Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 5.00 To 10.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 4.00 To 8.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $382.09/cwt on 8 head, up $3.43 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 22 of 21 comparable sales and sits +25.68 against this barn's trailing median of $356.41.

Average price

$382.09

▲ 3.43 vs prior sale

8 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,035

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$437

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$82.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.06

vs NC average

−40.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	412.98	2,199	5thin
Medium and Large 2	533	330.59	1,762	3thin

One grade step is worth $82.39/cwt here — about $437 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 sale8 hd

382.09

—

NC average8 barns · 310 hd

377.03

+5.06

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−40.08

This barn, trailing median21 sales

356.41

+25.68

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	1,770	209.14	3,703	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,618	176.65	2,859	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,176	161.30	1,897	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	810	141.00	1,142	3thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,280	$3,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$2,969	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	972	$2,614	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,125	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	845	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	845	$1,650	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	830	$1,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	830	$3,950	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,170	$3,950	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,195	$3,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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	250–300	255	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	454.68/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,160	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	400.01/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,132	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	549.46/cwt	535.00–570.00	1,786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,881	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	3,950.00/head	3,950.00–3,950.00	3,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	324.84/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	322.02/cwt	305.00–340.00	2,335	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	495.10/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,896	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,277	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,608	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	2,969.18/head	2,150.00–3,450.00	2,969	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	2,952.27/head	2,550.00–3,550.00	2,952	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,834	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	970	136.42/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,323	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	740	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	962	1
Bulls	—	—	1,661	226.43/cwt	218.00–237.00	3,761	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,109	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	147.88/cwt	145.00–152.00	1,631	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	181.05/cwt	172.00–187.00	2,015	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	370	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,406	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	167.17/cwt	162.00–173.00	2,484	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,734	184.95/cwt	175.00–195.00	3,207	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,369	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	162.43/cwt	155.00–170.00	2,021	16
Bulls	—	—	1,858	195.31/cwt	192.00–199.00	3,629	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,168	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	845	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	830	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	845	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	805	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	520	382.52/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,989	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	465.27/cwt	440.00–490.00	2,164	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,921	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,388	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	330.59/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,762	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	315.03/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,396	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,438	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	436.78/cwt	390.00–445.00	1,896	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	383.97/cwt	360.00–402.00	2,384	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	410.03/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,329	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	566.97/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,871	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	550.44/cwt	510.00–595.00	2,026	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	510.43/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,174	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,268	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	493.94/cwt	460.00–540.00	1,768	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	428.99/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,029	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	425.07/cwt	395.00–427.50	2,155	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	464.80/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,971	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	536.18/cwt	520.00–545.00	2,000	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	366.62/cwt	345.00–390.00	2,486	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	3,253	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	467.18/cwt	456.00–485.00	2,429	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	519.38/cwt	512.50–530.00	2,176	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,625	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	3,950.00/head	3,950.00–3,950.00	3,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,255	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	413.73/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,184	4

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 Apr 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 164Last week 197Year ago 112

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 56Year ago 35

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 9Year ago 10

Slaughter Cattle 5.00 To 10.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 4.00 To 8.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	500.00–520.00	510.43
1	250–300	255	505.00	505.00
1	300–350	335	480.00	480.00
5	350–400	358	460.00–540.00	493.94
8	400–450	434	390.00–445.00	436.78
7	450–500	473	400.00–440.00	428.99
4	500–550	528	410.00–420.00	413.73
1	550–600	550	410.00	410.00
1	600–650	630	360.00	360.00
1	650–700	670	340.00	340.00
2	700–750	725	305.00–340.00	322.02
2	750–800	783	315.00–335.00	324.84
1	800–850	835	295.00	295.00
7	850–900	856	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	370.00	370.00
2	400–450	443	310.00–320.00	315.03
3	500–550	533	315.00–350.00	330.59
1	700–750	725	265.00	265.00
1	850–900	850	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	550.00–580.00	566.97
3	350–400	373	520.00–545.00	536.18
5	400–450	424	450.00–490.00	464.80
6	450–500	475	430.00–480.00	454.68
14	500–550	507	395.00–427.50	425.07
3	550–600	568	400.00–415.00	410.03
4	600–650	621	360.00–402.00	383.97
5	650–700	678	345.00–390.00	366.62
1	700–750	715	357.50	357.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	490.00–500.00	495.10
1	400–450	425	442.50	442.50
1	450–500	455	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	540	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	560	365.00	365.00
1	650–700	660	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	490.00	490.00
2	350–400	382	480.00	480.00
1	450–500	450	460.00	460.00
4	500–550	533	395.00–405.00	400.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	535.00–570.00	549.46
4	350–400	368	510.00–595.00	550.44
13	400–450	419	512.50–530.00	519.38
2	450–500	465	440.00–490.00	465.27
15	500–550	520	456.00–485.00	467.18
3	550–600	567	430.00	430.00
3	600–650	600	437.50	437.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	520	380.00–385.00	382.52

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	3,950.00	3,950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,195	3,550.00	3,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,170	3,950.00	3,950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	2,550.00	2,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,280	3,500.00	3,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,040	2,150.00–3,450.00	2,969.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,028	2,550.00–3,550.00	2,952.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	2,750.00	2,750.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	845	1,650.00	1,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	830	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	845	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	805	1,600.00	1,600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	970	134.00–139.00	136.42
5	—	1,103	145.00–152.00	147.88
5	—	1,113	172.00–187.00	181.05
16	—	1,244	155.00–170.00	162.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	130.00	130.00
1	—	840	132.00	132.00
1	—	850	161.00	161.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,486	162.00–173.00	167.17
8	—	1,734	175.00–195.00	184.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,661	218.00–237.00	226.43
5	—	1,858	192.00–199.00	195.31

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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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle