Name: Shelby Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hogs receipts 9.

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 9.00 to 10.00 higher, while boning type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle were unevenly steady. Demand was fairly good; market activity and buyer interest were fairly active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average to attractive. "By the head" calves ranged 140.00 to 350.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.84/cwt on 143 head.

Average price

$140.84

143 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$45.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.01

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	473	146.51	693	103
Medium 2	502	130.13	654	34
Small 1-2	605	110.00	666	2thin
Medium and Large 3	666	101.26	674	4thin

One grade step is worth $45.25/cwt here — about $19 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 sale143 hd

140.84

—

NC average8 barns · 728 hd

130.82

+10.01

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	—	Low	1,493	104.80	1,564	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,449	86.56	1,254	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,196	75.11	899	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	928	67.36	625	15

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	144.75/cwt	140.00–150.00	677	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	148.50/cwt	145.00–150.00	505	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	623	128.36/cwt	124.00–132.00	800	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	151.05/cwt	145.00–155.00	637	23
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	578	130.02/cwt	129.00–131.00	752	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	330	127.58/cwt	125.00–130.00	421	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	428	140.64/cwt	140.00–142.50	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	296	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	422	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	166.86/cwt	164.00–168.50	938	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	473	175.74/cwt	173.00–179.00	831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	523	168.09/cwt	161.00–171.00	879	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	573	170.50/cwt	170.00–171.00	977	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	142.90/cwt	142.00–145.00	789	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	—	613	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	521	2
Steers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	343	124.96/cwt	120.00–130.00	429	2
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	318	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	286	2
Steers	Medium 2Full	—	418	121.23/cwt	120.00–122.50	507	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	430	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	150.10/cwt	147.50–152.50	390	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	176.12/cwt	175.00–177.50	583	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	159.68/cwt	155.00–165.00	682	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	162.30/cwt	155.00–170.00	599	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	263	140.17/cwt	136.00–145.00	369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	144.23/cwt	140.00–146.00	751	28
Heifers	Medium 2Value Added	—	501	135.99/cwt	134.00–137.50	681	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3Full	—	430	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	280	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	525	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	165.99/cwt	164.00–167.00	1,029	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	381	143.11/cwt	136.00–147.50	545	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	278	159.95/cwt	155.00–165.00	445	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	456	152.53/cwt	151.00–155.00	696	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3Full	—	560	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	280	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Full	—	495	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	408	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	410	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	451	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3Full	—	615	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	163.98/cwt	158.00–168.00	785	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	514	137.70/cwt	133.00–144.00	708	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	429	141.65/cwt	135.00–147.00	608	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	470	136.41/cwt	132.50–140.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	161.37/cwt	158.00–165.00	909	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	162.44/cwt	157.00–170.00	854	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	480	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	816	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	896	64.79/cwt	63.00–66.00	581	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	57.02/cwt	55.00–59.00	721	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	79.48/cwt	79.00–80.00	1,083	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	831	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	72.14/cwt	70.00–75.00	851	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	71.72/cwt	68.00–75.00	645	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	86.63/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,290	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	93.45/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,322	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	50.10/cwt	49.00–51.00	478	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	65.55/cwt	62.00–69.00	779	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	86.71/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,027	9
Bulls	—	—	1,215	88.98/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,081	2
Bulls	—	—	1,342	97.65/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,310	3
Bulls	—	—	1,828	122.50/cwt	118.00–126.00	2,239	3
Bred Cows	Large 2	—	1,260	870.00/cwt	870.00–870.00	10,962	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,065	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	9,159	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	725	784.17/cwt	780.00–790.00	5,685	2
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	950	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,110	1,020.00/cwt	1,020.00–1,020.00	11,322	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,020	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	7,854	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,115	1,047.04/cwt	1,010.00–1,080.00	11,674	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	935	1,046.20/cwt	970.00–1,120.00	9,782	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,015	1,120.00/cwt	1,120.00–1,120.00	11,368	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	578	142.58/cwt	136.00–145.00	824	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	467	150.04/cwt	147.50–152.50	701	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	163.40/cwt	160.00–167.50	694	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	433	113.76/cwt	112.50–115.00	493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	500	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	855	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	433	178.46/cwt	177.00–180.00	773	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	812	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	909	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	160.32/cwt	155.00–163.00	989	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	506	3
Bulls	Medium 2Fleshy	—	715	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	858	2
Bulls	Medium 2Fleshy	—	617	129.51/cwt	128.00–130.00	799	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	162.24/cwt	157.00–167.50	772	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	718	117.51/cwt	117.00–118.00	844	2
Heifers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	808	99.27/cwt	97.50–101.00	802	2
Heifers	Medium 2Fancy	—	526	134.79/cwt	130.00–138.00	709	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	381	156.14/cwt	152.50–160.00	595	6
Heifers	Medium 2Fancy	—	466	134.80/cwt	130.00–139.00	628	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	770	114.67/cwt	110.00–118.00	883	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	371	128.50/cwt	125.00–130.00	477	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	293	127.48/cwt	125.00–130.00	374	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	149.18/cwt	145.00–150.00	571	6

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 May 24, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 387Last week 334Year ago 259

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 105Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 33Year ago 22

Current hogs receipts 9.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	468	140.00–150.00	144.75
5	—	340	145.00–150.00	148.50
23	—	422	145.00–155.00	151.05
5	—	552	142.00–145.00	142.90
4	—	1,120	135.00	135.00
2	—	260	147.50–152.50	150.10
28	—	521	140.00–146.00	144.23
6	—	383	145.00–150.00	149.18
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	623	124.00–132.00	128.36
2	—	578	129.00–131.00	130.02
2	—	330	125.00–130.00	127.58
4	—	371	125.00–130.00	128.50
2	—	293	125.00–130.00	127.48
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	140.00–142.50	140.64
4	—	296	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	501	134.00–137.50	135.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	117.00–118.00	117.51
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	808	97.50–101.00	99.27
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	526	130.00–138.00	134.79
5	—	466	130.00–139.00	134.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	381	152.50–160.00	156.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	562	164.00–168.50	166.86
7	—	331	175.00–177.50	176.12
7	—	427	155.00–165.00	159.68
7	—	369	155.00–170.00	162.30
3	—	620	164.00–167.00	165.99
10	—	479	158.00–168.00	163.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	173.00–179.00	175.74
6	—	523	161.00–171.00	168.09
2	—	573	170.00–171.00	170.50
Steers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	343	120.00–130.00	124.96
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	120.00–122.50	121.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	150.00	150.00
2	—	278	155.00–165.00	159.95
4	—	456	151.00–155.00	152.53
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	263	136.00–145.00	140.17
10	—	381	136.00–147.50	143.11
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	65.00	65.00
1	—	615	65.00	65.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	115.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	50.00	50.00
1	—	495	82.50	82.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	514	133.00–144.00	137.70
6	—	429	135.00–147.00	141.65
2	—	470	132.50–140.00	136.41
9	—	578	136.00–145.00	142.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	563	158.00–165.00	161.37
18	—	526	157.00–170.00	162.44
3	—	425	160.00–167.50	163.40
3	—	617	155.00–163.00	160.32
6	—	476	157.00–167.50	162.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	480	170.00	170.00
2	—	500	171.00	171.00
2	—	433	177.00–180.00	178.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	467	147.50–152.50	150.04
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	112.50–115.00	113.76
3	—	460	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	812	112.00	112.00
3	—	770	110.00–118.00	114.67
Bulls — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	120.00	120.00
4	—	617	128.00–130.00	129.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	896	63.00–66.00	64.79
2	—	1,065	78.00	78.00
6	—	900	68.00–75.00	71.72
2	—	955	49.00–51.00	50.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,265	55.00–59.00	57.02
4	—	1,180	70.00–75.00	72.14
4	—	1,189	62.00–69.00	65.55
9	—	1,184	83.00–90.00	86.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	79.00–80.00	79.48
6	—	1,489	85.00–89.00	86.63
2	—	1,415	91.00–96.00	93.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	88.00–90.00	88.98
3	—	1,342	96.00–100.00	97.65
3	—	1,828	118.00–126.00	122.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,260	870.00	870.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	860.00	860.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,020	770.00	770.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,020.00	1,020.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,115	1,010.00–1,080.00	1,047.04
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	725	780.00–790.00	784.17
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	935	970.00–1,120.00	1,046.20
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,015	1,120.00	1,120.00

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