Sale reports / North Carolina / Shelby Livestock Auction / 2020-06-16

Shelby Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shelby, North Carolina · Tue, Jun 16
● Final121 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2092
Feeder Cattle receipts
372 head
20 vs last sale 352 372 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
2 vs last sale 95 93 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
46 vs last sale 14 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly 7.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest was moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. 2 goats

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.07/cwt on 138 head.
Average price
$118.07
138 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$2
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$22.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.49
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2450126.9357252
Medium and Large 2457118.8954347
Small 1-2535106.5157018thin
Medium and Large 3551104.1957421
One grade step is worth $22.74/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale138 hd
118.07
NC average8 barns · 922 hd
116.58
+1.49
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
BullsAverage1,34578.141,0515thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36374.251,01216
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18072.9786137
CowsLean 85-90%Low88953.0947211

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1731,168.38/cwt800.00–1,360.0013,7053
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy560121.68/cwt116.00–125.006813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy560125.00/cwt125.00–125.007001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0901,029.95/cwt810.00–1,200.0011,2264
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700123.00/cwt123.00–123.008611
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1421,125.45/cwt890.00–1,300.0012,85313
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0561,234.46/cwt960.00–1,430.0013,0364
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2701,662.56/cwt1,490.00–1,975.0021,1153
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680130.00/cwt130.00–130.008841
HeifersSmall 1-2330102.50/cwt102.50–102.503381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy635112.00/cwt112.00–112.007111
SteersSmall 1-2Fleshy64594.00/cwt94.00–94.006061
Bred CowsSmall 1-2835710.00/cwt710.00–710.005,9291
Bred CowsSmall 1-2808638.95/cwt638.00–640.005,1632
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy483130.49/cwt130.00–131.006302
BullsSmall 1-2640109.00/cwt109.00–109.006981
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2990960.00/cwt960.00–960.009,5041
BullsSmall 1-2518107.37/cwt102.00–113.005562
HeifersSmall 1-2518108.42/cwt100.00–112.005626
BullsSmall 1-2685108.00/cwt108.00–108.007401
HeifersSmall 1-2363106.24/cwt105.00–107.503862
HeifersSmall 1-275596.00/cwt96.00–96.007251
SteersSmall 1-2305105.00/cwt105.00–105.003201
SteersSmall 1-2385107.50/cwt107.50–107.504141
HeifersSmall 1-2738102.00/cwt102.00–102.007532
HeifersSmall 1-2620104.52/cwt104.00–105.006482
BullsSmall 1-2550105.00/cwt105.00–105.005781
HeifersSmall 1-2470110.87/cwt110.00–112.505213
BullsSmall 1-2723102.49/cwt99.00–106.007412
HeifersSmall 1-2585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006441
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08167.41/cwt61.00–73.0072917
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28979.00/cwt74.00–85.001,01819
CowsLean 85-90%92550.14/cwt47.00–53.004646
CowsLean 85-90%84556.62/cwt54.00–60.004785
Bulls1,13085.00/cwt85.00–85.009611
Bulls1,39976.42/cwt68.00–84.001,0694
HeifersMedium and Large 354599.00/cwt99.00–99.005401
SteersMedium and Large 3375112.50/cwt112.50–112.504221
HeifersMedium and Large 3481105.69/cwt100.00–110.005084
HeifersMedium and Large 2335121.45/cwt118.00–125.004072
HeifersMedium and Large 3624106.51/cwt106.00–108.006654
SteersMedium and Large 3600113.00/cwt113.00–113.006781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3231,047.42/cwt860.00–1,210.0013,85711
HeifersMedium and Large 3220110.00/cwt110.00–110.002421
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29401,020.00/cwt1,020.00–1,020.009,5881
HeifersMedium and Large 374098.00/cwt98.00–98.007252
HeifersMedium and Large 3585101.97/cwt95.00–106.005973
HeifersMedium and Large 3410110.00/cwt110.00–110.004511
Dairy SteersLarge 3Thin Fleshed70051.00/cwt51.00–51.003571
SteersMedium and Large 3593102.51/cwt100.00–105.006082
Dairy SteersLarge 378055.00/cwt55.00–55.004291
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4901,752.25/cwt1,610.00–1,880.0026,1092
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4881,129.74/cwt920.00–1,260.0016,8113
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2911,125.38/cwt1,000.00–1,260.0014,5294
Dairy SteersLarge 361075.00/cwt75.00–75.004581
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,010620.00/cwt620.00–620.006,2621
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44677.07/cwt74.00–86.001,1148
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,27971.42/cwt67.00–75.009138
CowsBoner 80-85%78053.00/cwt53.00–53.004131
Dairy SteersLarge 381052.00/cwt52.00–52.004211
HeifersMedium and Large 3305107.50/cwt107.50–107.503281
BullsMedium and Large 3513100.12/cwt95.00–105.005142
BullsMedium and Large 3595108.00/cwt108.00–108.006431
HeifersMedium and Large 3385100.00/cwt100.00–100.003851
BullsMedium and Large 379092.00/cwt92.00–92.007271
SteersMedium and Large 333097.14/cwt94.00–100.003212
HeifersMedium and Large 2423120.10/cwt113.00–125.0050811
HeifersMedium and Large 2375120.68/cwt115.00–127.504537
HeifersMedium and Large 2620113.00/cwt113.00–113.007011
HeifersMedium and Large 3683103.60/cwt97.00–109.007083
HeifersMedium and Large 2474119.82/cwt113.00–124.0056817
SteersMedium and Large 2374128.89/cwt125.00–135.004826
SteersMedium and Large 2323128.18/cwt125.00–132.504143
SteersMedium and Large 2520129.16/cwt126.00–132.506722
SteersMedium and Large 2735115.00/cwt115.00–115.008451
BullsMedium and Large 3450102.50/cwt102.50–102.504611
HeifersMedium and Large 2578114.99/cwt113.00–116.006653
SteersMedium and Large 2695122.00/cwt122.00–122.008481
SteersMedium and Large 2640124.00/cwt124.00–124.007941
SteersMedium and Large 2578119.98/cwt116.00–124.006932
SteersMedium and Large 2445125.00/cwt125.00–125.005561
BullsMedium and Large 2631117.78/cwt113.00–123.007434
BullsMedium and Large 2530125.10/cwt119.00–132.506639
BullsMedium and Large 2470125.19/cwt115.00–135.005889
BullsMedium and Large 2578122.91/cwt115.00–132.007108
BullsMedium and Large 2663117.94/cwt115.00–121.007822
BullsMedium and Large 2435124.27/cwt120.00–127.005413
HeifersMedium and Large 2517114.01/cwt112.00–116.005896
BullsMedium and Large 1-2424140.17/cwt135.00–145.005948
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy620119.00/cwt119.00–119.007383
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy350130.00/cwt130.00–130.004551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640139.50/cwt139.50–139.508933
SteersMedium and Large 1-2770122.00/cwt122.00–122.009391
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476125.44/cwt116.00–130.005975
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340154.00/cwt154.00–154.005241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2414147.29/cwt138.00–158.0061011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519140.60/cwt134.00–149.0073011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2470139.58/cwt135.00–142.006568
SteersMedium and Large 1-2280148.45/cwt147.00–150.004162
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy443126.50/cwt126.00–127.005602
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560136.80/cwt135.00–138.007665
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380144.09/cwt136.00–160.0054811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2318137.37/cwt134.00–143.004375
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full460118.00/cwt118.00–118.005431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2567119.50/cwt118.00–123.006786
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600117.00/cwt117.00–117.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2426130.39/cwt127.00–134.0055511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2655114.00/cwt114.00–114.007471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285137.50/cwt137.50–137.503921
BullsMedium and Large 1-2467136.94/cwt135.00–143.006408
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2382133.60/cwt131.00–137.505107
BullsMedium and Large 2725111.00/cwt111.00–111.008051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519120.60/cwt118.00–124.006269
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2245137.50/cwt135.00–140.003372
BullsMedium and Large 1-2524135.68/cwt132.00–138.007116
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580134.00/cwt134.00–134.007771
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy667113.59/cwt109.00–116.007583
SteersMedium and Large 2175127.50/cwt127.50–127.502231
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy519128.60/cwt127.00–130.006675
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy470124.00/cwt124.00–124.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy420117.00/cwt117.00–117.004911

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.