Name: Shelby Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady. Feeder heifers were mostly steady, steers and bulls were mostly 2.00 to 10.00 higher, with instances higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. 3 hogs.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.91/cwt on 119 head.

Average price

$112.91

119 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$24.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.28

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	489	122.59	600	24
Medium and Large 2	469	117.75	552	54
Small 1-2	508	103.58	526	21
Medium and Large 3	524	98.04	514	20

One grade step is worth $24.54/cwt here — about $86 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 sale119 hd

112.91

—

NC average8 barns · 838 hd

114.19

−1.28

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	1,478	86.43	1,278	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,376	64.12	882	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,150	62.80	722	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,016	44.43	451	9thin

Every lot, as filed

118 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 and Large 2	—	567	122.20/cwt	112.00–132.00	693	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	565	128.47/cwt	125.00–132.00	726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	123.69/cwt	115.00–133.00	709	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	118.83/cwt	118.00–121.00	674	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	119.31/cwt	117.00–123.00	613	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	450	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	134.18/cwt	133.00–135.00	761	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	365	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	467	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	154.36/cwt	135.00–165.00	494	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	127.98/cwt	127.00–129.00	912	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	136.02/cwt	134.00–138.00	575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	553	116.99/cwt	116.00–119.00	647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	675	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	134.21/cwt	134.00–135.00	680	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	163.78/cwt	162.50–165.00	447	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	142.78/cwt	137.00–152.00	534	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	126.67/cwt	126.00–127.00	526	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	130.11/cwt	127.00–135.00	812	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	410	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	145.19/cwt	136.00–155.00	629	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	785	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,710	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	660	497.58/cwt	460.00–540.00	3,284	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	131.51/cwt	130.00–133.00	868	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	138.48/cwt	135.00–142.00	745	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	697	432.51/cwt	350.00–580.00	3,015	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	992	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	468	102.08/cwt	97.00–110.00	478	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	430	102.02/cwt	100.00–104.00	439	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	880.77/cwt	610.00–1,080.00	9,407	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	363	106.47/cwt	95.00–111.00	386	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	820	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	6,068	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	578	100.72/cwt	91.00–110.00	582	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	657	105.32/cwt	103.00–107.00	692	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	745	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	5,141	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	790	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,528	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	473	100.06/cwt	95.00–107.00	473	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	275	110.54/cwt	110.00–111.00	304	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	505	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	543	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	335	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	318	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	675	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	756	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	521	109.36/cwt	107.50–111.00	570	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	368	100.46/cwt	93.00–112.50	370	3
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	420	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	399	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	528	108.76/cwt	108.00–110.00	574	4
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	660	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	601	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	865	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	917	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,416	63.40/cwt	61.00–65.00	898	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,215	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	814	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	61.50/cwt	57.00–67.00	684	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	68.78/cwt	67.00–73.00	909	5
Bulls	—	—	1,473	89.93/cwt	86.00–94.00	1,325	3
Bulls	—	—	1,377	76.62/cwt	65.00–82.00	1,055	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	620	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	732	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,071	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,060	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	34.10/cwt	30.00–39.00	337	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	518	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	440	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	720	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	720	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,032	705.74/cwt	570.00–780.00	7,283	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	97.55/cwt	95.00–100.00	349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	581	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	52.69/cwt	46.00–55.00	546	5
Bulls	—	—	1,659	100.96/cwt	98.00–103.00	1,675	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	324	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	778	95.92/cwt	91.00–101.00	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	720	92.50/cwt	92.00–93.00	666	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	1,260.00/cwt	1,260.00–1,260.00	16,065	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	1,116.40/cwt	1,050.00–1,190.00	13,263	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	605	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	101.61/cwt	95.00–110.00	579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	99.00/cwt	98.00–100.00	535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	655	103.44/cwt	95.00–112.00	678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	106.73/cwt	98.00–110.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	103.49/cwt	95.00–108.00	500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	278	90.52/cwt	90.00–91.00	252	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	320	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	324	106.30/cwt	97.50–110.00	344	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	410	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	379	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	590	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	760	100.07/cwt	95.00–105.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	408	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	134.92/cwt	132.50–137.50	445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	306	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	530	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	120.82/cwt	115.00–131.00	521	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	124.19/cwt	119.00–129.00	646	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	676	114.11/cwt	108.00–116.00	771	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	123.38/cwt	118.00–129.00	647	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	122.96/cwt	114.00–133.00	580	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	122.34/cwt	115.00–134.00	462	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	122.39/cwt	120.00–125.00	340	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	124.42/cwt	120.00–129.00	472	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	118.43/cwt	113.00–124.00	500	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	117.88/cwt	113.00–121.00	731	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	122.36/cwt	115.00–125.00	395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	111.50/cwt	111.00–112.00	747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	124.98/cwt	115.00–132.00	527	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	114.39/cwt	112.00–117.00	597	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	123.59/cwt	117.50–130.00	591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	113.42/cwt	112.00–116.00	653	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	160	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	216	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	117.53/cwt	113.00–124.00	561	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	390	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	101.12/cwt	95.00–107.50	485	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 →

Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange - Shelby, NC

Tue Jul 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 367Last week 303Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 58Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 10Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	567	112.00–132.00	122.20
1	—	720	113.00	113.00
1	—	240	127.50	127.50
2	—	520	119.00–129.00	124.19
11	—	378	115.00–134.00	122.34
1	—	645	116.00	116.00
2	—	278	120.00–125.00	122.39
4	—	323	115.00–125.00	122.36
3	—	422	115.00–132.00	124.98
2	—	478	117.50–130.00	123.59
1	—	160	135.00	135.00
1	—	685	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	567	133.00–135.00	134.18
4	—	320	135.00–165.00	154.36
2	—	713	127.00–129.00	127.98
2	—	273	162.50–165.00	163.78
6	—	374	137.00–152.00	142.78
10	—	624	127.00–135.00	130.11
3	—	433	136.00–155.00	145.19
2	—	660	130.00–133.00	131.51
2	—	538	135.00–142.00	138.48
1	—	820	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	123.00	123.00
1	—	630	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	110.00–111.00	110.54
1	—	505	107.50	107.50
1	—	335	95.00	95.00
3	—	368	93.00–112.50	100.46
1	—	865	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	95.00	95.00
1	—	360	90.00	90.00
3	—	570	95.00–110.00	101.61
6	—	324	97.50–110.00	106.30
2	—	480	95.00–107.50	101.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	125.00–132.00	128.47
1	—	450	126.00	126.00
1	—	410	133.00	133.00
1	—	620	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	137.00	137.00
4	—	423	134.00–138.00	136.02
5	—	507	134.00–135.00	134.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	573	115.00–133.00	123.69
7	—	431	115.00–131.00	120.82
8	—	676	108.00–116.00	114.11
10	—	524	118.00–129.00	123.38
10	—	472	114.00–133.00	122.96
8	—	620	113.00–121.00	117.88
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	97.00–110.00	102.08
2	—	430	100.00–104.00	102.02
1	—	675	112.00	112.00
4	—	521	107.50–111.00	109.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	100.00	100.00
1	—	605	105.00	105.00
2	—	655	95.00–112.00	103.44
1	—	590	109.00	109.00
2	—	760	95.00–105.00	100.07
1	—	430	105.00	105.00
1	—	465	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	567	118.00–121.00	118.83
6	—	514	117.00–123.00	119.31
1	—	395	132.50	132.50
3	—	415	126.00–127.00	126.67
1	—	605	117.00	117.00
3	—	330	132.50–137.50	134.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	128.00	128.00
3	—	553	116.00–119.00	116.99
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	363	95.00–111.00	106.47
3	—	578	91.00–110.00	100.72
3	—	657	103.00–107.00	105.32
4	—	473	95.00–107.00	100.06
1	—	425	110.00	110.00
4	—	528	108.00–110.00	108.76
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	95.00	95.00
1	—	660	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	95.00–100.00	97.55
1	—	645	90.00	90.00
2	—	778	91.00–101.00	95.92
2	—	720	92.00–93.00	92.50
2	—	540	98.00–100.00	99.00
4	—	578	98.00–110.00	106.73
3	—	483	95.00–108.00	103.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	122.50	122.50
3	—	332	123.00	123.00
7	—	379	120.00–129.00	124.42
14	—	422	113.00–124.00	118.43
2	—	670	111.00–112.00	111.50
5	—	522	112.00–117.00	114.39
7	—	576	112.00–116.00	113.42
13	—	477	113.00–124.00	117.53
1	—	615	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	278	90.00–91.00	90.52
1	—	320	90.00	90.00
1	—	410	92.50	92.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	85.00	85.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	785	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	660	460.00–540.00	497.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	697	350.00–580.00	432.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	790	320.00	320.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	370.00	370.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,032	570.00–780.00	705.74
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,068	610.00–1,080.00	880.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,275	1,260.00	1,260.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,188	1,050.00–1,190.00	1,116.40
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	740.00	740.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	690.00	690.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,416	61.00–65.00	63.40
1	—	1,215	67.00	67.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,113	57.00–67.00	61.50
5	—	1,322	67.00–73.00	68.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	989	30.00–39.00	34.10
5	—	1,037	46.00–55.00	52.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,473	86.00–94.00	89.93
7	—	1,377	65.00–82.00	76.62
4	—	1,659	98.00–103.00	100.96

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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How this sale compares

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Feeder Cattle

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