Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report, Shelby, NC

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 10, 2020

621 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $158.45/cwt +9.64 vs last sale · ≈ $591/hd at 373 lb · 20 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $121.91/cwt -2.23 vs last sale · ≈ $456/hd at 374 lb · 17 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $116.27/cwt +0.60 vs last sale · ≈ $488/hd at 420 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	621	417
Feeder cattle	484	347
Slaughter cattle	112	45
Replacement cattle	25	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady. Feeder cattle were mostly 4.00 to 13.00 higher. Demand was fairly good; market activity and buyer interest were fairly good. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was attractive.

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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	147.50	$147.50	$266	—
210–235	225	4	170.00–187.50	$179.01	$403	+14.01
265–285	274	8	160.00–187.50	$175.97	$482	+22.59
305–345	328	14	150.00–177.50	$165.27	$542	+5.70
350–395	373	20	145.00–170.00	$158.45	$591	+9.64
400–445	423	8	135.00–157.50	$147.90	$626	+0.40
450	450	1	125.00	$125.00	$562	-13.00
450–495	471	13	135.00–157.50	$142.91	$673	+4.91
500–540	517	12	130.00–142.50	$136.95	$708	—
560	560	1	134.00	$134.00	$750	—
600–649	635	13	125.00–129.00	$125.96	$800	—
725	725	1	122.00	$122.00	$884	—
765	765	1	117.00	$117.00	$895	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155–190	168	3	122.00–145.00	$136.95	$230	—
220	220	1	135.00	$135.00	$297	+12.50
295	295	1	145.00	$145.00	$428	—
305	305	1	127.50	$127.50	$389	-4.60
355–385	368	4	112.50–140.00	$132.80	$489	+3.51
465–495	481	4	120.00–140.00	$131.62	$633	+4.12
515–540	523	3	115.00–125.00	$121.72	$637	-0.78
600–625	613	2	119.00–124.00	$121.45	$744	+5.77
665–670	668	2	110.00–118.00	$113.99	$761	+0.99
710–735	725	3	110.00–114.00	$111.69	$810	—
755	755	1	110.00	$110.00	$830	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	105.00	$105.00	$304	-7.50
315 thin fleshed	315	1	80.00	$80.00	$252	—
335	335	1	95.00	$95.00	$318	-10.00
385	385	1	107.50	$107.50	$414	—
505–540 thin fleshed	523	2	92.00–95.00	$93.55	$489	+8.55
590	590	1	105.00	$105.00	$620	—
680–685	683	2	90.00–110.00	$100.04	$683	-5.63
745	745	1	105.00	$105.00	$782	+4.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	110.00	$110.00	$660	—
650 thin fleshed	650	1	90.00	$90.00	$585	—
705	705	1	94.00	$94.00	$663	-6.47
750	750	1	100.00	$100.00	$750	—
800	800	1	106.00	$106.00	$848	+11.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
188	188	2	122.50	$122.50	$230	—
240	240	1	125.00	$125.00	$300	—
250–295	273	8	115.00–125.00	$121.54	$332	+4.12
305–345	327	9	120.00–130.00	$123.18	$403	+5.14
350–395	374	17	117.50–125.00	$121.91	$456	-2.23
400–445	420	14	112.00–122.50	$116.27	$488	+0.60
450–490	470	10	115.00–120.00	$116.99	$550	-1.29
535	535	1	120.00	$120.00	$642	+10.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	110.00	$110.00	$209	—
285 thin fleshed	285	1	85.00	$85.00	$242	—
280–295	288	2	105.00–110.00	$107.43	$309	+7.66
325–340	332	3	100.00–107.50	$104.20	$346	+9.20
335 thin fleshed	335	2	85.00	$85.00	$285	—
365–390	378	2	95.00–110.00	$102.25	$387	-1.17
400–425 thin fleshed	413	2	80.00–90.00	$84.85	$350	—
420	420	1	110.00	$110.00	$462	+4.90
450–470 thin fleshed	458	3	80.00–90.00	$86.69	$397	—
455–495	468	3	95.00–102.00	$97.47	$456	-10.15
515–525	519	4	96.00–105.00	$100.97	$524	-1.01
515–530	522	3	85.00–95.00	$91.03	$475	-10.95
565–585	571	4	95.00–106.00	$102.51	$585	+3.25
625–640	633	3	102.50–104.00	$103.17	$653	+2.20
665	665	1	105.00	$105.00	$698	—
720	720	1	90.00	$90.00	$648	+5.00
790	790	1	90.00	$90.00	$711	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	97.50	$97.50	$273	—
300	300	1	95.00	$95.00	$285	-8.69
315	315	1	110.00	$110.00	$346	+6.31
410–440	424	4	100.00–105.00	$102.45	$434	—
475	475	1	95.00	$95.00	$451	-12.47
475–490	482	5	105.00–110.00	$108.60	$523	+1.13
500–545	524	5	100.00–110.00	$106.28	$557	+4.46
550–585	567	8	97.00–106.00	$103.18	$585	+2.16
585	585	1	85.00	$85.00	$497	-16.02
600–625	609	5	100.00–105.00	$103.00	$627	+10.98
650	650	1	102.00	$102.00	$663	+10.00
685	685	1	92.00	$92.00	$630	-3.97
705	705	1	99.00	$99.00	$698	+2.00
740	740	1	76.00	$76.00	$562	-4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–228	220	6	130.00–145.00	$135.83	$299	—
255–275	267	3	130.00–140.00	$135.03	$361	—
310–335	323	3	127.50–137.50	$132.55	$428	—
365–395	387	5	127.50–162.00	$134.47	$520	—
425–440	432	5	125.00–135.00	$128.28	$554	—
455–465	461	5	125.00–132.00	$126.88	$585	+11.88

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	157.50	$157.50	$441	—
405–445	425	12	140.00–160.00	$147.97	$629	+8.58
435	435	1	132.50	$132.50	$576	-6.89
470	470	1	132.50	$132.50	$623	-1.68
450–495	477	7	135.00–140.00	$136.60	$652	+2.42
510–540	525	11	128.00–132.50	$129.50	$680	+3.95
550	550	1	125.00	$125.00	$688	±0.00
555–570	561	4	130.00–132.00	$130.51	$732	+5.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	422	3	125.00–135.00	$130.71	$552	+4.39
460–495	483	4	115.00–130.00	$122.31	$591	-6.36
500–545	516	5	120.00–128.00	$124.83	$644	+1.42
550–595	575	12	115.00–127.50	$121.96	$701	+5.83
600–645	621	7	111.00–120.00	$115.67	$718	—
665	665	1	117.00	$117.00	$778	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445 thin fleshed	445	1	90.00	$90.00	$400	—
450–485	468	2	97.50–100.00	$98.80	$462	-1.20
585–595	590	4	90.00–110.00	$97.49	$575	-10.51
600	600	1	100.00	$100.00	$600	-0.98
675–695	682	3	94.00–105.00	$101.03	$689	+5.52
715	715	1	81.00	$81.00	$579	-19.71
700–735	724	4	92.00–102.00	$95.68	$693	-5.03
745 thin fleshed	745	1	89.00	$89.00	$663	—
755–790	778	3	87.00–95.00	$91.06	$708	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	95.00	$95.00	$522	—
560	560	1	95.00	$95.00	$532	-6.00
640	640	2	110.00	$110.00	$704	+17.00
655–685	664	6	100.00–111.00	$105.99	$704	+15.51
705	705	1	92.00	$92.00	$649	+3.00
700–740	719	4	90.00–104.00	$97.23	$699	+8.23
750	750	1	100.00	$100.00	$750	+10.03
755	755	1	90.00	$90.00	$680	+0.03
775	775	1	86.00	$86.00	$666	-3.97

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1615	1178	80-85%	37	54.00–64.00	$58.89	$694	+0.54
1010–1485	1235	80-85%	5	65.00–69.00	$66.45	$821	—
1525	1525	80-85%	1	51.00	$51.00	$778	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1180	936	85-90%	9	29.00–45.00	$38.78	$363	—
735–1125	942	85-90%	10	47.00–53.00	$50.28	$474	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1370	1278	75-80%	2	66.00–70.00	$68.14	$871	—
1205–1750	1369	75-80%	7	59.00–62.00	$60.25	$825	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1705	1327	7	60.00–76.00	$69.40	$921	—
1330–2000	1676	7	79.00–92.00	$86.91	$1,457	—
1740–2025	1883	2	94.00–96.00	$94.92	$1,787	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	565.00	$565.00
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	570.00	$570.00
825–965	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	590.00–630.00	$618.81
920–1040	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–740.00	$718.78

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	360.00	$360.00
705–775	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	350.00–370.00	$359.53
730–805	768	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	390.00–450.00	$421.47

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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
990–1080	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	960.00–1,010.00	$986.09	—
1275	1275	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	580.00	$580.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	830.00	$830.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	67.00	$67.00	$429	—
785	785	1	71.00	$71.00	$557	—

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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.