Name: Shelby Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly 4 to 5 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady to 3 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average to attractive. Baby calves were 3 to 21. 2 goats and 3 hogs.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.88/cwt on 135 head.

Average price

$109.88

135 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$507

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3

$26.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.82

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	421	121.96	514	37
Medium and Large 2	445	115.00	512	1thin
Medium 2	451	113.26	511	11thin
Medium and Large 3	529	105.19	557	11thin
Small 1-2	474	104.29	494	73
Small 3	555	95.00	527	1thin
Medium 3	305	95.00	290	1thin

One grade step is worth $26.96/cwt here — about $224 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 sale135 hd

109.88

—

NC average7 barns · 877 hd

106.06

+3.82

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	1,511	74.39	1,124	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,472	60.58	892	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,140	59.36	676	76
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	993	40.22	399	31

Every lot, as filed

113 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium 2	—	710	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	635	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	183	139.79/cwt	135.00–145.00	256	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	816	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Full	—	560	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	532	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Full	—	630	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	630	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	295	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	295	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	235	107.50/cwt	105.00–110.00	253	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	680	106.50/cwt	105.00–108.00	724	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	434	106.24/cwt	100.00–110.00	461	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	623	104.66/cwt	99.00–109.00	652	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	381	107.09/cwt	97.50–110.00	408	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	481	105.34/cwt	95.00–109.00	507	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	573	104.32/cwt	95.00–110.00	598	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	324	107.95/cwt	102.00–110.00	350	10
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	522	105.75/cwt	98.00–110.00	552	10
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	530	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	504	1
Heifers	Small 3Fleshy	—	555	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	527	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	225	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	281	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	250	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	319	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	360	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	421	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	420	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	483	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	580	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	725	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	695	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	771	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	603	121.00/cwt	120.00–122.00	730	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	528	108.28/cwt	105.00–111.00	572	6
Bulls	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	400	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	215	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	132.30/cwt	130.00–137.00	552	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	130.71/cwt	129.00–134.00	752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	219	147.09/cwt	130.00–160.00	322	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	136.71/cwt	131.00–142.00	647	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	267	152.72/cwt	137.50–160.00	408	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	137.49/cwt	137.00–141.00	696	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	149.71/cwt	130.00–166.00	484	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	143.35/cwt	130.00–166.00	525	20
Steers	Small 1-2	—	245	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	257	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	260	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	286	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	506	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	725	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	776	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	383	104.97/cwt	100.00–110.00	402	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	3,956	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	890.00/cwt	890.00–890.00	8,411	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	701	566.86/cwt	450.00–630.00	3,974	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	764	633.41/cwt	580.00–720.00	4,839	7
Bulls	—	—	1,798	88.38/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,589	4
Bulls	—	—	1,241	58.05/cwt	45.00–67.00	720	8
Bulls	—	—	1,604	81.19/cwt	72.00–86.00	1,302	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,074	47.98/cwt	41.00–50.00	515	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	67.57/cwt	65.00–75.00	856	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	58.19/cwt	43.00–64.00	645	54
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,561	67.32/cwt	67.00–68.00	1,051	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,437	57.88/cwt	53.00–63.00	832	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	45.98/cwt	42.00–51.00	461	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	36.59/cwt	29.00–46.00	361	19
Heifers	Medium 2	—	335	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	379	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	510	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	566	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	630	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	699	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	730	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	383	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	439	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	420	112.93/cwt	111.00–115.00	474	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	468	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	305	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	420	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	487	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	122.98/cwt	120.00–126.00	403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	119.84/cwt	116.00–124.00	454	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	121.70/cwt	117.00–125.00	565	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	124.01/cwt	116.00–129.00	527	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	458	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	695	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	104.49/cwt	104.00–105.00	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	507	104.02/cwt	100.00–107.00	527	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	562	106.26/cwt	106.00–107.00	597	4
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	275	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	248	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,248	643.33/cwt	560.00–700.00	8,029	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	840	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	3,864	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	620	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	680	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	796	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	467	119.77/cwt	112.00–124.00	559	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	572	116.46/cwt	113.00–126.00	666	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	507	121.32/cwt	116.00–124.00	615	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	470	126.35/cwt	125.00–127.00	594	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	315	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	110	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	222	54.18/cwt	50.00–61.00	120	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	278	59.91/cwt	50.00–70.00	167	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	193	58.86/cwt	50.00–67.50	114	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	395	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	237	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	340	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	245	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	835	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,010	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	421	93.06/cwt	90.00–101.00	392	4
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	515	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	489	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	380	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	352	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	420	104.99/cwt	100.00–110.00	441	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	633	105.27/cwt	103.00–110.00	666	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	592	104.34/cwt	103.00–105.00	618	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	483	104.00/cwt	99.00–108.00	502	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	700	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	693	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	685	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	747	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	715	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	644	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	490	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	441	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	475	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	445	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	401	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	490	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	132.67/cwt	127.00–139.00	559	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	517	118.70/cwt	113.00–126.00	614	11
Bulls	Medium 2	—	424	119.20/cwt	112.50–125.00	505	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	750	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	851	7

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 →

Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange - Shelby, NC

Tue Nov 19, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 494Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 154Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	710	117.00	117.00
1	—	225	125.00	125.00
1	—	250	127.50	127.50
1	—	360	117.00	117.00
1	—	420	115.00	115.00
1	—	580	125.00	125.00
1	—	695	111.00	111.00
2	—	603	120.00–122.00	121.00
3	—	507	116.00–124.00	121.32
3	—	470	125.00–127.00	126.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	131.00	131.00
2	—	183	135.00–145.00	139.79
2	—	630	129.00–130.00	129.50
3	—	417	130.00–137.00	132.30
3	—	575	129.00–134.00	130.71
4	—	219	130.00–160.00	147.09
4	—	473	131.00–142.00	136.71
5	—	267	137.50–160.00	152.72
8	—	506	137.00–141.00	137.49
19	—	323	130.00–166.00	149.71
20	—	366	130.00–166.00	143.35
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	105.00	105.00
1	—	260	110.00	110.00
1	—	460	110.00	110.00
1	—	725	107.00	107.00
2	—	383	100.00–110.00	104.97
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	95.00	95.00
1	—	630	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	100.00	100.00
2	—	235	105.00–110.00	107.50
4	—	680	105.00–108.00	106.50
5	—	434	100.00–110.00	106.24
6	—	623	99.00–109.00	104.66
7	—	381	97.50–110.00	107.09
9	—	481	95.00–109.00	105.34
9	—	573	95.00–110.00	104.32
10	—	324	102.00–110.00	107.95
10	—	522	98.00–110.00	105.75
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Small 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	125.00	125.00
1	—	335	113.00	113.00
1	—	510	111.00	111.00
1	—	630	111.00	111.00
1	—	730	107.00	107.00
2	—	383	114.00–115.00	114.50
2	—	420	111.00–115.00	112.93
2	—	468	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	120.00–126.00	122.98
7	—	379	116.00–124.00	119.84
8	—	464	117.00–125.00	121.70
17	—	425	116.00–129.00	124.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	109.00	109.00
1	—	695	102.00	102.00
2	—	433	104.00–105.00	104.49
3	—	507	100.00–107.00	104.02
4	—	562	106.00–107.00	106.26
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	90.00	90.00
4	—	421	90.00–101.00	93.06
1	—	515	95.00	95.00
1	—	380	92.50	92.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	528	105.00–111.00	108.28
4	—	420	100.00–110.00	104.99
3	—	633	103.00–110.00	105.27
3	—	592	103.00–105.00	104.34
3	—	483	99.00–108.00	104.00
1	—	700	99.00	99.00
1	—	685	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	114.00	114.00
1	—	680	117.00	117.00
5	—	467	112.00–124.00	119.77
5	—	572	113.00–126.00	116.46
11	—	517	113.00–126.00	118.70
10	—	424	112.50–125.00	119.20
7	—	750	113.50	113.50
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	90.00	90.00
1	—	490	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	95.00	95.00
1	—	445	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	102.50	102.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	421	127.00–139.00	132.67
1	—	580	129.00	129.00
1	—	485	134.00	134.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	35.00	35.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	222	50.00–61.00	54.18
2	—	278	50.00–70.00	59.91
2	—	193	50.00–67.50	58.86
1	—	395	60.00	60.00
1	—	340	72.00	72.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	460.00	460.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	890.00	890.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	701	450.00–630.00	566.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	764	580.00–720.00	633.41
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	500.00	500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,248	560.00–700.00	643.33
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	840	460.00	460.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	835	600.00	600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,798	88.00–90.00	88.38
8	—	1,241	45.00–67.00	58.05
11	—	1,604	72.00–86.00	81.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,074	41.00–50.00	47.98
16	—	1,267	65.00–75.00	67.57
54	—	1,109	43.00–64.00	58.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,561	67.00–68.00	67.32
10	—	1,437	53.00–63.00	57.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,003	42.00–51.00	45.98
19	—	986	29.00–46.00	36.59

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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