Sale reports / North Carolina / Shelby Livestock Auction / 2021-08-24

Shelby Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shelby, North Carolina · Tue, Aug 24
● Final137 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2092
Feeder Cattle receipts
399 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 340▲ 126 vs year ago 273 · +46.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 72▲ 54 vs year ago 71 · +76.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 5▼ 12 vs year ago 18 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 1

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower, while bulls were mostly 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly 3.00 to 13.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were good. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was mostly moderate to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.91/cwt on 171 head.
Average price
$125.91
171 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$632
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$33.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.72
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2476133.42636119
Medium and Large 2533116.4862126
Small 1-2605102.0561711thin
Medium and Large 3577100.1457815thin
One grade step is worth $33.28/cwt here — about $58 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 sale171 hd
125.91
—
NC average8 barns · 1,065 hd
123.19
+2.72
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—Low1,85096.781,79113
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,28972.0592928
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16171.4182959
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low96451.5849723

Every lot, as filed

137 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 2Fleshy—450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—490140.00/cwt140.00–140.006861
SteersMedium and Large 2—430128.78/cwt127.50–130.005542
SteersMedium and Large 2—290122.50/cwt122.50–122.503551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007491
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—573135.50/cwt135.00–136.007762
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—330137.50/cwt137.50–137.504541
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—368138.12/cwt130.00–147.0050813
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—57080.00/cwt80.00–80.004561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—480134.94/cwt125.00–146.0064827
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—626124.32/cwt118.00–130.007787
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—720116.00/cwt116.00–116.008351
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—383120.00/cwt120.00–120.004602
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—720115.00/cwt115.00–115.008281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—240137.50/cwt137.50–137.503301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—283144.09/cwt138.00–147.504085
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—525127.46/cwt123.00–143.0066910
HeifersMedium and Large 2—345130.00/cwt130.00–130.004491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—567126.00/cwt122.00–137.0071415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—683126.22/cwt118.00–129.508628
HeifersSmall 1-2—265107.50/cwt107.50–107.502851
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370122.43/cwt120.00–125.004533
HeifersMedium and Large 2—605114.17/cwt112.50–115.006913
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420106.21/cwt100.00–110.004464
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—419136.42/cwt125.00–145.0057221
HeifersSmall 1-2—765101.53/cwt100.00–103.007772
HeifersMedium and Large 3—620102.50/cwt100.00–105.006362
HeifersMedium and Large 2—405122.50/cwt122.50–122.504961
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570116.00/cwt116.00–116.006611
HeifersSmall 1-2—620112.50/cwt112.50–112.506981
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525115.86/cwt115.00–118.006087
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—308139.00/cwt130.00–145.004286
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473116.71/cwt115.00–120.005523
HeifersMedium and Large 2—717111.67/cwt110.00–115.008013
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—420115.00/cwt115.00–115.004831
SteersMedium and Large 2—660126.00/cwt126.00–126.008321
SteersMedium and Large 2—470135.00/cwt135.00–135.006351
SteersMedium and Large 3—230110.00/cwt110.00–110.002531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—805136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0951
SteersSmall 1-2—715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007871
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—770122.00/cwt122.00–122.009391
SteersMedium and Large 2—360135.68/cwt130.00–145.004883
SteersSmall 1-2—375112.50/cwt112.50–112.504221
SteersMedium and Large 2—510135.00/cwt135.00–135.006892
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—470154.55/cwt145.00–160.007266
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—789142.52/cwt140.00–143.501,1247
SteersMedium and Large 2—565122.50/cwt122.50–122.506921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—278165.16/cwt162.50–167.504592
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—330166.43/cwt160.00–179.005498
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—669146.74/cwt139.00–149.009827
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—372159.30/cwt150.00–170.0059315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—512155.94/cwt145.00–163.0079815
SteersSmall 1-2—520105.00/cwt105.00–105.005461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—611155.00/cwt155.00–155.009475
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—240155.00/cwt155.00–155.003721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—569147.80/cwt140.00–157.008416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—716138.76/cwt134.00–140.009948
Dairy SteersLarge 3—26878.66/cwt75.00–85.002113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—425157.74/cwt152.50–163.006705
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—195180.00/cwt180.00–180.003511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—675129.00/cwt129.00–129.008711
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—555122.00/cwt122.00–122.006772
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—560116.27/cwt115.00–117.506512
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—75587.00/cwt87.00–87.006571
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—440117.50/cwt117.50–117.505171
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—720115.00/cwt115.00–115.008281
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—679123.27/cwt120.00–127.008374
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—565129.11/cwt127.50–133.007294
CowsLean 85-90%—85534.56/cwt34.00–35.002952
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,30077.18/cwt74.00–80.001,00312
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,30069.89/cwt67.00–73.0090913
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12369.09/cwt64.00–73.0077636
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21461.22/cwt59.00–62.007434
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00556.90/cwt50.00–63.0057215
CowsLean 85-90%—89843.94/cwt39.00–48.003956
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,20060.93/cwt60.00–62.007313
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22277.96/cwt74.00–84.0095319
Bulls——1,20575.00/cwt75.00–75.009041
Bulls——1,975104.44/cwt104.00–105.002,0632
Bulls——1,89097.43/cwt95.00–101.001,84110
Stock CowsSmall 1-2—685510.00/cwt510.00–510.003,4941
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—895720.00/cwt720.00–720.006,4441
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,050800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,4001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—680600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,0801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2101,040.00/cwt1,040.00–1,040.0012,5841
BullsMedium and Large 3—523111.00/cwt110.00–112.005812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—820109.00/cwt109.00–109.008942
BullsSmall 1-2—730108.00/cwt108.00–108.007881
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy—620118.00/cwt118.00–118.007321
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy—435125.00/cwt125.00–125.005441
BullsMedium and Large 2—423136.84/cwt130.00–145.005794
BullsMedium and Large 2—790118.00/cwt118.00–118.009321
BullsMedium and Large 3—79097.50/cwt97.50–97.507701
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy—485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005821
BullsMedium and Large 3—450110.00/cwt110.00–110.004951
BullsMedium and Large 3—573108.84/cwt107.50–111.006243
BullsSmall 1-2—605111.00/cwt111.00–111.006721
BullsSmall 1-2—435110.00/cwt110.00–110.004791
BullsMedium and Large 2—467135.57/cwt125.00–143.006335
BullsMedium and Large 2—524128.71/cwt120.00–135.006746
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—750125.00/cwt125.00–125.009381
HeifersMedium and Large 3—710105.00/cwt105.00–105.007461
HeifersMedium and Large 3Fleshy—80590.00/cwt90.00–90.007251
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480103.79/cwt100.00–107.504982
HeifersMedium and Large 2—668111.32/cwt108.00–116.007443
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—82094.00/cwt94.00–94.007711
HeifersMedium and Large 3—675106.33/cwt102.50–110.007182
HeifersSmall 1-2—580105.00/cwt105.00–105.006091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—523148.00/cwt148.00–148.007743
HeifersSmall 1-2—73597.50/cwt97.50–97.507171
HeifersSmall 1-2—535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005892
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—59588.00/cwt88.00–88.005241
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy—365120.00/cwt120.00–120.004381
HeifersMedium and Large 3Fleshy—46090.00/cwt90.00–90.004141
HeifersMedium and Large 3Fleshy—88087.00/cwt87.00–87.007661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—335125.00/cwt125.00–125.004191
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—44095.00/cwt95.00–95.004181
BullsMedium and Large 2—800116.00/cwt116.00–116.009281
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—602117.50/cwt117.50–117.507072
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—525115.00/cwt115.00–115.006041
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—462153.87/cwt142.50–159.007117
BullsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—64090.00/cwt90.00–90.005761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—410152.00/cwt152.00–152.006231
BullsMedium and Large 2—562124.26/cwt120.00–126.006984
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—710127.00/cwt127.00–127.009021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—612132.62/cwt129.00–136.008123
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—62580.00/cwt80.00–80.005001
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—40095.00/cwt95.00–95.003801
BullsSmall 1-2—582107.35/cwt104.00–110.006253
BullsSmall 1-2—458107.49/cwt105.00–110.004922
BullsMedium and Large 2—674124.25/cwt120.00–128.008374
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—557138.00/cwt138.00–138.007693
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—425155.10/cwt147.50–160.006597
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—519146.24/cwt139.00–155.007595
BullsMedium and Large 2—631122.49/cwt117.50–125.007734

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.