Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 7.00 To 8.00 Higher Feeder Cattle Heifers And Steers 8.00 To 15.00 Lower Bulls 3.00 To 7.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive Baby Calves 350 2 Hogs

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $359.20/cwt on 10 head, up $6.66 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 13 of 21 comparable sales and sits +2.79 against this barn's trailing median of $356.41.

Average price

$359.20

▲ 6.66 vs prior sale

10 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,001

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$316

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$55.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.47

vs NC average

−57.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	375.49	2,092	5thin
Medium 1	558	358.16	2,000	3thin
Medium 2	555	320.00	1,776	2thin

One grade step is worth $55.49/cwt here — about $316 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 sale10 hd

359.20

—

NC average9 barns · 313 hd

375.66

−16.47

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

−57.91

This barn, trailing median21 sales

356.41

+2.79

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	1,714	199.40	3,419	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,414	172.16	2,434	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,117	161.37	1,802	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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	880	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,090	$2,425	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	995	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	825	$1,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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	800–850	815	330.28/cwt	315.00–345.00	2,692	2
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	620	315.36/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,955	2
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	453.10/cwt	447.50–465.00	1,649	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	382.46/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	480.08/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,488	2
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	455	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,176	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	347.44/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,293	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,372	1
Heifers	Medium 1	750–800	770	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,464	1
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	690	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	348.77/cwt	347.50–350.00	2,487	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	418.37/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,017	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	365.41/cwt	360.00–372.50	2,273	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	492.56/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,108	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,720	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	455	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,866	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	432	412.79/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,783	9
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	570	357.24/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,036	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,463	1
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	518	332.75/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,724	2
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	750–800	770	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,617	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	520	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	508.36/cwt	505.00–510.00	1,840	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,617	2
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	443	427.51/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,894	2
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	615	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,399	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,229	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	700–750	735	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	455.01/cwt	440.00–457.50	2,398	7
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	440	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	474.63/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,245	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,516	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	550	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,516	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	381.18/cwt	375.00–387.50	2,432	2
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	317	501.63/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,590	3
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	665	351.64/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,338	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,138	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,717	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,089	171.68/cwt	166.00–177.00	1,870	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	167.35/cwt	164.00–172.00	2,428	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	181.78/cwt	176.00–187.00	2,436	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,133	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	180.93/cwt	178.00–184.00	2,005	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,457	1
Bulls	—	—	1,958	223.21/cwt	219.00–228.00	4,370	2
Bulls	—	—	1,552	183.53/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,848	3
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	880	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	2,425.23/head	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,425	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	825	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	455	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,843	2
Bulls	Medium 2	600–650	640	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,080	1
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	510	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,989	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,444	1
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	597	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,209	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,948	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,892	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,871	1
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	440	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,220	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	420	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	367.54/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,481	2
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	535	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,926	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,554	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	450.10/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,318	2
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	488	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,220	2
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	595	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,321	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	340.07/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,432	2
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	545	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,771	1
Heifers	Medium 2	750–800	750	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,250	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	380	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,292	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	623	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,212	2
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	525	428.43/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,249	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,454	1
Heifers	Medium 2	800–850	800	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,120	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	373	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,604	2
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	395	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,462	1
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	285	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	370.85/cwt	365.00–377.50	2,151	3
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	431.70/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,843	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 May 11, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 135Last week 149Year ago 119

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 50Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 15Year ago 0

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	490.00	490.00
1	250–300	280	490.00	490.00
2	300–350	310	475.00–485.00	480.08
4	350–400	364	447.50–465.00	453.10
3	400–450	427	430.00–435.00	431.70
3	450–500	482	410.00–425.00	418.37
2	500–550	523	380.00–385.00	382.46
3	550–600	580	365.00–377.50	370.85
6	600–650	622	360.00–372.50	365.41
2	650–700	660	340.00–355.00	347.44
2	700–750	713	347.50–350.00	348.77
1	750–800	755	350.00	350.00
2	800–850	815	315.00–345.00	330.28
1	850–900	850	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	430	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	455	342.00	342.00
1	500–550	545	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	565	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	620	300.00–330.00	315.36
1	750–800	750	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	800	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	460.00	460.00
2	350–400	373	430.00	430.00
9	400–450	432	410.00–415.00	412.79
1	450–500	455	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	535	360.00	360.00
2	550–600	570	350.00–365.00	357.24
1	650–700	690	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	770	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	505.00–510.00	508.36
3	400–450	428	485.00–505.00	492.56
2	450–500	473	465.00–485.00	474.63
7	500–550	527	440.00–457.50	455.01
1	550–600	590	417.50	417.50
2	600–650	605	432.50	432.50
1	700–750	740	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	445.00	445.00
2	500–550	518	315.00–350.00	332.75
1	600–650	615	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	425.00–430.00	427.51
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	735	172.50	172.50
1	750–800	770	210.00	210.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	550	265.00	265.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	565.00	565.00
1	300–350	315	545.00	545.00
1	350–400	390	485.00	485.00
1	400–450	410	475.00	475.00
1	450–500	460	482.50	482.50
2	500–550	515	445.00–455.00	450.10
1	550–600	575	425.00	425.00
2	600–650	638	375.00–387.50	381.18
2	650–700	675	365.00–370.00	367.54
2	700–750	715	335.00–345.00	340.07
1	750–800	755	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	825	305.00	305.00
1	850–900	855	250.00	250.00
1	950–1000	990	189.00	189.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	500.00–505.00	501.63
1	350–400	380	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	420	445.00	445.00
2	450–500	488	455.00	455.00
3	500–550	525	420.00–435.00	428.43
1	550–600	595	390.00	390.00
2	600–650	623	355.00	355.00
3	650–700	665	350.00–355.00	351.64
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	385.00	385.00
2	450–500	455	405.00	405.00
2	500–550	510	390.00	390.00
3	550–600	597	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	640	325.00	325.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,089	166.00–177.00	171.68
1	—	1,205	94.00	94.00
2	—	1,108	178.00–184.00	180.93
1	—	1,240	117.50	117.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,451	164.00–172.00	167.35
4	—	1,340	176.00–187.00	181.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,958	219.00–228.00	223.21
3	—	1,552	180.00–185.00	183.53

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	—	880	2,550.00	2,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,090	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,425.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	995	2,200.00	2,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	1,400.00	1,400.00

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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