Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 2.00 To 6.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 25.00 30.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive Head Calve 625.00 2 Hogs

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.53/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 5 of 21 comparable sales and sits −22.88 against this barn's trailing median of $356.41.

Average price

$333.53

10 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,771

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$50.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.63

vs NC average

−56.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	348.32	1,869	6thin
Medium 1	513	325.00	1,667	2thin
Medium 2	533	297.68	1,587	2thin

One grade step is worth $50.63/cwt here — about $282 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale10 hd

333.53

—

NC average8 barns · 305 hd

323.89

+9.63

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−56.39

This barn, trailing median21 sales

356.41

−22.88

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	1,871	177.38	3,319	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	810	140.00	1,134	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,500	134.26	2,014	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,151	130.37	1,501	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 (5-8 yrs)	1,370	$2,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,205	$1,869	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,215	$1,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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 2	150–200	165	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	413	1
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	530	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	452.65/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,929	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	463.32/cwt	462.50–465.00	1,450	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,008	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	420	205.95/cwt	175.00–240.00	865	2
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	200–250	235	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,044	1
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,100	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	200–250	245	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	478	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	480	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,436	1
Steers	Medium 1	250–300	255	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	918	1
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	629	342.73/cwt	320.00–365.00	2,156	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	451.64/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,603	3
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	600–650	630	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	977	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,390	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,932	1
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	275	344.82/cwt	340.00–350.00	948	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,997	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,055	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,903	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,053	1
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	533	297.68/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	377.10/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,754	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,423	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	401.09/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,648	4
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	645	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,613	1
Heifers	Medium 1	800–850	830	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,868	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	415	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium 2	650–700	663	199.72/cwt	185.00–215.00	1,324	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,463	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,018	113.34/cwt	108.00–120.00	1,154	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,033	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	132.18/cwt	126.00–139.00	1,532	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	154.21/cwt	151.00–158.00	2,318	2
Bulls	—	—	1,783	157.95/cwt	156.00–160.00	2,816	2
Bulls	—	—	1,896	182.93/cwt	176.00–192.00	3,468	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	810	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,134	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	141.87/cwt	137.00–145.00	2,217	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	102.88/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,443	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	1,868.62/head	1,700.00–1,950.00	1,869	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,370	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	180	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium 2	200–250	228	228.46/cwt	210.00–250.00	521	2
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	510	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,983	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,771	1
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	390	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,209	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,830	2
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	478	283.62/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,356	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,922	1
Bulls	Medium 2	700–750	725	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	443	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,551	2
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	335	250.35/cwt	220.00–275.00	839	3
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	481	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,684	4
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	513	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	346.69/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,935	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	349.94/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,802	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	403.39/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,525	3

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 Dec 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 92Last week 70Year ago 150

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 17Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 4Year ago 7

Slaughter Cattle 2.00 To 6.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 25.00 30.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive Head Calve 625.00 2 Hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	165	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	530	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	725	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	462.50–465.00	463.32
2	350–400	373	450.00–455.00	452.65
1	400–450	410	432.00	432.00
1	450–500	460	395.00	395.00
1	500–550	515	385.00	385.00
1	550–600	595	337.50	337.50
1	600–650	610	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	665	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	320.00	320.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	195.00	195.00
2	400–450	420	175.00–240.00	205.95
1	450–500	480	195.00	195.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	630	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	400.00	400.00
2	250–300	278	500.00	500.00
3	350–400	355	450.00–455.00	451.64
1	450–500	480	407.50	407.50
1	550–600	560	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	615	400.00	400.00
1	700–750	700	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	840	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	360.00	360.00
4	600–650	629	320.00–365.00	342.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	180	400.00	400.00
1	250–300	260	405.00	405.00
3	300–350	343	415.00	415.00
3	350–400	378	400.00–405.00	403.39
4	400–450	411	390.00–410.00	401.09
2	450–500	465	365.00–390.00	377.10
3	500–550	515	345.00–355.00	349.94
3	550–600	558	340.00–350.00	346.69
1	600–650	605	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	685	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	725	262.50	262.50
1	800–850	840	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	340.00–350.00	344.82
2	400–450	443	350.00	350.00
4	450–500	481	350.00	350.00
2	500–550	513	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	645	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	830	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	210.00–250.00	228.46
3	300–350	335	220.00–275.00	250.35
1	350–400	390	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	415	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	478	270.00–305.00	283.62
2	500–550	533	285.00–310.00	297.68
2	650–700	663	185.00–215.00	199.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	375.00	375.00
2	600–650	610	295.00–305.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,018	108.00–120.00	113.34
1	—	1,355	150.00	150.00
8	—	1,159	126.00–139.00	132.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,503	151.00–158.00	154.21
3	—	1,563	137.00–145.00	141.87
2	—	1,403	100.00–106.00	102.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	140.00	140.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,783	156.00–160.00	157.95
7	—	1,896	176.00–192.00	182.93

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,215	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,205	1,700.00–1,950.00	1,868.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,370	2,950.00	2,950.00

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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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

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle