Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 28, 2021

533 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.27/cwt -6.06 vs last sale · ≈ $701/hd at 473 lb · 17 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $136.45/cwt -4.09 vs last sale · ≈ $864/hd at 633 lb · 17 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.37/cwt -2.15 vs last sale · ≈ $591/hd at 464 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	533	500	589
Feeder cattle	423	410	483
Slaughter cattle	90	80	95
Replacement cattle	20	10	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 2 Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter cows were 4.00 to 7.00 lower, while bulls were mostly 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 1.00 to 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate to heavy, Cattle quality was plain to 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	167.50	$167.50	$310	-2.50
250–290	275	6	150.00–167.50	$162.80	$448	-2.85
310–335	324	5	152.50–168.00	$161.42	$523	-0.48
360–380	369	7	147.00–159.00	$153.38	$566	-7.10
415	415	1	148.00	$148.00	$614	-7.38
455–478	472	16	148.00–155.00	$148.85	$703	-5.48
490	490	1	139.00	$139.00	$681	-15.33
500–535	516	7	137.00–145.00	$140.69	$726	-1.34
550–595	573	2	126.00–133.00	$129.36	$741	-10.64
570–595	575	13	134.00–144.00	$141.61	$814	+1.61
600–637	633	17	129.00–138.00	$136.45	$864	-4.09
690	690	1	128.00	$128.00	$883	±0.00
702–745	709	9	125.00–133.50	$132.34	$938	-1.18

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–205	203	2	130.00–132.50	$131.23	$266	—
245 thin fleshed	245	1	125.00	$125.00	$306	+9.19
265–275	270	2	132.50–147.50	$140.14	$378	+17.73
330–340	335	2	132.50–135.00	$133.73	$448	+1.05
330–345 thin fleshed	337	3	115.00–120.00	$116.66	$393	-5.84
385 thin fleshed	385	1	112.50	$112.50	$433	-3.75
385–395	388	3	130.00–135.00	$131.70	$511	+16.70
390	390	1	120.00	$120.00	$468	+5.00
405–445	425	2	132.50–136.00	$134.33	$571	-2.25
480	480	1	142.00	$142.00	$682	+9.50
500–525	515	3	125.00–132.50	$128.50	$662	+13.50
520	520	1	115.00	$115.00	$598	±0.00
540	540	1	127.50	$127.50	$688	+12.50
565–590	578	3	121.00–127.50	$124.48	$719	+9.48
605	605	1	120.00	$120.00	$726	-5.00
730	730	1	117.00	$117.00	$854	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–235	230	2	100.00	$100.00	$230	—
250	250	1	110.00	$110.00	$275	—
355–380	368	2	105.00–107.50	$106.29	$391	+1.42
390	390	1	95.00	$95.00	$370	-9.87
460	460	1	102.00	$102.00	$469	—
460	460	1	92.00	$92.00	$423	—
615	615	1	85.00	$85.00	$523	—
615–640	628	2	105.00–110.00	$107.55	$675	—
660	660	1	85.00	$85.00	$561	—
735	735	1	86.00	$86.00	$632	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	110.00	$110.00	$286	—
360–395 thin fleshed	378	2	85.00	$85.00	$321	—
392	392	3	108.00	$108.00	$423	+3.00
600	600	1	108.00	$108.00	$648	—
615	615	1	80.00	$80.00	$492	—
670	670	1	102.50	$102.50	$687	—

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Feeder Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	322	3	100.00–110.00	$105.05	$338	-7.45
325–340 thin fleshed	333	2	92.50	$92.50	$308	+2.50
360–390	373	3	100.00–105.00	$103.26	$385	—
410–420	415	2	105.00	$105.00	$436	—
450–465	460	3	105.00–121.00	$111.90	$515	+16.90
475 thin fleshed	475	1	82.50	$82.50	$392	—
475–495	485	2	95.00–97.50	$96.22	$467	-9.15
515–530	520	3	102.00–111.00	$105.99	$551	+1.38
550–595	569	4	99.00–111.00	$106.86	$608	+11.86
590	590	2	94.00–96.00	$95.00	$560	-11.19
605 thin fleshed	605	1	80.00	$80.00	$484	—
600–625	608	3	104.00–106.00	$104.66	$636	+0.41
600–629	620	7	88.00–93.00	$89.56	$555	-14.69
660	660	1	98.00	$98.00	$647	+5.49
655–685	672	3	81.00–93.00	$87.62	$589	-4.89
845	845	1	85.00	$85.00	$718	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	271	4	117.50–127.50	$124.54	$338	+3.21
330–345	339	4	112.50–125.00	$120.06	$407	-2.39
365–390	378	2	117.50–125.00	$121.37	$459	-2.61
410	410	1	112.50	$112.50	$461	-2.51
425 thin fleshed	425	1	115.00	$115.00	$489	—
445	445	1	115.00	$115.00	$512	±0.00
450–495	470	11	113.00–122.00	$117.20	$551	-2.92
500–540	516	8	113.00–116.00	$114.75	$592	+2.13
525 thin fleshed	525	1	115.00	$115.00	$604	—
555–570	559	4	113.00–115.00	$114.01	$637	-0.14

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	150.00	$150.00	$270	—
275	275	1	132.50	$132.50	$364	-0.02
355–375	365	2	130.00–135.00	$132.43	$483	-5.04
375	375	1	127.50	$127.50	$478	-9.97
400–445	428	12	126.00–135.00	$128.63	$551	-5.80
450–485	464	15	125.00–129.00	$127.66	$592	-2.54
470	470	1	123.00	$123.00	$578	-7.20
505	505	1	121.00	$121.00	$611	-2.01
555	555	1	117.00	$117.00	$649	-6.18

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345 thin fleshed	340	2	95.00–97.50	$96.23	$327	—
365	365	1	95.00	$95.00	$347	-8.06
370 thin fleshed	370	1	87.50	$87.50	$324	-6.75
385	385	1	110.00	$110.00	$424	+6.94
405 thin fleshed	405	1	95.00	$95.00	$385	—
405–410	408	2	102.50–110.00	$106.23	$433	-6.27
455 thin fleshed	455	1	95.00	$95.00	$432	+12.50
460	460	1	104.00	$104.00	$478	-1.00
515	515	1	95.00	$95.00	$489	—
523 thin fleshed	523	3	85.00	$85.00	$445	—
565–585	575	2	105.00–107.00	$106.02	$610	-0.48
630–640 thin fleshed	635	2	85.00–94.00	$89.54	$569	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405 thin fleshed	405	1	112.50	$112.50	$456	-7.50
415	415	1	115.00	$115.00	$477	±0.00
415–445	427	3	137.50–142.50	$140.86	$601	+2.32
450–455 thin fleshed	453	2	115.00	$115.00	$521	—
450–455	453	2	120.00	$120.00	$544	-12.69
450–490	476	9	127.50–143.00	$139.12	$662	+6.43
525 thin fleshed	525	1	115.00	$115.00	$604	±0.00
505–545	526	8	119.00–130.00	$125.28	$659	+10.28
530	530	1	125.00	$125.00	$662	+10.00
550–580	562	6	120.00–129.00	$123.01	$691	-9.49
550–585 thin fleshed	568	2	115.00	$115.00	$653	±0.00
590	590	1	117.50	$117.50	$693	-5.00
600	600	1	127.00	$127.00	$762	+3.73
600–630	618	5	111.00–117.00	$114.00	$705	-9.27
615–630 thin fleshed	623	2	113.00–115.00	$114.01	$710	—
665	665	1	122.00	$122.00	$811	-1.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–445	429	6	87.50–95.00	$92.08	$395	-17.92
465	465	1	82.50	$82.50	$384	-5.00
460–480	470	2	90.00–95.00	$92.55	$435	+5.05
475 thin fleshed	475	1	82.50	$82.50	$392	—
485	485	1	102.50	$102.50	$497	-7.50
505–510	508	2	110.00	$110.00	$559	+0.12
530	530	1	85.00	$85.00	$450	-24.88
550–555	553	2	110.00	$110.00	$608	—
600	600	1	95.00	$95.00	$570	-17.00
605–630 thin fleshed	618	2	95.00–97.00	$95.98	$593	—
625–640	633	2	100.00–103.00	$101.52	$643	-10.48
640	640	1	95.00	$95.00	$608	-17.00
670–675	673	2	80.00	$80.00	$538	-32.00
695	695	1	110.00	$110.00	$764	-2.00
715–720	718	2	87.50–90.00	$88.75	$637	—
760	760	1	91.00	$91.00	$692	-19.00
805	805	1	90.00	$90.00	$724	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	110.00	$110.00	$473	+7.49
455–475	465	2	105.00–110.00	$107.45	$500	—
465–495 thin fleshed	480	2	85.00	$85.00	$408	—
500 thin fleshed	500	1	81.00	$81.00	$405	—
500–540	524	4	105.00–110.00	$108.77	$570	-1.23
555–570 thin fleshed	563	2	85.00–95.00	$89.93	$506	—
620	620	1	100.00	$100.00	$620	—
600–645 thin fleshed	623	2	82.50–85.00	$83.70	$521	—
645	645	1	92.00	$92.00	$593	—
660	660	1	84.00	$84.00	$554	—
785	785	1	91.00	$91.00	$714	±0.00
795	795	1	104.00	$104.00	$827	+13.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	416	4	145.00–154.00	$147.41	$613	-5.95
460	460	1	146.00	$146.00	$672	-2.42
520	520	1	126.00	$126.00	$655	-12.65

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025	1025	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	810.00	$810.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1920	1222	80-85%	27	60.00–68.00	$63.62	$777	—
1065–1455	1285	80-85%	4	69.00–70.00	$69.24	$890	—
1500	1500	80-85%	1	58.00	$58.00	$870	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–955	903	85-90%	4	40.00–46.00	$44.06	$398	-12.91
680–1395	1103	85-90%	20	50.00–59.00	$55.41	$611	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1735	1444	75-80%	13	60.00–64.00	$62.59	$904	—
1405–1560	1462	75-80%	3	56.00–58.00	$56.65	$828	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1855	1368	11	60.00–84.00	$78.22	$1,070	—
1375–2165	1815	3	88.00–97.00	$92.66	$1,682	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	478.00	$478.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1070	939	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	620.00–850.00	$702.17
1065–1145	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	710.00–770.00	$741.09
1245	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1050–1470	1260	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	660.00–960.00	$835.00
1355	1355	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	630.00	$630.00

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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
940	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	630.00	$630.00	—
1005–1265	1117	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	990.00–1,120.00	$1,042.31	—
1165	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,180.00	$1,180.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	870.00	$870.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	69.00	$69.00	$473	—
765	765	1	76.00	$76.00	$581	—

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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.