Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 1, 2021

413 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.31/cwt -2.78 vs last sale · ≈ $526/hd at 420 lb · 17 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $137.03/cwt -0.97 vs last sale · ≈ $656/hd at 479 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.79/cwt -2.92 vs last sale · ≈ $576/hd at 469 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	413	346	392
Feeder cattle	312	259	332
Slaughter cattle	77	65	50
Replacement cattle	19	22	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 lower, while slaughter bulls were sharply lower on a light test. Feeder steers were unevenly steady; heifers were 1.00 to 7.00 lower; and feeder bulls were mostly steady to 7.00 lower. Demand was good at lower prices; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. "By the head" calves ranged 180.00 to 265.00 per head.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	142.50–150.00	$146.15	$421	-1.35
305–345	325	4	144.00–155.00	$147.98	$481	+2.86
350–385	369	7	150.00–155.00	$152.61	$563	+6.02
420–440	430	2	138.00–142.50	$140.30	$603	+2.80
455–490	471	6	139.00–149.00	$144.35	$680	+2.07
505–540	534	8	137.00–145.00	$142.65	$762	+2.57
550–562	555	10	134.50–141.00	$136.00	$755	-1.79
600–645	623	2	128.00–132.00	$130.07	$810	+2.07
667–685	672	4	126.00–128.00	$126.51	$850	-3.00
720	720	1	127.00	$127.00	$914	—
885	885	1	101.00	$101.00	$894	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	225	3	125.00	$125.00	$281	—
285–295	288	3	125.00–135.00	$130.00	$374	—
310	310	2	135.00–140.00	$137.50	$426	—
365–395	380	4	135.00–140.00	$136.90	$520	—
480–495	488	2	125.00–135.00	$130.08	$635	—
500–520	505	4	130.00–134.00	$132.51	$669	—
570–580	575	2	125.00–128.00	$126.51	$727	—
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	—
665	665	1	117.00	$117.00	$778	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	115.00	$115.00	$201	—
310–335	320	3	125.00	$125.00	$400	—
360–395	373	3	122.50–125.00	$124.12	$463	—
485	485	1	120.00	$120.00	$582	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	92.50	$92.50	$204	—
250 thin fleshed	250	1	65.00	$65.00	$162	—
350–395	379	4	110.00–120.00	$113.88	$432	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560	1560	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,201	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	122.50	$122.50	$282	—
285–290	288	2	115.00–120.00	$117.52	$338	—
305–340	321	7	122.50–130.00	$125.54	$403	-0.46
365–395	381	6	125.00–132.50	$128.56	$490	-2.71
400–440	420	17	121.00–130.00	$125.31	$526	-2.78
450–495	469	13	120.00–127.00	$122.79	$576	-6.19
510–530	519	7	114.00–124.00	$117.60	$610	-1.40
555–590	566	8	112.50–121.00	$117.88	$667	+3.88
620–625	621	6	110.00–119.50	$117.91	$732	—
665–688	682	4	100.00–109.00	$103.71	$707	—
715	715	1	104.00	$104.00	$744	—
765	765	1	103.00	$103.00	$788	—
800	800	1	88.00	$88.00	$704	—
865	865	1	80.00	$80.00	$692	—
1130	1130	1	87.00	$87.00	$983	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	120.00	$120.00	$342	—
325	325	1	117.50	$117.50	$382	—
350–395	372	7	110.00–120.00	$117.96	$439	—
405–445	422	3	109.00–115.00	$112.89	$476	—
435	435	1	95.00	$95.00	$413	—
450–495	476	12	109.00–119.00	$114.44	$545	—
500–540	512	7	108.00–117.00	$113.01	$579	—
550–575	560	3	108.00–118.00	$111.75	$626	—
630–645	638	2	106.00–108.00	$106.99	$683	—
655	655	1	103.00	$103.00	$675	—
765	765	1	90.00	$90.00	$688	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	102.50	$102.50	$348	—
355	355	1	85.00	$85.00	$302	—
460–490	472	3	100.00–107.50	$104.57	$494	—
520	520	1	40.00	$40.00	$208	—
555	555	1	101.00	$101.00	$561	—
565	565	1	62.50	$62.50	$353	—
585 thin fleshed	585	1	65.00	$65.00	$380	—
610 thin fleshed	610	1	60.00	$60.00	$366	—
645	645	1	101.00	$101.00	$651	—
650–670	660	2	65.00–85.00	$74.85	$494	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	70.00	$70.00	$234	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	85.00	$85.00	$544	—

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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	416	8	132.50–142.50	$136.83	$569	-3.41
450–497	479	14	130.00–140.00	$137.03	$656	-0.97
515–535	525	3	128.00–138.00	$134.27	$705	+5.27
555–595	572	5	124.00–132.00	$127.45	$729	-5.55
620–645	631	7	117.00–127.00	$121.42	$766	-6.58
680	680	1	109.00	$109.00	$741	-13.00
705–735	722	6	100.00–110.00	$105.33	$760	—
760–790	772	3	98.00–108.00	$101.61	$784	—
890	890	1	85.00	$85.00	$756	—
930–940	935	2	84.00–86.00	$84.99	$795	—
990	990	1	80.00	$80.00	$792	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	433	5	120.00–129.00	$123.35	$534	—
455–490	468	4	122.00–127.50	$124.33	$582	—
515–545	529	5	119.00–127.00	$122.86	$650	—
555–570	563	4	113.00–120.00	$116.01	$653	—
610–635	623	2	109.00–110.00	$109.51	$682	—
820	820	1	94.00	$94.00	$771	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	415	2	107.50–110.00	$108.80	$452	—
490	490	1	107.50	$107.50	$527	—
535–545	540	2	115.00	$115.00	$621	—
540 thin fleshed	540	1	55.00	$55.00	$297	—
565–570	568	2	100.00	$100.00	$568	—
900	900	1	67.00	$67.00	$603	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	77.50	$77.50	$388	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1090	983	80-85%	2	45.00–52.00	$48.12	$473	+3.12
990	990	80-85%	1	26.00	$26.00	$257	-19.00
930–1455	1079	80-85%	13	67.00–75.00	$69.89	$754	—
910–1310	1086	80-85%	15	59.00–65.00	$62.43	$678	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1680	1391	75-80%	15	67.00–76.00	$71.06	$988	+3.33
1335–1450 value added	1393	75-80%	2	76.00–79.00	$77.56	$1,080	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–800	725	85-90%	2	45.00–50.00	$47.24	$342	—
715–790	753	85-90%	2	39.00–42.00	$40.43	$304	—
765–890	828	85-90%	4	66.00–71.00	$68.96	$571	—
820–885	846	85-90%	5	57.00–63.00	$59.59	$504	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1655	1351	7	80.00–89.00	$83.71	$1,131	—
1045–2370	1720	6	91.00–100.00	$96.16	$1,654	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	870.00	$870.00
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1135	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1035–1380	1278	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	710.00–960.00	$867.50

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	510.00	$510.00
885	885	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	185.00	$185.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
380–495	438	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	360.00–430.00	$399.60	—
460–600	530	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	420.00–510.00	$470.94	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795–845	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	780.00–1,000.00	$893.35	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
960	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	136.00	$136.00	$632	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	115.00	$115.00	$345	—
385 thin fleshed	385	1	55.00	$55.00	$212	—
405	405	1	80.00	$80.00	$324	—
485	485	1	100.00	$100.00	$485	—
620	620	1	65.00	$65.00	$403	—
675–690	683	2	56.00–63.00	$59.54	$407	—
855	855	1	64.00	$64.00	$547	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	155.00	$155.00	—
200	200	1	160.00	$160.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160	160	1	320.00	$320.00	—
180	180	1	330.00	$330.00	—

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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.