Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 8, 2021

460 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $141.21/cwt -1.44 vs last sale · ≈ $740/hd at 524 lb · 17 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.21/cwt +1.90 vs last sale · ≈ $539/hd at 424 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $119.29/cwt ≈ $567/hd at 475 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	460	413	461
Feeder cattle	339	312	352
Slaughter cattle	96	77	95
Replacement cattle	25	19	14

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 10 Compared to last week, slaughter cows were mostly 5.00 higher, while bulls were mostly 14.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 1.00 to 9.00 higher while heifers were mostly 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were good. Offerings of cattle were moderate to heavy. 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
170	170	1	155.00	$155.00	$264	—
230–235	233	2	147.50–150.00	$148.76	$347	—
275	275	1	147.50	$147.50	$406	+1.35
305–340	321	10	150.00–160.00	$155.25	$498	+7.27
335	335	1	145.00	$145.00	$486	-2.98
360–395	375	8	145.00–160.00	$152.56	$572	-0.05
402–445	419	6	143.00–156.00	$149.10	$625	+8.80
460–495	479	5	141.00–153.00	$146.92	$704	+2.57
502–545	524	17	136.00–145.00	$141.21	$740	-1.44
562–575	569	10	134.00–146.00	$141.28	$804	+5.28
647	647	3	136.00	$136.00	$880	+5.93
650	650	1	119.00	$119.00	$774	-7.51
660–690	675	3	129.00–133.00	$130.33	$880	+3.82
700	700	1	120.00	$120.00	$840	-7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	130.00	$130.00	$240	—
250–285	273	4	125.00–135.00	$131.18	$358	—
300–335	321	4	130.00–135.00	$132.45	$425	—
350–375	363	2	115.00–117.50	$116.29	$422	—
355–390	368	6	124.00–142.50	$133.60	$492	—
400	400	1	137.50	$137.50	$550	—
465	465	1	142.50	$142.50	$663	—
500–520	513	3	117.00–130.00	$125.61	$644	—
575–595	585	2	123.00–124.00	$123.51	$723	—
770	770	1	116.00	$116.00	$893	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445 thin fleshed	445	1	85.00	$85.00	$378	—
620 thin fleshed	620	1	89.00	$89.00	$552	—
660	660	1	105.00	$105.00	$693	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 thin fleshed	230	1	95.00	$95.00	$218	—
280 thin fleshed	280	1	90.00	$90.00	$252	—
345 thin fleshed	345	1	95.00	$95.00	$328	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	235	3	117.50–130.00	$124.40	$292	—
255–295	273	3	126.00–127.50	$126.96	$347	—
305–345	318	7	115.00–127.50	$122.55	$390	—
350–395	374	8	117.50–128.00	$123.25	$461	—
415–445	431	7	117.50–123.00	$119.66	$516	—
450–495	475	14	115.00–123.00	$119.29	$567	—
500–545	522	3	115.00–117.00	$115.64	$604	—
550–585	573	4	113.00–117.00	$115.22	$660	—
580 thin fleshed	580	1	85.00	$85.00	$493	—
610–615	613	2	112.00	$112.00	$687	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	333	2	132.50	$132.50	$441	+6.96
340	340	1	125.00	$125.00	$425	-0.54
350–395	368	6	130.00–134.00	$132.02	$486	+3.46
410	410	1	117.50	$117.50	$482	-7.81
400–445	425	15	125.00–131.00	$127.86	$543	+2.55
450–475	463	2	121.00–123.00	$122.03	$565	-0.76
450–495	475	10	124.00–129.00	$126.80	$602	+4.01
475	475	1	117.50	$117.50	$558	-5.29
500–540	518	6	118.00–124.00	$120.51	$624	+2.91
585	585	1	116.00	$116.00	$679	-1.88

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	92.50	$92.50	$310	—
370	370	1	90.00	$90.00	$333	—
485–490	488	2	110.00–113.00	$111.51	$544	—
515	515	1	107.50	$107.50	$554	—
500–545	530	4	83.00–95.00	$89.34	$474	—
570	570	1	110.00	$110.00	$627	—
610–645	622	5	98.00–107.00	$103.04	$641	—
665–695	678	4	105.00–108.00	$106.49	$722	—
880	880	1	83.00	$83.00	$730	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	115.00	$115.00	$305	—
300–315	308	2	100.00–113.00	$106.66	$329	—
350	350	1	102.50	$102.50	$359	—
470	470	1	114.00	$114.00	$536	—
490	490	1	105.00	$105.00	$514	—
510–520	518	4	109.00–110.00	$109.25	$566	—
585	585	1	109.00	$109.00	$638	—
605	605	1	86.00	$86.00	$520	—
660	660	1	102.00	$102.00	$673	—
700	700	1	100.00	$100.00	$700	—
820 thin fleshed	820	1	82.00	$82.00	$672	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	117.50	$117.50	$511	—
420–445	439	8	122.00–137.50	$130.32	$572	—
450–460	455	3	130.00–137.50	$134.18	$611	—
505–540	520	4	120.00–130.00	$126.04	$655	—
520	520	1	115.00	$115.00	$598	—
570–585	578	3	117.50–124.00	$121.86	$704	—
600–630	612	6	115.00–125.00	$119.59	$732	—
650	650	1	123.00	$123.00	$800	—
705–715	711	4	112.00–118.00	$114.75	$816	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	416	7	140.00–152.50	$146.04	$608	+9.21
430	430	1	122.50	$122.50	$527	-14.33
440	440	1	115.00	$115.00	$506	-21.83
455–460	457	3	140.00–145.00	$142.51	$651	+5.48
470–495	483	2	135.00–137.50	$136.22	$658	-0.81
505–540	523	4	133.00–137.00	$135.24	$707	+0.97
550–570	560	2	134.00–135.00	$134.49	$753	+7.04
565	565	1	132.00	$132.00	$746	+4.55
610	610	1	129.00	$129.00	$787	+7.58

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	100.00	$100.00	$425	—
590	590	1	105.00	$105.00	$620	—
600	600	1	87.50	$87.50	$525	—
620	620	1	111.00	$111.00	$688	—
650	650	1	110.00	$110.00	$715	—
700	700	1	101.00	$101.00	$707	—
745	745	1	93.00	$93.00	$693	—
790	790	1	106.00	$106.00	$837	—
805–815	810	2	97.00–100.00	$98.49	$798	—
885	885	1	89.00	$89.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–475	470	2	110.00	$110.00	$517	—
515–540	528	2	110.00	$110.00	$581	—
655–675	665	2	110.00–111.00	$110.51	$735	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1015–1170	1073	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	835.00–1,217.00	$988.27	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	80-85%	1	59.00	$59.00	$566	+10.88
860–1240	1044	80-85%	21	60.00–73.00	$67.16	$701	—
960–1685	1214	80-85%	21	74.00–87.00	$79.47	$965	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1515	1318	75-80%	6	64.00–73.00	$69.28	$913	—
1015–1610	1357	75-80%	19	74.00–82.00	$77.58	$1,053	+6.52

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875	875	85-90%	1	44.00	$44.00	$385	—
850–1315	993	85-90%	8	47.00–60.00	$54.98	$546	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–2125	1616	11	92.00–102.00	$97.48	$1,575	—
1605–2130	1833	4	103.00–113.00	$106.66	$1,955	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870 thin fleshed	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00
900 thin fleshed	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	590.00	$590.00
905 thin fleshed	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	570.00	$570.00
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
920–1110	997	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	600.00–680.00	$640.54
905–1205	1094	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	680.00–916.00	$853.61

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
520–550	535	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	340.00–390.00	$365.70

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
385	385	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
520	520	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	—
560	560	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	665.00	$665.00	—
625	625	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	640.00	$640.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,230.00	$1,230.00	—
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	87.50	$87.50	$241	—
470	470	1	57.50	$57.50	$270	—
630	630	1	85.00	$85.00	$536	—
875	875	1	74.00	$74.00	$648	—

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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.