Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, February 9, 2021

337 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 2-weight M&L 2 heifers $119.28/cwt -1.38 vs last sale · ≈ $318/hd at 267 lb · 10 head

heavy 4-weight S 1-2 heifers $105.26/cwt +7.61 vs last sale · ≈ $505/hd at 480 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	337	355	330
Feeder cattle	227	295	228
Slaughter cattle	85	54	75
Replacement cattle	25	6	27

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hogs receipts 3. Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 higher, while bulls were steady to 1.00 lower. There were too few comparable feeder cattle to establish an adequate market comparison, however, a higher undertone was noted. 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
210–230	220	2	160.00–165.00	$162.39	$357	+0.76
250	250	1	135.00	$135.00	$338	-14.05
255–290	274	5	150.00–160.00	$156.09	$428	+7.04
320–330	325	4	155.00–162.50	$158.77	$516	+7.22
350–395	370	5	152.50–162.50	$156.73	$580	+10.40
400–430	410	6	155.00–165.00	$159.79	$655	+19.79
455–480	469	4	141.00–155.00	$146.37	$686	+10.14
515	515	1	133.00	$133.00	$685	-7.06

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	217	3	115.00–140.00	$127.50	$277	—
270–295	287	7	122.50–135.00	$131.18	$376	-11.32
320–345	333	4	117.50–137.50	$125.84	$419	+0.76
455	455	1	125.00	$125.00	$569	-5.00
515	515	1	131.00	$131.00	$675	+14.00
550–555	553	2	115.00–124.00	$119.48	$661	-0.61
653	653	3	111.00	$111.00	$725	-5.51
755–760	758	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$868	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	90.00	$90.00	$230	—
260	260	1	110.00	$110.00	$286	—
380–395	388	2	112.50–113.00	$112.75	$437	+2.75
440	440	1	93.00	$93.00	$409	—
770	770	1	108.00	$108.00	$832	—
825	825	1	105.00	$105.00	$866	+2.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475 thin fleshed	475	1	87.50	$87.50	$416	—
815	815	1	94.00	$94.00	$766	-5.00

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Feeder Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	97.50	$97.50	$200	—
325	325	1	90.00	$90.00	$292	+10.00
315–345	329	5	100.00–110.00	$104.49	$344	-2.42
370–395	380	3	97.50–110.00	$104.86	$398	+10.38
400–445	427	6	100.00–110.00	$105.37	$450	-0.65
470	470	1	94.00	$94.00	$442	+4.00
460–498	481	9	104.00–108.00	$106.51	$512	+16.51
505–530	517	3	97.00–105.00	$100.63	$520	+10.63
565	565	1	88.00	$88.00	$497	-13.53
560–595	581	5	99.00–106.00	$101.01	$587	+18.20
605–615	610	2	92.00–94.00	$93.01	$567	+1.81
625–630	628	2	97.00–98.00	$97.50	$612	+6.30
695	695	1	91.00	$91.00	$632	+5.00
710	710	1	86.00	$86.00	$611	-20.00
735 thin fleshed	735	1	86.00	$86.00	$632	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	130.00	$130.00	$208	—
205–215	210	2	125.00–137.50	$131.10	$275	+14.44
255–285	267	10	112.50–125.00	$119.28	$318	-1.38
310–345	323	3	107.50–120.00	$114.76	$371	-6.64
360–395	372	5	117.50–123.00	$120.52	$448	+0.46
400–445	425	3	113.00–121.00	$117.14	$498	-0.03
470–480	475	2	113.00–117.50	$115.23	$547	—
515–535	525	2	107.00–110.00	$108.47	$569	—
555	555	1	114.00	$114.00	$633	—
725	725	1	107.50	$107.50	$779	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	105.00	$105.00	$194	—
200	200	1	100.00	$100.00	$200	-5.00
280–295	288	2	100.00	$100.00	$288	±0.00
350 thin fleshed	350	2	90.00–97.50	$93.75	$328	+7.75
435	435	1	110.00	$110.00	$478	—
455–495	473	4	100.00–110.00	$105.20	$498	+2.45
496	496	1	95.00	$95.00	$471	-7.75
505	505	1	90.00	$90.00	$454	-17.50
510	510	1	102.50	$102.50	$523	-5.00
550–580	565	2	100.00–103.00	$101.54	$574	+17.54
625–635 thin fleshed	630	2	90.00	$90.00	$567	+5.00
665	665	1	98.00	$98.00	$652	+13.00
700–735	718	2	80.00–92.00	$85.85	$616	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–225	218	2	135.00–142.50	$138.62	$302	—
255	255	1	120.00	$120.00	$306	-15.00
260–275	268	2	132.50–135.00	$133.71	$358	-1.29
415	415	1	134.00	$134.00	$556	+10.33

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–445	438	2	115.00–120.00	$117.46	$514	-12.54
455–490	464	4	115.00–135.00	$128.16	$595	-1.62
520–540	536	5	120.00–127.00	$122.82	$658	+1.30
550–583	568	5	118.00–125.00	$120.59	$685	+2.51
605–635	620	2	110.00	$110.00	$682	+0.01
660–695	678	2	111.00–112.00	$111.49	$756	+1.49
735	735	1	108.00	$108.00	$794	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–595	587	3	107.00–110.00	$108.18	$635	+0.18
615	615	1	107.50	$107.50	$661	-0.50
675–690	683	2	105.00–109.00	$106.98	$731	+0.48
740	740	1	99.00	$99.00	$733	—
780–790 thin fleshed	785	3	87.00–93.00	$90.01	$707	—
800 thin fleshed	800	1	80.00	$80.00	$640	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	415	3	137.50–150.00	$141.74	$588	-1.59
450–460	455	2	140.00–147.50	$143.71	$654	+1.44
520	520	1	130.00	$130.00	$676	-3.00
525	525	1	133.00	$133.00	$698	±0.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	110.00	$110.00	$462	+22.50
600–640	618	3	107.50–111.00	$109.52	$677	+15.52
765 thin fleshed	765	1	94.00	$94.00	$719	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1885	1155	80-85%	33	58.00–69.00	$65.71	$759	—
910–1795	1303	80-85%	21	71.00–80.00	$74.20	$967	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	85-90%	1	66.00	$66.00	$505	+25.47
765–830	798	85-90%	2	15.00–27.00	$20.76	$166	-19.77
730–1355	1074	85-90%	6	48.00–57.00	$51.69	$555	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1495	1368	75-80%	2	53.00–57.00	$54.81	$750	-7.89
1490–1635	1563	75-80%	2	72.00	$72.00	$1,125	—
1510–1800	1660	75-80%	4	65.00–69.00	$66.45	$1,103	—

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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	73.00–76.00	$74.51	$777	—
1345–2185	1796	4	86.00–91.00	$88.63	$1,592	—
1625–2095	1855	4	96.00–97.00	$96.50	$1,790	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	620.00	$620.00
965	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	320.00	$320.00
1020–1095	1058	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	720.00–800.00	$758.58

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
515	515	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	330.00	$330.00
670	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
835	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	440.00	$440.00

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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
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	910.00	$910.00	—
995–1340	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,050.00–1,300.00	$1,145.52	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	730.00	$730.00	—
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	940.00	$940.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	1	50.00	$50.00	$335	—
795	795	1	46.00	$46.00	$366	—

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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.