Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, July 27, 2021

560 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.27/cwt -1.78 vs last sale · ≈ $555/hd at 426 lb · 26 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $144.08/cwt +5.51 vs last sale · ≈ $823/hd at 571 lb · 24 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.61/cwt -4.27 vs last sale · ≈ $504/hd at 377 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	560	609	389
Feeder cattle	406	461	289
Slaughter cattle	142	110	85
Replacement cattle	12	38	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were mostly 1.00 higher, while bulls were 12.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were good. Offerings of cattle were moderate to 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
185	185	1	145.00	$145.00	$268	—
250–290	278	6	150.00–165.00	$158.17	$440	-7.18
300–345	330	11	150.00–176.00	$159.29	$526	-1.00
350–395	375	18	150.00–165.00	$155.34	$583	+1.61
410–440	427	6	147.00–156.00	$150.92	$644	+1.79
465–499	490	11	143.00–155.00	$151.70	$743	+0.10
510–545	530	15	140.00–151.00	$145.14	$769	+1.84
550–590	570	2	132.50–134.00	$133.22	$759	-5.35
550–580	571	21	136.00–150.50	$145.78	$832	+7.21
575	575	1	130.00	$130.00	$748	-8.57
610–630	621	4	134.00–139.00	$136.75	$849	-0.67
650–660	655	2	128.00–135.00	$131.53	$862	—
700	700	1	138.00	$138.00	$966	+7.66
765–790	778	2	122.00–131.00	$126.43	$984	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160–180	170	2	130.00	$130.00	$221	—
220	220	2	140.00	$140.00	$308	+11.22
270	270	1	145.00	$145.00	$392	—
300–345	330	4	130.00–145.00	$139.87	$462	+7.36
355 thin fleshed	355	1	117.50	$117.50	$417	—
350–375	366	4	132.50–139.00	$135.38	$495	-1.33
385	385	1	115.00	$115.00	$443	-21.71
525	525	1	131.00	$131.00	$688	—
560–585	575	3	127.50–130.00	$129.15	$743	—
815	815	1	118.00	$118.00	$962	—
855	855	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,009	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220 thin fleshed	220	1	87.50	$87.50	$192	—
325–330	328	2	102.50–115.00	$108.80	$357	—
535	535	1	115.00	$115.00	$615	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	1	100.00	$100.00	$150	—
320	320	1	100.00	$100.00	$320	—
355–395	375	2	102.50–110.00	$106.05	$398	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	135.00	$135.00	$331	±0.00
325–335	329	4	130.00–141.00	$135.27	$445	-6.12
350–395	377	21	130.00–142.50	$134.50	$507	-3.38
380	380	1	115.00	$115.00	$437	-22.88
400–445	426	26	124.00–140.00	$130.27	$555	-1.78
455–495	478	10	126.00–134.00	$128.85	$616	-1.86
510	510	1	115.00	$115.00	$586	-9.30
520	520	1	117.00	$117.00	$608	-7.30
505–545	521	13	119.00–130.00	$125.27	$653	+0.97
550–580	561	11	119.00–124.00	$121.63	$682	+0.39
590	590	1	117.00	$117.00	$690	-4.24
615–625	620	3	114.00–116.00	$115.33	$715	-4.17
610–635	623	2	118.00–120.00	$119.02	$741	-0.48
650	650	1	120.00	$120.00	$780	-0.97
700	700	1	111.00	$111.00	$777	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	107.50	$107.50	$285	—
305 thin fleshed	305	1	87.50	$87.50	$267	—
415	415	1	105.00	$105.00	$436	—
465	465	1	102.50	$102.50	$477	—
485	485	1	95.00	$95.00	$461	—
500 thin fleshed	500	1	95.00	$95.00	$475	—
580	580	1	102.50	$102.50	$594	—
610	610	3	107.50–110.00	$109.17	$666	—
625 thin fleshed	625	1	80.00	$80.00	$500	—
670	670	1	106.00	$106.00	$710	-1.49
715	715	1	80.00	$80.00	$572	—
705–735	718	3	102.00–108.00	$105.67	$759	—
755–785	770	3	80.00–94.00	$88.31	$680	—
770	770	1	100.00	$100.00	$770	—
850	850	1	80.00	$80.00	$680	—
875	875	1	99.00	$99.00	$866	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	115.00	$115.00	$374	-6.37
375–385	380	2	125.00	$125.00	$475	—
418	418	2	118.00	$118.00	$493	—
455–490	472	5	117.00–123.00	$119.32	$563	-0.44
500–505	503	2	115.00	$115.00	$578	—
550	550	1	116.00	$116.00	$638	—
670	670	1	115.00	$115.00	$770	—
705	705	1	108.00	$108.00	$761	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405 thin fleshed	405	1	97.50	$97.50	$395	—
425–440	430	3	100.00–112.50	$107.53	$462	—
460	460	1	110.00	$110.00	$506	-0.99
495 thin fleshed	495	1	80.00	$80.00	$396	—
505 thin fleshed	505	1	85.00	$85.00	$429	—
615	615	1	80.00	$80.00	$492	—
695	695	1	98.00	$98.00	$681	—
765 thin fleshed	765	1	95.00	$95.00	$727	—
845	845	1	90.00	$90.00	$760	—
890	890	1	96.00	$96.00	$854	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	414	20	140.00–153.00	$147.45	$610	+1.06
455–490	471	15	139.00–154.00	$145.65	$686	+1.51
490	490	1	138.00	$138.00	$676	-6.14
510–540	523	12	132.00–145.00	$139.89	$732	+1.49
550–585	566	6	135.00–138.00	$135.82	$769	+5.82
605	605	1	119.00	$119.00	$720	-15.35
625–640	633	2	129.00–132.00	$130.52	$826	-3.83
650	650	1	126.00	$126.00	$819	-7.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	122.50	$122.50	$502	-8.76
435	435	1	115.00	$115.00	$500	-16.26
435	435	1	132.50	$132.50	$576	+1.24
465–490	473	4	127.50–138.00	$133.31	$631	+3.65
500–540	519	5	125.00–133.00	$129.12	$670	-1.96
560–580	569	7	123.00–133.00	$129.07	$734	-0.29
575 thin fleshed	575	1	117.00	$117.00	$673	—
655	655	1	113.00	$113.00	$740	-9.33
670–695	681	7	117.50–127.00	$122.22	$832	+6.22

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	110.00	$110.00	$544	—
510	510	1	95.00	$95.00	$484	—
570	570	1	108.00	$108.00	$616	-1.93
610	610	1	110.00	$110.00	$671	+2.58
650–685	668	3	100.00–105.00	$102.64	$686	—
705	705	1	80.00	$80.00	$564	—
735	735	1	108.00	$108.00	$794	—
805	805	1	90.00	$90.00	$724	—
890	890	1	109.00	$109.00	$970	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	115.00	$115.00	$598	—
550	550	2	105.00–110.00	$107.50	$591	—
620	620	1	98.00	$98.00	$608	—
685	685	1	104.00	$104.00	$712	-7.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	945.00	$945.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1500	1091	80-85%	58	61.00–73.00	$69.14	$754	—
880–1430	1160	80-85%	12	74.00–83.00	$76.44	$887	—
1170	1170	80-85%	1	58.00	$58.00	$679	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1555	1308	75-80%	16	66.00–73.00	$69.44	$908	—
1145–1700	1372	75-80%	17	74.00–78.00	$75.50	$1,036	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625–1270	846	85-90%	6	37.00–49.00	$43.57	$369	-1.73
825–1160	962	85-90%	11	51.00–57.00	$54.76	$527	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180	1180	1	70.00	$70.00	$826	-17.14
1260–2035	1692	9	90.00–103.00	$99.54	$1,684	—
1440–2040	1826	8	106.00–112.00	$109.07	$1,992	+2.15

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–920	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00–560.00	$554.83
1330–1440	1385	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,060.00–1,075.00	$1,067.80

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715	715	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
825	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	420.00	$420.00

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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
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	780.00	$780.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	1	50.00	$50.00	$345	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
183	183	3	80.00	$80.00	$146	—
630	630	1	85.00	$85.00	$536	—
725	725	1	80.00	$80.00	$580	—
800	800	1	89.00	$89.00	$712	—
980	980	1	84.00	$84.00	$823	-2.99

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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.