Name: Shelby Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 8.

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle were steady to 6.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was plain.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.68/cwt on 88 head.

Average price

$129.68

88 head · 448 lb average

Value per head Derived

$581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$51.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.27

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	363	148.64	540	41
Medium and Large 2	533	119.58	637	32
Small 1-2	504	101.57	512	8thin
Medium and Large 3	491	96.91	476	7thin

One grade step is worth $51.73/cwt here — about $65 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 sale88 hd

129.68

—

NC average8 barns · 721 hd

122.41

+7.27

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	1,567	86.69	1,358	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,593	55.28	881	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,225	55.09	675	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,245	46.49	579	16

Every lot, as filed

117 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
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	640	108.51/cwt	107.00–110.00	694	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	580	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	609	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	525	102.52/cwt	100.00–105.00	538	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	468	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	515	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	180	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	279	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	865	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,190	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	680	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,400	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	465	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	430	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	855	905.00/cwt	820.00–990.00	7,738	2
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	430	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	387	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	131.67/cwt	128.00–135.00	564	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	140.00/cwt	132.50–145.00	574	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	151.27/cwt	135.00–166.00	569	17
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	700	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	134.71/cwt	133.00–137.00	633	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	125.27/cwt	122.00–127.00	600	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	153.43/cwt	150.00–160.00	433	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	208	155.06/cwt	150.00–160.00	323	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	855	970.00/cwt	970.00–970.00	8,294	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	131.94/cwt	129.00–135.00	620	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	115.83/cwt	111.00–121.00	656	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	153.48/cwt	135.00–166.00	488	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	112.00/cwt	111.00–113.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	113.77/cwt	111.00–118.00	528	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	299	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	690	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	707	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	717	92.63/cwt	89.00–98.00	664	3
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	600	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	570	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	564	101.86/cwt	95.00–105.00	574	7
Steers	Small 1-2	—	330	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	338	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	500	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	425	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	420	96.25/cwt	95.00–97.50	404	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	330	103.36/cwt	95.00–110.00	341	3
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	395	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	375	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	860	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	774	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	475	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	499	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	600	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	534	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	368	104.88/cwt	95.00–125.00	386	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	695	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	747	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	473	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	402	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	465	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	442	2
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	345	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	328	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	415	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	353	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	605	101.26/cwt	100.00–102.50	613	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	571	93.31/cwt	88.00–96.00	533	4
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	525	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	483	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	730	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	686	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	653	87.49/cwt	86.00–89.00	571	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	976.26/cwt	810.00–1,175.00	8,835	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	730.00/cwt	560.00–900.00	7,081	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	920.00/cwt	920.00–920.00	10,902	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	739.44/cwt	700.00–770.00	8,304	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	645	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	464	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	330	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	256	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	55.25/cwt	52.00–60.00	677	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,263	47.70/cwt	45.00–52.00	602	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	375	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	319	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	732	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	424	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	609	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	8,124	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	475	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	442	1
Bulls	—	—	1,790	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,647	1
Bulls	—	—	1,455	84.04/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,223	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	56.13/cwt	55.00–57.00	912	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	400	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	96.91/cwt	93.00–105.00	555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	350	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	324	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	97.53/cwt	90.00–107.50	464	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	555	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	735	91.50/cwt	91.00–92.00	673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	100.00/cwt	97.50–102.50	530	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	681	100.40/cwt	98.00–104.00	684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	488	86.26/cwt	85.00–87.50	421	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	102.87/cwt	95.00–109.00	540	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	376	100.12/cwt	95.00–105.00	376	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	118.59/cwt	112.00–123.00	735	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	105.55/cwt	95.00–110.00	452	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	545	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	802	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	123.61/cwt	117.50–130.00	467	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	121.67/cwt	120.00–122.50	529	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	303	117.48/cwt	115.00–120.00	356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	635	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	115.01/cwt	113.00–117.00	656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	667	117.85/cwt	110.00–123.00	786	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	514	117.70/cwt	110.00–126.00	605	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	105.94/cwt	103.00–109.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	121.69/cwt	112.50–132.50	521	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	113.56/cwt	112.00–118.00	493	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	210	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	284	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	119.15/cwt	115.00–123.00	570	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	—	875	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	—	560	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	299	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	605	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	514	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	715	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	626	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	710	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	102.66/cwt	97.50–110.00	436	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	660	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	118.05/cwt	110.00–122.50	429	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	119.09/cwt	112.50–125.00	625	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	102.69/cwt	95.00–110.00	395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	420	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	374	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 Oct 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 319Last week 536Year ago 623

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 126Year ago 94

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 24Year ago 42

Current hog receipts 8.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	107.00–110.00	108.51
2	—	525	100.00–105.00	102.52
2	—	468	110.00	110.00
1	—	700	102.50	102.50
1	—	690	102.50	102.50
2	—	420	95.00–97.50	96.25
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	92.50	92.50
1	—	500	85.00	85.00
1	—	730	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	90.00	90.00
3	—	717	89.00–98.00	92.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	128.00–135.00	131.67
1	—	505	128.00	128.00
6	—	470	129.00–135.00	131.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	479	122.00–127.00	125.27
8	—	566	111.00–121.00	115.83
2	—	608	111.00–113.00	112.00
9	—	514	110.00–126.00	117.70
6	—	428	112.50–132.50	121.69
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	90.00	90.00
1	—	555	90.00	90.00
2	—	735	91.00–92.00	91.50
2	—	488	85.00–87.50	86.26
1	—	545	92.50	92.50
1	—	605	85.00	85.00
1	—	660	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	110.00	110.00
1	—	575	100.00	100.00
2	—	530	97.50–102.50	100.00
5	—	681	98.00–104.00	100.40
1	—	710	88.00	88.00
3	—	425	97.50–110.00	102.66
1	—	620	107.50	107.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	87.00	87.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	105.00	105.00
1	—	330	102.50	102.50
1	—	475	105.00	105.00
1	—	695	107.50	107.50
2	—	605	100.00–102.50	101.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	180	155.00	155.00
3	—	410	132.50–145.00	140.00
17	—	376	135.00–166.00	151.27
1	—	570	129.00	129.00
4	—	470	133.00–137.00	134.71
3	—	282	150.00–160.00	153.43
2	—	208	150.00–160.00	155.06
9	—	318	135.00–166.00	153.48
1	—	525	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	125.00	125.00
6	—	620	112.00–123.00	118.59
1	—	710	113.00	113.00
3	—	378	117.50–130.00	123.61
3	—	435	120.00–122.50	121.67
3	—	570	113.00–117.00	115.01
5	—	667	110.00–123.00	117.85
1	—	210	135.00	135.00
2	—	478	115.00–123.00	119.15
7	—	525	112.50–125.00	119.09
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	95.00	95.00
1	—	345	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	85.00	85.00
1	—	715	87.50	87.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	100.00	100.00
1	—	410	102.50	102.50
1	—	620	98.00	98.00
2	—	385	95.00–110.00	102.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	464	111.00–118.00	113.77
1	—	260	115.00	115.00
2	—	303	115.00–120.00	117.48
2	—	515	103.00–109.00	105.94
9	—	434	112.00–118.00	113.56
5	—	363	110.00–122.50	118.05
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	95.00	95.00
2	—	473	85.00	85.00
4	—	571	88.00–96.00	93.31
1	—	525	92.00	92.00
2	—	653	86.00–89.00	87.49
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	564	95.00–105.00	101.86
3	—	330	95.00–110.00	103.36
1	—	860	90.00	90.00
1	—	600	89.00	89.00
5	—	368	95.00–125.00	104.88
2	—	465	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	93.00	93.00
1	—	350	92.50	92.50
1	—	635	93.00	93.00
1	—	420	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	93.00–105.00	96.91
5	—	476	90.00–107.50	97.53
6	—	525	95.00–109.00	102.87
4	—	376	95.00–105.00	100.12
5	—	428	95.00–110.00	105.55
1	—	315	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	72.00	72.00
1	—	330	77.50	77.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	865	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	855	820.00–990.00	905.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	970.00	970.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	905	810.00–1,175.00	976.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	970	560.00–900.00	730.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,123	700.00–770.00	739.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	985	550.00	550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	680	500.00	500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	920.00	920.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	770.00	770.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,226	52.00–60.00	55.25
1	—	1,195	51.00	51.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,263	45.00–52.00	47.70
2	—	1,115	38.00	38.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	51.00	51.00
5	—	1,625	55.00–57.00	56.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,790	92.00	92.00
2	—	1,455	80.00–87.00	84.04

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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