Name: Shelby Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

1 head Baby Calves: 1000.00

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $413.27/cwt on 28 head, up $36.42 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 31 comparable sales and sits +36.85 against this barn's trailing median of $376.42.

Average price

$413.27

▲ 36.42 vs prior sale

28 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,235

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$328

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

$65.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.42

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	422.58	2,281	24
Medium and Large 2	547	357.40	1,953	4thin

One grade step is worth $65.19/cwt here — about $328 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale28 hd

413.27

—

NC average7 barns · 250 hd

416.69

−3.42

This barn, trailing median31 sales

376.42

+36.85

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	1,696	199.88	3,391	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,194	171.66	2,049	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,447	156.95	2,271	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	145.62	1,498	15

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)	1,235	$2,801	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,207	$2,750	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$2,426	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,083	$2,287	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,105	$1,998	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	830	$1,475	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	960	$2,751	2thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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 2	200–250	223	516.52/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,152	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	297.47/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,094	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	827	184.29/cwt	177.50–195.00	1,524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	514.94/cwt	480.00–545.00	1,880	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,092	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,384	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	540.62/cwt	500.00–585.00	2,049	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	250	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	235	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	908	176.24/cwt	175.00–177.50	1,600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,909	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	395.99/cwt	365.00–420.00	2,447	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	513.04/cwt	475.00–550.00	2,196	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	610.69/cwt	550.00–650.00	1,649	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	585.28/cwt	570.00–630.00	1,937	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	389.64/cwt	350.00–420.00	1,851	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	384.79/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,051	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	237.64/cwt	230.00–245.00	2,182	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	630.89/cwt	580.00–660.00	1,375	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,848	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	254.87/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,962	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,482	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	2,751.30/head	2,500.00–3,000.00	2,751	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	2,801.21/head	2,750.00–2,850.00	2,801	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	2,287.18/head	1,450.00–2,700.00	2,287	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,425.63/head	1,700.00–2,750.00	2,426	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,207	2,749.86/head	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,750	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	1,997.89/head	1,550.00–2,400.00	1,998	3
Bulls	—	—	1,748	215.36/cwt	208.00–221.00	3,764	5
Bulls	—	—	2,335	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	3,736	1
Bulls	—	—	1,547	193.63/cwt	180.00–200.00	2,995	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	156.95/cwt	155.00–158.00	2,271	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	146.30/cwt	137.00–155.00	1,504	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	160.92/cwt	159.00–164.00	1,654	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	123.43/cwt	109.00–130.00	1,275	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	169.57/cwt	161.00–179.00	2,047	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	187.33/cwt	180.00–195.00	2,051	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	364.73/cwt	350.00–390.00	2,480	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,088	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	484.07/cwt	440.00–505.00	2,280	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	443.27/cwt	420.00–485.00	2,305	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	294.98/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,221	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	388.10/cwt	350.00–412.50	2,224	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	494.55/cwt	480.00–507.50	2,314	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	472.57/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,999	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	585.25/cwt	550.00–630.00	1,849	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	422.50/cwt	407.50–450.00	1,584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	392.59/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,242	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	404.70/cwt	380.00–427.50	2,489	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	440.95/cwt	432.50–450.00	2,284	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	383.94/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,238	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	562.23/cwt	530.00–585.00	2,176	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	363.87/cwt	347.50–390.00	2,260	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	350.06/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,373	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	522.63/cwt	500.00–545.00	2,164	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	630.24/cwt	620.00–640.00	1,292	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	960	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	472.32/cwt	435.00–500.00	1,960	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	331.71/cwt	315.00–347.50	2,216	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	606.01/cwt	590.00–620.00	1,697	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	622.37/cwt	590.00–645.00	1,680	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	401.58/cwt	360.00–420.00	2,080	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	588.72/cwt	570.00–615.00	1,902	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	458.23/cwt	410.00–495.00	2,149	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	375.02/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	470.94/cwt	440.00–500.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	372.78/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,745	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	446.65/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,197	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	315.13/cwt	285.00–340.00	1,642	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	419.24/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,242	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	365.08/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,132	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,309	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 Feb 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 304Last week 397Year ago 307

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 45Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 15Year ago 22

1 head Baby Calves: 1000.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	500.00–530.00	516.52
3	250–300	268	440.00–450.00	446.65
2	300–350	320	440.00–500.00	470.94
3	350–400	372	400.00–450.00	419.24
3	400–450	433	370.00–385.00	375.02
2	450–500	468	365.00–380.00	372.78
4	500–550	521	285.00–340.00	315.13
1	550–600	555	345.00	345.00
1	650–700	655	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	740	260.00	260.00
3	800–850	827	177.50–195.00	184.29
1	850–900	890	185.00	185.00
2	900–950	908	175.00–177.50	176.24
1	950–1000	960	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	630.00	630.00
8	250–300	270	590.00–645.00	622.37
7	300–350	323	570.00–615.00	588.72
7	350–400	365	480.00–545.00	514.94
11	400–450	415	435.00–500.00	472.32
9	450–500	469	410.00–495.00	458.23
11	500–550	518	360.00–420.00	401.58
10	550–600	571	375.00–415.00	392.59
5	600–650	621	347.50–390.00	363.87
6	650–700	668	315.00–347.50	331.71
1	700–750	725	317.50	317.50
1	750–800	760	295.00	295.00
2	800–850	835	295.00–300.00	297.47
1	900–950	900	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	400.00	400.00
1	250–300	250	310.00	310.00
3	300–350	310	350.00–380.00	365.08
1	350–400	385	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	405	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	480	195.00	195.00
1	500–550	525	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	335	520.00	520.00
1	400–450	415	460.00	460.00
4	450–500	475	350.00–420.00	389.64
2	500–550	533	370.00–400.00	384.79
2	550–600	560	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	670	300.00	300.00
2	750–800	770	245.00–265.00	254.87
1	850–900	890	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	218	580.00–660.00	630.89
10	250–300	270	550.00–650.00	610.69
8	300–350	331	570.00–630.00	585.28
12	350–400	379	500.00–585.00	540.62
12	400–450	428	475.00–550.00	513.04
14	450–500	471	440.00–505.00	484.07
15	500–550	520	420.00–485.00	443.27
9	550–600	573	350.00–412.50	388.10
10	600–650	618	365.00–420.00	395.99
3	650–700	680	350.00–390.00	364.73
1	700–750	720	290.00	290.00
2	750–800	753	290.00–300.00	294.98
2	800–850	808	295.00	295.00
2	900–950	918	230.00–245.00	237.64
1	950–1000	960	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	380	390.00	390.00
1	400–450	420	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	620.00–640.00	630.24
3	250–300	280	590.00–620.00	606.01
5	300–350	316	550.00–630.00	585.25
4	350–400	387	530.00–585.00	562.23
6	400–450	414	500.00–545.00	522.63
6	450–500	468	480.00–507.50	494.55
2	500–550	518	432.50–450.00	440.95
4	550–600	583	370.00–400.00	383.94
4	600–650	615	380.00–427.50	404.70
2	650–700	678	335.00–365.00	350.06
1	800–850	815	295.00	295.00
1	850–900	855	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	550.00	550.00
3	350–400	375	407.50–450.00	422.50
2	400–450	423	470.00–475.00	472.57

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	2	—	960	2,500.00–3,000.00	2,751.30
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,140	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,235	2,750.00–2,850.00	2,801.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,083	1,450.00–2,700.00	2,287.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,050	1,700.00–2,750.00	2,425.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,207	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,749.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	1,475.00	1,475.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,105	1,550.00–2,400.00	1,997.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,748	208.00–221.00	215.36
1	—	2,335	160.00	160.00
6	—	1,547	180.00–200.00	193.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,447	155.00–158.00	156.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,028	137.00–155.00	146.30
4	—	1,028	159.00–164.00	160.92
3	—	1,033	109.00–130.00	123.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,207	161.00–179.00	169.57
2	—	1,095	180.00–195.00	187.33

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

Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange - Shelby, NC

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