Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 15, 2020

390 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 3 heifers $98.94/cwt -3.27 vs last sale · ≈ $517/hd at 522 lb · 13 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $117.97/cwt -3.06 vs last sale · ≈ $444/hd at 376 lb · 12 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $112.42/cwt -2.86 vs last sale · ≈ $582/hd at 518 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	390	614	420
Feeder cattle	320	509	305
Slaughter cattle	60	100	90
Replacement cattle	10	5	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hogs receipts 2. Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were steady to 1.00 lower, while feeder cattle had too few comparable head to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was average at best.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–235	221	5	120.00–145.00	$134.89	$298	—
265–280	272	3	120.00–125.00	$123.28	$335	-16.62
300–335	324	4	125.00–135.00	$131.43	$426	+6.43
373–390	380	4	125.00–142.50	$135.56	$515	+9.15
445	445	1	120.00	$120.00	$534	—
470–475	473	2	134.00–135.00	$134.50	$636	+11.13
545	545	2	117.50–127.50	$122.50	$668	-2.55
550–565	558	2	120.00–125.00	$122.53	$684	-4.81
600	600	1	119.00	$119.00	$714	+2.00
735	735	1	111.00	$111.00	$816	-4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	180.00	$180.00	$342	-7.34
225–235	230	2	187.50–190.00	$188.72	$434	+8.11
250–295	268	6	155.00–180.00	$168.96	$453	-18.11
300–305	303	2	155.00–172.50	$163.68	$496	-5.99
350–395	371	7	145.00–158.00	$152.58	$566	-7.15
400–435	416	4	137.00–150.00	$144.26	$600	-6.94
525	525	1	143.00	$143.00	$751	+7.25

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	105.00	$105.00	$257	—
330–335	333	2	100.00–105.00	$102.52	$341	-7.48
390	390	1	100.00	$100.00	$390	-7.65

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	100.00	$100.00	$315	+15.00
650 thin fleshed	650	1	82.50	$82.50	$536	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	278	6	115.00–127.50	$120.40	$335	-2.94
310 thin fleshed	310	1	87.50	$87.50	$271	—
320–345	332	6	112.50–122.50	$117.03	$389	-4.82
360–395	376	12	110.00–126.00	$117.97	$444	-3.06
408–445	428	9	115.00–127.50	$120.00	$514	+1.87
465	465	1	115.00	$115.00	$535	-2.25
505–535	518	12	109.00–113.00	$112.42	$582	-2.86
553–580	561	8	111.50–114.00	$112.20	$629	-6.80
628–645	634	5	108.00–113.00	$109.90	$697	-3.10

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	278	2	110.00	$110.00	$306	+5.00
330 thin fleshed	330	1	95.00	$95.00	$314	—
320–345	333	2	102.50–110.00	$106.39	$354	+6.39
385–390	388	2	105.00–110.00	$107.52	$417	—
455–490	478	4	99.00–105.00	$100.94	$482	-3.22
450–495 thin fleshed	479	4	85.00–95.00	$89.14	$427	-0.86
505–535	520	10	95.00–112.50	$100.93	$525	-1.28
520–535	528	2	90.00–91.00	$90.49	$478	-11.72
535 thin fleshed	535	1	96.00	$96.00	$514	—
550–590	565	3	96.00–107.00	$103.43	$584	+1.43
565–585	575	2	85.00–95.00	$89.91	$517	-12.09
580 thin fleshed	580	1	95.00	$95.00	$551	—
605	605	1	85.00	$85.00	$514	-15.04
655 thin fleshed	655	1	85.00	$85.00	$557	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	1	110.00	$110.00	$182	+15.00
280 thin fleshed	280	1	85.00	$85.00	$238	+5.00
315–340	328	2	95.00–115.00	$104.62	$343	+2.04
340	340	1	95.00	$95.00	$323	+5.00
365–390	374	5	100.00–107.50	$104.47	$391	-5.53
415–430	423	2	97.50–107.50	$102.59	$434	-3.60
470–475	472	3	103.00–110.00	$106.01	$500	-2.95
495	495	1	102.50	$102.50	$507	+22.50
500–520	512	6	96.00–108.00	$100.81	$516	-0.69
515	515	1	97.50	$97.50	$502	-4.00
555–560	557	3	80.00–90.00	$83.32	$464	-18.57
580–598	594	5	98.00–106.00	$99.56	$591	-2.33
610–640	625	2	96.00–100.00	$98.05	$613	+1.47
660–680	670	2	82.50–87.50	$85.04	$570	-8.96

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	155.00	$155.00	$302	—
225–235	230	2	136.00–142.50	$139.32	$320	—
250–280	261	5	130.00–137.50	$132.49	$346	+2.49
335–340	337	3	130.00–132.50	$131.67	$444	+1.56
365–370	368	2	128.00–130.00	$128.99	$475	-10.05
400	400	1	125.00	$125.00	$500	-3.56
440	440	1	118.00	$118.00	$519	-10.56

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	137.50	$137.50	$344	—
420–435	428	2	122.50–132.50	$127.59	$546	+6.70
460–495	482	10	115.00–135.00	$126.68	$611	+2.37
500–535	521	7	112.50–125.00	$118.96	$620	-5.20
575–590	583	2	115.00–117.50	$116.23	$678	-6.08
635	635	1	103.00	$103.00	$654	-8.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–465	463	2	102.50–110.00	$106.23	$492	—
500–525	513	2	100.00–104.00	$102.05	$524	+7.05
530 thin fleshed	530	1	92.50	$92.50	$490	+2.50
550–575	562	3	100.00–107.00	$102.39	$575	-5.61
580 thin fleshed	580	1	85.00	$85.00	$493	—
585	585	1	95.00	$95.00	$556	-13.00
600–605 thin fleshed	603	2	80.00–95.00	$87.47	$527	—
630–640	635	2	100.00–110.00	$105.04	$667	—
695 thin fleshed	695	1	81.00	$81.00	$563	—
740	740	1	100.00	$100.00	$740	+2.00
770	770	1	84.00	$84.00	$647	-10.00
790 thin fleshed	790	1	85.00	$85.00	$672	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	105.00	$105.00	$278	—
390	390	1	80.00	$80.00	$312	—
415	415	1	90.00	$90.00	$374	-15.00
485	485	3	102.50–110.00	$106.83	$518	-0.67
540	540	1	85.00	$85.00	$459	-23.51
570	570	1	109.00	$109.00	$621	+11.32
640	640	1	98.00	$98.00	$627	-7.13
645 thin fleshed	645	1	80.00	$80.00	$516	—
660	660	1	96.00	$96.00	$634	-5.20
665	665	1	90.00	$90.00	$598	-11.20
700	700	1	80.00	$80.00	$560	—
720 thin fleshed	720	1	94.00	$94.00	$677	—
755	755	1	84.00	$84.00	$634	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–405	403	2	122.00–130.00	$125.98	$508	-21.43
415	415	1	140.00	$140.00	$581	-7.41
455	455	1	135.00	$135.00	$614	-6.05
455–470	460	5	137.00–141.00	$138.59	$638	-2.46
510–515	513	2	133.00–143.00	$138.02	$708	+1.92
530	530	1	115.00	$115.00	$610	-10.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490 thin fleshed	490	1	90.00	$90.00	$441	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1770	1274	80-85%	19	52.00–63.00	$56.01	$714	—
1280	1280	80-85%	1	51.00	$51.00	$653	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–960	950	85-90%	2	20.00–23.00	$21.48	$204	—
665–1460	1003	85-90%	7	30.00–42.00	$36.80	$369	-4.89
970–1560	1340	85-90%	4	46.00–50.00	$47.61	$638	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1410	1286	75-80%	5	45.00–50.00	$48.29	$621	—
1270–1425	1343	75-80%	3	54.00–60.00	$55.89	$751	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1620	1452	6	67.00–75.00	$72.17	$1,048	+5.00
1520–1955	1737	9	77.00–89.00	$85.69	$1,488	—
2145	2145	1	95.00	$95.00	$2,038	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	590.00	$590.00
945–970	958	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	540.00–810.00	$676.76

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	430.00	$430.00

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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
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	960.00	$960.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	60.00	$60.00	$318	—
560	560	1	84.00	$84.00	$470	—
750	750	1	87.00	$87.00	$652	—

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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.