Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 7.00 To 8.00 Higher Feeder cattle 5.00 To 12.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $285.94/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 2 of 21 comparable sales and sits −70.46 against this barn's trailing median of $356.41.

Average price

$285.94

29 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$484

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$80.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.69

vs NC average

−35.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	301.20	1,696	14thin
Medium and Large 2	532	294.75	1,567	6thin
Medium 2	537	274.33	1,472	6thin
Medium 1	550	220.33	1,212	3thin

One grade step is worth $80.87/cwt here — about $484 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale29 hd

285.94

—

NC average10 barns · 342 hd

286.64

−0.69

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−35.80

This barn, trailing median21 sales

356.41

−70.46

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	—	Average	1,688	166.44	2,810	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,620	152.31	2,467	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,128	130.75	1,475	12

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,030	$2,225	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,159	$2,114	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	873	$1,725	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	915	$1,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$2,375	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,033	$2,294	2thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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	650–700	674	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,874	4
Heifers	Medium 2	750–800	775	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,434	1
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	595	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	278.89/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	332.09/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,763	4
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	330	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	248.22/cwt	244.00–252.50	1,750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	334.25/cwt	331.00–337.50	1,421	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	400–450	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	300–350	310	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	357.97/cwt	356.00–360.00	1,378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	210.43/cwt	203.00–218.00	1,742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	161.44/cwt	121.00–202.50	1,595	2
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	530	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,087	1
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	328	332.93/cwt	330.00–336.00	1,092	2
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	740	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	480	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,068	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	435	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,218	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	386.64/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,388	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	382	298.69/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,141	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	370.10/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,758	4
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	678	254.00/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,722	5
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	560	228.00/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	343.09/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,623	6
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	505	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,364	1
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	473	340.20/cwt	332.50–347.50	1,609	2
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	350–400	365	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	840	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	900–950	930	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,469	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	550–600	560	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	310.81/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,974	3
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	610	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	341.01/cwt	340.00–342.00	931	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	389.30/cwt	365.00–397.50	1,604	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	331.32/cwt	328.00–332.00	1,879	9
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	565	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	371.44/cwt	362.50–380.00	1,727	2
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	478	347.47/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,661	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,644	144.36/cwt	138.00–149.00	2,373	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,586	163.44/cwt	151.00–170.00	2,592	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	140.27/cwt	129.00–149.00	1,622	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	925	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	833	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,054	118.84/cwt	113.00–127.00	1,253	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,365	1
Bulls	—	—	1,561	170.64/cwt	161.00–177.50	2,664	6
Bulls	—	—	1,392	133.30/cwt	101.00–160.00	1,856	3
Bulls	—	—	2,101	185.00/cwt	181.00–193.00	3,887	4
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	820	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	2,225.00/head	2,050.00–2,400.00	2,225	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	2,294.49/head	1,975.00–2,700.00	2,294	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,159	2,114.41/head	1,500.00–2,500.00	2,114	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	1
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,265	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,607	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	338.86/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,765	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	344.73/cwt	342.50–355.00	1,517	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,823	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	293.79/cwt	285.00–298.00	1,998	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,350	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,862	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,068	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	277.23/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,735	8
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	470	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,257	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	443	230.06/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,019	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	288.85/cwt	287.50–292.50	1,664	10
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	615	237.48/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,461	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,912	1
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	420	267.62/cwt	245.00–292.50	1,124	2
Bulls	Medium 2	800–850	830	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,087	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	227.30/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,755	3
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	525	281.20/cwt	270.00–294.00	1,476	5
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	634	218.30/cwt	217.50–220.00	1,384	3
Heifers	Medium 2	650–700	678	242.41/cwt	237.50–247.50	1,644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	378.84/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,368	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,966	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	321.30/cwt	316.00–327.50	1,504	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	299.70/cwt	296.00–315.00	1,570	5
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	460	277.53/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,277	2
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	383	292.48/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,120	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 Mar 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 210Last week 71Year ago 156

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 34Year ago 58

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 5Year ago 7

Slaughter cattle 7.00 To 8.00 Higher Feeder cattle 5.00 To 12.00 Higher 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	290	335.00	335.00
1	300–350	340	355.00	355.00
2	350–400	385	356.00–360.00	357.97
2	400–450	425	331.00–337.50	334.25
6	450–500	473	340.00–350.00	343.09
4	500–550	531	320.00–347.50	332.09
10	550–600	576	287.50–292.50	288.85
4	600–650	607	272.50–285.00	278.89
4	650–700	674	278.00	278.00
2	700–750	705	244.00–252.50	248.22
3	750–800	772	226.00–230.00	227.30
2	800–850	828	203.00–218.00	210.43
2	850–900	850	197.00	197.00
2	950–1000	988	121.00–202.50	161.44
1	1000–1050	1,000	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	256.00	256.00
2	350–400	383	290.00–295.00	292.48
2	400–450	443	220.00–240.00	230.06
2	450–500	460	275.00–280.00	277.53
5	500–550	525	270.00–294.00	281.20
1	550–600	595	240.00	240.00
3	600–650	634	217.50–220.00	218.30
2	650–700	678	237.50–247.50	242.41
1	750–800	775	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	139.00	139.00
1	400–450	435	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	468	316.00–327.50	321.30
5	500–550	524	296.00–315.00	299.70
1	550–600	570	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	330.00–336.00	332.93
3	350–400	382	275.00–310.00	298.69
1	400–450	435	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	480	222.50	222.50
1	500–550	530	205.00	205.00
2	550–600	560	221.00–235.00	228.00
2	600–650	615	235.00–240.00	237.48
5	650–700	678	250.00–257.50	254.00
1	700–750	740	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	359	370.00–395.00	386.64
4	450–500	475	360.00–385.00	370.10
1	500–550	515	315.00	315.00
3	600–650	635	305.00–317.50	310.81
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	332.50–347.50	340.20
1	500–550	505	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	245.00	245.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	560	190.00	190.00
1	900–950	930	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	340.00–342.00	341.01
1	300–350	305	350.00	350.00
4	350–400	361	370.00–395.00	378.84
16	400–450	412	365.00–397.50	389.30
2	450–500	465	362.50–380.00	371.44
5	500–550	521	330.00–346.00	338.86
9	550–600	567	328.00–332.00	331.32
8	600–650	626	265.00–290.00	277.23
3	650–700	680	285.00–298.00	293.79
3	700–750	715	275.00	275.00
1	850–900	895	208.00	208.00
1	900–950	915	209.00	209.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	478	337.50–350.00	347.47
1	550–600	565	295.50	295.50
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	245.00–292.50	267.62
1	450–500	470	267.50	267.50
1	550–600	550	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	830	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	360.00	360.00
10	400–450	440	342.50–355.00	344.73
1	450–500	465	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	510	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	675	270.00	270.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,644	138.00–149.00	144.36
5	—	1,586	151.00–170.00	163.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,156	129.00–149.00	140.27
1	—	925	90.00	90.00
4	—	1,054	113.00–127.00	118.84
1	—	1,460	162.00	162.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,561	161.00–177.50	170.64
3	—	1,392	101.00–160.00	133.30
4	—	2,101	181.00–193.00	185.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	820	1,825.00	1,825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,030	2,050.00–2,400.00	2,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	915	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,159	1,500.00–2,500.00	2,114.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	1,625.00	1,625.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,033	1,975.00–2,700.00	2,294.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	2,375.00	2,375.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle