Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 8, 2020

614 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $159.73/cwt +1.70 vs last sale · ≈ $604/hd at 378 lb · 22 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $147.41/cwt -3.83 vs last sale · ≈ $621/hd at 421 lb · 21 head

light 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $169.67/cwt -1.69 vs last sale · ≈ $557/hd at 328 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	614	464	546
Feeder cattle	509	344	430
Slaughter cattle	100	100	86
Replacement cattle	5	20	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 9. Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 lower, while bulls were steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower with the exception of two-weights being sharply higher; bulls were 1.00 to 4.00 lower; while heifers were mostly 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average to 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
190–195	193	2	175.00–200.00	$187.34	$362	—
205–230	221	6	145.00–197.50	$180.61	$399	+12.98
250–285	267	12	175.00–192.00	$187.07	$499	+18.43
300–345	328	21	150.00–182.50	$169.67	$557	-1.69
355–395	378	22	140.00–179.00	$159.73	$604	-2.30
405–445	419	5	145.00–160.00	$151.20	$634	+3.51
450–495	476	14	135.00–150.00	$143.49	$683	-2.99
500–535	516	9	133.00–145.00	$135.75	$700	+0.31
565	565	1	139.00	$139.00	$785	—
575	575	1	130.00	$130.00	$748	—
580	580	1	128.00	$128.00	$742	—
610	610	1	126.00	$126.00	$769	—
683–685	684	3	120.00–121.00	$120.33	$823	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–265	260	2	135.00–145.00	$139.90	$364	+6.97
325	325	2	122.50–127.50	$125.00	$406	±0.00
359–387	381	7	120.00–135.00	$126.41	$482	-5.48
465–485	478	3	112.50–133.00	$123.37	$590	—
515–545	535	5	112.50–131.00	$125.05	$669	+4.05
550–595	568	6	125.00–131.00	$127.34	$723	+7.53
625	625	1	117.00	$117.00	$731	+3.00
655–660	658	2	111.00–114.00	$112.51	$740	-1.49
700	700	1	115.00	$115.00	$805	+2.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 thin fleshed	230	1	85.00	$85.00	$196	—
310	310	1	95.00	$95.00	$294	—
320	320	1	110.00	$110.00	$352	—
355–390	372	3	100.00–112.50	$107.65	$400	+1.37
520	520	1	110.00	$110.00	$572	+20.00
575	575	1	103.00	$103.00	$592	-4.50
775	775	1	108.00	$108.00	$837	—
860	860	1	93.00	$93.00	$800	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–320 thin fleshed	313	2	85.00	$85.00	$266	—
325	325	1	85.00	$85.00	$276	-18.81
330–345	338	2	105.00–110.00	$107.44	$363	+3.63
370	370	1	105.00	$105.00	$388	—
535	535	1	124.00	$124.00	$663	—
720	720	1	102.00	$102.00	$734	—
790	790	1	100.00	$100.00	$790	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	115.00	$115.00	$276	-10.00
280–290	287	3	122.50–125.00	$123.34	$354	+3.26
300–340	320	12	112.50–126.00	$121.85	$390	+1.40
350–390	370	11	112.50–127.50	$121.03	$448	-1.91
405–445	429	10	110.00–125.00	$118.13	$507	-3.54
455–495	478	10	112.00–123.00	$117.25	$560	+9.25
500–545	518	5	110.00–117.50	$115.28	$597	—
590	590	1	119.00	$119.00	$702	+7.00
615	615	1	113.00	$113.00	$695	—
675	675	1	97.00	$97.00	$655	—
750	750	4	97.00	$97.00	$728	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	95.00	$95.00	$166	—
230 thin fleshed	230	1	90.00	$90.00	$207	—
275	275	1	105.00	$105.00	$289	-5.00
295 thin fleshed	295	1	80.00	$80.00	$236	-5.00
325–335	328	3	97.50–110.00	$102.58	$336	-7.42
340	340	1	90.00	$90.00	$306	-20.00
370	370	1	110.00	$110.00	$407	+21.91
385	385	1	90.00	$90.00	$346	-10.53
420	420	1	80.00	$80.00	$336	-25.81
405–440	426	4	105.00–110.00	$106.19	$452	+0.38
465	465	1	82.50	$82.50	$384	-21.02
455–490	473	2	108.00–110.00	$108.96	$515	+5.44
485	485	1	80.00	$80.00	$388	-10.03
515 thin fleshed	515	1	85.00	$85.00	$438	—
505–545	527	9	97.00–108.00	$101.50	$535	-2.28
555–590	578	8	99.00–106.00	$101.89	$589	-4.84
605–640	625	5	91.00–101.00	$96.58	$604	-5.42
635	635	1	91.00	$91.00	$578	-11.00
655	655	1	96.00	$96.00	$629	-2.00
680	680	1	94.00	$94.00	$639	-4.00
710	710	2	98.00	$98.00	$696	—
755	755	1	90.00	$90.00	$680	-11.00
775	775	1	89.00	$89.00	$690	-12.00
900	900	1	87.00	$87.00	$783	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245 thin fleshed	245	1	82.50	$82.50	$202	—
255	255	1	105.00	$105.00	$268	-5.00
255 thin fleshed	255	1	85.00	$85.00	$217	—
330	330	2	95.00–105.00	$100.00	$330	-2.50
430	430	1	109.00	$109.00	$469	+9.00
455–490	468	3	97.50–110.00	$104.16	$487	+16.67
485 thin fleshed	485	1	90.00	$90.00	$436	—
500–545	533	6	99.00–105.00	$102.21	$545	+3.46
550–595	579	8	99.00–105.00	$102.00	$591	-1.38
605–630	613	3	98.00–103.00	$100.04	$613	+5.04
635	635	1	93.00	$93.00	$591	-2.00
660–665	663	3	86.00–97.00	$92.68	$614	-11.32
720–725	721	4	91.00–95.00	$92.01	$663	-9.99
795	795	1	82.00	$82.00	$652	—
855	855	1	85.00	$85.00	$727	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	130.00	$130.00	$364	—
335–345	340	4	127.50–133.00	$130.11	$442	+1.11
350–395	369	7	128.00–171.00	$139.04	$513	+10.31
390	390	1	126.00	$126.00	$491	-2.73
400–445	423	6	125.00–136.00	$128.56	$544	+3.56
450–475	462	3	117.50–127.50	$122.98	$568	+4.98
505–515	510	4	117.00–123.00	$119.00	$607	+14.00
825	825	1	88.00	$88.00	$726	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–443	421	21	136.00–160.00	$147.41	$621	-3.83
455–495	474	17	135.00–155.00	$141.05	$669	-1.65
505–540	517	7	133.00–143.00	$136.10	$704	—
520	520	1	125.00	$125.00	$650	—
560	560	1	131.00	$131.00	$734	+9.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–425	418	3	117.50–125.00	$120.89	$505	+0.82
455–475	461	4	117.50–132.50	$124.31	$573	-0.04
510–545	526	8	117.00–129.00	$124.16	$653	+2.51
553–590	566	10	115.00–126.00	$122.31	$692	-0.99
610	610	1	111.00	$111.00	$677	-4.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	110.00	$110.00	$220	—
405–435	420	2	105.00	$105.00	$441	±0.00
485	485	1	107.50	$107.50	$521	+9.50
530–545	540	3	107.50–110.00	$108.51	$586	+13.51
575–590	582	3	96.00–100.00	$97.68	$568	-4.85
600	600	1	90.00	$90.00	$540	-12.88
610–640	618	5	97.00–108.00	$105.13	$650	+2.25
650–690	665	4	96.00–105.00	$101.20	$673	+7.20
685	685	1	92.00	$92.00	$630	-7.99
840	840	1	82.00	$82.00	$689	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	100.00	$100.00	$420	-5.00
485 thin fleshed	485	1	82.50	$82.50	$400	-7.50
500	500	1	95.00	$95.00	$475	-10.00
520 thin fleshed	520	1	90.00	$90.00	$468	—
580	580	1	108.00	$108.00	$626	+2.95
655	655	1	98.00	$98.00	$642	-7.00
715	715	1	98.00	$98.00	$701	-2.00
760	760	1	94.00	$94.00	$714	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1540	1141	80-85%	24	53.00–63.00	$56.65	$646	-2.71
905–1510	1243	80-85%	3	38.00–52.00	$47.06	$585	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1165	986	85-90%	4	11.00–29.00	$21.63	$213	—
850–1180	1015	85-90%	7	30.00–48.00	$41.69	$423	-7.87
700–1385	1175	85-90%	14	31.00–52.00	$48.97	$575	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1655	1417	75-80%	6	54.00–63.00	$56.40	$799	-2.46
1195–1855	1469	75-80%	7	49.00–52.00	$51.28	$753	-0.72

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1925	1471	8	44.00–76.00	$67.17	$988	-26.83
1235–1795	1517	9	77.00–91.00	$86.32	$1,309	—
1750	1750	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,645	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	374.00	$374.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	870.00	$870.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	47.50	$47.50	$204	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	65.00	$65.00	$188	—
320	320	1	85.00	$85.00	$272	—
370	370	2	74.00	$74.00	$274	—
425	425	2	74.00	$74.00	$314	—
472	472	2	70.00	$70.00	$330	—

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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.