Name: Shelby Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 lower, while slaughter bulls were sharply lower on a light test. Feeder steers were unevenly steady; heifers were 1.00 to 7.00 lower; and feeder bulls were mostly steady to 7.00 lower. Demand was good at lower prices; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. "By the head" calves ranged 180.00 to 265.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.26/cwt on 130 head.

Average price

$113.26

130 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$557

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$355

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

$49.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.41

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	493	119.54	589	76
Medium 2	477	112.91	538	39
Small and Medium 3	640	85.00	544	1thin
Medium 3	532	83.11	442	13thin
Small and Medium 2	335	70.00	235	1thin

One grade step is worth $49.54/cwt here — about $355 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 sale130 hd

113.26

—

NC average6 barns · 850 hd

112.85

+0.41

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	1,521	89.46	1,361	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,391	71.82	999	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,073	63.46	681	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	808	57.63	465	13
Steers	Choice and Prime	High	1,560	77.00	1,201	1thin

Every lot, as filed

120 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
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	640	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	544	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	220	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	204	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	379	113.88/cwt	110.00–120.00	432	4
Steers	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	250	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	163	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	152.61/cwt	150.00–155.00	563	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	144.35/cwt	139.00–149.00	680	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	117.60/cwt	114.00–124.00	610	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	130.07/cwt	128.00–132.00	810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	142.65/cwt	137.00–145.00	762	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	126.51/cwt	126.00–128.00	850	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	117.88/cwt	112.50–121.00	667	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	894	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	983	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	103.71/cwt	100.00–109.00	707	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	128.56/cwt	125.00–132.50	490	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	84.99/cwt	84.00–86.00	795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	105.33/cwt	100.00–110.00	760	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	137.03/cwt	130.00–140.00	656	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	125.31/cwt	121.00–130.00	526	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	117.52/cwt	115.00–120.00	338	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	9,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	122.79/cwt	120.00–127.00	576	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,278	867.50/cwt	710.00–960.00	11,087	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	125.54/cwt	122.50–130.00	403	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	134.27/cwt	128.00–138.00	705	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	468	124.33/cwt	122.00–127.50	582	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	101.61/cwt	98.00–108.00	784	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	433	123.35/cwt	120.00–129.00	534	5
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	—	465	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	632	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	282	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	136.83/cwt	132.50–142.50	569	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	117.91/cwt	110.00–119.50	732	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	741	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	140.30/cwt	138.00–142.50	603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	147.98/cwt	144.00–155.00	481	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	136.00/cwt	134.50–141.00	755	10
Bulls	Small and Medium 3	—	500	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	146.15/cwt	142.50–150.00	421	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	530	470.94/cwt	420.00–510.00	2,496	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	438	399.60/cwt	360.00–430.00	1,750	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	757	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	121.42/cwt	117.00–127.00	766	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	990	26.00/cwt	26.00–26.00	257	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	127.45/cwt	124.00–132.00	729	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	335	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	235	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,560	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,201	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	725	47.24/cwt	45.00–50.00	342	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	846	59.59/cwt	57.00–63.00	504	5
Bulls	—	—	1,351	83.71/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,131	7
Bulls	—	—	1,720	96.16/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,654	6
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	885	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,310	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,391	71.06/cwt	67.00–76.00	988	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,086	62.43/cwt	59.00–65.00	678	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	753	40.43/cwt	39.00–42.00	304	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	983	48.12/cwt	45.00–52.00	473	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	828	68.96/cwt	66.00–71.00	571	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	568	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	568	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,079	69.89/cwt	67.00–75.00	754	13
Dairy Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	385	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	212	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	563	116.01/cwt	113.00–120.00	653	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	820	893.35/cwt	780.00–1,000.00	7,325	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	845	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	4,310	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	645	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	651	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Value Added	—	1,393	77.56/cwt	76.00–79.00	1,080	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	472	104.57/cwt	100.00–107.50	494	3
Bulls	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	540	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	297	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	900	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	490	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	527	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	320	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	400	3
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	435	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	413	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	415	108.80/cwt	107.50–110.00	452	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	175	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	201	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	660	74.85/cwt	65.00–85.00	494	2
Heifers	Medium 3Full	—	355	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	302	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	555	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	325	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	382	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	285	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	342	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	340	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	349	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	373	124.12/cwt	122.50–125.00	463	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	529	122.86/cwt	119.00–127.00	650	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	870.00/cwt	870.00–870.00	9,440	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	300	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	345	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,783	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	620	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	403	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	855	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	547	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	820	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	771	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	623	109.51/cwt	109.00–110.00	682	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	380	136.90/cwt	135.00–140.00	520	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	288	130.00/cwt	125.00–135.00	374	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	560	111.75/cwt	108.00–118.00	626	3
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	485	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	485	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	405	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	324	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	488	130.08/cwt	125.00–135.00	635	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	225	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	281	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	655	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	638	106.99/cwt	106.00–108.00	683	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	665	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	778	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	575	126.51/cwt	125.00–128.00	727	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	540	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	621	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	310	137.50/cwt	135.00–140.00	426	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	372	117.96/cwt	110.00–120.00	439	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	422	112.89/cwt	109.00–115.00	476	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	512	113.01/cwt	108.00–117.00	579	7
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	683	59.54/cwt	56.00–63.00	407	2
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	585	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	765	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium 3Full	—	520	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	208	1
Heifers	Medium 3Full	—	565	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	353	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	476	114.44/cwt	109.00–119.00	545	12
Steers	Medium 2	—	505	132.51/cwt	130.00–134.00	669	4
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	610	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	366	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 Jun 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 312Last week 259Year ago 332

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 65Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 22Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	519	114.00–124.00	117.60
1	—	800	88.00	88.00
1	—	865	80.00	80.00
8	—	566	112.50–121.00	117.88
1	—	1,130	87.00	87.00
4	—	682	100.00–109.00	103.71
6	—	381	125.00–132.50	128.56
1	—	765	103.00	103.00
17	—	420	121.00–130.00	125.31
2	—	288	115.00–120.00	117.52
13	—	469	120.00–127.00	122.79
7	—	321	122.50–130.00	125.54
1	—	715	104.00	104.00
1	—	230	122.50	122.50
6	—	621	110.00–119.50	117.91
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	101.00	101.00
3	—	472	100.00–107.50	104.57
2	—	660	65.00–85.00	74.85
1	—	555	101.00	101.00
1	—	340	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	85.00	85.00
1	—	520	40.00	40.00
1	—	565	62.50	62.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	117.50	117.50
1	—	285	120.00	120.00
3	—	560	108.00–118.00	111.75
1	—	655	103.00	103.00
2	—	638	106.00–108.00	106.99
7	—	372	110.00–120.00	117.96
3	—	422	109.00–115.00	112.89
7	—	512	108.00–117.00	113.01
1	—	765	90.00	90.00
12	—	476	109.00–119.00	114.44
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	65.00	65.00
1	—	610	60.00	60.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	92.50	92.50
4	—	379	110.00–120.00	113.88
Steers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	65.00	65.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	369	150.00–155.00	152.61
6	—	471	139.00–149.00	144.35
2	—	623	128.00–132.00	130.07
8	—	534	137.00–145.00	142.65
4	—	672	126.00–128.00	126.51
1	—	885	101.00	101.00
1	—	720	127.00	127.00
2	—	430	138.00–142.50	140.30
4	—	325	144.00–155.00	147.98
10	—	555	134.50–141.00	136.00
2	—	288	142.50–150.00	146.15
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	320	125.00	125.00
1	—	485	120.00	120.00
1	—	175	115.00	115.00
3	—	373	122.50–125.00	124.12
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	380	135.00–140.00	136.90
1	—	600	120.00	120.00
3	—	288	125.00–135.00	130.00
2	—	488	125.00–135.00	130.08
3	—	225	125.00	125.00
1	—	665	117.00	117.00
2	—	575	125.00–128.00	126.51
2	—	310	135.00–140.00	137.50
4	—	505	130.00–134.00	132.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	935	84.00–86.00	84.99
6	—	722	100.00–110.00	105.33
14	—	479	130.00–140.00	137.03
1	—	990	80.00	80.00
3	—	525	128.00–138.00	134.27
3	—	772	98.00–108.00	101.61
8	—	416	132.50–142.50	136.83
1	—	680	109.00	109.00
1	—	890	85.00	85.00
7	—	631	117.00–127.00	121.42
5	—	572	124.00–132.00	127.45
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	122.00–127.50	124.33
5	—	433	120.00–129.00	123.35
4	—	563	113.00–120.00	116.01
5	—	529	119.00–127.00	122.86
1	—	820	94.00	94.00
2	—	623	109.00–110.00	109.51
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	77.50	77.50
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	100.00	100.00
1	—	900	67.00	67.00
1	—	490	107.50	107.50
2	—	415	107.50–110.00	108.80
2	—	540	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	55.00	55.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	136.00	136.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	55.00	55.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	115.00	115.00
1	—	620	65.00	65.00
1	—	855	64.00	64.00
1	—	485	100.00	100.00
1	—	405	80.00	80.00
2	—	683	56.00–63.00	59.54

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	530	420.00–510.00	470.94
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	438	360.00–430.00	399.60
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	820	780.00–1,000.00	893.35
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,278	710.00–960.00	867.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	870.00	870.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	510.00	510.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	26.00	26.00
15	—	1,086	59.00–65.00	62.43
2	—	983	45.00–52.00	48.12
13	—	1,079	67.00–75.00	69.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	45.00–50.00	47.24
5	—	846	57.00–63.00	59.59
2	—	753	39.00–42.00	40.43
4	—	828	66.00–71.00	68.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,391	67.00–76.00	71.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	76.00–79.00	77.56
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	77.00	77.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,351	80.00–89.00	83.71
6	—	1,720	91.00–100.00	96.16

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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How this sale compares

Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange - Shelby, NC

Feeder Cattle

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