Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 30, 2021

332 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $141.81/cwt -3.58 vs last sale · ≈ $735/hd at 518 lb · 13 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.60/cwt +3.91 vs last sale · ≈ $560/hd at 422 lb · 10 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.79/cwt -3.20 vs last sale · ≈ $629/hd at 525 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	332	582	513
Feeder cattle	244	489	394
Slaughter cattle	65	83	115
Replacement cattle	23	10	4

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady to 4 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. 4 hogs

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	233	2	150.00	$150.00	$350	-1.03
270	270	1	155.00	$155.00	$418	-0.68
305–345	324	8	150.00–162.50	$154.35	$500	-1.45
350–390	366	7	150.00–167.00	$157.72	$577	+2.19
370 fancy	370	1	170.00	$170.00	$629	-5.00
375	375	1	140.00	$140.00	$525	-15.53
420–425	423	2	152.00–152.50	$152.25	$644	-4.81
450–495	469	7	149.00–154.00	$151.15	$709	-4.44
490 fancy	490	1	164.00	$164.00	$804	—
510–530	520	4	147.00–158.00	$152.20	$791	+5.94
555–590	576	5	142.00–146.00	$144.43	$832	+2.06
655	655	1	125.00	$125.00	$819	-3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	1	130.00	$130.00	$214	—
250–290	265	6	120.00–137.50	$130.12	$345	-5.16
300	300	2	147.50	$147.50	$442	+7.62
355–370	365	4	117.50–140.00	$127.38	$465	+37.38
400–445	423	2	130.00–147.00	$138.95	$588	+5.83
450–495	473	2	142.50–143.00	$142.76	$675	+10.50
550–585	570	3	123.00–137.00	$131.15	$748	+5.71
725	725	1	115.00	$115.00	$834	—
810	810	1	112.00	$112.00	$907	-2.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	100.00	$100.00	$265	—
320 thin fleshed	320	1	95.00	$95.00	$304	—
495 thin fleshed	495	1	90.00	$90.00	$446	—
605	605	1	105.00	$105.00	$635	+1.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	105.00	$105.00	$567	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	132.50	$132.50	$238	—
270	270	1	137.50	$137.50	$371	±0.00
300–340	322	3	137.50–139.00	$138.03	$444	+1.76
355–380	365	4	130.00–141.00	$134.08	$489	-0.36
390	390	1	127.50	$127.50	$497	-2.50
400–445	422	10	129.00–140.00	$132.60	$560	+3.70
455–490	474	6	127.00–134.00	$130.55	$619	+1.22
505–545	525	10	118.00–124.00	$119.79	$629	-3.20
580	580	1	117.00	$117.00	$679	-4.98
623	623	4	123.00	$123.00	$766	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	125.00	$125.00	$350	+1.18
335	335	1	120.00	$120.00	$402	-0.36
350–385	365	8	115.00–127.50	$123.13	$449	+0.80
410	410	1	115.00	$115.00	$472	-7.62
470–490	483	3	120.00–124.00	$122.65	$592	+1.01
500–545	526	6	115.00–117.00	$116.34	$612	+2.87
550–595	568	9	111.00–117.00	$115.08	$654	+3.58
610–630	620	3	112.00–115.00	$113.68	$705	+3.09
670	670	1	110.00	$110.00	$737	±0.00
720	720	2	110.00	$110.00	$792	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	110.00	$110.00	$319	—
405	405	1	107.50	$107.50	$435	+2.50
455	455	1	105.00	$105.00	$478	+5.00
625–630	628	2	105.00	$105.00	$659	—
630 thin fleshed	630	1	90.00	$90.00	$567	—
650–660	655	2	102.00–105.00	$103.51	$678	-3.49
700–720	714	4	99.00–107.00	$102.50	$732	+7.50
715 thin fleshed	715	1	95.00	$95.00	$679	—
765–775	770	2	105.00–106.00	$105.50	$812	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450 thin fleshed	450	1	95.00	$95.00	$428	—
600–640	619	4	101.00–108.00	$104.80	$649	-1.20
650	650	1	108.00	$108.00	$702	+4.32
730	730	1	99.00	$99.00	$723	+4.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	419	4	145.00–160.00	$153.72	$644	+6.22
455–490	472	8	147.50–153.00	$149.39	$705	-2.79
480	480	1	147.50	$147.50	$708	+3.50
500–538	517	12	136.00–150.00	$142.46	$737	-2.93
535	535	1	134.00	$134.00	$717	-11.39
555–595	573	6	136.00–141.00	$138.21	$792	-1.75
610–628	624	4	133.00–135.00	$133.49	$833	+4.84
655	655	1	132.00	$132.00	$865	+8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	122.50	$122.50	$453	—
400–445	414	4	130.00–145.00	$137.48	$569	-3.89
460–485	473	4	130.00–140.00	$136.81	$647	-1.24
525–530	528	2	117.50–137.00	$127.20	$672	-4.54
570–595	587	3	128.00–132.00	$130.00	$763	-0.56
690–695	693	2	108.00–112.00	$109.99	$762	-11.01
740	740	1	112.00	$112.00	$829	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	105.00	$105.00	$509	—
615	615	1	106.00	$106.00	$652	—
785 thin fleshed	785	1	94.00	$94.00	$738	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850	850	1	88.00	$88.00	$748	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1395	1168	80-85%	32	59.00–68.00	$63.94	$747	—
965–1435	1256	80-85%	6	69.00–75.00	$71.29	$895	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–830	825	85-90%	2	59.00–65.00	$62.02	$512	—
915	915	85-90%	1	41.00	$41.00	$375	—
695–1100	978	85-90%	6	47.00–54.00	$50.77	$497	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1595	1333	75-80%	5	60.00–67.00	$63.37	$845	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1065	1050	2	69.00–74.00	$71.54	$751	—
1020–1930	1404	6	81.00–94.00	$87.49	$1,228	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
910–1330	1106	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	650.00–1,030.00	$871.65
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	920.00	$920.00
1100–1210	1148	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–880.00	$808.48
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	580.00	$580.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–815	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	330.00–370.00	$351.31

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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	820.00	$820.00	—
1010–1180	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,380.00–1,400.00	$1,389.22	—
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,430.00	$1,430.00	—
1210	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
630	630	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	89.00	$89.00	$263	—
338	338	3	101.00	$101.00	$341	—
405	405	1	84.00	$84.00	$340	—
470	470	1	100.00	$100.00	$470	—

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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.