Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 29, 2021

589 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $126.70/cwt +5.20 vs last sale · ≈ $664/hd at 524 lb · 27 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $141.78/cwt -1.79 vs last sale · ≈ $670/hd at 473 lb · 15 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.92/cwt +1.52 vs last sale · ≈ $604/hd at 472 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	589	558
Feeder cattle	391	337
Slaughter cattle	185	175
Replacement cattle	13	46

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 6 Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly 3.00 to 10.00 higher, while bulls were mostly steady and heifers were mostly 1.00 to 5.00 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
310–345	329	8	145.00–161.00	$154.93	$510	+1.39
350–395	367	13	147.50–155.00	$149.79	$550	-2.93
405–425	416	7	142.50–155.00	$149.63	$622	-2.68
455–480	463	3	147.50–159.00	$151.47	$701	+21.47
500–520	510	2	148.00–151.00	$149.53	$763	+9.57
560–577	570	12	134.00–149.00	$144.34	$823	+8.34
610–630	621	6	127.00–143.00	$133.86	$831	-7.14
655	655	1	144.00	$144.00	$943	+9.01
710	710	1	125.00	$125.00	$888	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	135.00	$135.00	$277	+1.31
240 thin fleshed	240	1	120.00	$120.00	$288	—
265–295	275	5	130.00–145.00	$136.86	$376	-2.78
300–330	316	5	120.00–140.00	$129.18	$408	-1.13
365–395	381	8	120.00–142.50	$132.92	$506	+11.68
460	460	1	132.50	$132.50	$610	—
510	510	1	120.00	$120.00	$612	-10.00
680–695	688	2	118.00–120.00	$119.01	$819	-5.99

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	105.00–110.00	$107.50	$366	+5.00
350	350	2	107.50–110.00	$108.75	$381	—
400 thin fleshed	400	1	85.00	$85.00	$340	—
460	460	1	110.00	$110.00	$506	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	80.00	$80.00	$152	—
360	360	1	105.00	$105.00	$378	+17.50
395	395	1	85.00	$85.00	$336	-2.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265 fancy	265	1	220.00	$220.00	$583	—
250–289	283	6	130.00–133.00	$132.56	$375	—
300–335	311	4	129.00–132.50	$130.33	$405	-1.51
320	320	1	122.50	$122.50	$392	-9.34
360–390	367	5	120.00–127.50	$126.01	$462	-7.00
358–390	369	3	130.00–132.50	$130.88	$483	-2.13
400–445	424	13	125.00–130.00	$128.09	$543	-0.33
450–495	472	15	125.00–132.50	$127.92	$604	+1.29
505–545	524	27	117.00–131.00	$126.70	$664	+5.20
555–590	569	8	117.50–125.00	$122.78	$699	+2.09
600–630	614	4	116.00–124.00	$120.46	$740	+0.85
660–665	663	2	118.00–119.00	$118.50	$786	+0.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	125.00	$125.00	$238	—
220	220	1	120.00	$120.00	$264	—
260–290	276	5	120.00–127.50	$122.49	$338	+0.78
315–340	332	3	117.50–125.00	$120.85	$401	-2.20
350–390	368	12	117.50–127.50	$121.96	$449	+1.15
415	415	1	123.00	$123.00	$510	+0.75
480–490	485	2	115.00–124.00	$119.55	$580	-2.44
515	515	1	117.50	$117.50	$605	+2.38
600	600	1	110.00	$110.00	$660	-2.50
675	675	11	115.00	$115.00	$776	+5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	105.00	$105.00	$242	—
285 thin fleshed	285	1	95.00	$95.00	$271	—
285	285	1	112.50	$112.50	$321	+2.50
315	315	1	102.50	$102.50	$323	-7.50
495	495	1	105.00	$105.00	$520	-2.50
575	575	1	101.00	$101.00	$581	—
625	625	1	107.00	$107.00	$669	+4.00
655–695	675	2	100.00–105.00	$102.43	$691	-0.57
720	720	1	107.00	$107.00	$770	—
730 thin fleshed	730	1	85.00	$85.00	$620	—
770	770	1	95.00	$95.00	$732	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	105.00	$105.00	$268	—
375	375	1	110.00	$110.00	$412	—
485 thin fleshed	485	1	95.00	$95.00	$461	—
535	535	1	107.50	$107.50	$575	+1.10
565	565	1	109.00	$109.00	$616	+2.00
665 thin fleshed	665	1	96.00	$96.00	$638	+13.00
685	685	1	110.00	$110.00	$754	+2.00
735	735	1	104.00	$104.00	$764	-1.00
765–770	768	2	85.00–94.00	$89.49	$687	+9.49
830	830	1	79.00	$79.00	$656	-26.00

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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	405	1	125.00	$125.00	$506	-19.04
405–445	429	11	140.00–150.00	$142.90	$613	-1.14
470	470	2	120.00–137.50	$128.75	$605	-15.53
450–492	473	13	140.00–152.50	$143.78	$680	-0.50
500–540	518	7	135.00–142.50	$138.13	$716	-0.82
500–535	521	4	130.00–131.00	$130.26	$679	-8.69
560–570	565	3	127.00–133.00	$130.66	$738	+0.66
560–595	576	4	135.00–140.00	$136.51	$786	+6.51
625	625	1	145.00	$145.00	$906	—
640–645	643	2	114.00–124.00	$118.98	$765	—
655	655	1	127.50	$127.50	$835	—
705	705	1	122.50	$122.50	$864	+1.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	424	10	120.00–137.50	$129.22	$548	-7.42
430 thin fleshed	430	1	115.00	$115.00	$494	—
450–495	471	12	120.00–138.00	$131.17	$618	+16.17
500–530	515	8	121.00–130.00	$127.77	$658	-4.23
550–595	564	8	117.00–132.50	$127.49	$719	+12.49
605	605	2	122.00–124.00	$123.00	$744	+1.49
655 thin fleshed	655	1	114.00	$114.00	$747	—
665	665	1	114.00	$114.00	$758	-7.30
710–745	727	6	110.00–115.00	$112.69	$819	—
815	815	1	116.00	$116.00	$945	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415 thin fleshed	415	1	89.00	$89.00	$369	—
445	445	1	111.00	$111.00	$494	+5.86
450	450	1	112.50	$112.50	$506	—
505–535	520	2	105.00–110.00	$107.57	$559	-0.43
570–580	575	2	100.00–110.00	$104.96	$604	—
620	620	1	110.00	$110.00	$682	-5.00
675	675	1	112.00	$112.00	$756	—
710–740	725	2	99.00–108.00	$103.41	$750	-4.09
750–785	768	2	109.00–112.00	$110.47	$848	—
845	845	1	109.00	$109.00	$921	+2.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	105.00	$105.00	$462	—
455	455	1	105.00	$105.00	$478	—
510	510	1	110.00	$110.00	$561	—
700–745	722	3	97.50–105.00	$101.75	$735	—
805 thin fleshed	805	1	87.50	$87.50	$704	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1390	1138	80-85%	12	56.00–65.00	$62.75	$714	-1.25
905–1620	1225	80-85%	56	65.00–75.00	$69.62	$853	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–755	737	85-90%	3	31.00–36.00	$33.02	$243	—
800	800	85-90%	1	68.00	$68.00	$544	—
645–1190	918	85-90%	23	40.00–55.00	$49.05	$450	-13.85
720–1420	1036	85-90%	27	55.00–65.00	$60.91	$631	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1335	1280	75-80%	2	77.00	$77.00	$986	—
1280	1280	75-80%	1	64.00	$64.00	$819	—
1025–1695	1373	75-80%	34	65.00–75.00	$69.73	$957	-12.92

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1505	1212	3	70.00–84.00	$78.82	$955	—
1090–1835	1485	15	90.00–101.00	$95.73	$1,422	—
1470–2320	1881	4	103.00–106.00	$104.44	$1,965	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860 thin fleshed	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	439.00	$439.00
790	790	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
890–1045	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	770.00–1,040.00	$917.92	—
995–1140	1068	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,160.00–1,300.00	$1,234.75	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
615	615	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	660.00	$660.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	82.00	$82.00	$308	—
405	405	1	55.00	$55.00	$223	—
480	480	1	70.00	$70.00	$336	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	88.00	$88.00	$484	—

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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.