Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle Mostly Steady Feeder Cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Offerings Moderate Quality ATTRACTIVE

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $322.70/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 2 of 19 comparable sales and sits −55.94 against this barn's trailing median of $378.64.

Average price

$322.70

13 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,764

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$15.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.09

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	325.00	1,783	11thin
Medium 1	535	310.00	1,659	2thin

One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $125 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

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 sale13 hd

322.70

—

NC average9 barns · 287 hd

309.60

+13.09

This barn, trailing median19 sales

378.64

−55.94

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	1,607	189.19	3,040	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	153.54	2,395	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,067	136.50	1,457	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	820	118.30	970	4thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,265	$2,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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 and Large 1	200–250	243	412.63/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,003	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,047	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	415.48/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,093	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	309.69/cwt	290.00–322.50	1,939	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	341.28/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	353.82/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	326.25/cwt	312.50–337.50	1,700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	372.50/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,211	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	369.94/cwt	362.50–380.00	1,565	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	317.33/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,844	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	320.40/cwt	300.00–340.00	2,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	304.88/cwt	285.00–315.00	2,049	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	378.95/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,410	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	312.73/cwt	295.00–330.00	2,377	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	442.91/cwt	442.50–445.00	1,497	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	324.48/cwt	300.00–337.50	1,833	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	267.92/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,929	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	432.22/cwt	422.50–447.50	1,599	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,168	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	295.09/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,015	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	314.71/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,347	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	818	111.06/cwt	110.00–113.00	908	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	140.57/cwt	134.00–148.00	2,141	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	160.03/cwt	154.00–169.00	2,525	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	134.67/cwt	121.00–149.00	1,504	9
Bulls	—	—	1,464	186.04/cwt	162.00–207.50	2,724	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,061	165.41/cwt	152.00–185.00	1,755	5
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	415	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,224	1
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	305	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,144	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	500	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,550	1
Bulls	—	—	1,785	193.12/cwt	190.00–200.00	3,447	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	998	115.15/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,149	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,155	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	575	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,279	1
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	530	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,405	1
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	670	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,792	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	600	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	513	287.93/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,477	2
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	650–700	690	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,277	1
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	375	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,421	3
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	575	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,639	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	450	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,373	1
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	625	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,141	1
Bulls	Medium 1	750–800	755	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,812	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	435	325.11/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,414	2
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	482	335.00/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,615	3
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	469	309.96/cwt	280.00–330.00	1,454	7
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	545	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,717	1
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	440	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,144	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,248	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	325.44/cwt	317.50–337.50	1,741	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	367.79/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,710	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	728	271.76/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,978	3
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	340	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,088	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,613	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	314.05/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,311	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	352.41/cwt	337.50–380.00	1,702	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	329.92/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,194	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 Oct 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 155Last week 151Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 34Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 3Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle Mostly Steady Feeder Cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Offerings Moderate Quality ATTRACTIVE

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	400.00–425.00	412.63
1	250–300	260	480.00	480.00
6	300–350	338	442.50–445.00	442.91
4	350–400	370	422.50–447.50	432.22
2	400–450	428	305.00–325.00	314.71
9	450–500	465	360.00–370.00	367.79
6	500–550	535	317.50–337.50	325.44
5	550–600	565	300.00–337.50	324.48
2	650–700	683	290.00–300.00	295.09
5	700–750	720	260.00–285.00	267.92
2	750–800	758	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	335.00–347.50	341.28
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	415	295.00	295.00
7	450–500	469	280.00–330.00	309.96
1	500–550	500	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	570	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	600	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	670	267.50	267.50
1	750–800	755	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	450	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	460.00	460.00
2	350–400	353	442.50	442.50
3	450–500	483	337.50–380.00	352.41
2	500–550	515	350.00–357.50	353.82
1	550–600	550	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	633	300.00–340.00	320.40
2	650–700	665	325.00–335.00	329.92
5	700–750	736	310.00–315.00	314.05
2	750–800	760	295.00–330.00	312.73
1	800–850	835	310.00	310.00
5	850–900	851	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	379.00	379.00
1	500–550	545	315.00	315.00
1	550–600	575	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	405.00–425.00	415.48
4	300–350	325	360.00–380.00	372.50
7	350–400	372	370.00–392.50	378.95
5	400–450	423	362.50–380.00	369.94
1	450–500	465	360.00	360.00
4	500–550	521	312.50–337.50	326.25
4	550–600	581	300.00–330.00	317.33
8	600–650	626	290.00–322.50	309.69
3	650–700	672	285.00–315.00	304.88
1	700–750	720	325.00	325.00
1	850–900	850	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	347.50	347.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	435	320.00–330.00	325.11
3	450–500	482	330.00–340.00	335.00
2	500–550	513	270.00–305.00	287.93
3	700–750	728	255.00–280.00	271.76
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	625	182.50	182.50
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	575	222.50	222.50
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	185.00	185.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	818	110.00–113.00	111.06
1	—	825	140.00	140.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,523	134.00–148.00	140.57
4	—	1,578	154.00–169.00	160.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,117	121.00–149.00	134.67
5	—	1,061	152.00–185.00	165.41
6	—	998	110.00–120.00	115.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,464	162.00–207.50	186.04
4	—	1,785	190.00–200.00	193.12

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	2,900.00	2,900.00

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

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

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