Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 1, 2020

464 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $151.24/cwt -3.52 vs last sale · ≈ $644/hd at 426 lb · 17 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $121.65/cwt -1.31 vs last sale · ≈ $636/hd at 523 lb · 14 head

light 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $171.36/cwt +4.21 vs last sale · ≈ $571/hd at 333 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	464	611	813
Feeder cattle	344	463	663
Slaughter cattle	100	128	130
Replacement cattle	20	20	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, all cattle were mostly steady. Demand was up slightly; market activity and buyer interest were up slightly. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was well above average. 12 hogs.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	155.00–180.00	$167.63	$399	—
270–295	280	8	150.00–193.00	$168.64	$472	-5.77
305–348	333	13	161.00–183.00	$171.36	$571	+4.21
365	365	1	130.00	$130.00	$474	-33.79
365–390	381	7	155.00–168.00	$162.03	$617	-1.76
405–445	425	10	135.00–164.00	$147.69	$628	-4.31
450–485	469	5	136.00–157.50	$146.48	$687	+0.77
500–535	515	7	131.00–138.00	$135.44	$698	-1.33

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	228	2	125.00–135.00	$130.05	$297	-14.95
280–290	285	5	120.00–145.00	$132.93	$379	+8.78
305–340	323	5	125.00	$125.00	$404	-15.00
355–385	371	4	125.00–142.50	$131.89	$489	-0.91
430	430	1	127.50	$127.50	$548	—
500	500	1	121.00	$121.00	$605	—
560–595	575	4	112.00–127.50	$119.81	$689	-6.60
640	640	1	114.00	$114.00	$730	-0.77
675	675	2	113.00–115.00	$114.00	$770	+1.00
710	710	1	113.00	$113.00	$802	+4.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	105.00	$105.00	$304	—
355–370	363	2	105.00–107.50	$106.28	$386	—
420	420	1	110.00	$110.00	$462	—
440	440	1	95.00	$95.00	$418	—
460	460	1	100.00	$100.00	$460	—
500	500	1	90.00	$90.00	$450	—
565	565	1	107.50	$107.50	$607	—
620	620	1	107.00	$107.00	$663	+1.00
740	740	1	95.00	$95.00	$703	—
810	810	1	91.00	$91.00	$737	-8.02

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	315	2	102.50–105.00	$103.81	$327	-3.69

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	125.00	$125.00	$269	+3.78
250–295	277	6	112.50–125.00	$120.08	$333	-0.81
315–345	321	7	117.50–123.00	$120.45	$387	-0.63
365–393	381	8	117.50–127.50	$122.94	$468	+1.36
410–435	418	3	117.00–126.00	$121.67	$509	+2.73
450–495	468	7	112.00–121.00	$116.37	$545	-2.50
480	480	1	108.00	$108.00	$518	-10.87
575	575	1	112.00	$112.00	$644	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	107.50	$107.50	$215	+2.50
255	255	1	110.00	$110.00	$280	+5.00
295 thin fleshed	295	1	85.00	$85.00	$251	—
325	325	1	110.00	$110.00	$358	+2.50
350–395	367	3	85.00–90.00	$88.09	$323	-16.91
365–390	378	2	94.00–107.50	$100.53	$380	-4.47
405	405	1	90.00	$90.00	$364	-15.06
410–420	415	3	102.50–110.00	$105.81	$439	+0.75
470–475	473	2	100.00–107.00	$103.52	$490	-5.47
455–495	478	3	85.00–95.00	$90.03	$430	-18.96
480 thin fleshed	480	1	92.50	$92.50	$444	+2.50
513–525	518	4	100.00–111.00	$103.78	$538	+2.53
555–595	579	5	104.00–110.00	$106.73	$618	+0.28
605	605	1	102.00	$102.00	$617	+16.45
680	680	1	98.00	$98.00	$666	-6.04
750	750	1	101.00	$101.00	$758	+15.00
800–840	820	3	81.00–83.00	$81.99	$672	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	110.00	$110.00	$270	+15.00
280	280	1	110.00	$110.00	$308	+10.00
320	320	1	102.50	$102.50	$328	—
350–380 thin fleshed	360	5	85.00–95.00	$91.09	$328	+9.09
415	415	1	100.00	$100.00	$415	-5.83
420 thin fleshed	420	1	90.00	$90.00	$378	+7.00
465	465	1	102.50	$102.50	$477	-1.41
465–470	468	2	85.00–90.00	$87.49	$409	-16.42
505	505	2	95.00–102.50	$98.75	$499	-5.04
525–535 thin fleshed	530	2	85.00–94.00	$89.46	$474	-0.55
550–565 thin fleshed	558	2	85.00–88.00	$86.52	$483	-3.48
550–590	560	6	95.00–108.00	$103.38	$579	-1.06
620	620	1	95.00	$95.00	$589	-7.82
650	650	1	104.00	$104.00	$676	+1.00
715	715	1	102.00	$102.00	$729	+2.65

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	152.50	$152.50	$259	—
315	315	2	129.00	$129.00	$406	—
350–360	355	2	127.50–130.00	$128.73	$457	-0.48
400	400	1	125.00	$125.00	$500	-1.73
473	473	4	118.00	$118.00	$558	-0.19
500	500	1	105.00	$105.00	$525	-12.00
565	565	1	105.00	$105.00	$593	—
920	920	1	94.00	$94.00	$865	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	96.00	$96.00	$475	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	115.00	$115.00	$414	—
405–430	418	2	117.50–122.50	$120.07	$502	+3.73
470–498	489	5	115.00–133.00	$124.35	$608	-2.83
500–545	523	14	112.00–137.00	$121.65	$636	-1.31
555–595	576	12	115.00–125.50	$123.30	$710	+1.24
625	625	1	115.00	$115.00	$719	+1.11

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	426	17	140.00–157.00	$151.24	$644	-3.52
450–475	461	4	140.00–149.00	$142.70	$658	+0.01
575	575	1	122.00	$122.00	$702	-6.66

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	105.00	$105.00	$436	+17.50
445	445	1	90.00	$90.00	$400	+2.50
450 thin fleshed	450	1	95.00	$95.00	$428	—
465	465	1	98.00	$98.00	$456	-7.00
520	520	1	95.00	$95.00	$494	-10.00
555–595	575	3	98.00–110.00	$102.53	$590	—
600–620	608	4	99.00–107.00	$102.88	$626	-2.48
650	650	1	94.00	$94.00	$611	-11.33
675–695	685	2	99.00–101.00	$99.99	$685	+7.49
710–735	723	2	89.00–104.00	$96.63	$699	+0.63
780	780	1	95.00	$95.00	$741	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	105.00	$105.00	$446	-5.00
485 thin fleshed	485	1	90.00	$90.00	$436	—
495	495	1	112.50	$112.50	$557	+11.26
525	525	1	105.00	$105.00	$551	±0.00
550–560	555	2	100.00–110.00	$105.05	$583	-2.95
560 thin fleshed	560	1	90.00	$90.00	$504	±0.00
600–615 thin fleshed	608	2	80.00–81.00	$80.51	$490	—
665	665	1	105.00	$105.00	$698	+2.34
710 thin fleshed	710	1	90.00	$90.00	$639	—
735	735	1	100.00	$100.00	$735	+2.49
790 thin fleshed	790	1	84.00	$84.00	$664	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1520	1107	80-85%	26	53.00–64.00	$59.36	$657	—
1080–1540	1288	80-85%	12	65.00–73.00	$68.61	$884	+8.60

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–950	829	85-90%	7	33.00–40.00	$38.13	$316	—
850–1235	1038	85-90%	9	46.00–53.00	$49.56	$514	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1590	1377	75-80%	3	66.00–68.00	$66.95	$922	—
1070–1750	1420	75-80%	12	54.00–64.00	$58.86	$836	—
1470	1470	75-80%	1	52.00	$52.00	$764	-15.11

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1385	1286	6	41.00–76.00	$65.61	$844	—
1445–1485	1465	2	94.00	$94.00	$1,377	—
1075–2090	1565	10	79.00–92.00	$86.35	$1,351	—

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–745	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	560.00–590.00	$575.41
740–815	778	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	365.00–500.00	$429.24
790–895	826	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	300.00–350.00	$319.85

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	590.00	$590.00
850–1090	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	380.00–560.00	$481.13

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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
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	690.00	$690.00	—
835	835	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	—

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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.