Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 4.00 To 5.00 Lower Feeder cattle 5.00 To 13.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light {Cold Weather } Quality Attractive One Hog

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $265.24/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −113.40 against this barn's trailing median of $378.64.

Average price

$265.24

4 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,446

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+24.17

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	265.24	1,446	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale4 hd

265.24

—

NC average7 barns · 130 hd

241.07

+24.17

This barn, trailing median19 sales

378.64

−113.40

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	1,903	164.20	3,125	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,423	141.92	2,019	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,201	131.14	1,576	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	735	110.75	814	2thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,070	$2,575	1thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	430	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,140	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	610	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,434	1
Bulls	Medium 1	850–900	875	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium 1	900–950	905	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	272.44/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,272	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	269.71/cwt	267.50–272.00	1,389	2
Steers	Small and Medium 2	350–400	370	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	240.45/cwt	239.00–245.00	1,248	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,083	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	912	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	260.77/cwt	252.00–270.00	1,499	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	600–650	635	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	953	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,071	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	568	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,079	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Value Added	—	1,500	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,340	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	143.12/cwt	131.00–165.00	1,663	6
Bulls	—	—	1,903	164.20/cwt	160.00–169.00	3,125	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	149.56/cwt	144.00–153.00	2,091	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	645	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	887	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	693	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Value Added	—	1,155	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,079	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	120.33/cwt	116.00–129.00	1,437	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	114.01/cwt	113.00–115.00	1,565	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	129.58/cwt	121.00–139.00	1,843	3

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 Feb 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 28Last week 221Year ago 107

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 49Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 11Year ago 3

Slaughter cattle 4.00 To 5.00 Lower Feeder cattle 5.00 To 13.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light {Cold Weather } Quality Attractive One Hog

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	610	235.00	235.00
1	850–900	875	184.00	184.00
1	900–950	905	174.00	174.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	315.00	315.00
1	350–400	390	302.00	302.00
3	450–500	467	270.00–277.50	272.44
2	500–550	515	267.50–272.00	269.71
2	550–600	575	252.00–270.00	260.77
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	150.00	150.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	470	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	405	267.50	267.50
4	500–550	519	239.00–245.00	240.45
1	650–700	685	212.50	212.50
1	950–1000	955	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	568	190.00	190.00

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	1	—	1,070	2,575.00	2,575.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	156.00	156.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,162	131.00–165.00	143.12
8	—	1,194	116.00–129.00	120.33
2	—	1,373	113.00–115.00	114.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,398	144.00–153.00	149.56
3	—	1,422	121.00–139.00	129.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	137.50	137.50
1	—	825	84.00	84.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	180.00	180.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,903	160.00–169.00	164.20

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

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle