Name: Shelby Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower, while bulls were 6.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 1.00 to 6.00 higher, while heifers were mixed. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.80/cwt on 135 head.

Average price

$122.80

135 head · 454 lb average

Value per head Derived

$558

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$32.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.82

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	452	131.73	595	86
Medium and Large 2	434	119.66	519	18thin
Medium and Large 3	416	100.90	420	14thin
Small 1-2	519	98.96	514	17thin

One grade step is worth $32.77/cwt here — about $82 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 sale135 hd

122.80

—

NC average8 barns · 761 hd

121.97

+0.82

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,331	88.36	1,176	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,291	69.17	893	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,166	68.31	796	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	932	51.41	479	23

Every lot, as filed

116 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	130.75/cwt	125.00–137.50	615	3
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	800	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	545	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	119.66/cwt	118.00–122.00	816	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	124.97/cwt	121.00–127.00	784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	124.85/cwt	120.00–130.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	218	138.62/cwt	135.00–142.50	302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	121.65/cwt	118.00–125.00	699	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	775	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	138.03/cwt	125.00–145.00	573	27
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	312	104.92/cwt	100.00–110.00	327	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	107.62/cwt	105.00–110.00	407	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	119.14/cwt	117.50–120.00	379	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	134.12/cwt	132.50–135.00	349	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	457	109.32/cwt	108.00–110.00	500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	136.02/cwt	130.00–140.00	430	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	142.38/cwt	133.00–149.00	886	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	121.76/cwt	120.00–125.00	472	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	277	109.43/cwt	102.50–112.50	303	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	583	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	290	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	125.60/cwt	122.50–128.00	662	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	170	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	255	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	577	88.37/cwt	80.00–95.00	510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	117.41/cwt	115.00–122.00	490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	137.88/cwt	130.00–145.00	518	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	114.29/cwt	112.50–116.00	777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	128.94/cwt	124.00–136.00	602	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	150.33/cwt	149.00–151.00	689	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	162.60/cwt	150.00–172.50	514	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	158.26/cwt	147.50–160.50	666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	162.77/cwt	150.00–171.00	604	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	320	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	400	1
Steers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	500	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	146.80/cwt	137.50–154.00	772	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	689	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	284	140.61/cwt	135.00–145.00	399	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	133.58/cwt	125.00–140.00	438	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	126.26/cwt	125.00–127.50	619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	735	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	274	159.32/cwt	155.00–165.00	437	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	137.17/cwt	130.00–145.00	502	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	140.44/cwt	133.00–148.00	941	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	275	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	316	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	836	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	565	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	466	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	460	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	345	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	730	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	657	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	170	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	264	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	430	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	355	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	565	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	705	84.50/cwt	80.00–89.00	596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	670	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	570	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	565	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	523	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	615	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	554	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,334	74.01/cwt	73.00–76.00	987	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	788	20.58/cwt	20.00–21.00	162	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	45.33/cwt	40.00–49.00	445	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	932	57.95/cwt	51.00–62.00	540	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	76.30/cwt	74.00–80.00	893	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,273	67.15/cwt	62.00–72.00	855	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	66.62/cwt	63.00–72.00	776	33
Bulls	—	—	1,492	92.71/cwt	89.00–94.00	1,383	3
Bulls	—	—	1,150	81.68/cwt	75.00–86.00	939	4
Bulls	—	—	1,575	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,607	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	645	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	5,354	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	1,070.00/cwt	1,070.00–1,070.00	9,577	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	635	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	4,445	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	1,230.00/cwt	1,230.00–1,230.00	15,129	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	680.76/cwt	640.00–730.00	6,740	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	645	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	3,548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	538	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	619	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	477	139.52/cwt	136.00–142.50	666	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	673	122.43/cwt	119.00–126.00	824	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	700	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	423	128.74/cwt	127.50–130.00	545	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	630	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	794	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	530	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	530	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	435	107.44/cwt	105.00–110.00	467	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	563	107.56/cwt	105.00–110.00	606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	430	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	516	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	690	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	800	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	450	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	394	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	665	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	565	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	405	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	121.02/cwt	118.00–122.50	570	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	597	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	880	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	757	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	465	122.66/cwt	122.50–123.00	570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	525	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	560	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	102.47/cwt	100.00–105.00	430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	107.44/cwt	105.00–110.00	355	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	149.33/cwt	145.00–152.50	697	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	153.76/cwt	145.00–158.00	643	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	445	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	423	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	470	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	376	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	525	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	741	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	780	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	874	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	136.57/cwt	134.00–139.00	776	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	455	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	523	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	141.51/cwt	137.50–146.00	739	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	135.50/cwt	127.50–140.00	573	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	133.53/cwt	131.00–136.00	819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	124.02/cwt	120.00–127.00	773	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	705	106.52/cwt	103.00–110.00	751	2

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 Sep 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 353Last week 415Year ago 260

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 62Year ago 58

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 4Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	125.00–137.50	130.75
1	—	700	118.00	118.00
1	—	525	132.00	132.00
1	—	570	130.00	130.00
4	—	423	127.50–140.00	135.50
3	—	623	120.00–127.00	124.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	82.50	82.50
1	—	565	85.00	85.00
2	—	705	80.00–89.00	84.50
1	—	670	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	92.50	92.50
1	—	615	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	115.00	115.00
1	—	700	115.00	115.00
1	—	430	120.00	120.00
2	—	690	115.00–117.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	136.00–142.50	139.52
2	—	673	119.00–126.00	122.43
2	—	423	127.50–130.00	128.74
1	—	630	126.00	126.00
1	—	530	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	106.00	106.00
1	—	780	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	105.00–110.00	107.44
2	—	563	105.00–110.00	107.56
2	—	705	103.00–110.00	106.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	467	145.00–152.50	149.33
12	—	418	145.00–158.00	153.76
1	—	720	125.00	125.00
7	—	568	134.00–139.00	136.57
10	—	522	137.50–146.00	141.51
2	—	613	131.00–136.00	133.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	91.00	91.00
3	—	577	80.00–95.00	88.37
1	—	450	87.50	87.50
1	—	665	85.00	85.00
1	—	880	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	85.00	85.00
1	—	445	95.00	95.00
1	—	470	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	682	118.00–122.00	119.66
5	—	627	121.00–127.00	124.97
5	—	575	118.00–125.00	121.65
27	—	415	125.00–145.00	138.03
3	—	260	132.50–135.00	134.12
6	—	316	130.00–140.00	136.02
9	—	527	122.50–128.00	125.60
1	—	170	150.00	150.00
8	—	376	130.00–145.00	137.88
14	—	467	124.00–136.00	128.94
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	105.00	105.00
3	—	312	100.00–110.00	104.92
3	—	457	108.00–110.00	109.32
1	—	290	105.00	105.00
1	—	405	110.00	110.00
1	—	525	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	117.50–120.00	119.14
4	—	388	120.00–125.00	121.76
3	—	417	115.00–122.00	117.41
1	—	295	127.50	127.50
2	—	680	112.50–116.00	114.29
4	—	471	118.00–122.50	121.02
1	—	510	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	277	102.50–112.50	109.43
1	—	545	107.00	107.00
1	—	615	105.00	105.00
2	—	420	100.00–105.00	102.47
3	—	330	105.00–110.00	107.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	122.50–123.00	122.66
1	—	525	117.50	117.50
1	—	560	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	120.00–130.00	124.85
2	—	218	135.00–142.50	138.62
1	—	445	120.00	120.00
1	—	540	127.50	127.50
4	—	284	135.00–145.00	140.61
3	—	328	125.00–140.00	133.58
2	—	490	125.00–127.50	126.26
8	—	366	130.00–145.00	137.17
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	105.00–110.00	107.62
1	—	615	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	622	133.00–149.00	142.38
3	—	458	149.00–151.00	150.33
6	—	316	150.00–172.50	162.60
6	—	421	147.50–160.50	158.26
14	—	371	150.00–171.00	162.77
7	—	526	137.50–154.00	146.80
4	—	274	155.00–165.00	159.32
2	—	670	133.00–148.00	140.44
1	—	565	148.00	148.00
1	—	170	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	125.00	125.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	116.00	116.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	82.50	82.50
1	—	460	75.00	75.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,334	73.00–76.00	74.01
12	—	1,273	62.00–72.00	67.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	20.00–21.00	20.58
6	—	981	40.00–49.00	45.33
15	—	932	51.00–62.00	57.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,170	74.00–80.00	76.30
33	—	1,165	63.00–72.00	66.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,492	89.00–94.00	92.71
4	—	1,150	75.00–86.00	81.68
1	—	1,575	102.00	102.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	645	830.00	830.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	635	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	645	550.00	550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	895	1,070.00	1,070.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	1,230.00	1,230.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	990	640.00–730.00	680.76

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