Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Sale Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive 2 Goats Head Calves 380.00 To 1060.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $327.02/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 5 of 21 comparable sales and sits −29.39 against this barn's trailing median of $356.41.

Average price

$327.02

26 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$440

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$71.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.13

vs NC average

−41.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	341.39	1,844	18thin
Medium 1	563	302.87	1,705	6thin
Medium 2	520	270.14	1,405	2thin

One grade step is worth $71.25/cwt here — about $440 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 sale26 hd

327.02

—

NC average9 barns · 305 hd

329.15

−2.13

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

−41.32

This barn, trailing median21 sales

356.41

−29.39

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	1,352	180.10	2,435	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,509	182.74	2,758	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,167	154.01	1,797	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	820	133.00	1,091	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,315	$2,575	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,095	$2,725	1thin

Every lot, as filed

109 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	200–250	240	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	376.97/cwt	374.00–380.00	2,205	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	456.71/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,895	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,886	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,766	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	410.42/cwt	400.00–422.50	1,108	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	464.32/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,741	7
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,022	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	350.03/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,643	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	349.21/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,620	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	325.16/cwt	310.00–340.00	2,335	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,374	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	304.96/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,028	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,244	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,755	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,023	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	367.83/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,740	11
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,813	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	353.85/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,709	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	342.63/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,950	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	340.60/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,778	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	329.36/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,190	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	321.99/cwt	310.00–340.00	2,035	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	379.66/cwt	375.00–392.50	1,549	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	759	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	392.63/cwt	380.00–408.00	2,167	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	383.69/cwt	370.00–397.50	2,007	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	478.39/cwt	470.00–487.50	1,746	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	418.46/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,009	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,006	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	448.75/cwt	437.50–460.00	2,019	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	250–300	270	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	729	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	500–550	525	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	998	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	350–400	380	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	265.79/cwt	260.00–270.00	2,185	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	291.56/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,251	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	300.62/cwt	292.50–305.00	2,173	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	450–500	475	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,259	1
Bulls	—	—	1,560	196.07/cwt	189.00–202.00	3,059	3
Bulls	—	—	1,225	176.67/cwt	173.00–179.00	2,164	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,561	174.86/cwt	171.00–180.00	2,730	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Value Added	—	1,130	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,384	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	126.38/cwt	122.00–130.00	1,460	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	160.24/cwt	155.00–169.00	2,001	6
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	400	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,720	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	380	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,596	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Value Added	—	1,200	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,760	1
Bulls	—	—	1,110	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,582	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,059	144.23/cwt	135.00–153.00	1,527	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	820	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,091	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	395	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,304	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	516	329.01/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,698	5
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	569	334.59/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,904	4
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	685	302.45/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,072	2
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	620	292.26/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,812	2
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	477	306.57/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,462	3
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	500–550	535	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,177	1
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	520	305.14/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,587	2
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	445	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,179	1
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	520	270.14/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,405	2
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	600	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,620	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	850–900	873	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,816	2
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	750–800	763	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,679	4
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	375	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,331	1
Bulls	Medium 2	600–650	640	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,584	1
Bulls	Medium 2	250–300	290	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	972	1
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	375	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,669	1
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	340	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,292	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	583	303.04/cwt	297.50–310.00	1,767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	336.21/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,118	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	490.04/cwt	485.00–495.00	1,411	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	449.77/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,475	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	406.33/cwt	402.50–410.00	1,950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	401.76/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,523	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	362.28/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,029	2
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	477	334.54/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,596	6
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	423	358.53/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,517	7
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	280	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	980	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	2,575.00/head	2,225.00–2,750.00	2,575	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	2,725.00/head	2,725.00–2,725.00	2,725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,930	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	523	302.54/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,582	2
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	675	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,329	1
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	600	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,920	1
Bulls	Medium 1	250–300	268	435.33/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,167	2
Heifers	Medium 1	950–1000	980	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,936	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	476	385.61/cwt	367.50–390.00	1,836	5
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	550–600	570	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,140	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	700–750	700	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	665	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,862	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	615	300.83/cwt	297.50–305.00	1,850	3
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	379	363.50/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,378	4
Bulls	Medium 2	650–700	695	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,286	1
Bulls	Medium 2	300–350	320	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,072	1
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	425	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,063	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 Sep 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 237Last week 201Year ago 258

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 25Year ago 58

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 6Year ago 16

No Sale Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive 2 Goats Head Calves 380.00 To 1060.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	410.00	410.00
2	250–300	270	400.00–422.50	410.42
1	300–350	315	420.00	420.00
7	350–400	375	460.00–465.00	464.32
6	400–450	408	375.00–392.50	379.66
11	450–500	473	360.00–377.50	367.83
11	500–550	522	320.00–360.00	340.60
7	550–600	569	335.00–355.00	342.63
5	600–650	632	310.00–340.00	321.99
2	650–700	665	300.00–310.00	304.96
4	700–750	723	292.50–305.00	300.62
1	1050–1100	1,060	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	395.00–415.00	401.76
2	450–500	483	350.00–357.50	353.85
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	445	265.00	265.00
1	450–500	495	280.00	280.00
2	500–550	520	265.00–275.00	270.14
1	600–650	600	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	350.00	350.00
4	350–400	379	350.00–380.00	363.50
7	400–450	423	350.00–365.00	358.53
6	450–500	477	325.00–345.00	334.54
2	500–550	523	300.00–305.00	302.54
4	550–600	583	297.50–310.00	303.04
3	600–650	615	297.50–305.00	300.83
1	650–700	665	280.00	280.00
1	950–1000	980	197.50	197.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	370.00	370.00
1	300–350	300	445.00	445.00
1	350–400	385	470.00	470.00
4	450–500	480	405.00–435.00	418.46
1	500–550	515	395.00	395.00
2	550–600	585	374.00–380.00	376.97
1	600–650	640	367.50	367.50
1	650–700	655	362.50	362.50
2	700–750	718	310.00–340.00	325.16
2	750–800	755	345.00–355.00	350.03
1	800–850	825	325.00	325.00
1	850–900	880	324.00	324.00
1	950–1000	970	297.50	297.50
1	1000–1050	1,015	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	375	445.00	445.00
1	550–600	590	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	600	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	675	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	485.00–495.00	490.04
2	300–350	328	440.00–460.00	449.77
2	350–400	365	470.00–487.50	478.39
3	400–450	415	450.00–460.00	456.71
2	450–500	450	437.50–460.00	448.75
8	500–550	523	370.00–397.50	383.69
3	550–600	552	380.00–408.00	392.63
4	600–650	630	320.00–345.00	336.21
5	650–700	665	320.00–345.00	329.36
1	700–750	710	282.50	282.50
3	750–800	772	280.00–300.00	291.56
3	800–850	822	260.00–270.00	265.79
1	950–1000	965	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	450.00	450.00
2	450–500	480	402.50–410.00	406.33
1	500–550	530	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	560	350.00–375.00	362.28
1	850–900	860	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	270.00	270.00
1	350–400	380	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	475	265.00	265.00
2	500–550	525	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	430.00–440.00	435.33
1	350–400	380	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	400	430.00	430.00
5	450–500	476	367.50–390.00	385.61
5	500–550	516	325.00–335.00	329.01
4	550–600	569	325.00–345.00	334.59
2	600–650	620	285.00–300.00	292.26
2	650–700	685	295.00–310.00	302.45
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	335.00	335.00
1	300–350	320	335.00	335.00
1	350–400	375	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	425	250.00	250.00
3	450–500	477	300.00–310.00	306.57
2	500–550	520	300.00–310.00	305.14
1	600–650	640	247.50	247.50
1	650–700	695	185.00	185.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	365.00	365.00
3	300–350	323	385.00	385.00
2	400–450	405	370.00	370.00
7	450–500	464	345.00–355.00	349.21
4	500–550	518	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	578	350.00	350.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	570	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	700	180.00	180.00
4	750–800	763	220.00	220.00
2	850–900	873	208.00	208.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,560	189.00–202.00	196.07
3	—	1,225	173.00–179.00	176.67
1	—	1,110	142.50	142.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,561	171.00–180.00	174.86
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	211.00	211.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	122.00–130.00	126.38
6	—	1,249	155.00–169.00	160.24
4	—	1,059	135.00–153.00	144.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	230.00	230.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	133.00	133.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,315	2,225.00–2,750.00	2,575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	2,725.00	2,725.00

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

WNC Regional Livestock Center - Canton, NC

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