Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 5, 2021

460 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight S 1-2 heifers $100.61/cwt +0.27 vs last sale · ≈ $530/hd at 527 lb · 12 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $161.95/cwt +9.37 vs last sale · ≈ $596/hd at 368 lb · 12 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $146.83/cwt +16.17 vs last sale · ≈ $627/hd at 427 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	460	390	643
Feeder cattle	359	320	518
Slaughter cattle	95	60	105
Replacement cattle	6	10	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 3. No price comparison available due to the market being closed the previous two weeks in observance of the Christmas Day and News Year's Day holidays. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	228	6	125.00–145.00	$135.38	$309	+0.49
250–295	270	8	125.00–142.50	$133.92	$362	+10.64
330–345	338	2	130.00–142.50	$136.39	$461	+4.96
355–395	376	6	122.50–140.00	$131.69	$495	-3.87
400–445	425	3	127.50–140.00	$133.11	$566	+13.11
470–490	479	4	127.50–138.00	$130.80	$627	-3.70
500–540	524	6	112.50–133.00	$122.08	$640	-0.42
550–595	570	5	117.00–128.00	$122.23	$697	-0.30
610–645	623	4	112.00–125.00	$119.09	$742	+0.09
670	670	1	111.00	$111.00	$744	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	170.00	$170.00	$332	-10.00
270–280	275	2	150.00	$150.00	$412	-18.96
310–345	327	10	150.00–172.50	$164.81	$539	+1.13
350–390	368	12	150.00–176.00	$161.95	$596	+9.37
400–440	423	8	140.00–162.50	$152.27	$644	+8.01
450–475	459	6	140.00–153.00	$145.97	$670	—
520–525	523	2	136.00–137.00	$136.50	$714	-6.50
530	530	1	120.00	$120.00	$636	-23.00
570–575	573	2	134.00–137.50	$135.74	$778	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	225	2	102.50–117.50	$109.33	$246	+4.33
255–285	272	3	100.00–110.00	$106.87	$291	—
345	345	1	105.00	$105.00	$362	+2.48
360 thin fleshed	360	1	90.00	$90.00	$324	—
400	400	1	105.00	$105.00	$420	—
505–535	520	2	100.00–110.00	$105.14	$547	—
590	590	1	110.00	$110.00	$649	—
625	625	1	80.00	$80.00	$500	—
805–825	815	2	94.00–96.00	$95.01	$774	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	85.00	$85.00	$200	—
355 thin fleshed	355	1	80.00	$80.00	$284	—
415	415	1	105.00	$105.00	$436	—
480–485	483	2	100.00–110.00	$105.03	$507	—
515–545	525	3	100.00–106.00	$103.69	$544	—
845	845	1	95.00	$95.00	$803	—

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Feeder Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	105.00	$105.00	$242	—
260–270	265	2	95.00–105.00	$99.91	$265	—
275	275	1	80.00	$80.00	$220	—
328	328	2	105.00	$105.00	$344	+0.38
350–385 thin fleshed	370	3	92.50–95.00	$94.13	$348	—
385–390	388	2	95.00–100.00	$97.52	$378	-6.95
425–445	438	4	100.00–105.00	$102.15	$447	-0.44
450–485	464	9	104.00–110.00	$108.11	$502	+2.10
510–545	524	10	95.00–108.00	$102.23	$536	+4.73
535	535	1	95.00	$95.00	$508	-2.50
545	545	1	90.00	$90.00	$490	-7.50
560	560	1	90.00	$90.00	$504	+6.68
560–580	572	5	104.00–109.00	$107.41	$614	+24.09
585	585	1	84.00	$84.00	$491	-15.56
615	615	1	85.00	$85.00	$523	-13.05
605–645	620	3	90.00–93.00	$91.85	$569	-6.20
615–645	630	2	95.00–103.00	$98.90	$623	+0.85
675	675	1	91.00	$91.00	$614	+5.96
720	720	1	89.00	$89.00	$641	—
725–730	728	2	90.00–91.00	$90.50	$659	—
750	750	1	90.00	$90.00	$675	—
825	825	1	80.00	$80.00	$660	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180 thin fleshed	180	1	90.00	$90.00	$162	—
225	225	1	110.00	$110.00	$248	—
265 thin fleshed	265	1	85.00	$85.00	$225	—
260–280	270	2	110.00	$110.00	$297	±0.00
305–345	315	4	100.00–110.00	$104.84	$330	-1.55
380–395	388	3	97.50–112.50	$105.10	$408	-2.42
415 thin fleshed	415	1	87.50	$87.50	$363	—
420	420	1	105.00	$105.00	$441	—
490	490	1	102.50	$102.50	$502	+1.56
490 thin fleshed	490	1	90.00	$90.00	$441	+0.86
515	515	1	82.50	$82.50	$425	-18.43
510–530	519	4	97.50–107.00	$103.02	$535	+2.09
555–580	568	3	106.00–107.50	$106.82	$607	+3.39
610	610	1	85.00	$85.00	$518	±0.00
615	615	1	80.00	$80.00	$492	-5.00
655–690	673	2	80.00–91.00	$85.36	$574	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	115.00	$115.00	$270	—
300–340	321	5	112.50–125.00	$119.66	$384	+2.63
350–390	371	7	112.50–122.50	$119.52	$443	+1.55
400–430	419	7	112.50–122.00	$117.70	$493	-2.30
460–495	480	4	112.50–122.50	$117.73	$565	+2.73
500	500	1	110.00	$110.00	$550	-2.42
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	-2.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	135.00	$135.00	$230	-20.00
205	205	1	145.00	$145.00	$297	+5.68
280	280	1	135.00	$135.00	$378	+2.51
318–340	325	5	130.00–135.00	$132.78	$432	+1.11
370–390	380	3	130.00–138.00	$132.74	$504	+3.75
410–445	433	7	127.50–130.00	$129.27	$560	+11.27
450–465	458	2	131.00–132.50	$131.74	$603	—
505	505	1	113.00	$113.00	$571	—
550 thin fleshed	550	1	95.00	$95.00	$522	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–445	428	10	118.00–137.50	$127.61	$546	+0.02
460–495	478	2	125.00–139.00	$131.74	$630	+5.06
500–545	524	9	117.00–132.50	$124.27	$651	+5.31
560–595	573	6	112.50–133.00	$120.73	$692	+4.50
605–615	608	3	115.00–117.00	$115.66	$703	+12.66

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	427	9	137.50–160.00	$148.14	$633	+8.14
430	430	1	135.00	$135.00	$580	-5.00
455–485	470	4	140.00–152.00	$145.00	$682	+6.41
460–485	477	3	135.00–137.00	$135.64	$647	-2.95
500–535	514	5	135.00–137.50	$135.49	$696	-2.53
555	555	1	136.00	$136.00	$755	—
555–565	560	2	132.00–133.00	$132.50	$742	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	95.00	$95.00	$380	+5.00
410	410	1	110.00	$110.00	$451	+20.00
445 thin fleshed	445	1	92.50	$92.50	$412	—
475	475	1	110.00	$110.00	$522	+3.17
490 thin fleshed	490	1	92.50	$92.50	$453	—
505	505	1	112.50	$112.50	$568	+27.50
525 thin fleshed	525	1	85.00	$85.00	$446	—
535	535	1	80.00	$80.00	$428	-5.00
575	575	1	95.00	$95.00	$546	-14.00
580–595	588	2	105.00–110.00	$107.47	$632	-1.53
600	600	1	110.00	$110.00	$660	—
655–670	663	2	102.50–109.00	$105.79	$701	+15.79
665–670	668	2	93.00–94.00	$93.50	$625	+3.50
725	725	1	105.00	$105.00	$761	+25.00
750	750	1	80.00	$80.00	$600	-4.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	100.00	$100.00	$445	—
505–535	520	3	85.00–102.50	$95.67	$497	-6.38
540 thin fleshed	540	1	87.50	$87.50	$472	-5.00
590	590	1	100.00	$100.00	$590	+5.00
605 thin fleshed	605	1	82.50	$82.50	$499	-4.97
710	710	1	98.00	$98.00	$696	-2.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1880	1234	80-85%	34	53.00–63.00	$58.42	$721	—
1200–1265	1242	80-85%	3	52.00	$52.00	$646	—
1235–1480	1346	80-85%	4	64.00–66.00	$64.79	$872	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1265	1087	85-90%	3	10.00–23.00	$16.01	$174	—
870–1365	1103	85-90%	4	30.00–45.00	$39.70	$438	—
900–1405	1123	85-90%	12	46.00–52.00	$50.01	$562	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1780	1482	75-80%	16	54.00–63.00	$56.88	$843	—
1625	1625	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$1,056	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1050	1043	2	54.00–71.00	$62.44	$651	—
1125–2190	1687	5	83.00–90.00	$87.36	$1,474	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1125	979	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	570.00–640.00	$612.58
1115	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	350.00	$350.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685	685	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	580.00	$580.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	45.00	$45.00	$166	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258	258	4	77.50	$77.50	$200	—

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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.