Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 3.00 To 9.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 13.00 To 17.00 Higher Demand Very Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive Hogs 3 Sheep 2 Head calves 775.00 To 825.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $310.03/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 3 of 21 comparable sales and sits −46.38 against this barn's trailing median of $356.41.

Average price

$310.03

30 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$42.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.01

vs NC average

−40.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	318.58	1,787	24
Medium 1	552	275.83	1,523	6thin

One grade step is worth $42.76/cwt here — about $264 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 sale30 hd

310.03

—

NC average8 barns · 204 hd

316.04

−6.01

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−40.54

This barn, trailing median21 sales

356.41

−46.38

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	1,148	176.00	2,020	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,389	161.96	2,249	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,078	155.94	1,681	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	880	127.00	1,118	1thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	880	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	850	$1,725	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,070	$1,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	995	$3,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	398.00/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,843	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	311.71/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,914	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	378.29/cwt	376.00–385.00	1,525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,222	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	263.74/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,999	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	320.56/cwt	315.00–326.00	2,270	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,180	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,428	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	390.44/cwt	370.00–402.50	1,659	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	321.60/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,827	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,390	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	381.01/cwt	380.00–382.00	1,943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	349.54/cwt	336.00–352.50	2,003	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,201	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	343.67/cwt	330.00–357.50	1,574	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	315.59/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,660	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,312	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	319.37/cwt	305.00–326.00	1,820	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	367.31/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	315.92/cwt	313.00–331.00	2,117	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	328.23/cwt	320.00–336.00	2,028	2
Bulls	—	—	1,245	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,042	1
Bulls	—	—	1,050	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,974	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,004	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,008	133.90/cwt	124.00–148.00	1,350	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	185.32/cwt	170.00–206.00	2,172	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,118	1
Heifers	Medium 2	650–700	667	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,734	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	475	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,235	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	300–350	315	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	378	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	600–650	600	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,020	1
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	353	280.98/cwt	279.00–285.00	992	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	166.44/cwt	165.00–168.00	2,377	2
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	340	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium 1	200–250	215	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	383	314.39/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,204	4
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	568	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,647	2
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	520	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	628	256.68/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,612	3
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	544	268.74/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,462	4
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	423	320.03/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,354	2
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	423	274.48/cwt	260.00–287.50	1,161	2
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	300	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,013	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	608	290.02/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,763	2
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	370	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	981	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	528	327.61/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,730	2
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	665	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,929	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	460	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,113	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	614	288.49/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,771	4
Heifers	Medium 1	750–800	795	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,868	1
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	480	342.60/cwt	337.50–347.50	1,644	2
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	520	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,508	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	430	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,226	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	850	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	880	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	680	277.61/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,888	4
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	395	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,067	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	403	337.52/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,360	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	353.15/cwt	352.50–355.00	1,801	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,984	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	575	277.72/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,597	2
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	486	320.55/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,558	8

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 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 165Last week 152Year ago 200

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 46Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 5Year ago 9

Slaughter Cattle 3.00 To 9.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 13.00 To 17.00 Higher Demand Very Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive Hogs 3 Sheep 2 Head calves 775.00 To 825.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	370.00–402.50	390.44
4	450–500	463	390.00–405.00	398.00
2	500–550	510	380.00–382.00	381.01
13	550–600	573	336.00–352.50	349.54
3	600–650	638	345.00	345.00
1	650–700	670	345.00	345.00
2	700–750	708	315.00–326.00	320.56
1	750–800	750	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	265.00	265.00
2	450–500	480	337.50–347.50	342.60
1	500–550	520	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	510	352.50–355.00	353.15
1	600–650	640	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	420	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	465	370.00	370.00
2	500–550	503	350.00	350.00
3	550–600	568	315.00–325.00	321.60
2	600–650	618	320.00–336.00	328.23
1	750–800	765	285.00	285.00
1	950–1000	950	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	375.00	375.00
1	350–400	395	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	423	260.00–287.50	274.48
1	450–500	460	242.00	242.00
2	500–550	528	320.00–335.00	327.61
2	550–600	575	265.00–290.00	277.72
4	600–650	614	275.00–300.00	288.49
1	650–700	665	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	382.00	382.00
4	350–400	384	345.00–385.00	367.31
4	400–450	403	376.00–385.00	378.29
2	450–500	458	330.00–357.50	343.67
5	500–550	526	310.00–327.50	315.59
19	550–600	570	305.00–326.00	319.37
6	600–650	614	300.00–317.00	311.71
9	650–700	670	313.00–331.00	315.92
1	700–750	715	260.00	260.00
2	750–800	758	260.00–267.50	263.74
1	800–850	820	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	353	279.00–285.00	280.98
1	400–450	430	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	475	260.00	260.00
3	600–650	628	250.00–260.00	256.68
1	650–700	667	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	260.00	260.00
1	300–350	300	337.50	337.50
4	350–400	383	300.00–320.00	314.39
2	400–450	423	315.00–325.00	320.03
8	450–500	486	300.00–327.50	320.55
4	500–550	544	260.00–280.00	268.74
2	550–600	568	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	608	285.00–295.00	290.02
4	650–700	680	270.00–280.00	277.61
1	750–800	795	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	335.00–340.00	337.52
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	120.00	120.00
1	600–650	600	170.00	170.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	1,725.00	1,725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	880	1,900.00	1,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	3,050.00	3,050.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	164.00	164.00
1	—	1,050	188.00	188.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	153.00	153.00
2	—	1,428	165.00–168.00	166.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,008	124.00–148.00	133.90
3	—	1,172	170.00–206.00	185.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	127.00	127.00

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

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

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle