Sale reports / North Carolina / Shelby Livestock Auction / 2023-01-24

Shelby Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shelby, North Carolina · Tue, Jan 24
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2092
Feeder Cattle receipts
316 head
▼ 409 vs last sale 725▼ 140 vs year ago 456 · −30.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 139▼ 17 vs year ago 122 · −13.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 28▼ 2 vs year ago 10 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle were mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher, while feeder cattle were steady to 3.00 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 $135.84/cwt on 171 head.
Average price
$135.84
171 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$295
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$52.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.22
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2483142.61688136
Medium 2426116.1149526
Medium 343490.563939thin
One grade step is worth $52.05/cwt here — about $295 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 sale171 hd
135.84
—
NC average8 barns · 990 hd
138.05
−2.22
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—Low1,61095.601,5399thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24879.6999451
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59477.761,2396thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01662.2763319

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,055$7901thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)945$7402thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)865$5542thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)740$4601thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)670$3801thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$1,1301thin

Every lot, as filed

104 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
SteersMedium 2—465133.74/cwt132.50–135.006222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—373220.28/cwt193.00–230.008225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—782131.01/cwt120.00–144.001,0243
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—469158.01/cwt157.50–160.007416
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—429164.73/cwt162.00–167.0070713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—512148.65/cwt148.00–150.007613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—515184.00/cwt184.00–184.009481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—1,245123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,5311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—425203.00/cwt203.00–203.008631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—925112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—327149.54/cwt135.00–160.0048912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—380147.58/cwt130.00–160.0056112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—810114.20/cwt114.00–115.009255
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—273215.08/cwt210.00–220.005876
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—422150.06/cwt140.00–160.0063314
HeifersMedium 2—1,00085.00/cwt85.00–85.008501
HeifersMedium 2—623115.00/cwt115.00–115.007162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—215141.24/cwt120.00–160.003043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—521135.63/cwt122.50–145.0070715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—455209.00/cwt209.00–209.009511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—269155.37/cwt140.00–170.0041811
HeifersMedium 2—510117.00/cwt117.00–117.005971
HeifersMedium 3—75070.00/cwt70.00–70.005251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—790113.00/cwt113.00–113.008931
HeifersMedium 2—380116.71/cwt115.00–120.004433
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—469140.96/cwt127.50–150.0066114
SteersMedium 2—385155.00/cwt155.00–155.005971
SteersMedium 2—335145.00/cwt145.00–145.004861
SteersMedium 2—285130.00/cwt130.00–130.003711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—1,268119.03/cwt114.00–124.001,5092
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—238208.57/cwt195.00–215.004963
SteersMedium 2—540117.00/cwt117.00–117.006321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—521163.25/cwt147.50–167.508515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—475180.10/cwt170.00–190.008555
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—563157.98/cwt154.00–165.008893
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—700143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—1,133117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,3262
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—81565.00/cwt65.00–65.005301
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—32059.00/cwt59.00–59.001891
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—607155.56/cwt146.00–167.009443
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—320211.50/cwt195.00–227.506772
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—1,045124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,2961
Dairy SteersLarge 3—42595.00/cwt95.00–95.004041
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—22068.00/cwt68.00–68.001501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—685160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—550185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0182
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—715137.48/cwt135.00–140.009832
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—568153.64/cwt135.00–167.008736
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—531156.26/cwt145.00–167.508306
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—471165.77/cwt148.00–190.007817
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—328184.75/cwt175.00–200.006064
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—383200.53/cwt175.00–215.007685
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21778.10/cwt71.00–85.0095042
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29069.00/cwt69.00–69.008901
CowsLean 85-90%—82047.21/cwt43.00–54.003873
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,40389.37/cwt86.00–93.001,2548
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05365.09/cwt57.00–71.0068516
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,59477.76/cwt72.00–82.001,2396
Bulls——1,35380.27/cwt77.00–82.001,0862
Bulls——1,62897.22/cwt87.00–103.001,5835
Bulls——1,823106.89/cwt106.00–108.001,9492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,055790.00/head790.00–790.007901
Bred CowsMedium 2—740460.00/head460.00–460.004601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—865554.05/head450.00–650.005542
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,090880.00/head880.00–880.008801
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0001,130.00/head1,130.00–1,130.001,1301
Bred CowsSmall 2—670380.00/head380.00–380.003801
Bred CowsMedium 2—800600.00/head600.00–600.006001
BullsMedium 2—685110.00/cwt110.00–110.007541
BullsMedium 3—59590.00/cwt90.00–90.005361
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—617148.27/cwt140.00–155.009153
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—85590.00/cwt90.00–90.007701
BullsMedium 2—421130.86/cwt115.00–145.005514
BullsMedium 3—49585.00/cwt85.00–85.004211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—825100.00/cwt100.00–100.008251
BullsMedium 2—468129.86/cwt120.00–135.006085
BullsMedium 3—38085.00/cwt85.00–85.003231
BullsMedium 2—275110.00/cwt110.00–110.003031
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—427178.07/cwt157.50–192.5076015
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—270159.81/cwt155.00–165.004312
BullsMedium 2—565104.91/cwt100.00–110.005932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—679117.23/cwt110.00–126.007965
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—569131.40/cwt120.00–145.007489
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—230157.45/cwt155.00–160.003622
BullsMedium 2—374124.00/cwt110.00–135.004645
BullsMedium 2—620117.52/cwt115.00–120.007292
HeifersMedium 2—322120.08/cwt115.00–125.003875
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,115112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2491
HeifersMedium 3—355102.50/cwt102.50–102.503641
HeifersMedium 2—572114.33/cwt105.00–120.006543
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—785115.00/cwt115.00–115.009031
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—665160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,080100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0801
HeifersMedium 3—31890.85/cwt80.00–105.002893
HeifersMedium 3—67580.00/cwt80.00–80.005401
HeifersMedium 3—64595.00/cwt95.00–95.006131
HeifersMedium 2—269115.95/cwt105.00–120.003124
HeifersMedium 2—235105.00/cwt105.00–105.002471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—616131.53/cwt120.00–144.008108
HeifersMedium 3—295105.00/cwt105.00–105.003101
HeifersMedium 3—23590.00/cwt90.00–90.002121
HeifersMedium 2—417119.92/cwt110.00–125.005005
HeifersMedium 2—455125.00/cwt125.00–125.005691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—975111.51/cwt111.00–112.001,0872

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.