Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 27, 2020

404 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $151.27/cwt +6.13 vs last sale · ≈ $569/hd at 376 lb · 17 head

heavy 5-weight S 1-2 heifers $98.75/cwt +5.03 vs last sale · ≈ $559/hd at 567 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	404	662	759
Feeder cattle	319	536	623
Slaughter cattle	65	126	94
Replacement cattle	20	—	42

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 8. Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle were steady to 6.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was plain.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	155.00	$155.00	$279	—
205–210	208	2	150.00–160.00	$155.06	$323	—
265–290	282	3	150.00–160.00	$153.43	$433	-0.18
305–345	318	9	135.00–166.00	$153.48	$488	+0.62
350–395	376	17	135.00–166.00	$151.27	$569	+19.60
410	410	3	132.50–145.00	$140.00	$574	-5.00
450–495	470	4	133.00–137.00	$134.71	$633	+4.71
525	525	1	128.00	$128.00	$672	-5.00
570	570	1	129.00	$129.00	$735	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	135.00	$135.00	$284	+7.52
300	300	1	125.00	$125.00	$375	-2.44
370–390	378	3	117.50–130.00	$123.61	$467	-4.82
425–445	435	3	120.00–122.50	$121.67	$529	-4.94
460–495	478	2	115.00–123.00	$119.15	$570	-4.60
500–545	525	7	112.50–125.00	$119.09	$625	+0.55
565–575	570	3	113.00–117.00	$115.01	$656	-2.73
603–635	620	6	112.00–123.00	$118.59	$735	—
650–680	667	5	110.00–123.00	$117.85	$786	-1.68
710	710	1	113.00	$113.00	$802	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	102.50	$102.50	$338	—
345	345	1	95.00	$95.00	$328	—
395	395	1	95.00	$95.00	$375	-11.29
475	475	1	105.00	$105.00	$499	+5.00
580	580	1	105.00	$105.00	$609	—
600–610	605	2	100.00–102.50	$101.26	$613	—
695	695	1	107.50	$107.50	$747	+12.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375 thin fleshed	375	1	85.00	$85.00	$319	—
375–395	385	2	95.00–110.00	$102.69	$395	+0.65
410	410	1	102.50	$102.50	$420	-6.66
545	545	1	100.00	$100.00	$545	-6.52
620	620	1	98.00	$98.00	$608	—
715 thin fleshed	715	1	87.50	$87.50	$626	—

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Feeder Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	330	3	95.00–110.00	$103.36	$341	—
360–395	368	5	95.00–125.00	$104.88	$386	-4.12
415 thin fleshed	415	1	85.00	$85.00	$353	—
455–475	465	2	95.00	$95.00	$442	-13.00
470–475	473	2	85.00	$85.00	$402	-23.00
525	525	1	92.00	$92.00	$483	-10.75
555–575	564	7	95.00–105.00	$101.86	$574	+4.33
555–595	571	4	88.00–96.00	$93.31	$533	-4.22
600	600	1	89.00	$89.00	$534	+2.32
600	600	1	95.00	$95.00	$570	+8.32
650–655	653	2	86.00–89.00	$87.49	$571	+2.49
860	860	1	90.00	$90.00	$774	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	95.00	$95.00	$299	-6.25
350 thin fleshed	350	1	92.50	$92.50	$324	—
360–390	376	4	95.00–105.00	$100.12	$376	-3.09
420 thin fleshed	420	1	89.00	$89.00	$374	-6.00
415–440	428	5	95.00–110.00	$105.55	$452	-1.09
475 thin fleshed	475	1	93.00	$93.00	$442	+4.24
455–495	476	5	90.00–107.50	$97.53	$464	-10.31
505–545	525	6	95.00–109.00	$102.87	$540	-0.13
560	560	1	90.00	$90.00	$504	-3.00
560–585	573	3	93.00–105.00	$96.91	$555	+3.91
635 thin fleshed	635	1	93.00	$93.00	$591	+6.53

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	115.00	$115.00	$299	—
300–305	303	2	115.00–120.00	$117.48	$356	-3.60
350–375	363	5	110.00–122.50	$118.05	$429	+1.50
415–445	434	9	112.00–118.00	$113.56	$493	-2.44
450–485	464	5	111.00–118.00	$113.77	$528	-1.13
505–525	515	2	103.00–109.00	$105.94	$546	-6.43

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	127.50	$127.50	$338	-5.84

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	428	6	112.50–132.50	$121.69	$521	-4.29
460–490	479	7	122.00–127.00	$125.27	$600	+1.99
500–540	514	9	110.00–126.00	$117.70	$605	-1.98
550–590	566	8	111.00–121.00	$115.83	$656	-1.81
605–610	608	2	111.00–113.00	$112.00	$681	±0.00
700	700	1	110.00	$110.00	$770	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400 thin fleshed	400	1	90.00	$90.00	$360	-2.50
405–440	425	3	97.50–110.00	$102.66	$436	+2.66
465	465	1	110.00	$110.00	$512	+9.15
485–490 thin fleshed	488	2	85.00–87.50	$86.26	$421	-6.12
530	530	2	97.50–102.50	$100.00	$530	-7.59
545 thin fleshed	545	1	92.50	$92.50	$504	+5.78
555 thin fleshed	555	1	90.00	$90.00	$500	-2.50
575	575	1	100.00	$100.00	$575	-4.89
605 thin fleshed	605	1	85.00	$85.00	$514	-5.00
620	620	1	107.50	$107.50	$666	+4.20
660 thin fleshed	660	1	90.00	$90.00	$594	-5.00
677–690	681	5	98.00–104.00	$100.40	$684	-4.60
710	710	1	88.00	$88.00	$625	—
730–740 thin fleshed	735	2	91.00–92.00	$91.50	$673	—
875	875	1	87.00	$87.00	$761	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	2	95.00–97.50	$96.25	$404	-8.87
420–440	430	2	90.00	$90.00	$387	-15.12
465 thin fleshed	465	1	92.50	$92.50	$430	—
455–480	468	2	110.00	$110.00	$515	+19.00
500 thin fleshed	500	1	85.00	$85.00	$425	—
520–530	525	2	100.00–105.00	$102.52	$538	-3.91
635–645	640	2	107.00–110.00	$108.51	$694	+1.89
690	690	1	102.50	$102.50	$707	-6.50
700	700	1	102.50	$102.50	$718	+2.50
705–730	717	3	89.00–98.00	$92.63	$664	-7.37
730 thin fleshed	730	1	94.00	$94.00	$686	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–435	428	3	128.00–135.00	$131.67	$564	+7.67
450–490	470	6	129.00–135.00	$131.94	$620	—
505	505	1	128.00	$128.00	$646	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195	1195	80-85%	1	51.00	$51.00	$609	—
830–1705	1226	80-85%	26	52.00–60.00	$55.25	$677	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1340	1115	85-90%	2	38.00	$38.00	$424	—
915–2055	1263	85-90%	14	45.00–52.00	$47.70	$602	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435	1435	75-80%	1	51.00	$51.00	$732	—
1335–2070	1625	75-80%	5	55.00–57.00	$56.13	$912	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1680	1455	2	80.00–87.00	$84.04	$1,223	—
1790	1790	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,647	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–930	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	810.00–1,175.00	$976.26
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	560.00–900.00	$730.00
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
980–1265	1123	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–770.00	$739.44

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	820.00–990.00	$905.00
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	970.00	$970.00
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	770.00	$770.00	—
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	920.00	$920.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
680	680	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	77.50	$77.50	$256	+6.50
645	645	1	72.00	$72.00	$464	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.