Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report, Shelby, NC

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 9, 2021

989 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $162.68/cwt -0.16 vs last sale · ≈ $607/hd at 373 lb · 28 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $121.68/cwt +4.18 vs last sale · ≈ $515/hd at 423 lb · 26 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $120.92/cwt -3.11 vs last sale · ≈ $567/hd at 469 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	989	280	579
Feeder cattle	819	173	442
Slaughter cattle	135	67	105
Replacement cattle	35	40	32

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 7. Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 lower, while slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher; there were too few comparable heifers the previous week to establish an adequate market comparison, however, a lower undertone was noted. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were very heavy. Cattle quality was 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
235–240	238	3	160.00–165.00	$163.32	$389	+14.32
250–295	272	16	155.00–178.00	$166.91	$454	+5.33
300–345	319	14	160.00–175.00	$168.22	$537	-5.35
350–395	373	28	155.00–172.50	$162.68	$607	-0.16
400–445	422	21	150.00–170.00	$160.00	$675	+7.60
450–495	470	17	150.00–169.00	$159.27	$749	+12.27
485–495	492	3	129.00–143.00	$138.40	$681	-8.60
500–540	519	7	145.00–152.50	$148.44	$770	+3.83
560–595	580	11	136.00–147.00	$141.16	$819	—
600–645	622	8	131.00–141.00	$137.76	$857	—
650–680	667	8	132.00–138.00	$133.87	$893	—
705	705	1	128.00	$128.00	$902	—
745	745	1	117.00	$117.00	$872	—
795	795	1	118.00	$118.00	$938	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–230	217	7	117.50–140.00	$128.97	$280	—
270–290	280	4	115.00–145.00	$134.75	$377	+4.75
305–330	323	6	127.50–145.00	$137.53	$444	+12.53
355–390	377	6	140.00–145.00	$140.84	$531	+3.34
445	445	1	127.50	$127.50	$567	—
450–490	472	9	133.00–147.50	$141.01	$666	—
510–535	525	4	120.00–134.00	$125.91	$661	—
565–590	579	5	120.00–132.00	$126.18	$731	—
585	585	1	120.00	$120.00	$702	—
650–675	663	2	114.00–124.00	$118.91	$788	—
790	790	1	115.00	$115.00	$908	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200 thin fleshed	200	2	85.00–95.00	$90.00	$180	—
250 thin fleshed	250	1	87.50	$87.50	$219	—
295 thin fleshed	295	1	97.50	$97.50	$288	—
345 thin fleshed	345	1	87.50	$87.50	$302	+7.50
350 thin fleshed	350	1	90.00	$90.00	$315	—
560	560	1	107.50	$107.50	$602	—
710	710	1	104.00	$104.00	$738	—
910	910	1	100.00	$100.00	$910	-4.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	110.00	$110.00	$275	—
260 thin fleshed	260	1	90.00	$90.00	$234	—
335	335	1	110.00	$110.00	$368	—
380	380	1	107.50	$107.50	$408	±0.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	234	8	115.00–125.00	$118.76	$278	-2.04
250–280	267	5	125.00–127.50	$126.00	$336	+0.02
300–345	326	18	117.50–127.50	$124.45	$406	+3.14
350–395	371	18	115.00–128.00	$123.48	$458	-4.02
400–445	423	26	115.00–127.50	$121.68	$515	+4.18
450–495	469	26	112.50–126.00	$120.92	$567	-3.11
500–545	521	20	110.00–121.00	$113.92	$594	-0.57
550–590	565	12	111.00–115.00	$113.13	$639	+1.15
600–625	616	12	108.00–115.00	$110.39	$680	—
695	695	1	89.00	$89.00	$619	-21.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	228	8	105.00–110.00	$107.50	$245	—
275 thin fleshed	275	1	80.00	$80.00	$220	—
290	290	1	100.00	$100.00	$290	—
300–330	309	4	100.00–110.00	$107.33	$332	—
325 thin fleshed	325	1	85.00	$85.00	$276	—
370	370	1	87.50	$87.50	$324	-12.50
375	375	1	95.00	$95.00	$356	-5.00
350–395	376	6	100.00–112.50	$108.43	$408	+8.43
420–430	425	2	105.00–110.00	$107.53	$457	—
455	455	1	95.00	$95.00	$432	—
460 thin fleshed	460	1	87.50	$87.50	$402	—
450–480	465	6	97.50–110.00	$104.10	$484	—
515–520	518	2	80.00–90.00	$85.02	$440	—
510–545	523	11	100.00–112.50	$106.63	$558	—
580–595	590	3	107.00–110.00	$108.66	$641	—
600	600	1	92.00	$92.00	$552	-10.55
610–645	630	5	105.00–107.50	$105.50	$665	+2.95
650–680	668	3	91.00–95.00	$93.64	$626	—
655–680	669	7	99.00–107.00	$102.65	$687	—
700	700	1	97.00	$97.00	$679	—
700	700	1	94.00	$94.00	$658	—
745 thin fleshed	745	1	82.50	$82.50	$615	—
810	810	1	83.00	$83.00	$672	—
890	890	1	83.00	$83.00	$739	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	285	7	130.00–132.50	$130.73	$373	-4.27
300–335	319	7	130.00–133.00	$130.85	$417	-7.15
350–390	374	9	130.00–137.00	$132.52	$496	-1.99
400–445	422	18	125.00–136.00	$129.31	$546	-4.58
430	430	1	125.00	$125.00	$538	-8.89
450–485	462	5	125.00–128.00	$125.98	$582	-6.03
505–510	508	4	118.00–120.00	$118.75	$603	-2.25
560–565	563	2	118.00–122.00	$119.99	$676	—
605	605	1	119.00	$119.00	$720	—
740	740	1	116.00	$116.00	$858	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	223	4	105.00–110.00	$108.05	$241	—
250–285	265	5	102.50–110.00	$106.42	$282	—
295 thin fleshed	295	1	97.50	$97.50	$288	—
300 thin fleshed	300	1	90.00	$90.00	$270	—
320–345	333	3	100.00–110.00	$105.05	$350	—
375 thin fleshed	375	1	80.00	$80.00	$300	—
370–390	381	4	100.00–112.50	$105.57	$402	—
405 thin fleshed	405	1	85.00	$85.00	$344	—
415–445	430	2	105.00–110.00	$107.41	$462	—
450–475 thin fleshed	458	3	85.00–87.50	$85.86	$393	—
485	485	1	100.00	$100.00	$485	—
500–530	513	6	100.00–110.00	$105.86	$543	—
510–515 thin fleshed	513	2	85.00–86.00	$85.50	$439	—
550–585 thin fleshed	563	3	85.00–90.00	$87.54	$493	—
560–595	584	6	100.00–111.00	$106.16	$620	-1.84
610	610	1	85.00	$85.00	$518	-6.00
605–625	615	2	102.50–103.00	$102.75	$632	+11.75
670–695	683	2	97.00–98.00	$97.49	$666	—
720–730	725	2	94.00	$94.00	$682	+1.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	142.50	$142.50	$577	-11.41
415–425	420	2	125.00–137.50	$131.32	$552	-22.59
400–445	432	20	150.00–170.00	$159.19	$688	+26.19
455–490	473	12	150.00–163.00	$153.90	$728	+2.35
460–480	473	5	140.00–142.50	$140.50	$665	-11.05
500–545	521	16	135.00–150.00	$141.90	$739	+2.94
520–525	523	2	125.00–134.00	$129.48	$677	-9.48
550–555	553	2	125.00–130.00	$127.51	$705	-2.49
555–595	576	20	135.00–145.00	$139.26	$802	+9.26
600–645	625	11	129.00–138.00	$133.90	$837	—
630–645	638	2	114.00–124.00	$119.06	$760	—
660	660	1	115.00	$115.00	$759	—
710–715	713	2	122.00–125.00	$123.49	$880	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	426	10	132.50–145.00	$138.51	$590	—
450–495	477	15	132.50–148.00	$139.99	$668	+9.99
530–540	535	2	127.00–129.00	$127.99	$685	-0.49
555–590	572	8	124.00–131.00	$126.53	$724	-0.48
600–630	619	5	119.00–126.00	$121.63	$753	+7.13
640	640	1	112.00	$112.00	$717	-2.50
655–695	676	6	115.00–126.00	$121.48	$821	+9.48
700–740	720	2	111.00–112.00	$111.51	$803	-4.49
750	750	1	111.00	$111.00	$832	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–430	428	2	95.00	$95.00	$407	—
465	465	1	107.50	$107.50	$500	—
540	540	1	110.00	$110.00	$594	—
555–580	568	2	100.00–110.00	$105.11	$597	—
600	600	1	104.00	$104.00	$624	—
670	670	1	96.00	$96.00	$643	-13.00
695	695	1	100.00	$100.00	$695	-9.00
780	780	2	102.00–110.00	$106.00	$827	—
805	805	1	102.00	$102.00	$821	+8.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	110.00	$110.00	$500	+4.00
465 thin fleshed	465	1	85.00	$85.00	$395	-10.00
510	510	1	105.00	$105.00	$536	—
560	560	1	110.00	$110.00	$616	+8.00
770	770	1	93.00	$93.00	$716	-8.49
805	805	1	96.00	$96.00	$773	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1290	1220	80-85%	2	70.00	$70.00	$854	—
900–1545	1223	80-85%	46	57.00–67.00	$61.39	$751	—
1155–1395	1275	80-85%	2	54.00–57.00	$55.36	$706	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635–885	760	85-90%	2	30.00–31.00	$30.42	$231	—
610–1085	830	85-90%	21	33.00–46.00	$40.52	$336	—
725–1360	1035	85-90%	21	47.00–57.00	$52.80	$546	-1.69

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1440	1306	75-80%	6	58.00–64.00	$60.29	$787	—
950–1565	1330	75-80%	7	45.00–57.00	$52.80	$702	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1820	1344	5	55.00–76.00	$70.60	$949	—
1170–2070	1645	13	81.00–93.00	$87.93	$1,446	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
565	565	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	310.00	$310.00

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
555–770	663	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	320.00–333.00	$325.45
725	725	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	340.00	$340.00
710–840	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	360.00–410.00	$382.90
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	430.00	$430.00
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	460.00	$460.00
1115–1410	1233	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	670.00–850.00	$767.58

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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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
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	690.00	$690.00	—
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	880.00	$880.00	—
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	710.00	$710.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
620	620	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	660.00	$660.00	—
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	930.00	$930.00	—
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	72.50	$72.50	$428	-14.50

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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.