Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, May 18, 2021

464 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.61/cwt -0.74 vs last sale · ≈ $535/hd at 419 lb · 22 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $152.03/cwt +1.51 vs last sale · ≈ $560/hd at 368 lb · 18 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $136.08/cwt +2.63 vs last sale · ≈ $727/hd at 534 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	464	571	339
Feeder cattle	363	463	274
Slaughter cattle	82	73	55
Replacement cattle	19	35	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 9 Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher, while bulls were mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher, while heifers were mostly 1.00 to 4.00higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average to 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
280	280	1	144.00	$144.00	$403	-23.42
285–290	286	4	150.00–170.00	$162.53	$465	-4.89
305 fancy	305	1	170.00	$170.00	$518	—
315–345	329	7	147.50–165.00	$155.82	$513	-3.88
340	340	1	140.00	$140.00	$476	-19.70
350–395	365	3	145.00	$145.00	$529	-6.39
350–390	369	15	150.00–160.00	$153.44	$566	+2.05
400–435	412	5	142.50–152.50	$148.50	$612	+2.39
415	415	1	137.50	$137.50	$571	-8.61
420–435	426	4	132.50–141.00	$137.10	$584	-9.01
450–495	467	8	142.50–154.00	$147.75	$690	+2.77
500–545	521	7	136.00–146.00	$140.03	$730	+3.13
555	555	1	133.00	$133.00	$738	-1.65
550–580	563	6	135.00–140.00	$136.50	$768	+1.85
570	570	1	125.00	$125.00	$712	-9.65
600–620	605	4	133.00–140.00	$135.74	$821	+6.74
685	685	1	129.00	$129.00	$884	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	1	135.00	$135.00	$223	-5.00
215–225	220	2	142.50	$142.50	$314	+7.50
305–335	322	3	120.00–122.50	$120.87	$389	-3.46
350–365	357	3	120.00–125.00	$121.64	$434	-16.72
410–420	415	2	115.00–120.00	$117.47	$488	-11.17
460	460	1	130.00	$130.00	$598	+12.50
510	510	1	128.00	$128.00	$653	-0.01
555–590	573	2	131.00–133.00	$131.97	$756	+8.47

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	105.00	$105.00	$388	+0.80
375 thin fleshed	375	2	90.00–94.00	$92.00	$345	+2.59
495 thin fleshed	495	2	85.00	$85.00	$421	-10.00
850	850	1	103.00	$103.00	$876	-1.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	112.50	$112.50	$501	+12.50
845	845	1	94.00	$94.00	$794	—
855	855	1	98.00	$98.00	$838	-6.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240	225	4	130.00–137.50	$132.44	$298	-1.35
280–285	283	2	130.00–135.00	$132.52	$375	-3.48
320	320	1	129.00	$129.00	$413	+6.66
315–340	328	5	130.00–140.00	$134.73	$442	-0.93
350–380	363	3	130.00–133.00	$131.62	$478	-4.29
400–445	419	21	124.00–135.00	$127.85	$536	+10.35
420	420	1	122.50	$122.50	$514	+5.00
450	450	1	115.00	$115.00	$518	-11.44
450–495	476	8	124.00–134.00	$128.02	$609	+5.02
500–540	520	12	118.00–129.00	$123.90	$644	+4.55
550–585	569	7	119.00–126.00	$122.00	$694	+0.49
555–585	570	2	116.00	$116.00	$661	-5.51
600	600	1	115.00	$115.00	$690	-5.00
620–635	630	3	116.00–124.00	$120.03	$756	+0.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	2	125.00	$125.00	$231	—
235–245	240	4	125.00–127.50	$125.63	$302	+5.63
270–280	277	3	115.00–127.50	$120.84	$335	-5.45
340–345	343	2	125.00–127.50	$126.24	$433	+2.91
365–395	386	6	115.00–127.50	$120.94	$467	-2.19
410–415	413	2	122.50–123.00	$122.75	$507	+2.63
455–495	477	6	117.00–122.00	$120.32	$574	+0.33
525–545	535	5	110.00–117.00	$112.80	$603	-2.16
550–575	564	5	111.00–115.00	$113.09	$638	-0.94
615	615	2	112.00	$112.00	$689	+1.49
670	670	1	111.00	$111.00	$744	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	110.00	$110.00	$248	—
280	280	1	109.00	$109.00	$305	—
315	315	1	102.50	$102.50	$323	—
355 thin fleshed	355	2	90.00–92.50	$91.25	$324	—
370	370	1	115.00	$115.00	$426	+6.32
400–420 thin fleshed	410	2	80.00–97.50	$88.96	$365	-1.04
470–485	477	3	105.00–110.00	$107.65	$513	-0.52
510 thin fleshed	510	1	84.00	$84.00	$428	—
520	520	1	110.00	$110.00	$572	+4.02
595	595	1	101.00	$101.00	$601	-5.48
625	625	1	80.00	$80.00	$500	-27.49
635	635	1	101.00	$101.00	$641	-6.49
715 thin fleshed	715	1	92.00	$92.00	$658	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	100.00	$100.00	$205	—
325	325	1	110.00	$110.00	$358	—
495	495	1	112.50	$112.50	$557	—
600–635	613	3	105.00–106.00	$105.67	$648	-0.25
730–735	733	2	84.00–94.00	$88.98	$652	-1.02

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	140.00	$140.00	$574	+3.17
400–440	422	11	141.00–152.50	$146.40	$618	+3.07
450	450	1	120.00	$120.00	$540	-18.00
450–495	465	8	140.00–148.00	$143.51	$667	+5.51
515–545	534	10	135.00–141.00	$137.01	$732	+9.01
530–540	535	3	133.00	$133.00	$712	+5.00
550–570	560	2	132.00–133.00	$132.49	$742	+3.49
565–580	575	4	134.00–137.00	$135.74	$781	+0.95
605–610	608	3	128.00–129.00	$128.33	$780	+0.33
605–625	615	2	123.00–125.00	$124.02	$763	+1.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	425	2	127.50–137.50	$132.62	$564	+2.91
465 thin fleshed	465	1	120.00	$120.00	$558	—
470–495	484	8	123.00–136.00	$132.24	$640	+12.24
505–525	517	6	124.00–133.00	$129.18	$668	+2.39
560–595	577	6	125.00–133.00	$127.80	$737	+4.33
605–645	627	6	115.00–125.00	$119.46	$749	+3.48
650–685	666	7	118.00–124.00	$121.42	$809	+2.83
700–732	721	3	115.00–118.00	$115.97	$836	+1.23

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	425	2	105.00–110.00	$107.38	$456	—
555	555	1	107.50	$107.50	$597	—
640 thin fleshed	640	1	80.00	$80.00	$512	—
782	782	2	101.00	$101.00	$790	-3.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	105.00	$105.00	$620	—
620–625	623	2	105.00–111.00	$108.01	$673	-1.49
665	665	1	90.00	$90.00	$598	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1400	1107	80-85%	20	60.00–69.00	$65.28	$723	-6.86
1125	1125	80-85%	1	55.00	$55.00	$619	-17.14
1105–1525	1291	80-85%	16	69.00–77.00	$73.81	$953	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–765	745	85-90%	2	19.00–24.00	$21.43	$160	—
730–815	778	85-90%	4	40.00–45.00	$42.97	$334	—
755–1220	990	85-90%	7	47.00–57.00	$53.15	$526	—
820–1250	1035	85-90%	2	58.00–63.00	$59.98	$621	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1515	1325	75-80%	3	67.00–69.00	$68.37	$906	—
1270–1860	1440	75-80%	7	70.00–76.00	$72.20	$1,040	—
1590	1590	75-80%	1	58.00	$58.00	$922	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1705	1302	3	72.00–79.00	$74.01	$964	—
1170–1715	1441	7	85.00–93.00	$89.90	$1,295	-0.24
1520–1750	1618	3	102.00–105.00	$103.71	$1,678	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–740 thin fleshed	682	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	385.00–419.00	$395.81

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	940.00	$940.00
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	930.00	$930.00
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	790.00	$790.00
1160	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	930.00	$930.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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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
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
930–1045	988	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	960.00–1,140.00	$1,055.24	—
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	740.00	$740.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
645 thin fleshed	645	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—
650	650	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	620.00	$620.00	—
705–730	718	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	650.00–870.00	$758.08	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	85.00	$85.00	$259	—
360	360	1	90.00	$90.00	$324	—
420	420	1	82.00	$82.00	$344	—
475	475	1	76.00	$76.00	$361	-24.00
635	635	1	85.00	$85.00	$540	—

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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.