Name: Canton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 2.00 To 7.00 Lower Feeder Cattle 8.00 T0 10.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average To Attractive Baby Calf 300.00 Head Calves 475.00 To 900.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $308.84/cwt on 10 head, down $14.21 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 21 comparable sales and sits −47.57 against this barn's trailing median of $356.41.

Average price

$308.84

▼ 14.21 vs prior sale

10 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,677

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$48.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.90

vs NC average

−51.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	318.54	1,730	8thin
Medium and Large 2	543	270.00	1,465	2thin

One grade step is worth $48.54/cwt here — about $265 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 sale10 hd

308.84

—

NC average9 barns · 163 hd

331.74

−22.90

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

−51.69

This barn, trailing median21 sales

356.41

−47.57

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,557	178.28	2,776	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,346	164.72	2,217	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	660	100.00	660	1thin

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)	1,110	$3,327	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,133	$2,916	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,485	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,155	$1,970	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,007	$3,336	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,112	$2,765	3thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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	400–450	422	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,498	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	335.18/cwt	330.00–340.00	955	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	320.75/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,982	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,347	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	2,915.56/head	2,750.00–3,050.00	2,916	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	3,326.80/head	3,300.00–3,350.00	3,327	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	3,429.37/head	3,075.00–3,700.00	3,429	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,829	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,880	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	340.00/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,421	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	331.59/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	301.60/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,994	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	335	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	519	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	178.28/cwt	174.00–186.00	2,776	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	182.58/cwt	179.00–190.00	2,288	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,435	162.36/cwt	155.00–173.00	2,330	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	660	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	660	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	148.55/cwt	143.00–153.00	1,612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	328.71/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,706	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	364.93/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,296	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,336	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,671	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,115	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	905	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,038	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,093	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,744	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	311.94/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,123	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,333	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	321.20/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,648	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,526	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	475	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	808	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,485	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,970.27/head	1,700.00–2,250.00	1,970	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	325	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,073	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	2,797.81/head	2,700.00–2,875.00	2,798	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 Jul 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 81Last week 128Year ago 152

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 43Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 18Year ago 5

Slaughter Cattle 2.00 To 7.00 Lower Feeder Cattle 8.00 T0 10.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average To Attractive Baby Calf 300.00 Head Calves 475.00 To 900.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	390.00	390.00
2	350–400	355	360.00–370.00	364.93
3	400–450	422	355.00	355.00
1	450–500	450	327.50	327.50
5	500–550	519	300.00–345.00	328.71
3	550–600	583	295.00–310.00	301.60
10	600–650	618	295.00–330.00	320.75
1	800–850	805	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	335.00	335.00
3	350–400	360	290.00–325.00	311.94
1	500–550	520	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	565	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	625	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	330.00–340.00	335.18
2	300–350	338	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	418	330.00–350.00	340.00
1	450–500	460	347.50	347.50
4	500–550	510	320.00–355.00	331.59
2	550–600	590	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	655	262.50	262.50
1	900–950	900	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	485	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	405	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	465	375.00	375.00
3	500–550	515	365.00	365.00
3	550–600	578	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	630	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	690	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	730	320.00	320.00
3	750–800	757	310.00	310.00
2	950–1000	980	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	513	300.00–335.00	321.20
3	700–750	728	280.00	280.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	155.00	155.00
1	450–500	475	170.00	170.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,133	2,750.00–3,050.00	2,915.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,110	3,300.00–3,350.00	3,326.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,485	2,550.00	2,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,155	1,700.00–2,250.00	1,970.27
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,045	3,075.00–3,700.00	3,429.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	3,150.00	3,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,168	2,700.00–2,875.00	2,797.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,557	174.00–186.00	178.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,253	179.00–190.00	182.58
9	—	1,435	155.00–173.00	162.36
2	—	1,085	143.00–153.00	148.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	100.00	100.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle