Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 3.00 To 5.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 4.00 To 8.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive Head Calves 750.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $313.04/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 3 of 21 comparable sales and sits −43.37 against this barn's trailing median of $356.41.

Average price

$313.04

15 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$34.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.15

vs NC average

−55.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	320.02	1,693	12thin
Medium 1	522	285.14	1,488	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.88/cwt here — about $205 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale15 hd

313.04

—

NC average9 barns · 395 hd

334.19

−21.15

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−55.87

This barn, trailing median21 sales

356.41

−43.37

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	1,752	188.15	3,296	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	760	173.00	1,315	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,370	152.14	2,084	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,109	147.23	1,633	11

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,350	$2,325	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	740	$1,075	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	535	$1,950	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	950–1000	990	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,129	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,329	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,434	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,131	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	320.20/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,681	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	339.63/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,559	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,328	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	894	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	373.65/cwt	365.00–382.50	1,700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	350.86/cwt	347.50–353.00	2,133	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	362.15/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,539	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	410.79/cwt	400.00–422.50	1,499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	180	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,275	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,984	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	395.54/cwt	387.50–400.00	1,523	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,154	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,133	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	370.94/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,940	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,058	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	156.15/cwt	152.00–162.00	1,886	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,035	139.99/cwt	131.00–145.00	1,449	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Value Added	—	725	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,414	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	795	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,200	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Value Added	—	1,060	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,961	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,243	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	740	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	535	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,275	161.16/cwt	155.00–169.00	2,055	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,412	148.13/cwt	142.00–154.00	2,092	9
Bulls	—	—	1,826	193.28/cwt	187.00–201.00	3,529	6
Bulls	—	—	1,530	172.75/cwt	169.00–175.00	2,643	2
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	445	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,602	1
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	695	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,085	2
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	375	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium 1	700–750	715	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,788	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	585	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,682	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	1
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	775	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,286	1
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	460	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,633	1
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	485	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	752	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	350	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,278	1
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	683	172.64/cwt	160.00–185.00	1,179	2
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	250–300	270	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	425	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,413	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	605	289.96/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,754	2
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	628	284.98/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,790	2
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	318	338.90/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,078	2
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	475	374.89/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,781	2
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	517	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,835	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	445	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,513	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	522	285.14/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,488	3
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	670	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,843	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	475	316.42/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,503	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,921	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,622	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,341	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	407.02/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,294	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	346.31/cwt	340.00–352.50	1,939	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	396.20/cwt	387.50–405.00	1,854	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,713	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,726	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 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 151Last week 238Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 38Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 5Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle 3.00 To 5.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 4.00 To 8.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive Head Calves 750.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	420.00	420.00
1	350–400	395	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	443	390.00	390.00
2	450–500	468	387.50–405.00	396.20
8	500–550	523	365.00–375.00	370.94
4	550–600	572	372.50	372.50
4	600–650	608	347.50–353.00	350.86
1	650–700	685	340.00	340.00
8	700–750	700	332.50	332.50
1	750–800	790	345.00	345.00
5	800–850	840	323.00	323.00
2	850–900	885	275.00	275.00
1	950–1000	990	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	360.00	360.00
2	450–500	475	370.00–380.00	374.89
3	500–550	517	355.00	355.00
2	650–700	695	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	775	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	365.00	365.00
4	300–350	329	387.50	387.50
4	350–400	385	387.50–400.00	395.54
2	400–450	425	355.00–370.00	362.15
14	450–500	459	335.00–345.00	339.63
11	500–550	525	315.00–327.50	320.20
1	550–600	575	318.00	318.00
12	600–650	605	328.00	328.00
1	750–800	755	310.00	310.00
1	800–850	805	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	320.00–360.00	338.90
1	350–400	350	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	445	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
3	500–550	522	270.00–300.00	285.14
2	600–650	628	280.00–290.00	284.98
2	650–700	683	160.00–185.00	172.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	180	355.00	355.00
2	200–250	235	450.00	450.00
3	300–350	318	390.00–415.00	407.02
2	350–400	365	400.00–422.50	410.79
4	400–450	408	397.50	397.50
2	450–500	455	365.00–382.50	373.65
1	500–550	510	342.00	342.00
2	550–600	560	340.00–352.50	346.31
1	600–650	605	317.50	317.50
1	650–700	660	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	730	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	425	332.50	332.50
4	450–500	475	300.00–330.00	316.42
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	585	287.50	287.50
2	600–650	605	285.00–295.00	289.96
1	650–700	670	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	715	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	452	355.00	355.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	185.00	185.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,208	152.00–162.00	156.15
5	—	1,035	131.00–145.00	139.99
1	—	1,130	110.00	110.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	195.00	195.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	151.00	151.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	185.00	185.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,275	155.00–169.00	161.16
9	—	1,412	142.00–154.00	148.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,826	187.00–201.00	193.28
2	—	1,530	169.00–175.00	172.75

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	740	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,350	2,325.00	2,325.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	535	1,950.00	1,950.00

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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