Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 27, 2021

552 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.51/cwt -2.78 vs last sale · ≈ $611/hd at 472 lb · 21 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.68/cwt -2.10 vs last sale · ≈ $634/hd at 521 lb · 21 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $139.40/cwt +4.73 vs last sale · ≈ $719/hd at 516 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	552	663	650
Feeder cattle	440	548	576
Slaughter cattle	83	85	48
Replacement cattle	29	30	26

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 5. Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher, while slaughter bulls were 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers were mostly steady to 5.00 higher on a light test, while heifers and feeder bulls were unevenly steady. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were fairly 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
150	150	1	155.00	$155.00	$232	—
250–295	268	5	150.00–165.00	$155.96	$418	-4.56
315–345	331	9	150.00–163.00	$156.72	$519	-0.43
345	345	1	180.00	$180.00	$621	+22.85
355 fancy	355	1	180.00	$180.00	$639	+8.76
365	365	1	147.50	$147.50	$538	-8.63
350–390	369	15	150.00–170.00	$159.43	$588	+3.30
400–415 fancy	408	2	167.50	$167.50	$683	+2.00
405–445	428	8	147.50–164.00	$155.09	$664	+4.03
460–495	477	7	145.00–160.00	$152.03	$725	+1.14
500–545	519	10	140.00–150.00	$145.50	$755	+0.19
570	570	2	143.00–146.00	$144.50	$824	+8.00
615–620	618	2	134.00–136.00	$135.00	$834	—
655	655	1	130.00	$130.00	$852	—
710–740	722	3	119.00–120.00	$119.33	$862	-9.16
785	785	1	116.00	$116.00	$911	-6.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240	223	2	125.00–127.50	$126.35	$282	-2.32
250–295	268	4	122.50–137.50	$130.64	$350	-5.43
300–340	313	6	125.00–135.00	$128.29	$402	-11.25
340	340	1	125.00	$125.00	$425	-14.54
365–395	388	6	125.00–135.00	$131.07	$509	-5.57
450–460	455	2	140.00–145.00	$142.47	$648	+10.02
510–540	528	3	125.00–130.00	$126.69	$669	+2.91
590	590	1	131.00	$131.00	$773	—
605	605	1	117.50	$117.50	$711	-3.50
660–690	675	2	120.00–123.00	$121.47	$820	+2.47
730	730	1	110.00	$110.00	$803	—
755–795	779	4	109.00–115.00	$112.78	$879	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545 thin fleshed	545	1	85.00	$85.00	$463	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	104.00	$104.00	$307	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	132.50	$132.50	$371	-8.50
300–345	331	4	130.00–147.50	$137.31	$454	+0.55
350–395	372	12	130.00–147.50	$133.83	$498	-1.17
395	395	1	122.50	$122.50	$484	-12.50
400–445	423	17	126.00–143.00	$134.45	$569	+0.84
450–495	472	21	125.00–139.00	$129.51	$611	-3.52
505	505	1	117.00	$117.00	$591	-6.78
500–545	522	20	118.00–127.50	$121.91	$636	-1.87
550	550	1	118.00	$118.00	$649	+0.50
550	550	1	116.00	$116.00	$638	-1.50
605	605	1	111.00	$111.00	$672	-3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	117.50	$117.50	$276	-2.50
280–285	283	2	120.00–127.50	$123.78	$350	+1.88
310–340	325	11	115.00–125.00	$120.33	$391	-4.34
360–395	380	8	112.50–132.50	$124.91	$475	+1.98
415	415	1	117.50	$117.50	$488	-1.88
460–495	477	6	115.00–121.00	$117.69	$561	-0.33
535–545	541	6	111.00–117.00	$114.17	$618	+1.37
550–570	559	4	113.00–117.00	$114.49	$640	-0.55
600	600	1	112.00	$112.00	$672	-0.99
655–665	660	2	111.00–113.00	$112.01	$739	+4.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355 thin fleshed	355	1	92.50	$92.50	$328	—
395	395	1	105.00	$105.00	$415	—
485	485	1	110.00	$110.00	$534	±0.00
535–540	538	2	101.00–110.00	$105.48	$567	—
565 thin fleshed	565	2	89.00–90.00	$89.50	$506	-0.50
590	590	2	105.00–106.00	$105.50	$622	-0.25
605	605	1	102.00	$102.00	$617	-0.02
665	665	1	95.00	$95.00	$632	-3.00
660–680	667	5	98.00–106.00	$101.79	$679	+3.79
735	735	1	104.00	$104.00	$764	—
740–745 thin fleshed	743	2	88.00–92.00	$90.01	$669	+6.44
745	745	2	91.00–96.00	$93.50	$697	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	100.00	$100.00	$245	—
250	250	1	92.50	$92.50	$231	-17.50
250–280	262	3	100.00–115.00	$105.35	$276	-4.65
300–305	303	2	110.00–112.50	$111.24	$337	+11.24
375	375	1	85.00	$85.00	$319	-25.00
390	390	1	92.50	$92.50	$361	-17.50
480	480	1	110.00	$110.00	$528	+3.37
500	500	1	87.50	$87.50	$438	-7.50
605–635	620	2	103.00–106.00	$104.46	$648	+14.46
640	640	1	90.00	$90.00	$576	±0.00
650–655	653	2	104.00–106.00	$105.00	$686	+3.62
665	665	1	95.00	$95.00	$632	-6.38
700	700	1	95.00	$95.00	$665	-7.50
870	870	1	80.00	$80.00	$696	—

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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	9	145.00–153.00	$147.59	$618	+8.93
420	420	1	142.50	$142.50	$598	+3.84
445	445	1	142.00	$142.00	$632	-8.35
450	450	1	141.00	$141.00	$634	-9.92
450–495	468	7	145.00–159.00	$149.43	$699	+17.20
500–535	515	16	135.00–148.00	$139.86	$720	+1.47
530	530	1	132.00	$132.00	$700	-6.39
550–580	568	4	120.00–132.00	$125.30	$712	-12.45
550–595	580	3	137.00–145.00	$140.55	$815	+2.80
600–615	608	2	133.00–134.00	$133.49	$812	+8.22
625–630	627	3	121.00–122.00	$121.34	$761	-12.14

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	423	8	125.00–139.00	$132.69	$561	+0.32
450–495	479	8	120.00–140.00	$128.40	$615	-5.61
480	480	1	125.00	$125.00	$600	-9.01
500–540	514	6	120.00–125.00	$121.78	$626	-3.00
545	545	1	127.50	$127.50	$695	+2.72
555–595	576	8	119.00–130.00	$123.15	$709	-3.98
615–630	623	3	113.00–125.00	$117.96	$735	-1.46
650–680	661	4	111.00–119.00	$113.75	$752	-3.25
705–740	720	5	109.00–114.00	$112.02	$807	-4.31

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400 thin fleshed	400	1	92.50	$92.50	$370	—
405–430	418	2	110.00	$110.00	$460	—
530	530	1	92.50	$92.50	$490	-13.78
535	535	1	110.00	$110.00	$588	+3.72
565–595	584	5	105.00–110.00	$106.78	$624	+6.78
615	615	1	109.00	$109.00	$670	—
695 thin fleshed	695	1	90.00	$90.00	$626	+10.00
775	775	1	97.00	$97.00	$752	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	110.00	$110.00	$456	+3.68
480	480	1	97.50	$97.50	$468	—
500	500	1	98.00	$98.00	$490	-7.00
615	615	1	100.00	$100.00	$615	+2.50
735	735	1	103.00	$103.00	$757	-6.00
750	750	1	96.00	$96.00	$720	—
750–760	755	2	100.00–105.00	$102.48	$774	—
825	825	1	94.00	$94.00	$776	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1710	1185	80-85%	25	59.00–68.00	$63.31	$750	—
985–1375	1226	80-85%	7	69.00–76.00	$71.94	$882	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755	755	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$340	+21.31
600–1035	783	85-90%	3	25.00–29.00	$26.93	$211	+3.24
770–1270	971	85-90%	10	46.00–55.00	$51.25	$498	+0.38

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240	1240	75-80%	1	71.00	$71.00	$880	—
1145–1600	1343	75-80%	12	62.00–69.00	$65.01	$873	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070	1070	1	75.00	$75.00	$802	—
1040–1975	1550	6	81.00–90.00	$85.92	$1,332	—
1590	1590	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,510	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	840.00	$840.00
985	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	570.00	$570.00
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
975–1295	1173	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	780.00–1,050.00	$876.47

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	620.00	$620.00
770	770	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	670.00	$670.00
785	785	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	526.00	$526.00
740–835	788	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	480.00–540.00	$511.81

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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
895	895	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	770.00	$770.00	—
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	890.00	$890.00	—
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,160.00	$1,160.00	—
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00	-491.11
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,120.00	$1,120.00	—
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,285.00	$1,285.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790	790	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	-170.00
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
810–835	823	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,250.00	$1,199.24	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	65.00	$65.00	$257	—
420	420	1	70.00	$70.00	$294	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	65.00	$65.00	$315	—
520–540	530	2	90.00–93.00	$91.53	$485	—
725	725	2	80.00	$80.00	$580	—

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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.