Name: Shelby Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 16.

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower and boning type slaughter cows were 6.00 to 7.00 lower; slaughter bulls were 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers were unevenly steady; heifers were mostly 5.00 to 6.00 higher; and feeder bulls were mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. 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 $138.55/cwt on 182 head.

Average price

$138.55

182 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

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

$45.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.42

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	454	148.78	675	109
Medium 2	483	126.51	612	62
Medium and Large 3	708	114.04	807	2thin
Small 1-2	403	102.97	415	9thin

One grade step is worth $45.82/cwt here — about $260 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 sale182 hd

138.55

—

NC average7 barns · 1,085 hd

130.13

+8.42

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	1,626	106.08	1,725	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,406	78.39	1,102	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,197	72.89	873	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	912	58.83	536	19

Every lot, as filed

88 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	166.53/cwt	162.50–172.00	773	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	173.97/cwt	170.00–180.00	644	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	340	185.83/cwt	185.00–187.50	632	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	328	152.48/cwt	150.00–155.00	500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	160.18/cwt	155.00–165.00	457	2
Steers	Medium 2Fancy	—	578	142.49/cwt	140.00–145.00	824	2
Steers	Medium 2Fancy	—	540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	160.98/cwt	155.00–165.00	827	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	135.09/cwt	132.50–137.50	842	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	410	101.98/cwt	100.00–104.00	418	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	520	128.40/cwt	125.00–130.00	668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	368	186.88/cwt	185.00–187.50	688	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	468	176.60/cwt	175.00–180.00	826	3
Steers	Medium 2Fancy	—	373	142.42/cwt	140.00–145.00	531	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	222	134.42/cwt	130.00–137.50	298	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	576	125.22/cwt	120.00–132.00	721	8
Steers	Small 1-2	—	343	104.96/cwt	100.00–110.00	360	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	469	123.27/cwt	120.00–128.00	578	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	152.33/cwt	145.00–157.50	644	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	150.91/cwt	147.50–157.50	717	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	140.76/cwt	137.50–145.00	795	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	145.78/cwt	140.00–152.00	754	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	230	126.63/cwt	125.00–130.00	291	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	488	127.49/cwt	125.00–130.00	622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	159.87/cwt	155.00–166.00	684	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	462	153.71/cwt	150.00–156.00	710	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	607	134.99/cwt	132.50–137.50	819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	162.49/cwt	157.50–165.00	913	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	154.87/cwt	152.00–157.50	962	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	475	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	285	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	370	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	213	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	835	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	551	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	795	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	557	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	415	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	168.93/cwt	165.00–175.00	554	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	895	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	716	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	363	121.70/cwt	120.00–125.00	442	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	200	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	153.67/cwt	149.00–158.00	960	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	603	112.51/cwt	110.00–115.00	678	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	424	143.84/cwt	140.00–147.50	610	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	159.96/cwt	153.00–167.50	753	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	157.40/cwt	150.00–162.50	896	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	161.77/cwt	155.00–167.50	691	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	71.70/cwt	69.00–75.00	663	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	55.44/cwt	53.00–58.00	549	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	74.39/cwt	71.00–78.00	896	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	59.06/cwt	56.00–62.00	683	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	784	43.88/cwt	41.00–47.00	344	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	736	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	85.59/cwt	83.00–91.00	1,318	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	77.45/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,046	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,358	70.98/cwt	69.00–73.00	964	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	81.53/cwt	80.00–83.00	982	4
Bulls	—	—	1,626	106.08/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,725	4
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	895	895.00/cwt	895.00–895.00	8,010	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	920	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,440	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	753	595.15/cwt	590.00–600.00	4,481	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	765	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	6,197	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,235	1,030.00/cwt	1,030.00–1,030.00	12,721	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	978	923.40/cwt	850.00–990.00	9,031	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,243	937.58/cwt	925.00–950.00	11,654	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	595	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	4,046	1
Heifers	Medium 2Fancy	—	483	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	508	143.77/cwt	140.00–147.50	730	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	159.53/cwt	157.50–164.00	826	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	468	170.33/cwt	170.00–171.00	797	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	725	128.43/cwt	125.00–132.00	931	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	490	136.25/cwt	130.00–142.50	668	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	720	122.50/cwt	117.00–128.00	882	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	328	143.03/cwt	140.00–147.50	469	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	154.11/cwt	147.50–160.00	567	12
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	305	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	320	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	583	156.00/cwt	155.00–157.00	909	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	433	138.38/cwt	136.00–142.50	599	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	433	124.08/cwt	120.00–127.50	537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	465	141.68/cwt	140.00–142.50	659	3
Heifers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	345	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	414	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	383	103.39/cwt	100.00–105.00	396	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	615	122.64/cwt	120.00–125.00	754	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	323	134.12/cwt	132.50–135.00	433	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	523	101.29/cwt	100.00–102.50	530	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	520	130.52/cwt	125.00–135.00	679	11
Heifers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	365	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	708	114.04/cwt	110.00–118.00	807	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	374	125.65/cwt	125.00–127.50	470	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	673	122.70/cwt	119.00–125.00	826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	413	172.19/cwt	170.00–174.00	711	3

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 26, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 412Last week 215Year ago 440

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 116Year ago 83

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 10Year ago 29

Current hog receipts 16.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	464	162.50–172.00	166.53
15	—	370	170.00–180.00	173.97
2	—	285	155.00–165.00	160.18
8	—	514	155.00–165.00	160.98
6	—	428	155.00–166.00	159.87
5	—	562	157.50–165.00	162.49
4	—	621	152.00–157.50	154.87
4	—	328	165.00–175.00	168.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	340	185.00–187.50	185.83
4	—	368	185.00–187.50	186.88
3	—	468	175.00–180.00	176.60
3	—	413	170.00–174.00	172.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	150.00–155.00	152.48
3	—	462	150.00–156.00	153.71
Steers — Medium 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	140.00–145.00	142.49
1	—	540	140.00	140.00
2	—	373	140.00–145.00	142.42
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	125.00–130.00	128.40
3	—	230	125.00–130.00	126.63
2	—	488	125.00–130.00	127.49
3	—	607	132.50–137.50	134.99
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	343	100.00–110.00	104.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	132.50–137.50	135.09
31	—	423	145.00–157.50	152.33
28	—	475	147.50–157.50	150.91
9	—	565	137.50–145.00	140.76
10	—	517	140.00–152.00	145.78
12	—	368	147.50–160.00	154.11
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	100.00–104.00	101.98
2	—	305	105.00	105.00
3	—	383	100.00–105.00	103.39
2	—	523	100.00–102.50	101.29
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	222	130.00–137.50	134.42
8	—	576	120.00–132.00	125.22
8	—	469	120.00–128.00	123.27
2	—	720	117.00–128.00	122.50
5	—	433	120.00–127.50	124.08
7	—	615	120.00–125.00	122.64
3	—	323	132.50–135.00	134.12
11	—	520	125.00–135.00	130.52
4	—	374	125.00–127.50	125.65
3	—	673	119.00–125.00	122.70
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	328	140.00–147.50	143.03
6	—	433	136.00–142.50	138.38
3	—	465	140.00–142.50	141.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	155.00–157.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	345	120.00	120.00
2	—	365	120.00–121.00	120.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	708	110.00–118.00	114.04
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	60.00	60.00
1	—	370	57.50	57.50
1	—	835	66.00	66.00
1	—	795	70.00	70.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	80.00	80.00
3	—	363	120.00–125.00	121.70
1	—	200	120.00	120.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	149.00–158.00	153.67
19	—	471	153.00–167.50	159.96
14	—	569	150.00–162.50	157.40
13	—	427	155.00–167.50	161.77
10	—	518	157.50–164.00	159.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	603	110.00–115.00	112.51
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	140.00–147.50	143.84
2	—	508	140.00–147.50	143.77
2	—	725	125.00–132.00	128.43
2	—	490	130.00–142.50	136.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	170.00–171.00	170.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	925	69.00–75.00	71.70
7	—	991	53.00–58.00	55.44
5	—	784	41.00–47.00	43.88
1	—	920	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,205	71.00–78.00	74.39
5	—	1,156	56.00–62.00	59.06
4	—	1,204	80.00–83.00	81.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,540	83.00–91.00	85.59
7	—	1,350	75.00–79.00	77.45
3	—	1,358	69.00–73.00	70.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,626	100.00–109.00	106.08

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	895.00	895.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	978	850.00–990.00	923.40
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	1,030.00	1,030.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,243	925.00–950.00	937.58
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	753	590.00–600.00	595.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	765	810.00	810.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	595	680.00	680.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle