Sale reports / North Carolina / Shelby Livestock Auction / 2021-02-16

Shelby Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shelby, North Carolina · Tue, Feb 16
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2092
Feeder Cattle receipts
86 head
▼ 141 vs last sale 227▼ 418 vs year ago 504 · −82.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 85▼ 49 vs year ago 96 · −51.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 25▼ 10 vs year ago 11 · −90.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 1.

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher, boning type were steady to 1.00 higher, and slaughter bulls were 3.00 to 4.00 higher. There were too few comparable feeder cattle to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were light due to ongoing wet weather. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.56/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$105.56
39 head · 405 lb average
Value per head Derived
$428
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$90
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$34.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.82
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2235130.003061thin
Medium and Large 2335118.663989thin
Small 1-2449104.8247016thin
Medium and Large 341495.5239613thin
One grade step is worth $34.48/cwt here — about −$90 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 sale39 hd
105.56
—
NC average8 barns · 365 hd
103.74
+1.82
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—Average1,45092.621,3432thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15671.1282231
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,26370.578914thin
CowsLean 85-90%High95454.3251810

Every lot, as filed

58 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
SteersMedium and Large 2—315120.00/cwt120.00–120.003781
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—58096.00/cwt96.00–96.005571
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—52096.00/cwt96.00–96.004991
SteersMedium and Large 2—515124.00/cwt124.00–124.006393
BullsMedium and Large 2—533114.95/cwt113.00–117.006132
SteersMedium and Large 2—475125.00/cwt125.00–125.005941
SteersMedium and Large 2—440115.00/cwt115.00–115.005061
HeifersSmall 1-2—600106.00/cwt106.00–106.006361
HeifersSmall 1-2—318102.56/cwt100.00–105.003262
SteersMedium and Large 2—630113.98/cwt112.00–116.007183
HeifersMedium and Large 2—235117.50/cwt117.50–117.502761
SteersSmall 1-2—680106.00/cwt106.00–106.007211
SteersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—31080.00/cwt80.00–80.002481
HeifersSmall 1-2—400107.17/cwt105.00–110.004296
BullsSmall 1-2—675104.00/cwt104.00–104.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 2—305120.00/cwt120.00–120.003661
BullsMedium and Large 2—480117.00/cwt117.00–117.005621
HeifersSmall 1-2—590102.00/cwt102.00–102.006021
HeifersSmall 1-2—390105.00/cwt105.00–105.004101
BullsSmall 1-2—42597.50/cwt97.50–97.504141
HeifersSmall 1-2—487108.00/cwt108.00–108.005263
BullsSmall 1-2—565102.58/cwt98.00–107.005802
BullsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—86587.00/cwt87.00–87.007531
CowsLean 85-90%—71563.00/cwt63.00–63.004501
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00854.90/cwt50.00–58.005538
CowsLean 85-90%—76041.00/cwt41.00–41.003121
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27069.42/cwt68.00–70.008823
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,24074.00/cwt74.00–74.009181
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25375.54/cwt73.00–80.0094717
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—40095.00/cwt95.00–95.003801
BullsMedium and Large 2—590111.00/cwt111.00–111.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—235130.00/cwt130.00–130.003061
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—955920.00/cwt920.00–920.008,7861
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—465127.00/cwt127.00–127.005911
Dairy SteersLarge 3—59067.50/cwt67.50–67.503981
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—24595.00/cwt95.00–95.002331
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—41595.00/cwt95.00–95.003941
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,03965.76/cwt61.00–72.0068314
Bulls——1,45092.62/cwt90.00–95.001,3432
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—81083.99/cwt83.00–85.006802
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—66580.00/cwt80.00–80.005321
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325108.67/cwt107.50–110.003532
HeifersMedium and Large 3—56597.00/cwt97.00–97.005481
SteersMedium and Large 2—665112.00/cwt112.00–112.007451
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—415129.51/cwt129.00–130.005372
HeifersMedium and Large 3—505103.00/cwt103.00–103.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 3Fleshy—46592.00/cwt92.00–92.004281
HeifersMedium and Large 2—267122.71/cwt120.00–125.003283
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420117.41/cwt110.00–125.004932
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—45095.00/cwt95.00–95.004281
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—39580.00/cwt80.00–80.003161
SteersMedium and Large 2—565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006221
HeifersMedium and Large 3—358102.45/cwt100.00–105.003672
HeifersMedium and Large 2—355120.00/cwt120.00–120.004261
SteersMedium and Large 2—275122.47/cwt120.00–125.003373
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—31582.50/cwt82.50–82.502601
SteersMedium and Large 3—570109.00/cwt109.00–109.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480107.50/cwt107.50–107.505161

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.