Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 20, 2021

663 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.61/cwt +4.10 vs last sale · ≈ $561/hd at 420 lb · 32 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $154.60/cwt -5.07 vs last sale · ≈ $575/hd at 372 lb · 29 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.29/cwt +4.90 vs last sale · ≈ $625/hd at 472 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	663	766	436
Feeder cattle	548	651	353
Slaughter cattle	85	80	79
Replacement cattle	30	35	4

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly 1 to 4 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 1 to 8 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was below average. Current goat receipts were 1. Current hog receipts were 2.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	6	155.00–167.50	$160.52	$449	-4.45
300–340	320	10	150.00–166.00	$157.15	$503	-5.58
320 fancy	320	1	180.00	$180.00	$576	—
350–355 fancy	353	2	170.00–172.50	$171.24	$604	—
350–395	370	21	149.00–168.00	$156.13	$578	-3.54
355–395	385	6	140.00–147.00	$143.68	$553	-15.99
400–405 fancy	403	2	165.00–166.00	$165.50	$667	-2.00
400–445	419	5	146.00–155.00	$151.06	$633	-3.67
450–490	472	6	145.00–160.00	$150.89	$712	-5.55
485 fancy	485	6	166.00	$166.00	$805	—
500–505	502	3	137.00–150.00	$145.31	$729	-0.38
545 fancy	545	1	155.00	$155.00	$845	-7.07
560–565	563	2	136.00–137.00	$136.50	$768	-8.89
715–735	725	2	128.00–129.00	$128.49	$932	-1.47
750	750	1	122.50	$122.50	$919	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	239	6	115.00–145.00	$128.67	$308	-7.34
255–285	270	8	125.00–145.00	$136.07	$367	+2.86
310–340	324	8	117.50–147.50	$139.54	$452	+0.34
350–395	376	14	120.00–147.50	$136.64	$514	+6.03
405–445	421	4	136.00–145.00	$139.87	$589	-5.13
455–495	468	3	125.00–138.00	$132.45	$620	+4.95
510–535	523	2	115.00–133.00	$123.78	$647	-1.75
635	635	1	121.00	$121.00	$768	-7.00
670	670	2	118.00–120.00	$119.00	$797	-7.34

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	110.00	$110.00	$358	—
380–390	385	2	105.00–110.00	$107.47	$414	-30.03
635 thin fleshed	635	1	96.00	$96.00	$610	—
695	695	1	101.00	$101.00	$702	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	102.50	$102.50	$323	—
380–385 thin fleshed	383	2	82.50–85.00	$83.76	$321	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	152.50	$152.50	$282	—
210–240	225	2	135.00–142.50	$138.50	$312	—
295	295	2	140.00–142.00	$141.00	$416	+7.10
305–345	328	10	130.00–141.00	$136.76	$449	+4.60
350–395	376	11	130.00–141.00	$135.00	$508	+0.86
400–445	420	32	125.00–140.00	$133.61	$561	+3.86
450–495	472	20	125.00–138.00	$133.03	$628	+4.91
480	480	1	117.50	$117.50	$564	-10.62
500–528	514	13	118.00–132.50	$123.78	$636	-0.40
555	555	1	117.50	$117.50	$652	+2.14
560–595	580	6	118.00–123.00	$120.50	$699	-0.81
605	605	1	114.00	$114.00	$690	-4.27
620	620	2	119.00–121.00	$120.00	$744	+1.73

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–235	218	2	120.00	$120.00	$262	-0.29
250–295	265	3	117.50–128.00	$121.90	$323	-4.34
305–335	323	5	114.00–129.00	$124.67	$403	-0.07
350–395	375	14	112.50–129.00	$122.93	$461	-0.62
410–440	426	6	115.00–125.00	$119.38	$509	-4.82
450–495	473	6	115.00–121.00	$118.02	$558	-4.54
515–535	525	3	112.00–114.00	$112.80	$592	-3.70
550–590	563	4	113.00–117.00	$115.04	$648	-0.64
600–645	620	3	112.00–115.00	$112.99	$701	+0.94
655	655	1	108.00	$108.00	$707	-4.16

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	273	2	110.00	$110.00	$300	—
310	310	1	100.00	$100.00	$310	—
330	330	1	90.00	$90.00	$297	—
350–375	363	3	110.00	$110.00	$399	±0.00
400	400	1	95.00	$95.00	$380	—
400–410	405	2	100.00–105.00	$102.47	$415	—
450 thin fleshed	450	1	90.00	$90.00	$405	—
455	455	1	80.00	$80.00	$364	-30.00
480–490	485	3	100.00–110.00	$106.63	$517	-3.37
530	530	1	95.00	$95.00	$504	-2.00
555–580	568	2	110.00	$110.00	$625	+7.50
570–595	580	3	81.00–94.00	$87.43	$507	-2.57
625	625	1	90.00	$90.00	$562	-16.31
655–680	668	2	95.00–108.00	$101.38	$677	+4.38
660–690	675	2	91.00–95.00	$92.96	$627	-4.04
705	705	2	102.00–103.00	$102.50	$723	-2.50
730 thin fleshed	730	1	87.50	$87.50	$639	—
735	735	1	89.00	$89.00	$654	-16.00
775	775	1	85.00	$85.00	$659	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	111.00	$111.00	$244	—
280 thin fleshed	280	1	95.00	$95.00	$266	±0.00
405–435 thin fleshed	420	2	91.00–96.00	$93.59	$393	—
420	420	2	99.00–107.50	$103.25	$434	-0.06
475–490 thin fleshed	483	2	95.00	$95.00	$459	±0.00
485	485	1	110.00	$110.00	$534	+2.43
550–590	569	5	98.00–110.00	$105.75	$602	-4.25
580 thin fleshed	580	1	90.00	$90.00	$522	+10.00
605–615	610	2	100.00–104.00	$102.02	$622	-2.57
635 thin fleshed	635	1	80.00	$80.00	$508	-15.00
635	635	1	87.50	$87.50	$556	-17.09
658	658	2	98.00	$98.00	$645	-3.51
705–735 thin fleshed	720	2	80.00–87.00	$83.57	$602	-4.23

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	421	5	131.00–147.00	$138.66	$584	-16.14
400–445	423	12	145.00–160.00	$150.35	$636	-4.45
455–495	464	9	145.00–157.50	$150.92	$700	+0.18
450–495	465	7	120.00–139.00	$132.23	$615	-18.51
475 thin fleshed	475	1	140.00	$140.00	$665	—
500–545	520	13	135.00–145.00	$138.39	$720	-7.45
500–545	520	5	115.00–130.00	$124.98	$650	-20.86
550–580	566	4	124.00–132.00	$128.71	$728	-8.29
550–590	569	11	134.00–145.00	$137.75	$784	-4.65
605–620	610	3	118.00–129.00	$125.27	$764	-11.45
600–645	617	8	131.00–136.00	$133.48	$824	-3.24
660	660	1	131.00	$131.00	$865	+3.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	422	15	120.00–144.00	$132.37	$559	-6.17
450–495	475	18	120.00–144.00	$134.01	$637	-2.71
505–540	524	11	115.00–130.00	$124.78	$654	-5.12
550–590	574	16	120.00–133.00	$127.13	$730	-1.28
615–630	623	2	113.00–126.00	$119.42	$744	-5.02
655	655	2	114.00–120.00	$117.00	$766	-2.64
730–735	732	3	114.00–118.00	$116.33	$852	+2.35
765	765	1	114.00	$114.00	$872	+5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440 thin fleshed	440	1	85.00	$85.00	$374	—
455 thin fleshed	455	1	90.00	$90.00	$410	—
465–485	473	3	100.00–110.00	$106.69	$505	—
535 thin fleshed	535	1	95.00	$95.00	$508	—
540–545	543	2	100.00–112.50	$106.28	$577	-1.67
550 thin fleshed	550	1	85.00	$85.00	$468	—
550	550	1	100.00	$100.00	$550	—
605 thin fleshed	605	1	95.00	$95.00	$575	—
685 thin fleshed	685	1	80.00	$80.00	$548	—
815	815	1	107.00	$107.00	$872	+4.00
875 thin fleshed	875	1	91.00	$91.00	$796	+11.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–430	425	2	100.00–112.50	$106.32	$452	—
425	425	1	90.00	$90.00	$382	—
470 thin fleshed	470	1	95.00	$95.00	$446	—
500–505	503	2	105.00	$105.00	$528	+21.00
510	510	1	80.00	$80.00	$408	-4.00
625	625	1	97.50	$97.50	$609	—
640	640	1	82.00	$82.00	$525	—
650	650	1	106.00	$106.00	$689	—
650	650	1	84.00	$84.00	$546	—
675–680 thin fleshed	678	2	82.00–85.00	$83.49	$566	—
720	720	1	109.00	$109.00	$785	+2.74

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1535	1097	80-85%	34	56.00–68.00	$61.13	$671	—
1295	1295	80-85%	1	71.00	$71.00	$919	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–955	789	85-90%	5	10.00–34.00	$23.69	$187	-9.59
745–1160	905	85-90%	4	40.00–45.00	$42.63	$386	—
765–1420	999	85-90%	9	47.00–54.00	$50.87	$508	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1605	1386	75-80%	9	59.00–67.00	$62.85	$871	—
1630	1630	75-80%	1	54.00	$54.00	$880	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1630	1304	7	79.00–84.00	$81.65	$1,065	—
1280–1630	1455	2	65.00–77.00	$70.28	$1,023	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	960.00	$960.00
985–1250	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–970.00	$866.67
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	630.00	$630.00
960–1450	1201	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	670.00–950.00	$812.29
1105–1350	1217	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	740.00–900.00	$799.53

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625	625	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	275.00	$275.00
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	531.00	$531.00

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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
960–1015	988	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00–1,280.00	$1,241.11	+272.92
955–1050	1003	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–940.00	$920.95	—
1055–1140	1098	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,270.00–1,380.00	$1,327.13	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
620	620	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	510.00	$510.00	—
520–820	670	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	510.00–1,500.00	$1,115.82	+259.46
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	870.00	$870.00	—

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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.