Name: Shelby Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle were mostly 8.00 to 10.00 lower, while feeder cattle were 6.00 to 8.00 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 $143.66/cwt on 186 head.

Average price

$143.66

186 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$318

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

$58.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.01

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	462	151.35	700	150
Medium 2	454	117.99	535	27
Medium 3	413	92.39	382	9thin

One grade step is worth $58.96/cwt here — about $318 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 sale186 hd

143.66

—

NC average8 barns · 881 hd

136.64

+7.01

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	1,604	101.22	1,624	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,189	82.60	982	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,472	76.73	1,129	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	943	66.03	623	34

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,325	$1,350	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	841	$894	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	693	$583	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	730	$440	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	861	$1,078	7

Every lot, as filed

100 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	—	805	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	821	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	668	140.66/cwt	137.50–144.00	940	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	478	146.69/cwt	145.00–150.00	701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	200.54/cwt	188.00–218.00	840	16
Steers	Medium 2	—	595	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	328	116.10/cwt	110.00–120.00	381	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	579	118.98/cwt	112.50–122.50	689	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	158.82/cwt	135.00–172.00	750	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,066	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	216.50/cwt	212.00–218.00	704	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,022	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	360	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	342	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	600	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	525	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	603	109.98/cwt	105.00–115.00	663	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	124.10/cwt	115.00–137.50	829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	152.62/cwt	135.00–166.00	795	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	129.38/cwt	125.00–132.50	807	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	290	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	261	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	655	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	140.22/cwt	130.00–153.00	799	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	156.30/cwt	137.00–172.50	585	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	271	144.88/cwt	135.00–165.00	393	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	146.75/cwt	135.00–165.00	342	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	255	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	269	201.97/cwt	180.00–220.00	543	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	178.12/cwt	175.00–182.50	1,008	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	165.90/cwt	153.00–175.00	1,098	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	206.95/cwt	182.00–225.00	766	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	163.48/cwt	140.00–177.50	690	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	124.65/cwt	115.00–132.50	885	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	368	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,520	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	171.67/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,070	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	188.61/cwt	179.00–205.00	894	9
Steers	Medium 3	—	340	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	357	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	263	142.52/cwt	140.00–145.00	375	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	563	102.59/cwt	82.50–122.50	578	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	205.45/cwt	195.00–215.00	452	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	179.80/cwt	162.00–195.00	937	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	400	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	178.34/cwt	155.00–192.50	756	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	189.64/cwt	165.00–217.50	702	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	163.20/cwt	140.00–173.00	930	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	154.62/cwt	134.00–174.00	974	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	188.98/cwt	160.00–210.00	624	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,000	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	823	51.75/cwt	37.00–59.00	426	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	70.42/cwt	62.50–78.00	690	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	76.73/cwt	70.00–87.00	1,129	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,180	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	82.22/cwt	76.00–92.00	976	30
Bulls	—	—	1,000	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	910	1
Bulls	—	—	1,953	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	2,109	2
Bulls	—	—	1,594	100.85/cwt	94.00–106.00	1,608	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	515	552.09/head	530.00–580.00	552	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	583.00/head	570.00–595.00	583	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	440.00/head	440.00–440.00	440	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	841	894.42/head	600.00–1,030.00	894	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	1,223.03/head	910.00–1,350.00	1,223	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	390	125.13/cwt	115.00–135.00	488	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	510	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	383	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	136.17/cwt	125.00–142.00	985	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	760	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	565	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	122.03/cwt	112.50–138.00	943	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	330	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	396	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	230	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	219	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	480	115.77/cwt	105.00–130.00	556	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	365	126.11/cwt	110.00–130.00	460	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	255	122.55/cwt	120.00–125.00	313	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	528	113.91/cwt	105.00–128.00	601	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	333	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	283	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	474	120.14/cwt	112.50–125.00	569	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	182.63/cwt	165.00–208.00	857	18
Heifers	Medium 3	—	495	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	495	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	420	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	420	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	235	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	223	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	375	93.00/cwt	80.00–105.00	349	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	255	85.00/cwt	70.00–100.00	217	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	510	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	152.08/cwt	125.00–167.50	494	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	113.43/cwt	105.00–120.00	928	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	155.24/cwt	132.00–168.00	813	19
Bulls	Medium 2	—	745	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	269	182.05/cwt	165.00–215.00	490	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,001	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	300	101.00/cwt	100.00–102.00	303	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	610	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	427	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	157.42/cwt	147.50–164.00	1,056	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	193.95/cwt	180.00–220.00	427	5

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 Feb 7, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 448Last week 313Year ago 588

Slaughter CattleReceipts 108Last week 105Year ago 135

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 10Year ago 32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	102.00	102.00
28	—	472	135.00–172.00	158.82
1	—	960	111.00	111.00
3	—	668	115.00–137.50	124.10
23	—	521	135.00–166.00	152.62
4	—	624	125.00–132.50	129.38
15	—	570	130.00–153.00	140.22
16	—	374	137.00–172.50	156.30
6	—	271	135.00–165.00	144.88
6	—	233	135.00–165.00	146.75
1	—	765	134.00	134.00
27	—	422	140.00–177.50	163.48
4	—	710	115.00–132.50	124.65
12	—	325	125.00–167.50	152.08
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	328	110.00–120.00	116.10
5	—	579	112.50–122.50	118.98
2	—	603	105.00–115.00	109.98
1	—	665	110.00	110.00
4	—	480	105.00–130.00	115.77
5	—	365	110.00–130.00	126.11
2	—	255	120.00–125.00	122.55
3	—	528	105.00–128.00	113.91
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	95.00	95.00
1	—	600	87.50	87.50
1	—	290	90.00	90.00
1	—	655	94.00	94.00
2	—	333	85.00	85.00
1	—	495	100.00	100.00
1	—	420	100.00	100.00
1	—	235	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
1	—	510	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	137.50–144.00	140.66
3	—	478	145.00–150.00	146.69
1	—	595	135.00	135.00
2	—	368	155.00	155.00
2	—	263	140.00–145.00	142.52
1	—	400	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	419	188.00–218.00	200.54
4	—	325	212.00–218.00	216.50
1	—	720	142.00	142.00
8	—	269	180.00–220.00	201.97
4	—	566	175.00–182.50	178.12
3	—	662	153.00–175.00	165.90
10	—	370	182.00–225.00	206.95
1	—	1,520	88.00	88.00
3	—	623	170.00–175.00	171.67
9	—	474	179.00–205.00	188.61
2	—	220	195.00–215.00	205.45
6	—	521	162.00–195.00	179.80
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	105.00	105.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	100.00	100.00
2	—	563	82.50–122.50	102.59
1	—	525	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	424	155.00–192.50	178.34
14	—	370	165.00–217.50	189.64
16	—	570	140.00–173.00	163.20
15	—	630	134.00–174.00	154.62
4	—	330	160.00–210.00	188.98
1	—	1,075	93.00	93.00
4	—	723	125.00–142.00	136.17
4	—	773	112.50–138.00	122.03
18	—	469	165.00–208.00	182.63
3	—	818	105.00–120.00	113.43
19	—	524	132.00–168.00	155.24
8	—	269	165.00–215.00	182.05
1	—	870	115.00	115.00
4	—	671	147.50–164.00	157.42
5	—	220	180.00–220.00	193.95
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	115.00–135.00	125.13
1	—	540	125.00	125.00
1	—	330	120.00	120.00
4	—	474	112.50–125.00	120.14
1	—	630	130.00	130.00
1	—	745	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	75.00	75.00
1	—	760	75.00	75.00
1	—	565	85.00	85.00
1	—	230	95.00	95.00
2	—	375	80.00–105.00	93.00
2	—	255	70.00–100.00	85.00
2	—	300	100.00–102.00	101.00
1	—	610	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	823	37.00–59.00	51.75
26	—	980	62.50–78.00	70.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,472	70.00–87.00	76.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	94.00	94.00
30	—	1,187	76.00–92.00	82.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	91.00	91.00
2	—	1,953	108.00	108.00
9	—	1,594	94.00–106.00	100.85

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	515	530.00–580.00	552.09
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	975	910.00–1,350.00	1,223.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	693	570.00–595.00	583.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,325	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	730	440.00	440.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	841	600.00–1,030.00	894.42

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange - Shelby, NC

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