Sale reports / North Carolina / Shelby Livestock Auction / 2019-10-22

Shelby Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shelby, North Carolina · Tue, Oct 22
● Final132 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2092
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 468▲ 403 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 162▲ 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 11▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Calves mostly steady. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 1 higher. Bulls mostly steady. 4 hogs Demand was moderate with cattle being at a regular rate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.74/cwt on 121 head.
Average price
$107.74
121 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$521
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$10
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$17.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.21
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2426119.3850813thin
Medium and Large 2545114.006211thin
Medium 2465113.1152636
Medium and Large 3530105.0555723
Small 1-2490101.7149848
One grade step is worth $17.67/cwt here — about $10 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale121 hd
107.74
—
NC average7 barns · 853 hd
102.53
+5.21
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,54975.641,17214
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46954.0379412
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18651.8761533
CowsLean 85-90%Average99438.983889thin

Every lot, as filed

132 lots · USDA AMS · Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange - Shelby, NC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersSmall 1-2Full—57094.00/cwt94.00–94.005361
HeifersSmall 1-2Full—310100.00/cwt100.00–100.003101
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—53696.37/cwt95.00–98.005174
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—57394.67/cwt94.00–95.005423
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—70892.48/cwt91.00–94.006552
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—38396.29/cwt95.00–97.503692
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—79093.00/cwt93.00–93.007351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—466136.30/cwt132.00–142.0063510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—373138.00/cwt128.00–149.0051510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—421138.51/cwt127.50–146.005839
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—528132.17/cwt128.00–136.006988
BullsSmall 1-2—710107.00/cwt107.00–107.007601
BullsSmall 1-2—660111.00/cwt111.00–111.007331
BullsSmall 1-2—625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006881
BullsSmall 1-2—435110.00/cwt110.00–110.004791
BullsSmall 1-2Full—64095.00/cwt95.00–95.006081
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy—54597.50/cwt97.50–97.505311
SteersMedium 2—479120.96/cwt116.00–125.005794
SteersMedium 2—517116.37/cwt112.50–119.006023
SteersMedium 2—340119.19/cwt115.00–122.504053
SteersMedium 2—568111.97/cwt111.00–113.006362
SteersMedium 2—355120.07/cwt115.00–125.004262
SteersMedium 2—780116.00/cwt116.00–116.009051
SteersMedium 2—420115.00/cwt115.00–115.004831
SteersMedium 2—265122.50/cwt122.50–122.503251
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—52596.00/cwt96.00–96.005041
HeifersSmall 1-2—474105.80/cwt101.00–111.005018
HeifersSmall 1-2—530106.17/cwt102.00–111.005636
HeifersSmall 1-2—423105.92/cwt102.50–108.004485
HeifersSmall 1-2—567107.32/cwt105.00–109.006093
HeifersSmall 1-2—375104.16/cwt100.00–110.003913
HeifersSmall 1-2—325104.23/cwt102.50–105.003393
HeifersSmall 1-2—610107.00/cwt106.00–108.006532
HeifersSmall 1-2Full—37593.00/cwt90.00–96.003492
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—41092.00/cwt92.00–92.003771
Bulls——1,20168.03/cwt67.00–69.008174
Bulls——1,64377.87/cwt70.00–84.001,2799
Bulls——2,09586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,8021
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18652.52/cwt47.00–59.0062329
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46954.03/cwt50.00–57.0079412
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03544.08/cwt43.00–46.004564
CowsLean 85-90%—96234.90/cwt31.00–41.003365
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27063.00/cwt63.00–63.008001
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15341.84/cwt34.00–46.004823
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy—425100.00/cwt100.00–100.004251
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—72595.00/cwt95.00–95.006891
BullsMedium and Large 3—560103.00/cwt100.00–106.005772
BullsMedium and Large 3—420105.12/cwt102.50–107.504422
BullsMedium and Large 3—795104.00/cwt104.00–104.008271
BullsMedium and Large 3—665111.00/cwt111.00–111.007381
BullsMedium and Large 3—505107.50/cwt107.50–107.505431
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy—77094.00/cwt94.00–94.007241
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—610112.50/cwt112.50–112.506861
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—419137.14/cwt129.00–147.005759
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—478129.34/cwt126.00–132.006186
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—518128.45/cwt127.00–130.006652
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—570116.00/cwt116.00–116.006611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—540113.00/cwt113.00–113.006101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—490112.00/cwt112.00–112.005491
BullsMedium 2—524120.03/cwt117.00–125.0062913
BullsMedium 2—475122.55/cwt115.00–126.0058212
BullsMedium 2—574116.47/cwt111.00–123.006698
BullsMedium 2—427122.56/cwt117.50–125.005235
BullsMedium 2—671113.24/cwt112.00–114.007604
BullsMedium 2—621116.50/cwt114.00–118.007234
BullsMedium 2Full—89594.00/cwt94.00–94.008411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—420125.00/cwt125.00–125.005251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full—477125.00/cwt125.00–125.005963
SteersMedium and Large 2—595124.00/cwt124.00–124.007381
SteersMedium and Large 3—390105.00/cwt105.00–105.004101
SteersMedium and Large 3—575104.00/cwt104.00–104.005981
SteersMedium and Large 3—615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006771
SteersMedium and Large 3—430105.00/cwt105.00–105.004522
SteersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—53597.48/cwt95.00–100.005222
SteersSmall 1-2Fleshy—46590.00/cwt90.00–90.004191
SteersSmall 1-2Full—62095.00/cwt95.00–95.005891
SteersSmall 1-2—585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006441
SteersSmall 1-2—275105.00/cwt105.00–105.002892
SteersSmall 1-2—370108.69/cwt105.00–112.004022
SteersSmall 1-2—405105.00/cwt102.50–107.504252
SteersSmall 1-2—463105.00/cwt105.00–105.004862
SteersSmall 1-2—523104.35/cwt100.00–109.005462
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—32055.00/cwt55.00–55.001761
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—35249.75/cwt48.00–50.001758
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—920720.00/cwt720.00–720.006,6241
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—890650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,7851
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—985880.00/cwt880.00–880.008,6681
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—780610.00/cwt610.00–610.004,7581
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,015523.94/cwt440.00–600.005,3182
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,144708.89/cwt620.00–800.008,1104
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,097708.97/cwt590.00–820.007,7777
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—845460.00/cwt460.00–460.003,8871
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—840300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5201
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,110722.00/cwt722.00–722.008,0141
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—820443.00/cwt443.00–443.003,6331
BullsSmall 1-2—765106.00/cwt106.00–106.008111
BullsSmall 1-2—473105.13/cwt100.00–108.004973
BullsSmall 1-2—576109.25/cwt108.00–110.006294
BullsSmall 1-2—525105.22/cwt100.00–110.005526
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—57895.49/cwt95.00–96.005522
HeifersMedium and Large 3—429108.00/cwt105.00–110.004635
HeifersMedium and Large 3—624106.26/cwt100.00–110.006634
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575108.50/cwt106.00–111.006244
HeifersMedium and Large 3—458107.03/cwt105.00–109.004902
HeifersMedium and Large 3—690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
HeifersMedium and Large 3—515107.00/cwt107.00–107.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 3—340105.00/cwt105.00–105.003571
HeifersMedium and Large 3—180100.00/cwt100.00–100.001801
HeifersMedium and Large 3Full—79094.00/cwt94.00–94.007431
HeifersMedium and Large 3Full—66096.00/cwt96.00–96.006341
HeifersMedium and Large 2—545114.00/cwt114.00–114.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—419121.74/cwt116.00–132.005104
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—462117.66/cwt117.00–119.005443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—545119.00/cwt119.00–119.006491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—260120.00/cwt120.00–120.003121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—210130.00/cwt130.00–130.002731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full—390116.00/cwt116.00–116.004521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—535113.50/cwt113.00–114.006072
HeifersMedium 2—472112.60/cwt110.00–115.005319
HeifersMedium 2—421112.75/cwt110.00–115.004758
HeifersMedium 2—569113.25/cwt111.00–115.006444
HeifersMedium 2—531112.99/cwt110.00–114.006004
HeifersMedium 2—368115.00/cwt115.00–115.004234
HeifersMedium 2—652111.33/cwt111.00–112.007263
HeifersMedium 2—338115.00/cwt114.00–116.003893
HeifersMedium 2—290112.50/cwt112.50–112.503261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—564130.99/cwt129.00–133.007395
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—673124.59/cwt121.00–132.008383
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—628125.99/cwt124.00–128.007913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—332138.73/cwt132.50–151.004613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—275159.00/cwt159.00–159.004371
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—240130.00/cwt130.00–130.003121

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.