Name: Shelby Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to before the break, slaughter cattle were 2 to 3 higher. Feeder cattle were 5 to 10 higher with instances much higher on the light calves. Demand was good ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate . Cattle quality was better than average. Baby calves were 1 to 2. 1 hog

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.96/cwt on 171 head.

Average price

$116.96

171 head · 439 lb average

Value per head Derived

$513

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$49

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

$18.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.12

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	399	123.57	493	104
Medium and Large 2	497	112.02	557	17thin
Medium and Large 3	452	105.58	477	12thin
Small 1-2	518	104.67	542	38

One grade step is worth $18.90/cwt here — about −$49 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 sale171 hd

116.96

—

NC average5 barns · 606 hd

113.84

+3.12

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	—	Average	1,744	82.36	1,436	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,362	57.95	789	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,186	55.40	657	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	44.01	458	20

Every lot, as filed

121 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	680	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	4,488	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	6,680	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	5,636	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	7,119	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,565	920.00/cwt	920.00–920.00	14,398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	134.25/cwt	131.00–139.00	760	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	443	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,640	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	8,355	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	8,892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	886	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	968	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	213	158.83/cwt	145.00–190.00	338	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	181.39/cwt	172.50–194.00	513	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,029	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	158.54/cwt	145.00–170.00	675	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	133.27/cwt	129.00–134.50	850	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	153.98/cwt	143.00–170.00	728	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	177.77/cwt	155.00–190.00	581	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,055	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	188	152.20/cwt	145.00–160.00	286	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	167.42/cwt	145.00–185.00	624	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	165	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	206	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	136.35/cwt	133.00–139.00	728	6
Steers	Small 1-2	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	5,450	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	910	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	510	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	765	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	383	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	840	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	4,788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	760	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	1
Bulls	—	—	1,616	81.19/cwt	74.00–87.00	1,312	4
Bulls	—	—	1,260	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	680	1
Bulls	—	—	1,943	88.97/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,729	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	355	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	465	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	516	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Full	—	420	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	655	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	165	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	575	112.03/cwt	111.00–113.00	644	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	290	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	268	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	415	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	415	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	305	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	605	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	795	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	430	115.50/cwt	115.00–116.00	497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	348	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	404	2
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	540	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	655	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	793	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	580	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	705	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	645	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	405	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	600	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	630	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	599	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	119.08/cwt	115.00–127.00	694	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	770	107.44/cwt	105.00–110.00	827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	668	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	138.18/cwt	132.00–149.00	725	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	132.29/cwt	128.00–136.00	750	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	655	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	626	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	121.72/cwt	116.00–126.00	755	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	61.85/cwt	60.00–64.00	865	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	54.26/cwt	49.00–60.00	629	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	61.25/cwt	60.00–66.00	788	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	150.03/cwt	135.00–165.00	704	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	154.27/cwt	137.50–171.00	654	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	250	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	112.59/cwt	111.00–114.00	647	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	135	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	169	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	46.10/cwt	42.00–48.00	495	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	939	37.74/cwt	34.00–40.00	354	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,349	56.53/cwt	49.00–59.00	763	11
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	270	102.55/cwt	100.00–105.00	277	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	428	106.29/cwt	102.50–109.00	455	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	619	108.00/cwt	105.00–110.00	669	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	705	103.33/cwt	100.00–108.00	728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	330	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	679	106.68/cwt	102.50–110.00	724	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	530	107.71/cwt	100.00–112.00	571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	107.45/cwt	105.00–112.50	500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	108.02/cwt	106.00–110.00	578	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	567	108.53/cwt	107.00–111.00	615	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	305	101.64/cwt	97.50–107.50	310	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	373	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	108.03/cwt	106.00–110.00	411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	780	104.51/cwt	103.00–106.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	298	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	124.29/cwt	117.50–131.00	518	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	125.60/cwt	119.00–132.00	476	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	120.22/cwt	116.00–127.00	622	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	107.96/cwt	103.00–115.00	571	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	123.63/cwt	120.00–129.00	585	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	123.69/cwt	117.50–133.00	398	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	124.94/cwt	120.00–127.50	354	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	218	125.27/cwt	120.00–130.00	273	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	183	143.22/cwt	125.00–160.00	262	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	127.23/cwt	120.00–135.00	350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	129.28/cwt	120.00–137.50	543	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	558	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	275	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	303	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	800	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	800	1

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 Jan 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 518Last week 305Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 105Last week 90Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 25Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	680	660.00	660.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	770.00	770.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	780.00	780.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	630.00	630.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	610.00	610.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,105	510.00	510.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	630.00	630.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,565	920.00	920.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	840	570.00	570.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	566	131.00–139.00	134.25
2	—	692	128.00	128.00
4	—	756	128.00	128.00
6	—	213	145.00–190.00	158.83
10	—	283	172.50–194.00	181.39
1	—	830	124.00	124.00
7	—	426	145.00–170.00	158.54
9	—	638	129.00–134.50	133.27
10	—	473	143.00–170.00	153.98
15	—	327	155.00–190.00	177.77
1	—	865	122.00	122.00
2	—	188	145.00–160.00	152.20
37	—	373	145.00–185.00	167.42
6	—	534	133.00–139.00	136.35
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	105.00	105.00
1	—	475	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	328	135.00	135.00
1	—	555	121.00	121.00
1	—	165	125.00	125.00
1	—	350	115.00	115.00
1	—	630	126.00	126.00
1	—	725	114.00	114.00
2	—	275	120.00–135.00	127.23
3	—	420	120.00–137.50	129.28
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	110.00	110.00
2	—	275	110.00	110.00
1	—	800	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	135.00	135.00
1	—	410	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	126.00	126.00
1	—	795	117.00	117.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	56.00	56.00
1	—	765	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	107.00	107.00
1	—	635	110.00	110.00
1	—	655	106.00	106.00
1	—	490	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	189.00	189.00
12	—	525	132.00–149.00	138.18
11	—	567	128.00–136.00	132.29
23	—	469	135.00–165.00	150.03
16	—	424	137.50–171.00	154.27
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	121.00	121.00
2	—	580	124.00	124.00
1	—	705	113.00	113.00
1	—	645	115.00	115.00
1	—	405	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	583	115.00–127.00	119.08
1	—	650	115.00	115.00
1	—	495	135.00	135.00
1	—	535	117.00	117.00
3	—	620	116.00–126.00	121.72
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	105.00–110.00	107.44
1	—	740	110.00	110.00
1	—	490	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	114.00	114.00
1	—	165	115.00	115.00
2	—	575	111.00–113.00	112.03
2	—	430	115.00–116.00	115.50
2	—	348	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	92.50	92.50
1	—	415	100.00	100.00
1	—	305	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	112.50	112.50
1	—	330	100.00	100.00
3	—	465	105.00–112.50	107.45
2	—	535	106.00–110.00	108.02
1	—	415	110.00	110.00
2	—	380	106.00–110.00	108.03
1	—	600	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	575	111.00–114.00	112.59
2	—	405	115.00	115.00
1	—	350	115.00	115.00
1	—	265	112.50	112.50
4	—	529	103.00–115.00	107.96
2	—	485	115.00	115.00
1	—	605	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	135	125.00	125.00
23	—	417	117.50–131.00	124.29
20	—	379	119.00–132.00	125.60
13	—	517	116.00–127.00	120.22
15	—	473	120.00–129.00	123.63
11	—	322	117.50–133.00	123.69
8	—	283	120.00–127.50	124.94
3	—	218	120.00–130.00	125.27
2	—	183	125.00–160.00	143.22
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	270	100.00–105.00	102.55
5	—	428	102.50–109.00	106.29
4	—	619	105.00–110.00	108.00
3	—	705	100.00–108.00	103.33
5	—	679	102.50–110.00	106.68
5	—	530	100.00–112.00	107.71
3	—	567	107.00–111.00	108.53
3	—	305	97.50–107.50	101.64
2	—	373	105.00	105.00
2	—	780	103.00–106.00	104.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,616	74.00–87.00	81.19
1	—	1,260	54.00	54.00
5	—	1,943	87.00–90.00	88.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,399	60.00–64.00	61.85
11	—	1,349	49.00–59.00	56.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,160	49.00–60.00	54.26
9	—	1,287	60.00–66.00	61.25
1	—	1,250	46.00	46.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,074	42.00–48.00	46.10
5	—	939	34.00–40.00	37.74

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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Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange - Shelby, NC

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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