Sale reports / North Carolina / Shelby Livestock Auction / 2020-10-13

Shelby Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shelby, North Carolina · Tue, Oct 13
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2092
Feeder Cattle receipts
252 head
▼ 235 vs last sale 487▼ 216 vs year ago 468 · −46.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 100▼ 96 vs year ago 162 · −59.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 8▼ 8 vs year ago 11 · −72.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady to 4 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 3 to 6 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were lighter due to wetness. Cattle quality was plain.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.97/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$111.97
73 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$532
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$20.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.10
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2451121.705495thin
Medium and Large 2482116.3456039
Small 1-2458106.7248917thin
Medium and Large 3489101.1449512thin
One grade step is worth $20.56/cwt here — about $54 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 sale73 hd
111.97
—
NC average8 barns · 1,045 hd
110.87
+1.10
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—Low1,37473.771,0144thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13354.366168thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,26648.446135thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01244.4645031

Every lot, as filed

84 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—600113.00/cwt113.00–113.006784
HeifersMedium and Large 2—333121.37/cwt118.00–125.004042
BullsMedium and Large 2—460124.70/cwt112.50–133.005743
BullsMedium and Large 2—685114.48/cwt113.00–116.007842
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—390136.00/cwt136.00–136.005301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—425138.64/cwt134.00–145.005895
BullsMedium and Large 2—565118.02/cwt116.00–120.006672
SteersMedium and Large 2—695113.00/cwt113.00–113.007851
HeifersMedium and Large 2—472117.42/cwt112.50–122.505547
SteersMedium and Large 2—565117.89/cwt114.00–122.006662
SteersMedium and Large 2—323135.00/cwt135.00–135.004362
SteersMedium and Large 2—225126.22/cwt125.00–127.502842
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—375147.75/cwt142.50–152.005548
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—485135.00/cwt135.00–135.006551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—270146.39/cwt142.50–150.003952
BullsSmall 1-2—75096.00/cwt96.00–96.007201
HeifersSmall 1-2—478108.70/cwt107.50–110.005202
SteersSmall 1-2—36597.50/cwt97.50–97.503561
SteersSmall 1-2—79599.00/cwt99.00–99.007871
BullsSmall 1-2—620101.07/cwt90.00–110.006276
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—670400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6801
HeifersSmall 1-2—625107.02/cwt104.00–110.006692
BullsSmall 1-2—660102.47/cwt98.00–107.006762
BullsSmall 1-2—525111.00/cwt111.00–111.005831
HeifersSmall 1-2—370110.05/cwt107.50–112.504073
HeifersSmall 1-2—265100.00/cwt100.00–100.002651
SteersSmall 1-2—633102.47/cwt95.00–110.006492
BullsSmall 1-2—712100.01/cwt96.00–104.007123
SteersSmall 1-2—730107.00/cwt107.00–107.007811
BullsSmall 1-2—84091.00/cwt91.00–91.007641
HeifersSmall 1-2—417103.96/cwt100.00–110.004345
HeifersSmall 1-2—522106.95/cwt101.00–110.005583
SteersSmall 1-2—525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005781
BullsSmall 1-2—415110.00/cwt110.00–110.004571
HeifersSmall 1-2—560112.00/cwt112.00–112.006271
BullsSmall 1-2—475103.21/cwt95.00–107.004905
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,310780.00/cwt780.00–780.0010,2181
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—470132.50/cwt132.50–132.506231
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—275127.50/cwt127.50–127.503511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006103
Dairy SteersLarge 3—55062.50/cwt62.50–62.503441
Dairy SteersLarge 3—31582.50/cwt82.50–82.502601
Bulls——1,42064.30/cwt55.00–77.009132
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31048.00/cwt48.00–48.006291
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,21044.50/cwt39.00–51.005383
CowsLean 85-90%—97139.32/cwt34.00–44.0038212
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10562.00/cwt62.00–62.006851
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03847.71/cwt45.00–51.0049519
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35054.35/cwt52.00–56.007342
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10854.14/cwt52.00–56.006006
Bulls——1,32883.23/cwt80.00–87.001,1052
HeifersMedium and Large 3—62595.00/cwt95.00–95.005941
SteersMedium and Large 3—430105.00/cwt105.00–105.004521
HeifersMedium and Large 3—371108.20/cwt102.50–112.504014
HeifersMedium and Large 3—58095.95/cwt90.00–102.005572
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—325145.28/cwt143.00–147.504722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—400142.00/cwt142.00–142.005683
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425100.00/cwt100.00–100.004251
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475101.97/cwt99.00–105.004842
BullsMedium and Large 3—621103.01/cwt98.00–110.006404
BullsMedium and Large 3—52590.00/cwt90.00–90.004731
BullsMedium and Large 3—48090.00/cwt90.00–90.004321
SteersMedium and Large 3—600107.00/cwt107.00–107.006421
BullsMedium and Large 3—66097.00/cwt97.00–97.006401
SteersMedium and Large 2—715112.00/cwt112.00–112.008011
SteersMedium and Large 2—438123.27/cwt115.00–127.505403
HeifersMedium and Large 3—54595.00/cwt95.00–95.005181
SteersMedium and Large 3—670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
SteersMedium and Large 3—568110.00/cwt110.00–110.006252
SteersMedium and Large 2—377125.08/cwt117.50–135.004723
HeifersMedium and Large 2—364119.94/cwt112.50–127.504379
BullsMedium and Large 3—590104.50/cwt99.00–110.006172
BullsMedium and Large 3—76593.00/cwt93.00–93.007111
BullsMedium and Large 3—70594.00/cwt94.00–94.006632
HeifersMedium and Large 3—68095.00/cwt95.00–95.006461
SteersMedium and Large 2—525121.45/cwt115.00–126.006387
SteersMedium and Large 2—477126.37/cwt117.50–130.006036
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423118.29/cwt113.00–124.005004
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520114.03/cwt113.00–115.005933
HeifersMedium and Large 2—582112.67/cwt109.00–117.006569
BullsMedium and Large 2—528116.95/cwt113.00–122.006174
HeifersMedium and Large 2—650112.00/cwt112.00–112.007281
BullsMedium and Large 2—425119.86/cwt115.00–125.005093
SteersMedium and Large 2—637115.34/cwt114.00–116.007353

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.