Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 12, 2021

338 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $116.06/cwt -1.67 vs last sale · ≈ $541/hd at 466 lb · 13 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $112.13/cwt +2.13 vs last sale · ≈ $572/hd at 510 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	338	460	447
Feeder cattle	223	359	352
Slaughter cattle	105	95	75
Replacement cattle	10	6	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 lower and bulls were 3.00 to 4.00 lower. There were too few comparable feeder cattle to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–265	260	2	160.00–170.00	$164.90	$429	+14.90
305–345	332	5	147.50–165.00	$158.14	$525	-6.67
355–395	374	4	162.50–173.00	$166.97	$624	+5.02
395	395	1	142.50	$142.50	$563	-19.45
410–415	413	4	141.00–155.00	$149.14	$616	-3.13
460–470	465	3	134.00–144.00	$139.35	$648	-6.62
510–540	525	2	140.00	$140.00	$735	+3.50
515–545	530	2	124.00–132.50	$128.13	$679	+8.13
640	640	1	111.00	$111.00	$710	—

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	±0.00
550 thin fleshed	550	1	92.50	$92.50	$509	—
565–590	580	3	110.00–119.00	$114.38	$663	—
645	645	1	97.00	$97.00	$626	—
665	665	1	113.00	$113.00	$751	—
700–730	715	2	103.00–108.00	$105.45	$754	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	110.00	$110.00	$226	+0.67
275	275	1	110.00	$110.00	$302	+3.13
515	515	1	92.50	$92.50	$476	-12.64
520	520	1	110.00	$110.00	$572	+4.86
650	650	1	112.50	$112.50	$731	—
795	795	1	105.00	$105.00	$835	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	135.00	$135.00	$331	-0.38
265	265	1	147.50	$147.50	$391	+13.58
315	315	1	130.00	$130.00	$410	-6.39
545	545	1	126.00	$126.00	$687	+3.92

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–285	283	2	115.00–117.50	$116.26	$329	—
310–340	323	4	115.00–122.00	$118.09	$381	-1.57
365–385	378	4	115.00–126.00	$120.96	$457	+1.44
405–435	426	6	118.00–123.00	$121.39	$517	+3.69
450–490	466	13	112.50–120.00	$116.06	$541	-1.67
500–540	510	10	109.00–120.00	$112.13	$572	+2.13
560	560	1	117.50	$117.50	$658	+7.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	265	2	102.50–105.00	$103.70	$275	+3.79
315 thin fleshed	315	1	85.00	$85.00	$268	—
340–345	343	2	102.50–110.00	$106.22	$364	+1.22
360	360	1	112.50	$112.50	$405	+14.98
415 thin fleshed	415	1	87.50	$87.50	$363	—
490–495	493	2	107.50	$107.50	$530	-0.61
505–545	521	7	102.50–112.50	$106.41	$554	+4.18
540	540	1	95.00	$95.00	$513	±0.00
550–590	577	5	97.50–101.00	$99.22	$572	-8.19
585	585	1	90.00	$90.00	$526	+6.00
605–610	608	2	90.00–94.00	$92.01	$559	+7.01
600–620	610	3	98.00–104.00	$101.31	$618	+16.31
655–670	663	2	95.00–103.00	$99.05	$657	+8.05
665	665	2	90.00	$90.00	$598	-1.00
770	770	1	100.00	$100.00	$770	+10.00
830	830	1	87.00	$87.00	$722	+7.00
885	885	1	82.00	$82.00	$726	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	142.50	$142.50	$449	+9.72
375	375	1	120.00	$120.00	$450	-12.74
410–445	423	8	127.00–134.00	$131.08	$554	+1.81
450	450	1	122.50	$122.50	$551	-9.24
465	465	2	124.00–127.50	$125.75	$585	-5.99
850	850	1	100.00	$100.00	$850	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	110.00	$110.00	$308	±0.00
300	300	1	105.00	$105.00	$315	+0.16
580	580	1	101.00	$101.00	$586	-5.82
625	625	1	97.50	$97.50	$609	+17.50
650	650	1	101.00	$101.00	$656	+15.64
780	780	1	85.00	$85.00	$663	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	428	7	137.50–155.00	$147.83	$633	-0.31
475–495	480	4	140.00–144.00	$141.03	$677	+5.39
500	500	1	130.00	$130.00	$650	-5.49
500–540	512	5	134.00–143.00	$137.13	$702	+1.64
555–560	558	2	125.00	$125.00	$698	-7.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–440	425	3	130.00–135.00	$133.35	$567	+5.74
475–495	486	6	115.00–132.50	$127.86	$621	-3.88
500–540	524	5	115.00–125.00	$119.22	$625	-5.05
550–585	563	3	125.00–132.50	$129.41	$729	+8.68
600–640	620	2	110.00–117.50	$113.63	$705	-2.03

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	107.50	$107.50	$462	+7.50
445 thin fleshed	445	1	92.50	$92.50	$412	—
505 thin fleshed	505	1	91.00	$91.00	$460	+3.50
520	520	1	107.50	$107.50	$559	+11.83
550	550	1	100.00	$100.00	$550	—
590 thin fleshed	590	1	82.50	$82.50	$487	—
645	645	3	100.00–107.00	$104.33	$673	—
665	665	1	110.00	$110.00	$732	—
720	720	1	100.00	$100.00	$720	+2.00
785	785	1	98.00	$98.00	$769	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–440	433	2	85.00	$85.00	$368	-25.00
595	595	1	110.00	$110.00	$654	+2.53
635–645	641	4	100.00–110.00	$106.88	$685	—
670–695	683	2	108.00–109.00	$108.51	$741	+15.01
760	760	1	99.00	$99.00	$752	+19.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1320	1150	80-85%	7	64.00–68.00	$65.20	$750	—
930–1620	1233	80-85%	36	53.00–63.00	$56.92	$702	-1.50
1045–1455	1271	80-85%	4	42.00–52.00	$47.94	$609	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1060	927	85-90%	3	14.00–29.00	$23.62	$219	—
815–1345	1033	85-90%	11	36.00–45.00	$40.35	$417	—
835–1420	1103	85-90%	18	45.00–52.00	$48.53	$535	+8.83

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1700	1368	75-80%	4	47.00–49.00	$48.30	$661	—
1360–1620	1522	75-80%	8	54.00–63.00	$56.65	$862	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1480–1705	1597	3	36.00–72.00	$53.40	$853	—
1200–1870	1673	5	78.00–89.00	$83.62	$1,399	-3.74

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	509.00	$509.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	310.00	$310.00

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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
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	790.00	$790.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
715	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	740.00	$740.00	—

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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.