Sale reports / North Carolina / Shelby Livestock Auction / 2021-08-31

Shelby Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shelby, North Carolina · Tue, Aug 31
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2092
Feeder Cattle receipts
415 head
16 vs last sale 399 105 vs year ago 310 · +33.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
63 vs last sale 125 29 vs year ago 91 · 31.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
2 vs last sale 6 11 vs year ago 15 · 73.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 1.

Compared to last week, boning type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower, while breaking type slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were steady to 1.00 higher. There were too few comparable feeder steers to establish an adequate market comparison; heifers were mostly steady to 4.00 lower; and feeder bull were mostly 6.00 to 7.00 lower. Demand was light to moderate; market activity and buyer interest were slow to moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.79/cwt on 137 head.
Average price
$127.79
137 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$32.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.63
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2470132.13621112
Medium and Large 2458118.2154110thin
Small 1-2574104.285996thin
Medium and Large 3464100.094649thin
One grade step is worth $32.04/cwt here — about $157 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 sale137 hd
127.79
NC average8 barns · 822 hd
123.16
+4.63
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
BullsAverage1,646102.211,6824thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,32873.0597015
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12469.8078521
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00753.955436thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2718111.64/cwt109.00–114.008023
HeifersMedium and Large 2317119.07/cwt115.00–125.003773
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2238140.00/cwt140.00–140.003332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2613121.75/cwt118.00–126.007463
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2326134.93/cwt133.00–140.004408
HeifersMedium and Large 2453115.00/cwt115.00–115.005212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418141.91/cwt137.50–144.0059318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529127.29/cwt121.00–132.0067326
HeifersMedium and Large 3478103.68/cwt101.00–105.004963
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625139.03/cwt135.00–143.008692
SteersMedium and Large 1-2343159.96/cwt155.00–165.005492
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670128.00/cwt128.00–128.008582
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665118.50/cwt118.00–119.007882
HeifersSmall 1-2420101.25/cwt100.00–102.504252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2367136.22/cwt130.00–143.005007
SteersMedium and Large 2423138.82/cwt137.50–140.005872
SteersMedium and Large 2262132.60/cwt130.00–135.003473
SteersMedium and Large 2375131.25/cwt125.00–137.504922
SteersSmall 1-2365106.25/cwt105.00–107.503882
SteersMedium and Large 1-2489149.20/cwt145.00–156.007304
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528141.54/cwt137.00–149.0074712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583149.88/cwt140.00–153.0087411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375157.11/cwt150.00–163.005897
SteersMedium and Large 2575129.68/cwt125.00–134.007464
SteersMedium and Large 1-2243168.81/cwt162.50–175.004102
SteersMedium and Large 2321138.74/cwt135.00–145.004454
SteersMedium and Large 2475132.67/cwt130.00–138.006303
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed420118.93/cwt115.00–122.505002
BullsSmall 1-2623109.49/cwt109.00–110.006822
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy408125.00/cwt125.00–125.005102
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy535115.00/cwt115.00–115.006152
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy618116.28/cwt115.00–117.507192
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy52586.23/cwt85.00–87.504532
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18175.05/cwt74.00–77.008864
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11168.56/cwt65.00–72.0076217
CowsLean 85-90%91344.22/cwt42.00–46.004042
CowsLean 85-90%1,05458.81/cwt55.00–61.006204
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38877.64/cwt75.00–82.001,0786
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28869.99/cwt67.00–73.009019
Bulls1,50398.19/cwt95.00–102.001,4762
Bulls1,788106.22/cwt105.00–107.001,8992
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,035680.00/cwt680.00–680.007,0381
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,105900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9451
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2660940.00/cwt940.00–940.006,2041
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2890780.00/cwt780.00–780.006,9421
BullsMedium and Large 2575125.67/cwt120.00–132.007238
BullsMedium and Large 2628122.01/cwt119.00–125.007664
BullsMedium and Large 2718117.30/cwt116.00–119.008423
BullsMedium and Large 2481137.09/cwt132.50–141.006596
BullsMedium and Large 2668126.20/cwt121.00–127.508438
BullsMedium and Large 3580100.00/cwt100.00–100.005802
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425148.28/cwt145.00–152.506309
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475145.59/cwt143.00–148.006925
BullsMedium and Large 2422132.57/cwt127.50–135.005593
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560135.00/cwt135.00–135.007563
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610131.97/cwt130.00–134.008052
BullsMedium and Large 1-2531135.24/cwt133.00–139.007185
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2265149.98/cwt147.50–152.503974
HeifersSmall 1-2780104.01/cwt103.00–105.008112
HeifersMedium and Large 3343109.98/cwt107.50–112.503772
HeifersMedium and Large 2283130.00/cwt130.00–130.003682
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed51382.46/cwt80.00–85.004232
HeifersSmall 1-2523107.58/cwt105.00–110.005632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2574124.45/cwt120.00–129.0071414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480131.33/cwt125.00–137.0063028
HeifersMedium and Large 3515102.45/cwt100.00–105.005282

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.