Name: Shelby Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week breaker and lean Cows sold steady to 3.00 higher, with boning Cows selling steady to 3.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower; Feeder Cattle were 8.00 to 10.00 higher with a firm market undertone for cattle under 600lbs. Trade and demand were moderate overall with light to moderate offerings, with strong demand for Feeder Cattle under 600lbs. Quality of cattle was average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $334.76/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 5 of 31 comparable sales and sits −41.66 against this barn's trailing median of $376.42.

Average price

$334.76

34 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,800

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 2

$33.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.93

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	525	338.74	1,779	14thin
Medium 2	540	337.50	1,823	1thin
Medium and Large 1	546	333.16	1,817	18thin
Large 2	565	305.00	1,723	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.74/cwt here — about $56 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $429.13, low $318.91, median $376.42 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale34 hd

334.76

—

NC average9 barns · 298 hd

307.83

+26.93

This barn, trailing median31 sales

376.42

−41.66

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	—	Average	1,389	165.57	2,300	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,372	140.87	1,933	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,182	133.66	1,580	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,046	121.53	1,271	18

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,205	$2,054	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,270	$2,029	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,164	$1,882	7
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,125	$3,050	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	855	$1,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,169	$2,882	6

Every lot, as filed

106 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 1	550–600	575	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,854	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,337	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	515	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,455	1
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	330	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	640	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	263.60/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,642	4
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	440	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	318.46/cwt	307.50–340.00	1,678	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	264.20/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	719	241.67/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	302.50/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	341.58/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,083	3
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	465	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	279.96/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,576	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	277.32/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	327.70/cwt	317.50–337.50	1,570	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	355.00/cwt	345.00–365.00	941	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	381.09/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,368	8
Heifers	Large 2	600–650	625	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	289.72/cwt	285.00–295.00	921	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	351.17/cwt	330.00–368.00	1,464	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	300.67/cwt	295.00–307.50	1,416	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	264.08/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,532	5
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	478	310.26/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	320.68/cwt	300.00–337.50	1,340	8
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	300	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	281.02/cwt	270.00–292.50	2,023	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	340.08/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,649	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	550	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	330.55/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,256	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	302.46/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	378.53/cwt	372.50–382.50	1,594	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	310.04/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,916	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	373.80/cwt	362.50–382.50	1,768	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	298.44/cwt	292.50–305.00	1,994	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	277.40/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,983	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	332.87/cwt	326.00–340.00	1,904	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	403.72/cwt	397.50–417.50	1,514	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	364.18/cwt	362.50–367.50	1,591	3
Steers	Large 2	800–850	820	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	246.02/cwt	230.00–262.50	1,771	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	350.00/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	402.72/cwt	392.50–415.00	1,478	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	303.64/cwt	292.00–332.50	1,876	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	372.50/cwt	367.00–377.50	1,728	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	287.68/cwt	270.00–301.00	1,919	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	500–550	515	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,571	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	460	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,403	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	939	96.83/cwt	90.00–105.00	909	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,348	148.41/cwt	148.00–149.00	2,001	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	144.00/cwt	141.00–146.00	1,814	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	117.36/cwt	111.00–128.00	1,408	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	149.43/cwt	147.50–152.50	1,452	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	132.61/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,247	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,377	141.80/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,953	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	127.25/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,737	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	132.77/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,587	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	990	120.59/cwt	100.00–132.00	1,194	3
Bulls	—	—	1,325	167.09/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,214	6
Bulls	—	—	1,560	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,839	1
Bulls	—	—	1,605	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,247	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	2,054.05/head	1,850.00–2,200.00	2,054	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,212	2,090.18/head	1,625.00–2,600.00	2,090	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,045	1,362.80/head	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,363	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	2,029.43/head	1,675.00–2,325.00	2,029	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,248	3,259.97/head	2,500.00–3,750.00	3,260	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	338.02/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,629	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	232.44/cwt	215.00–250.00	1,681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	357.27/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,375	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	345.07/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,166	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	994	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	306.58/cwt	287.50–315.00	1,772	11
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	615	237.32/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,460	2
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	360	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,141	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	374.61/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,210	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,186	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	331.03/cwt	315.00–352.50	1,384	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	319.29/cwt	302.50–337.50	1,830	9
Bulls	Medium 2	300–350	335	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,189	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	986	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	347.03/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,798	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	251.25/cwt	245.00–257.50	1,595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	417.72/cwt	385.00–437.50	1,408	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	380.03/cwt	362.50–397.50	1,596	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	285.82/cwt	272.50–297.50	2,072	3
Bulls	Large 2	550–600	565	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,723	1
Bulls	Medium 2	650–700	680	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	341.34/cwt	320.00–352.50	1,795	13
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	540	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,823	1
Bulls	Large 2	450–500	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,232	2
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	465	308.52/cwt	287.50–330.00	1,435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,127	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 Apr 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 353Last week 507Year ago 456

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 93Year ago 132

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 27Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	295.00	295.00
1	400–450	405	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	523	300.00–305.00	302.46
1	650–700	655	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	720	230.00–262.50	246.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	375.00	375.00
3	400–450	437	362.50–367.50	364.18
3	450–500	485	325.00–347.50	340.08
2	700–750	720	270.00–292.50	281.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	397.50–417.50	403.72
7	400–450	421	372.50–382.50	378.53
9	450–500	473	362.50–382.50	373.80
2	500–550	520	345.00–355.00	350.00
6	550–600	572	326.00–340.00	332.87
3	600–650	618	300.00–317.50	310.04
3	650–700	668	292.50–305.00	298.44
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	820	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	465	230.00	230.00
1	500–550	515	282.50	282.50
1	600–650	640	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	360.00–387.50	374.61
8	350–400	359	360.00–395.00	381.09
8	400–450	417	330.00–368.00	351.17
16	450–500	479	317.50–337.50	327.70
10	500–550	527	307.50–340.00	318.46
11	550–600	578	287.50–315.00	306.58
4	600–650	623	250.00–270.00	263.60
2	700–750	715	270.00–285.00	277.40
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	322.50	322.50
1	350–400	360	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	440	285.00	285.00
2	450–500	478	300.00–320.00	310.26
1	550–600	550	260.00	260.00
2	600–650	615	230.00–245.00	237.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	345.00–365.00	355.00
3	300–350	317	330.00–350.00	341.58
5	350–400	380	325.00–345.00	330.55
8	400–450	418	300.00–337.50	320.68
4	450–500	471	295.00–307.50	300.67
2	500–550	535	300.00–305.00	302.50
9	550–600	563	270.00–292.50	279.96
3	600–650	633	250.00–277.50	264.20
1	650–700	695	240.00	240.00
3	700–750	719	240.00–242.50	241.67
1	750–800	790	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	285.00–295.00	289.72
1	350–400	355	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	415	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	465	255.00	255.00
2	500–550	523	270.00–285.00	277.32
5	550–600	580	255.00–275.00	264.08
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	440.00	440.00
6	300–350	337	385.00–437.50	417.72
5	350–400	367	392.50–415.00	402.72
13	400–450	420	362.50–397.50	380.03
15	450–500	464	367.00–377.50	372.50
9	500–550	518	335.00–352.50	347.03
9	550–600	573	302.50–337.50	319.29
11	600–650	618	292.00–332.50	303.64
10	650–700	667	270.00–301.00	287.68
3	700–750	725	272.50–297.50	285.82
1	750–800	775	262.50	262.50
1	850–900	860	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	340.00	340.00
2	300–350	338	335.00–355.00	345.07
2	350–400	385	340.00–375.00	357.27
5	400–450	418	315.00–352.50	331.03
8	450–500	482	320.00–355.00	338.02
13	500–550	526	320.00–352.50	341.34
2	600–650	635	245.00–257.50	251.25
2	700–750	723	215.00–250.00	232.44
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	355.00	355.00
2	450–500	465	287.50–330.00	308.52
1	500–550	540	337.50	337.50
1	650–700	680	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	565	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	665	210.00	210.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	939	90.00–105.00	96.83
7	—	1,200	111.00–128.00	117.36
3	—	972	147.50–152.50	149.43
4	—	940	130.00–138.00	132.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	148.00–149.00	148.41
13	—	1,377	138.00–146.00	141.80
2	—	1,365	125.00–129.00	127.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,260	141.00–146.00	144.00
14	—	1,195	128.00–140.00	132.77
3	—	990	100.00–132.00	120.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,325	165.00–170.00	167.09
1	—	1,560	182.00	182.00
1	—	1,605	140.00	140.00

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 (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	2,375.00	2,375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,248	2,500.00–3,750.00	3,259.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,005	1,875.00	1,875.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	3,050.00	3,050.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	1,900.00	1,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,205	1,850.00–2,200.00	2,054.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,212	1,625.00–2,600.00	2,090.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,270	1,675.00–2,325.00	2,029.43
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,045	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,362.80

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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

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How it compared 500–600 lb

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Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange - Shelby, NC

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle