Sale reports / North Carolina / Shelby Livestock Auction / 2022-06-21

Shelby Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shelby, North Carolina · Tue, Jun 21
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2092
Feeder Cattle receipts
385 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 383▲ 48 vs year ago 337 · +14.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
136 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 99▼ 39 vs year ago 175 · −22.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 6▼ 44 vs year ago 46 · −95.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 5.

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 17.00 to 18.00 higher, boning type slaughter cows were 7.00 to 8.00 higher, and slaughter bulls were 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average to attractive. Baby calves ranged 25.00 to 35.00 per head; "by the head" calves were 130.00 to 150.00 per head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.98/cwt on 89 head.
Average price
$142.98
89 head · 387 lb average
Value per head Derived
$553
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$32.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.25
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2411150.7461968
Medium and Large 3310117.8436521
One grade step is worth $32.91/cwt here — about $254 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 sale89 hd
142.98
—
NC average7 barns · 456 hd
147.23
−4.25
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—Average1,665109.181,8185thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30491.231,19043
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17486.651,01851
CowsLean 85-90%Low92963.1058623

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)705$6201thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)735$4101thin

Every lot, as filed

82 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 3—320114.17/cwt110.00–118.003653
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—618137.18/cwt132.00–142.008486
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—235170.11/cwt165.00–175.004002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—277151.75/cwt150.00–155.004203
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—373134.13/cwt130.00–140.005009
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—670120.00/cwt119.00–121.008043
HeifersMedium and Large 3—215128.05/cwt126.00–130.002752
SteersMedium and Large 3Full—335108.73/cwt107.50–110.003642
SteersMedium and Large 3Full—375111.60/cwt110.00–115.004193
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—466160.43/cwt155.00–165.007485
SteersMedium and Large 3—380120.00/cwt120.00–120.004562
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—775127.92/cwt125.00–131.009912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—369158.58/cwt151.00–165.005858
SteersMedium and Large 3Full—278105.00/cwt105.00–105.002922
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—413162.38/cwt159.00–168.006713
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—46565.00/cwt65.00–65.003021
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—41072.50/cwt72.50–72.502971
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—274145.17/cwt145.00–146.003986
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—410142.49/cwt140.00–145.005843
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—555158.75/cwt157.50–160.008812
SteersMedium and Large 3—331122.05/cwt117.50–125.004045
Dairy SteersLarge 3—275105.00/cwt105.00–105.002891
Dairy SteersLarge 3—71590.00/cwt90.00–90.006441
Dairy SteersLarge 3—51399.97/cwt98.00–102.005132
Dairy SteersLarge 3—490106.00/cwt106.00–106.005191
SteersMedium and Large 3—213121.72/cwt120.00–125.002593
SteersMedium and Large 3—274124.23/cwt122.00–125.003404
Dairy SteersLarge 3Full—38575.00/cwt75.00–75.002891
Dairy SteersLarge 3Full—30085.00/cwt85.00–85.002551
Dairy SteersLarge 3Full—53591.00/cwt91.00–91.004871
Dairy SteersLarge 3Full—42885.00/cwt85.00–85.003642
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—520160.19/cwt155.00–165.008332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—705137.51/cwt136.00–139.009692
Dairy SteersLarge 3—410110.00/cwt110.00–110.004511
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy—380125.00/cwt125.00–125.004751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—705133.00/cwt128.00–138.009382
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—418150.77/cwt145.00–157.006306
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—573142.68/cwt136.00–145.008185
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—518130.00/cwt130.00–130.006732
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—425161.20/cwt160.00–162.506853
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—455160.67/cwt160.00–162.007313
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43594.82/cwt90.00–99.001,36117
CowsLean 85-90%—92761.59/cwt59.00–64.005717
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01077.45/cwt75.00–80.007828
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16388.04/cwt85.00–92.001,02429
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,209100.60/cwt97.00–105.001,21611
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23359.97/cwt58.00–62.007392
CowsLean 85-90%—85050.08/cwt46.00–52.004268
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,11565.00/cwt65.00–65.007254
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,17180.02/cwt76.00–83.0093711
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,305106.43/cwt101.00–110.001,38911
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15671.06/cwt68.00–74.008219
Bulls——1,665109.18/cwt104.00–111.001,8185
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2—705620.00/head620.00–620.006201
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2—735410.00/head410.00–410.004101
BullsMedium and Large 3—580123.59/cwt120.00–125.007175
BullsMedium and Large 3—415130.11/cwt125.00–135.005406
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—453155.00/cwt155.00–155.007022
BullsSmall 1-2—51595.00/cwt95.00–95.004892
BullsMedium and Large 3Full—528109.17/cwt107.50–110.005763
BullsMedium and Large 3—615119.75/cwt117.50–122.007362
BullsMedium and Large 3—518124.74/cwt122.00–127.506466
BullsMedium and Large 3Full—670100.47/cwt96.00–105.006732
BullsMedium and Large 3Full—570111.68/cwt110.00–115.006373
BullsSmall 1-2Full—43584.27/cwt82.50–86.003672
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—422141.06/cwt138.00–142.505953
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—531142.54/cwt140.00–147.507575
HeifersMedium and Large 3—360110.00/cwt105.00–115.003962
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—475134.26/cwt130.00–138.0063816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—565130.07/cwt124.00–133.0073515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—418140.77/cwt137.00–144.0058812
HeifersMedium and Large 3Full—53083.82/cwt80.00–87.504442
BullsMedium and Large 3—476124.98/cwt120.00–130.0059511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—340140.49/cwt140.00–141.004782
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—634121.13/cwt118.00–123.007684
HeifersSmall 1-2Full—43376.26/cwt75.00–77.503302
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—518131.48/cwt128.00–135.0068114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—378137.49/cwt132.50–142.505206
HeifersMedium and Large 3—274125.00/cwt125.00–125.003434
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—369173.14/cwt170.00–178.006394
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—325155.19/cwt150.00–160.0050411
HeifersMedium and Large 3—43397.51/cwt95.00–100.004222

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.