210	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,488	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	1,467.18/head	1,350.00–1,575.00	1,467	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	800	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,332	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,366	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	180.06/cwt	177.50–182.50	1,392	2
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	650	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,056	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	625	217.46/cwt	210.00–222.50	1,359	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	244.22/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,402	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	288.48/cwt	280.00–295.00	917	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	218.01/cwt	216.00–220.00	1,472	2
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	575	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,208	1
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	405	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	282.75/cwt	279.00–290.00	1,346	5
Bulls	Medium 1	250–300	265	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	286.18/cwt	285.00–287.50	1,239	3
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	415	260.80/cwt	260.00–262.50	1,082	3
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	570	234.67/cwt	222.50–247.50	1,338	2
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	370	268.75/cwt	265.00–272.50	994	2
Heifers	Medium 1	200–250	203	222.59/cwt	215.00–230.00	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	249.02/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,053	7
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	528	252.16/cwt	244.00–255.00	1,331	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	550–600	565	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,059	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	400–450	410	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	640	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	478	215.03/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	191.00/cwt	190.00–192.00	1,362	2
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	500	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	988	1
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	595	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,116	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	600–650	600	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	460	180.11/cwt	170.00–190.00	829	2
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	268	214.86/cwt	210.00–220.00	576	2

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 Aug 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 176Last week 195Year ago 233

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 52Year ago 81

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 3Year ago 3

Slaughter cattle 1.00 To 4.00 Higher Feeder cattle 5.00 To 7.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	260.00	260.00
1	300–350	335	285.00	285.00
2	350–400	370	245.00	245.00
7	400–450	423	245.00–255.00	249.02
3	450–500	475	237.50–247.50	244.03
3	500–550	513	220.00–260.00	236.49
3	550–600	563	230.00–242.00	236.49
7	600–650	615	200.00–208.00	203.45
1	650–700	650	231.00	231.00
2	700–750	713	190.00–192.00	191.00
1	800–850	805	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	203	215.00–230.00	222.59
2	250–300	268	210.00–220.00	214.86
2	450–500	478	210.00–220.00	215.03
1	500–550	500	197.50	197.50
3	550–600	583	205.00–220.00	212.56
6	650–700	673	190.00–205.00	194.98
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	200.00	200.00
1	400–450	430	187.50	187.50
2	450–500	460	170.00–190.00	180.11
1	550–600	595	187.50	187.50
1	600–650	635	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	156.00	156.00
1	600–650	600	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	300.00–310.00	305.16
4	400–450	415	260.00–270.00	265.12
3	450–500	475	295.00–310.00	303.21
3	500–550	530	272.50–287.00	278.04
5	550–600	558	269.00–277.50	274.27
10	600–650	637	240.00–250.00	242.14
3	650–700	673	229.00–240.00	236.30
2	700–750	720	214.00–218.00	216.01
1	800–850	840	206.00	206.00
1	950–1000	975	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	225.00	225.00
1	400–450	405	200.00	200.00
2	450–500	475	280.00–285.00	282.50
3	500–550	510	242.00–256.00	246.76
2	550–600	570	220.00–224.00	222.04
2	600–650	623	222.50	222.50
1	650–700	655	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	805	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	187.50	187.50
3	450–500	468	225.00–230.00	226.76
1	500–550	500	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	610	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	505	270.00	270.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	124.00	124.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	150.00	150.00
1	550–600	580	146.00	146.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	270.00	270.00
3	300–350	318	280.00–295.00	288.48
6	350–400	382	280.00–297.00	293.82
3	400–450	433	285.00–287.50	286.18
5	450–500	476	279.00–290.00	282.75
6	500–550	505	265.00–280.00	271.30
4	550–600	574	241.00–250.00	244.22
1	600–650	610	224.00	224.00
2	650–700	675	216.00–220.00	218.01
1	700–750	740	180.00	180.00
2	750–800	773	177.50–182.50	180.06
1	800–850	810	172.50	172.50
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	215.00	215.00
2	350–400	370	265.00–272.50	268.75
3	400–450	415	260.00–262.50	260.80
1	450–500	450	225.00	225.00
4	500–550	528	244.00–255.00	252.16
2	550–600	570	222.50–247.50	234.67
4	600–650	625	210.00–222.50	217.46
1	650–700	650	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	170.00	170.00
2	500–550	513	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	575	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	260.00–265.00	262.42
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	187.50	187.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	967	111.00–117.00	114.48
21	—	1,166	135.00–148.00	139.15
7	—	1,062	124.00–129.00	126.45
2	—	1,095	100.00–105.00	102.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	97.50	97.50
2	—	873	132.00–135.00	133.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,445	143.00–151.00	146.31
6	—	1,489	128.00–138.00	135.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,011	161.00–171.00	165.87
1	—	1,210	123.00	123.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,143	1,350.00–1,575.00	1,467.18
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	800	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	1,550.00	1,550.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · 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

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