Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, July 13, 2021

856 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $137.41/cwt +2.14 vs last sale · ≈ $736/hd at 535 lb · 45 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $124.94/cwt -1.76 vs last sale · ≈ $644/hd at 515 lb · 28 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $149.32/cwt -0.21 vs last sale · ≈ $782/hd at 524 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	856	589	371
Feeder cattle	661	391	303
Slaughter cattle	170	185	58
Replacement cattle	25	13	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 6. Compared to two weeks ago, boning type slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower, while breaking type slaughter cows were 5.00 to 6.00 higher on a light test and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower; heifers were unevenly steady; and feeder bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were very heavy. Cattle quality was average.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	281	5	155.00–158.00	$156.12	$439	—
300–345	319	7	156.00–162.50	$159.64	$509	+4.71
350–370	363	4	147.50–157.50	$151.25	$549	+1.46
365–390	378	2	140.00–145.00	$142.58	$539	-7.21
410–445	430	18	140.00–155.00	$147.91	$636	-1.72
450–485	468	8	140.00–150.00	$143.75	$673	-7.72
503–544	524	25	142.00–155.00	$149.32	$782	-0.21
550–585	560	12	138.00–147.00	$142.93	$800	-1.41
605–642	635	14	135.00–145.00	$143.25	$910	+9.39
650–680	663	4	130.00–138.00	$134.34	$891	-9.66

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155–190	173	2	140.00–142.50	$141.38	$245	—
260–275	268	2	137.50–145.00	$141.36	$379	+4.50
270–288	282	3	120.00–125.00	$121.60	$343	-15.26
310–335	323	2	125.00	$125.00	$404	-4.18
340–345	342	3	135.00–145.00	$138.37	$473	+9.19
355–385	370	2	120.00	$120.00	$444	-12.92
365–395	383	8	135.00–145.00	$141.55	$542	+8.63
410–420 thin fleshed	415	2	115.00	$115.00	$477	—
415–445	433	3	125.00–135.00	$129.05	$559	—
450–470	460	5	125.00–137.50	$133.50	$614	+1.00
475–495	485	2	120.00–121.00	$120.51	$584	-11.99
530–545	538	2	130.00–132.50	$131.23	$706	+11.23

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	107.50–115.00	$111.25	$434	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	100.00	$100.00	$290	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–285	275	2	130.00	$130.00	$358	-2.56
325–345	340	10	130.00–139.00	$135.70	$461	+13.20
350–380	370	9	130.00–137.50	$133.37	$493	+2.49
400–440	420	20	127.50–136.00	$132.84	$558	+4.75
452–490	467	22	124.00–135.00	$128.12	$598	+0.20
500–540	514	26	122.00–133.00	$125.70	$646	-1.00
525–535	530	2	114.00–116.00	$115.01	$610	-11.69
550–588	567	16	120.00–124.00	$122.41	$694	-0.37
565–595	574	5	115.50–116.00	$115.70	$664	-7.08
605–610	608	2	119.00–122.00	$120.49	$733	+0.03
600–635	615	4	113.00–114.00	$113.26	$697	-7.20
692	692	3	113.00	$113.00	$782	-5.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	272	5	115.00–125.00	$119.04	$324	-3.45
325–340	334	4	117.50–128.00	$124.47	$416	+3.62
370–395	379	7	115.00–125.00	$121.04	$459	-0.92
420–435	428	2	115.00–120.00	$117.54	$503	-5.46
460–485	474	7	114.00–123.00	$116.36	$552	-3.19
500–545	519	7	110.00–117.50	$112.96	$586	-4.54
550–575	565	3	115.00–117.00	$116.01	$655	—
650–655	653	2	113.00	$113.00	$738	-2.00
700–747	721	9	108.50–112.00	$110.57	$797	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	319	4	105.00–110.00	$107.59	$343	+5.09
365–395	380	2	110.00	$110.00	$418	—
375–395 thin fleshed	385	2	80.00–85.00	$82.44	$317	—
560–595	580	3	97.00–105.00	$100.74	$584	-0.26
650–680	665	2	100.00–105.00	$102.44	$681	+0.01
720–730	725	2	100.00–104.00	$101.99	$739	-5.01

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240	230	2	107.50–112.50	$109.89	$253	—
510–530	523	4	105.00–112.50	$107.66	$563	+0.16
550–560	555	2	100.00	$100.00	$555	-9.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–442	422	16	139.00–147.00	$141.79	$598	-1.11
450–497	478	7	139.00–144.00	$139.96	$669	-3.82
460–495	479	4	125.00–138.00	$132.59	$635	-11.19
505–518	515	5	124.00–132.50	$125.67	$647	-12.46
535–546	538	40	137.00–139.50	$138.88	$747	+8.62
555–590	564	6	134.00–140.00	$138.17	$779	+7.51
550–595	568	10	128.00–133.00	$128.78	$731	-1.88
600–640	613	3	130.00–131.00	$130.35	$799	-14.65
665–680	673	2	128.00–130.00	$128.99	$868	+1.49
700–715	708	2	122.00–124.00	$123.01	$871	+0.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	422	5	122.50–130.00	$126.58	$534	-2.64
450–475	464	8	135.00–138.00	$136.23	$632	+5.06
450–495 thin fleshed	473	3	117.50–120.00	$118.82	$562	—
505–530	518	2	115.00–117.00	$115.98	$601	-11.79
500–545	522	12	120.00–130.00	$124.69	$651	-3.08
552–570	560	6	123.00–131.00	$128.16	$718	+0.67
615–630	623	2	123.00–125.00	$124.01	$773	+1.01
655–695	677	5	120.00–124.00	$122.01	$826	+8.01
705–725	715	3	112.00–118.00	$115.81	$828	+3.12
765–770	768	2	112.00–115.00	$113.50	$872	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–545	516	4	100.00–110.00	$106.97	$552	-0.60
565–585	575	2	105.00–112.00	$108.44	$624	+3.48
610–647	636	5	110.00–112.00	$111.22	$707	+1.22
700–740	720	2	108.00–112.50	$110.31	$794	+6.90

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	425	3	105.00–112.00	$107.42	$457	+2.42
505–540	523	2	100.00–104.00	$102.07	$534	-7.93

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1365	1075	80-85%	35	65.00–72.00	$68.56	$737	—
1115–1520	1258	80-85%	16	77.00–82.00	$78.11	$983	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580–730	631	85-90%	5	30.00–37.00	$33.02	$208	—
730–830	778	85-90%	4	64.00–66.00	$64.77	$504	—
665–1130	866	85-90%	14	41.00–48.00	$44.82	$388	—
735–1210	993	85-90%	8	54.00–59.00	$57.05	$567	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1660	1365	75-80%	5	74.00–76.00	$75.36	$1,029	+5.63
1160–1605	1388	75-80%	10	77.00–84.00	$79.32	$1,101	+9.59

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1925	1458	14	95.00–101.00	$98.03	$1,429	+2.30

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820 thin fleshed	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	580.00	$580.00
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	770.00	$770.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–760 thin fleshed	723	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	295.00–340.00	$318.67

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
460 thin fleshed	460	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	530.00	$530.00	—
555–605 thin fleshed	580	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	380.00–700.00	$546.90	—
570–610 thin fleshed	590	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	360.00–400.00	$380.68	—
690–750 thin fleshed	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	480.00–620.00	$552.92	—
730 thin fleshed	730	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	370.00	$370.00	—
660–830	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	610.00–980.00	$816.11	—
745	745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
690–815	753	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	610.00–720.00	$660.43	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850 thin fleshed	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262	262	6	97.00	$97.00	$254	—

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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.