Name: Shelby Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle were mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower, while feeder cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade and demand was moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.98/cwt on 314 head.

Average price

$128.98

314 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$45.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.33

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	462	139.99	647	208
Medium 2	465	111.96	520	79
Medium 3	441	94.02	414	27

One grade step is worth $45.96/cwt here — about $233 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 sale314 hd

128.98

—

NC average8 barns · 1,275 hd

136.32

−7.33

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	—	High	1,543	96.67	1,492	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,213	77.47	940	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	72.00	1,073	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	993	56.98	566	39

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$1,050	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,061	$913	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,287	$886	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	895	$681	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,085	$544	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	850	$450	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,135	$1,309	8

Every lot, as filed

119 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 3	—	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	595	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	702	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	820	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	136.22/cwt	125.00–147.50	317	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	137.42/cwt	125.00–155.00	704	18
Heifers	Medium 2	—	526	116.20/cwt	102.00–120.00	611	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	147.02/cwt	130.00–162.50	478	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	822	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	145.67/cwt	128.00–158.00	622	34
Heifers	Medium 2	—	616	108.38/cwt	100.00–115.00	668	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	129.84/cwt	112.00–137.00	725	18
Heifers	Medium 2	—	775	97.70/cwt	90.00–103.00	757	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	675	104.89/cwt	100.00–110.00	708	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	105.34/cwt	104.00–108.00	851	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	116.61/cwt	110.00–122.50	852	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	420	116.19/cwt	110.00–124.00	488	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	319	113.59/cwt	105.00–125.00	362	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	218	97.59/cwt	95.00–100.00	213	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	473	117.55/cwt	107.50–125.00	556	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	367	118.04/cwt	110.00–125.00	433	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	275	111.71/cwt	105.00–120.00	307	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	880	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	801	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	227	108.38/cwt	105.00–110.00	246	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	579	105.17/cwt	100.00–110.00	609	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	830	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	768	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	875	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	718	100.88/cwt	96.00–106.00	724	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	477	91.50/cwt	80.00–100.00	436	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	277	93.41/cwt	90.00–100.00	259	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	148.67/cwt	130.00–160.00	556	32
Steers	Medium 3	—	280	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	191.83/cwt	175.00–207.00	716	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	525	129.33/cwt	125.00–135.00	679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	158.01/cwt	156.00–160.00	1,090	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	300	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,155	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	395	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	533	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	199.50/cwt	187.50–215.00	644	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	483	136.69/cwt	125.00–150.00	660	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	430	136.24/cwt	135.00–137.50	586	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	460	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	437	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	175.15/cwt	160.00–190.00	904	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	158.45/cwt	137.50–169.00	982	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,011	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	198.82/cwt	185.00–215.00	841	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	144.49/cwt	144.00–145.00	1,055	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	200.52/cwt	197.00–204.00	969	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	214.34/cwt	205.00–224.00	622	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	815	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,001	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	162.78/cwt	156.00–170.00	928	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	156.19/cwt	142.00–172.50	901	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	151.96/cwt	140.00–175.00	784	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	140.62/cwt	127.50–152.00	946	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	227	183.23/cwt	175.00–188.00	416	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	115.96/cwt	114.00–118.00	960	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	180.10/cwt	170.00–190.00	474	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	897	46.88/cwt	40.00–54.00	421	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	61.47/cwt	54.00–69.00	636	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	72.00/cwt	67.00–78.00	1,073	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	84.99/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,092	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	76.42/cwt	70.00–83.00	919	36
Bulls	—	—	1,085	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,248	1
Bulls	—	—	1,736	103.05/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,789	6
Bulls	—	—	1,369	82.52/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,130	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	850	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,287	885.95/head	660.00–1,080.00	886	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	544.31/head	520.00–570.00	544	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	640	430.00/head	430.00–430.00	430	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	959	743.80/head	570.00–900.00	744	4
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	795	505.38/head	500.00–510.00	505	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	1,184.93/head	1,000.00–1,275.00	1,185	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,338	1,603.94/head	1,335.00–1,750.00	1,604	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	830	670.00/head	670.00–670.00	670	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	1,029.14/head	730.00–1,250.00	1,029	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	790	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	790	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	415	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	353	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	478	100.05/cwt	95.00–105.00	478	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	468	132.15/cwt	120.00–140.00	618	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	560	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	428	133.17/cwt	125.00–145.00	570	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	230	125.74/cwt	122.00–130.00	289	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	513	97.46/cwt	85.00–105.00	500	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	415	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	407	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	516	94.31/cwt	85.00–100.00	487	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	580	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	522	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	318	101.04/cwt	100.00–102.00	321	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	104.00/cwt	100.00–108.00	884	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	139.68/cwt	125.00–155.00	391	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	127.26/cwt	120.00–135.00	794	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	123.19/cwt	114.00–139.00	896	11
Heifers	Medium 3	—	760	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	692	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	375	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	383	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	928	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	374	131.44/cwt	110.00–140.00	492	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	272	149.82/cwt	145.00–155.00	408	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	522	131.44/cwt	122.50–136.00	686	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	113.78/cwt	112.50–115.00	885	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	145.46/cwt	130.00–164.00	684	42
Bulls	Medium 2	—	603	114.96/cwt	105.00–125.00	693	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	378	102.95/cwt	100.00–107.00	389	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	326	142.53/cwt	130.00–155.00	465	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	184.80/cwt	165.00–200.00	602	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	162.98/cwt	150.00–180.00	683	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	152.84/cwt	135.00–165.00	948	10
Bulls	Medium 3	—	220	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	209	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	628	87.53/cwt	85.00–90.00	550	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	755	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	155.51/cwt	145.00–177.50	731	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	169.95/cwt	147.50–185.00	619	18
Bulls	Medium 2	—	577	125.05/cwt	108.00–137.50	722	10
Bulls	Medium 3	—	258	114.49/cwt	114.00–115.00	295	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	330	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	363	1

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 Jan 17, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 725Last week 689Year ago 414

Slaughter CattleReceipts 139Last week 151Year ago 78

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 20Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	100.00	100.00
1	—	280	102.00	102.00
1	—	460	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	118.00	118.00
1	—	820	90.00	90.00
4	—	525	125.00–135.00	129.33
1	—	300	132.00	132.00
1	—	395	135.00	135.00
2	—	665	120.00	120.00
3	—	483	125.00–150.00	136.69
2	—	430	135.00–137.50	136.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	373	175.00–207.00	191.83
2	—	690	156.00–160.00	158.01
11	—	323	187.50–215.00	199.50
8	—	516	160.00–190.00	175.15
8	—	620	137.50–169.00	158.45
1	—	815	124.00	124.00
1	—	860	115.00	115.00
5	—	423	185.00–215.00	198.82
2	—	730	144.00–145.00	144.49
2	—	483	197.00–204.00	200.52
2	—	290	205.00–224.00	214.34
1	—	910	110.00	110.00
9	—	570	156.00–170.00	162.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	233	125.00–147.50	136.22
18	—	512	125.00–155.00	137.42
20	—	325	130.00–162.50	147.02
1	—	685	120.00	120.00
34	—	427	128.00–158.00	145.67
18	—	558	112.00–137.00	129.84
3	—	808	104.00–108.00	105.34
4	—	731	110.00–122.50	116.61
32	—	374	130.00–160.00	148.67
1	—	1,100	105.00	105.00
2	—	850	100.00–108.00	104.00
7	—	280	125.00–155.00	139.68
16	—	624	120.00–135.00	127.26
2	—	778	112.50–115.00	113.78
42	—	470	130.00–164.00	145.46
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	526	102.00–120.00	116.20
7	—	616	100.00–115.00	108.38
3	—	775	90.00–103.00	97.70
3	—	675	100.00–110.00	104.89
10	—	420	110.00–124.00	116.19
7	—	319	105.00–125.00	113.59
9	—	473	107.50–125.00	117.55
10	—	367	110.00–125.00	118.04
10	—	275	105.00–120.00	111.71
1	—	880	91.00	91.00
3	—	227	105.00–110.00	108.38
5	—	579	100.00–110.00	105.17
1	—	830	92.50	92.50
2	—	718	96.00–106.00	100.88
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	218	95.00–100.00	97.59
1	—	875	87.00	87.00
7	—	477	80.00–100.00	91.50
5	—	277	90.00–100.00	93.41
1	—	415	98.00	98.00
6	—	516	85.00–100.00	94.31
1	—	580	90.00	90.00
2	—	318	100.00–102.00	101.04
1	—	760	91.00	91.00
1	—	375	102.00	102.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	577	142.00–172.50	156.19
21	—	516	140.00–175.00	151.96
8	—	673	127.50–152.00	140.62
3	—	227	175.00–188.00	183.23
2	—	828	114.00–118.00	115.96
2	—	263	170.00–190.00	180.10
1	—	855	100.00	100.00
11	—	727	114.00–139.00	123.19
1	—	790	117.50	117.50
15	—	326	165.00–200.00	184.80
27	—	419	150.00–180.00	162.98
10	—	620	135.00–165.00	152.84
26	—	470	145.00–177.50	155.51
18	—	364	147.50–185.00	169.95
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	105.00	105.00
1	—	790	100.00	100.00
3	—	468	120.00–140.00	132.15
6	—	428	125.00–145.00	133.17
2	—	230	122.00–130.00	125.74
10	—	374	110.00–140.00	131.44
3	—	272	145.00–155.00	149.82
6	—	522	122.50–136.00	131.44
2	—	603	105.00–125.00	114.96
4	—	326	130.00–155.00	142.53
10	—	577	108.00–137.50	125.05
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	85.00	85.00
4	—	478	95.00–105.00	100.05
1	—	560	84.00	84.00
4	—	513	85.00–105.00	97.46
3	—	378	100.00–107.00	102.95
1	—	220	95.00	95.00
2	—	628	85.00–90.00	87.53
1	—	755	95.00	95.00
2	—	258	114.00–115.00	114.49
1	—	330	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	897	40.00–54.00	46.88
27	—	1,035	54.00–69.00	61.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,490	67.00–78.00	72.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,285	84.00–86.00	84.99
36	—	1,203	70.00–83.00	76.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	115.00	115.00
6	—	1,736	101.00–105.00	103.05
4	—	1,369	80.00–85.00	82.52

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,040	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,338	1,335.00–1,750.00	1,603.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	930	730.00–1,250.00	1,029.14
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	670.00	670.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	450.00	450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	640	430.00	430.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	795	500.00–510.00	505.38
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,287	660.00–1,080.00	885.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,085	520.00–570.00	544.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	959	570.00–900.00	743.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,238	1,000.00–1,275.00	1,184.93

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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How this sale compares

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