Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report, Shelby, NC

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 3, 2021

554 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $126.01/cwt +1.98 vs last sale · ≈ $655/hd at 520 lb · 27 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $147.06/cwt -0.39 vs last sale · ≈ $619/hd at 421 lb · 20 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.99/cwt +4.72 vs last sale · ≈ $574/hd at 425 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	554	560	397
Feeder cattle	456	406	222
Slaughter cattle	83	142	140
Replacement cattle	15	12	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly 2.00 to 6.00 lower, while bulls and heifers were mostly 1.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. 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
220	220	1	150.00	$150.00	$330	—
275 fancy	275	1	180.00	$180.00	$495	—
270–295	281	4	147.50–163.00	$157.13	$442	-1.04
305–345	328	13	150.00–169.00	$160.17	$525	+0.88
330–345	338	2	147.50–148.00	$147.74	$499	-11.55
350–355	353	2	137.50–147.50	$142.54	$503	-12.80
350–385	368	14	148.00–165.00	$157.05	$578	+1.71
400–445	419	8	145.00–157.00	$149.26	$625	-1.66
425	425	1	137.50	$137.50	$584	-13.42
450–480	461	4	141.00–155.00	$148.86	$686	-2.84
480	480	1	138.00	$138.00	$662	-13.70
510 fancy	510	1	159.00	$159.00	$811	—
505–540	515	9	139.00–155.00	$146.03	$752	+0.89
510–525	518	3	127.50–135.00	$132.15	$685	-12.99
555–595	574	8	137.00–150.00	$143.89	$826	+13.89
600	600	1	126.00	$126.00	$756	-10.75
600–645	626	6	129.00–134.00	$130.51	$817	-6.24
660–675	668	2	128.00–145.00	$136.40	$911	+4.87
705–720	713	3	126.00–134.00	$130.36	$929	-7.64
815–835	825	2	118.00	$118.00	$974	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	147.50	$147.50	$420	+2.50
310–340	328	4	130.00–145.00	$133.89	$439	-5.98
365–395	379	8	127.50–145.00	$138.44	$525	+23.44
385–390 thin fleshed	388	2	120.00	$120.00	$466	+2.50
400–445	422	7	125.00–142.50	$135.93	$574	—
490	490	1	120.00	$120.00	$588	—
505	505	2	125.00	$125.00	$631	-6.00
570–585	577	3	129.00–132.00	$130.35	$752	+1.20
615–630	625	3	120.00–124.00	$122.69	$767	—
690	690	1	117.00	$117.00	$807	—
730	730	1	113.00	$113.00	$825	—
760–785	773	2	109.00–117.00	$112.94	$873	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245 thin fleshed	245	1	90.00	$90.00	$220	—
395	395	1	110.00	$110.00	$434	+3.95
405	405	1	110.00	$110.00	$446	—
485	485	1	107.50	$107.50	$521	—
755	755	1	101.00	$101.00	$763	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275 thin fleshed	275	1	86.00	$86.00	$236	—
380	380	1	115.00	$115.00	$437	—
430 thin fleshed	430	1	90.00	$90.00	$387	—
715	715	1	98.00	$98.00	$701	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160–190	175	2	140.00–145.00	$142.29	$249	—
215–240	228	3	142.50–145.00	$144.12	$329	+9.12
235 thin fleshed	235	1	117.50	$117.50	$276	—
260–280	268	4	132.50–150.00	$141.50	$379	—
305–340	323	10	138.00–147.50	$143.39	$463	+8.12
355–395	376	10	130.00–147.00	$138.83	$522	+4.33
405–440	425	18	126.00–144.00	$134.99	$574	+4.72
450–495	473	18	125.00–136.00	$130.14	$616	+1.29
500–545	520	27	118.00–134.00	$126.01	$655	+9.01
560–590	572	9	118.00–127.00	$123.09	$704	+1.46
600–605	602	3	121.00–127.00	$124.01	$747	+8.68
710	710	1	116.00	$116.00	$824	+5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–235	220	2	130.00	$130.00	$286	—
275–285	280	2	115.00–125.00	$119.91	$336	—
320	320	1	126.00	$126.00	$403	+11.00
355–375	368	4	125.00–127.50	$125.63	$462	+0.63
435–445	440	2	115.00–122.50	$118.71	$522	+0.71
460–490	476	7	114.00–121.00	$117.85	$561	-1.47
595	595	1	116.00	$116.00	$690	—
600	600	1	115.00	$115.00	$690	—
655	655	1	113.00	$113.00	$740	-2.00
740	740	1	100.00	$100.00	$740	-8.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	110.00	$110.00	$424	—
425	425	1	107.50	$107.50	$457	-0.03
445 thin fleshed	445	1	95.00	$95.00	$423	—
450–490	470	2	97.50–100.00	$98.80	$464	-11.20
485 thin fleshed	485	1	95.00	$95.00	$461	+15.00
510 thin fleshed	510	1	92.00	$92.00	$469	+7.00
510–530	520	2	110.00–112.50	$111.23	$578	—
575	575	1	91.00	$91.00	$523	—
580 thin fleshed	580	1	80.00	$80.00	$464	—
585	585	1	112.00	$112.00	$655	—
655	655	1	85.00	$85.00	$557	—
725	725	1	102.00	$102.00	$740	—
740	740	1	84.00	$84.00	$622	—
770–790	780	2	80.00–85.00	$82.53	$644	—
870	870	2	97.00–100.00	$98.50	$857	+2.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	380	3	102.50–110.00	$106.63	$405	—
440	440	1	111.00	$111.00	$488	+6.00
450–480	467	3	100.00–110.00	$106.64	$498	+4.14
580 thin fleshed	580	1	80.00	$80.00	$464	—
610–625	618	2	105.00–107.00	$106.01	$655	-3.16
760	760	1	104.00	$104.00	$790	+15.69
760	760	1	93.00	$93.00	$707	+4.69
825 thin fleshed	825	1	89.00	$89.00	$734	—
845	845	1	98.00	$98.00	$828	—
865	865	1	91.00	$91.00	$787	-8.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	420	17	141.00–159.00	$149.22	$627	+1.77
405–445	425	3	130.00–140.00	$134.84	$573	-12.61
450 thin fleshed	450	1	140.00	$140.00	$630	—
455–495	475	14	140.00–153.00	$146.38	$695	+0.73
520	520	1	132.50	$132.50	$689	-7.39
515–540	530	8	136.00–145.00	$138.37	$733	-1.52
555–580	569	4	124.00–134.00	$128.71	$732	-7.11
550–595	575	5	135.00–142.00	$137.57	$791	+1.75
605–635	615	5	128.00–138.00	$134.02	$824	+15.02
625–630	628	2	125.00–127.00	$126.00	$791	-4.52
655	655	1	125.00	$125.00	$819	-1.00
680	680	1	127.00	$127.00	$864	+1.00
735	735	1	120.00	$120.00	$882	—
755	755	1	122.00	$122.00	$921	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–425	418	3	120.00–130.00	$125.04	$523	+2.54
450–495	471	8	120.00–139.00	$130.70	$616	-2.61
480	480	1	118.00	$118.00	$566	-15.31
490 thin fleshed	490	1	117.50	$117.50	$576	—
500–535	521	8	122.50–134.00	$127.85	$666	-1.27
525	525	1	120.00	$120.00	$630	-9.12
555–595	576	5	124.00–132.50	$129.12	$744	+0.05
565–595	582	3	115.00–118.00	$116.02	$675	-13.05
630–645	638	2	122.50–125.00	$123.74	$789	—
695	695	1	114.00	$114.00	$792	-8.22
730	730	1	116.00	$116.00	$847	—
755–765	760	2	113.00–115.00	$114.01	$866	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–410	405	2	100.00–107.50	$103.70	$420	—
450–455	453	2	102.50–105.00	$103.76	$470	—
575	575	1	100.00	$100.00	$575	-7.50
650	650	1	104.00	$104.00	$676	±0.00
770 thin fleshed	770	1	90.00	$90.00	$693	—
895	895	1	83.00	$83.00	$743	—
930	930	3	94.00	$94.00	$874	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–430	425	2	110.00	$110.00	$468	—
465–490	478	2	100.00–107.50	$103.65	$495	-6.35
500–510	505	2	105.00–110.00	$107.48	$543	+12.48
550 thin fleshed	550	1	89.00	$89.00	$490	—
620	620	1	104.00	$104.00	$645	-6.00
715	715	1	107.00	$107.00	$765	+27.00
830	830	1	98.00	$98.00	$813	+8.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1495	1129	80-85%	35	63.00–73.00	$68.45	$773	—
1180–1395	1339	80-85%	6	75.00–80.00	$76.56	$1,025	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	85-90%	1	21.00	$21.00	$171	-22.57
845–925	885	85-90%	2	38.00–41.00	$39.57	$350	—
755–1210	946	85-90%	14	49.00–62.00	$57.04	$540	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1405	1333	75-80%	3	74.00–76.00	$75.03	$1,000	+5.59
1295–1945	1489	75-80%	9	63.00–73.00	$68.94	$1,027	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075	1075	1	70.00	$70.00	$752	—
1065–1960	1464	8	96.00–103.00	$98.95	$1,449	—
1735–1960	1845	3	105.00–106.00	$105.65	$1,949	-3.42

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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	590.00	$590.00
890–1150	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	530.00–980.00	$783.68
1000–1185	1102	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	560.00–890.00	$746.10

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
970–1035	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	590.00–830.00	$713.89
1200	1200	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,030.00	$1,030.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00

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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
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	70.00	$70.00	$399	—

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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.