Name: Shelby Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; slaughter cows were 2 to 3 higher, slaughter bulls were 5 to 6 higher. Feeder cattle were 5 to 10 higher. Demand was high; market activity and buyer interest were higher. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was above average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.55/cwt on 107 head.

Average price

$125.55

107 head · 449 lb average

Value per head Derived

$564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$45

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

$26.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.17

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	443	130.88	579	67
Medium and Large 2	426	121.89	519	27
Small 1-2	504	106.11	534	9thin
Medium and Large 3	596	104.75	625	4thin

One grade step is worth $26.13/cwt here — about −$45 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 sale107 hd

125.55

—

NC average8 barns · 1,078 hd

123.38

+2.17

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	1,551	91.92	1,426	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,142	66.36	758	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,110	66.00	733	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	820	47.42	389	5thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	700	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	4,130	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	805	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	7,728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	420	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	483	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	135.00/cwt	132.00–138.00	878	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	136.32/cwt	134.00–140.00	849	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	136.51/cwt	135.00–137.50	444	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	149.28/cwt	140.00–158.00	781	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	165.39/cwt	154.00–172.50	614	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	575	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	450	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	153.09/cwt	148.00–165.00	716	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	123.18/cwt	118.00–127.00	647	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	152.20/cwt	147.00–159.00	860	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	152.16/cwt	147.00–168.00	723	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	535	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	583	126.51/cwt	125.00–128.00	738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	685	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	136.26/cwt	132.50–145.00	516	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	695	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	883	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	132.61/cwt	125.00–140.00	545	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	137.67/cwt	125.00–145.00	664	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	805	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	540	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	724	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	159.26/cwt	150.00–166.00	688	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	148.01/cwt	140.00–154.00	781	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	137.80/cwt	133.00–145.00	387	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	122.77/cwt	121.00–126.00	701	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	613	107.01/cwt	106.00–108.00	656	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	260	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	273	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	672	105.32/cwt	103.00–108.00	708	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	127.01/cwt	125.00–129.00	937	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	213	162.47/cwt	160.00–165.00	346	2
Bulls	Small 1-2Gaunt	—	660	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	594	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	850	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	791	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	285	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	163.67/cwt	150.00–172.50	542	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	138.00/cwt	137.00–139.00	911	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	240	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	252	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	355	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	391	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	700	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	4,410	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,110	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	733	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	905	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	362	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	73.27/cwt	70.00–80.00	832	8
Bulls	—	—	1,390	86.24/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,199	4
Bulls	—	—	1,090	74.52/cwt	72.00–77.00	812	2
Bulls	—	—	1,864	103.42/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,928	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	452	172.32/cwt	170.00–176.00	779	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	425	172.24/cwt	167.00–178.00	732	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	9,240	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	735	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	404	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	805	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	456	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	65.15/cwt	60.00–68.00	752	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	883	41.03/cwt	35.00–45.00	362	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	715	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	422	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	122.86/cwt	117.50–128.00	704	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	165	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	518	159.95/cwt	158.00–162.00	829	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	325	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	376	179.80/cwt	177.50–183.00	676	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	128.97/cwt	127.00–130.00	800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	130.73/cwt	122.50–145.00	481	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	132.53/cwt	130.00–135.00	746	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	404	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	117.56/cwt	115.00–120.00	506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	128.15/cwt	120.00–134.00	675	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	775	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	583	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	155.37/cwt	147.50–167.00	668	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	525	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	122.73/cwt	112.50–127.50	593	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	119.97/cwt	114.00–126.00	810	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	590	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	131.06/cwt	125.00–137.00	615	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	758	115.50/cwt	115.00–116.00	875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	113.65/cwt	111.00–117.00	716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	123.37/cwt	117.50–127.50	397	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	266	127.60/cwt	125.00–130.00	339	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	140.99/cwt	134.00–147.00	870	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	143.48/cwt	133.00–154.00	806	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	385	136.25/cwt	125.00–147.50	525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	133.81/cwt	130.00–137.50	388	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	955	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,051	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	137.22/cwt	130.00–144.00	661	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	159.81/cwt	150.00–171.00	428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	136.29/cwt	125.00–144.00	568	14

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 Apr 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 320Last week 244Year ago 359

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 65Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 23Year ago 9

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	590.00	590.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	960.00	960.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	630.00	630.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,320	700.00	700.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	115.00	115.00
1	—	590	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	135.00–137.50	136.51
11	—	525	118.00–127.00	123.18
8	—	379	132.50–145.00	136.26
7	—	281	133.00–145.00	137.80
5	—	571	121.00–126.00	122.77
1	—	640	116.00	116.00
15	—	469	125.00–137.00	131.06
14	—	417	125.00–144.00	136.29
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	106.00–108.00	107.01
2	—	260	105.00	105.00
3	—	672	103.00–108.00	105.32
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
1	—	240	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	105.00	105.00
1	—	510	110.00	110.00
1	—	485	105.00	105.00
1	—	715	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	116.00	116.00
1	—	365	125.00	125.00
2	—	430	115.00–120.00	117.56
8	—	483	112.50–127.50	122.73
1	—	715	114.00	114.00
3	—	630	111.00–117.00	113.65
6	—	322	117.50–127.50	123.37
5	—	266	125.00–130.00	127.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	132.00–138.00	135.00
3	—	623	134.00–140.00	136.32
14	—	468	148.00–165.00	153.09
6	—	528	140.00–154.00	148.01
16	—	430	147.50–167.00	155.37
7	—	562	133.00–154.00	143.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	135.00	135.00
1	—	535	133.00	133.00
1	—	615	120.00	120.00
2	—	583	125.00–128.00	126.51
1	—	685	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	411	125.00–140.00	132.61
7	—	482	125.00–145.00	137.67
1	—	805	108.00	108.00
3	—	573	117.50–128.00	122.86
3	—	620	127.00–130.00	128.97
3	—	527	120.00–134.00	128.15
1	—	725	111.00	111.00
3	—	675	114.00–126.00	119.97
2	—	758	115.00–116.00	115.50
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	105.00	105.00
1	—	775	101.00	101.00
2	—	583	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	523	140.00–158.00	149.28
8	—	371	154.00–172.50	165.39
4	—	565	147.00–159.00	152.20
14	—	475	147.00–168.00	152.16
5	—	432	150.00–166.00	159.26
2	—	738	125.00–129.00	127.01
2	—	213	160.00–165.00	162.47
10	—	331	150.00–172.50	163.67
2	—	660	137.00–139.00	138.00
3	—	617	134.00–147.00	140.99
2	—	268	150.00–171.00	159.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	130.00	130.00
1	—	540	134.00	134.00
2	—	385	125.00–147.50	136.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	189.00	189.00
3	—	452	170.00–176.00	172.32
2	—	425	167.00–178.00	172.24
2	—	518	158.00–162.00	159.95
1	—	325	178.00	178.00
4	—	376	177.50–183.00	179.80
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	125.00	125.00
1	—	165	130.00	130.00
5	—	368	122.50–145.00	130.73
2	—	563	130.00–135.00	132.53
1	—	865	115.00	115.00
2	—	290	130.00–137.50	133.81
1	—	955	110.00	110.00
3	—	482	130.00–144.00	137.22
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	82.50	82.50
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	66.00	66.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	40.00	40.00
8	—	1,136	70.00–80.00	73.27
24	—	1,154	60.00–68.00	65.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	55.00	55.00
3	—	883	35.00–45.00	41.03
1	—	715	59.00	59.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,390	83.00–89.00	86.24
2	—	1,090	72.00–77.00	74.52
5	—	1,864	101.00–107.00	103.42

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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Shelby Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange - Shelby, NC

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle