Name: Shelby Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, all cattle were mostly steady. Demand was up slightly; market activity and buyer interest were up slightly. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was well above average. 12 hogs.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.30/cwt on 110 head.

Average price

$107.30

110 head · 449 lb average

Value per head Derived

$481

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$24.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.42

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	445	120.69	537	13thin
Medium and Large 2	375	119.76	449	34
Small 1-2	497	98.55	490	34
Medium and Large 3	479	97.01	465	28
Small 2	495	96.00	475	1thin

One grade step is worth $24.69/cwt here — about $62 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 sale110 hd

107.30

—

NC average4 barns · 460 hd

104.89

+2.42

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	—	Low	1,461	80.29	1,173	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,164	62.28	725	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,415	59.95	848	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	947	44.56	422	16

Every lot, as filed

126 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
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	778	429.24/cwt	365.00–500.00	3,339	2
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	520	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	494	1
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	440	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	171.36/cwt	161.00–183.00	571	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	146.48/cwt	136.00–157.50	687	5
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	725	575.41/cwt	560.00–590.00	4,172	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	168.64/cwt	150.00–193.00	472	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	147.69/cwt	135.00–164.00	628	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	135.44/cwt	131.00–138.00	698	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	162.03/cwt	155.00–168.00	617	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	525	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	826	319.85/cwt	300.00–350.00	2,642	5
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	445	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	401	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	575	102.53/cwt	98.00–110.00	590	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	608	102.88/cwt	99.00–107.00	626	4
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	367	88.09/cwt	85.00–90.00	323	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	605	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	617	1
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	810	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	737	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	820	81.99/cwt	81.00–83.00	672	3
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	405	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	365	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	518	103.78/cwt	100.00–111.00	538	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	415	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	436	1
Heifers	Small 2	—	495	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	865	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	170	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	259	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	406	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	128.73/cwt	127.50–130.00	457	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	142.70/cwt	140.00–149.00	658	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	575	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	702	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	478	90.03/cwt	85.00–95.00	430	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	460	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	460	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	685	99.99/cwt	99.00–101.00	685	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	723	96.63/cwt	89.00–104.00	699	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	465	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	456	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	579	106.73/cwt	104.00–110.00	618	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	415	105.81/cwt	102.50–110.00	439	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	363	106.28/cwt	105.00–107.50	386	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	255	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	281	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	780	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	741	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	473	103.52/cwt	100.00–107.00	490	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	325	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	358	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	740	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	703	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	750	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	758	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	680	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	666	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	565	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	607	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	450	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	428	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	620	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	663	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	378	100.53/cwt	94.00–107.50	380	2
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	650	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	611	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	290	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	305	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	200	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	215	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	480	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	444	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	295	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	251	1
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	500	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	450	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	58.86/cwt	54.00–64.00	836	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	68.61/cwt	65.00–73.00	884	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,107	59.36/cwt	53.00–64.00	657	26
Bulls	—	—	1,286	65.61/cwt	41.00–76.00	844	6
Bulls	—	—	1,565	86.35/cwt	79.00–92.00	1,351	10
Bulls	—	—	1,465	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,377	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	5,281	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	3,758	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,377	66.95/cwt	66.00–68.00	922	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	49.56/cwt	46.00–53.00	514	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	829	38.13/cwt	33.00–40.00	316	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	103.38/cwt	95.00–108.00	579	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	167.63/cwt	155.00–180.00	399	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	365	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	475	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	5,658	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	481.13/cwt	380.00–560.00	4,667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	98.75/cwt	95.00–102.50	499	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	665	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	280	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	308	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	558	86.52/cwt	85.00–88.00	483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	245	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	415	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	103.81/cwt	102.50–105.00	327	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	560	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	420	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	608	80.51/cwt	80.00–81.00	490	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	710	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	530	89.46/cwt	85.00–94.00	474	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	485	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	437	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	473	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	558	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	151.24/cwt	140.00–157.00	644	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	480	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	576	123.30/cwt	115.00–125.50	710	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	116.37/cwt	112.00–121.00	545	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	132.93/cwt	120.00–145.00	379	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	114.00/cwt	113.00–115.00	770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	131.89/cwt	125.00–142.50	489	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	124.35/cwt	115.00–133.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	277	120.08/cwt	112.50–125.00	333	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	122.94/cwt	117.50–127.50	468	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	404	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	120.07/cwt	117.50–122.50	502	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	121.65/cwt	112.00–137.00	636	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	215	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	120.45/cwt	117.50–123.00	387	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	119.81/cwt	112.00–127.50	689	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	121.67/cwt	117.00–126.00	509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	—	468	87.49/cwt	85.00–90.00	409	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	555	105.05/cwt	100.00–110.00	583	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	495	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	557	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	228	130.05/cwt	125.00–135.00	297	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	790	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	360	91.09/cwt	85.00–95.00	328	5

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 Dec 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 344Last week 463Year ago 663

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 128Year ago 130

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 20Year ago 20

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	778	365.00–500.00	429.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	725	560.00–590.00	575.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	826	300.00–350.00	319.85
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	590.00	590.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	970	380.00–560.00	481.13
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	450.00	450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	690.00	690.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	95.00	95.00
1	—	445	90.00	90.00
1	—	650	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	98.00–110.00	102.53
4	—	608	99.00–107.00	102.88
1	—	415	105.00	105.00
2	—	685	99.00–101.00	99.99
2	—	723	89.00–104.00	96.63
1	—	465	98.00	98.00
1	—	780	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	461	140.00–149.00	142.70
17	—	426	140.00–157.00	151.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	105.00	105.00
1	—	735	100.00	100.00
2	—	555	100.00–110.00	105.05
1	—	425	105.00	105.00
1	—	495	112.50	112.50
1	—	525	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	90.00	90.00
2	—	608	80.00–81.00	80.51
1	—	710	90.00	90.00
1	—	485	90.00	90.00
1	—	790	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	576	115.00–125.50	123.30
1	—	360	115.00	115.00
1	—	625	115.00	115.00
5	—	489	115.00–133.00	124.35
2	—	418	117.50–122.50	120.07
14	—	523	112.00–137.00	121.65
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	95.00	95.00
1	—	810	91.00	91.00
1	—	500	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	333	161.00–183.00	171.36
5	—	469	136.00–157.50	146.48
8	—	280	150.00–193.00	168.64
10	—	425	135.00–164.00	147.69
7	—	515	131.00–138.00	135.44
7	—	381	155.00–168.00	162.03
2	—	238	155.00–180.00	167.63
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	100.00	100.00
1	—	420	110.00	110.00
2	—	363	105.00–107.50	106.28
1	—	740	95.00	95.00
1	—	565	107.50	107.50
1	—	620	107.00	107.00
1	—	290	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	102.50–105.00	103.81
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	285	120.00–145.00	132.93
1	—	640	114.00	114.00
2	—	675	113.00–115.00	114.00
4	—	371	125.00–142.50	131.89
1	—	430	127.50	127.50
1	—	500	121.00	121.00
1	—	710	113.00	113.00
5	—	323	125.00	125.00
4	—	575	112.00–127.50	119.81
2	—	228	125.00–135.00	130.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	105.00	105.00
1	—	920	94.00	94.00
1	—	170	152.50	152.50
1	—	400	125.00	125.00
1	—	565	105.00	105.00
2	—	315	129.00	129.00
2	—	355	127.50–130.00	128.73
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	85.00–90.00	88.09
3	—	820	81.00–83.00	81.99
1	—	405	90.00	90.00
3	—	478	85.00–95.00	90.03
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	102.00	102.00
4	—	518	100.00–111.00	103.78
5	—	579	104.00–110.00	106.73
3	—	415	102.50–110.00	105.81
1	—	255	110.00	110.00
2	—	473	100.00–107.00	103.52
1	—	325	110.00	110.00
1	—	750	101.00	101.00
1	—	680	98.00	98.00
2	—	378	94.00–107.50	100.53
1	—	200	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	92.50	92.50
1	—	295	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	560	95.00–108.00	103.38
1	—	650	104.00	104.00
1	—	715	102.00	102.00
2	—	505	95.00–102.50	98.75
1	—	280	110.00	110.00
1	—	245	110.00	110.00
1	—	620	95.00	95.00
1	—	465	102.50	102.50
1	—	415	100.00	100.00
1	—	320	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	85.00–88.00	86.52
1	—	420	90.00	90.00
2	—	530	85.00–94.00	89.46
5	—	360	85.00–95.00	91.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	112.00	112.00
7	—	468	112.00–121.00	116.37
6	—	277	112.50–125.00	120.08
8	—	381	117.50–127.50	122.94
1	—	215	125.00	125.00
7	—	321	117.50–123.00	120.45
3	—	418	117.00–126.00	121.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	85.00–90.00	87.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,420	54.00–64.00	58.86
3	—	1,377	66.00–68.00	66.95
1	—	1,470	52.00	52.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,288	65.00–73.00	68.61
26	—	1,107	53.00–64.00	59.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,038	46.00–53.00	49.56
7	—	829	33.00–40.00	38.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,286	41.00–76.00	65.61
10	—	1,565	79.00–92.00	86.35
2	—	1,465	94.00	94.00

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