Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 9, 2021

757 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.93/cwt +3.77 vs last sale · ≈ $549/hd at 422 lb · 24 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.89/cwt -1.95 vs last sale · ≈ $582/hd at 474 lb · 17 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.74/cwt +0.82 vs last sale · ≈ $623/hd at 520 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	757	673	621
Feeder cattle	582	543	484
Slaughter cattle	140	108	112
Replacement cattle	35	22	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 lower; boning type slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers were steady to 2.00 higher, while feeder heifers and feeder bulls were unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good for feeder cattle; market activity and buyer interest were moderate to active. Offerings of cattle were 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
215	215	2	187.50–195.00	$191.25	$411	—
270–290	279	4	155.00–165.00	$159.37	$445	-3.90
305–345	329	15	157.50–172.50	$164.48	$541	-0.09
350–395	374	16	150.00–160.00	$155.40	$581	-0.43
400–435	417	6	145.00–157.50	$151.15	$630	+0.17
468–485	475	4	145.00–154.00	$150.45	$715	+16.45
507–545	526	8	139.00–147.00	$144.21	$759	+1.74
555–565	560	3	140.00–147.00	$143.68	$805	+0.90
679–685	680	5	132.00–137.00	$133.01	$904	+0.01
710	710	3	123.00	$123.00	$873	-11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240	228	3	130.00–135.00	$132.63	$302	-9.87
250	250	2	145.00–147.50	$146.25	$366	+8.75
305–335	318	3	127.50–137.50	$133.19	$424	-2.32
380–395	386	5	130.00–135.00	$131.00	$506	-3.38
405	405	2	132.50–145.00	$138.75	$562	+6.31
455–490	471	7	128.00–137.50	$132.12	$622	+4.43

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	235	2	110.00–115.00	$112.45	$264	—
310–330 thin fleshed	320	2	85.00	$85.00	$272	-10.00
335–345	340	2	110.00	$110.00	$374	—
370–390	380	2	105.00–110.00	$107.57	$409	-4.93

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	145.00–160.00	$152.50	$336	+7.50
325–340	334	7	130.00–137.50	$134.41	$449	+1.13
350–390	375	14	130.00–138.00	$134.82	$506	+3.82
400–440	422	22	125.00–135.00	$130.95	$553	+8.45
405–445	425	2	117.50–120.00	$118.69	$504	-7.87
455–495	473	7	118.00–122.50	$120.33	$569	-4.51
460–490	474	10	123.00–127.50	$124.69	$591	-0.15
500–540	518	15	117.50–124.00	$120.30	$623	+6.30
535–540	538	2	115.00–116.00	$115.50	$621	+1.50
555–581	574	7	118.50–119.00	$118.64	$681	-4.03
605	605	3	116.00–119.00	$117.00	$708	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–280	267	5	120.00–125.00	$121.56	$325	—
300–330	318	4	120.00–125.00	$122.46	$389	+0.03
350–370	356	5	120.00–127.50	$122.46	$436	-0.16
410–445	433	6	112.50–122.50	$117.03	$507	+1.16
455–495	474	12	112.50–122.50	$116.96	$554	+2.07
510–545	522	6	112.50–117.00	$114.34	$597	+0.33
555–585	575	9	112.50–115.00	$114.51	$658	-1.49
615–630	623	2	115.00–116.00	$115.51	$720	—
660–665	663	2	112.50–113.00	$112.75	$748	+0.76
705–710	708	2	110.00	$110.00	$779	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–265	260	3	105.00–110.00	$107.52	$280	+0.02
365–385	375	2	105.00	$105.00	$394	+1.20
515–540	525	3	105.00–110.00	$107.53	$565	+0.50
575–595	585	2	105.00–111.00	$108.05	$632	+4.81
600–615	608	2	85.00	$85.00	$517	-16.33
630–645	638	2	104.00–107.00	$105.48	$673	+4.15
650–695	673	2	105.00–111.00	$108.10	$728	+17.08
865	865	2	82.00–85.00	$83.50	$722	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	333	3	105.00–110.00	$106.70	$355	—
400–435	418	2	110.00	$110.00	$460	±0.00
450–455	453	2	110.00	$110.00	$498	—
455–470 thin fleshed	463	2	95.00–97.50	$96.27	$446	+2.57
555–565	560	2	105.00	$105.00	$588	-3.48
695 thin fleshed	695	2	90.00–95.00	$92.50	$643	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	416	11	143.00–155.00	$147.99	$616	+1.75
460–490	475	5	143.00–145.00	$143.98	$684	+18.98
500–535	513	8	135.00–142.00	$137.07	$703	+2.07
520–535	528	2	125.00–131.00	$128.04	$676	+1.44
550–575	560	3	135.00–140.00	$137.69	$771	+14.35

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	430	2	130.00–137.50	$133.88	$576	-0.11
455–495	472	7	130.00–139.00	$134.28	$634	+5.58
500–545	517	7	120.00–129.00	$124.56	$644	+7.13
555–585	571	4	117.00–120.00	$118.22	$675	-6.20
585–595	590	3	120.00–130.00	$125.32	$739	+0.90
660–690	668	5	120.00–122.00	$121.60	$812	+1.60

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–445	437	3	105.00–110.00	$106.70	$466	-0.59
515–545	530	2	105.00–107.50	$106.21	$563	-1.29
580–590	585	2	102.50–110.00	$106.28	$622	+8.78
655–660	658	2	80.00–88.00	$84.02	$553	—
650–680 thin fleshed	665	2	87.50–89.00	$88.23	$587	—
665–695	684	5	102.50–110.00	$106.09	$726	—
700–705	703	2	105.00–107.50	$106.25	$747	-6.25

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–420	409	4	102.50–110.00	$107.55	$440	-2.99
460–480	467	3	107.50–110.00	$108.36	$506	+20.86
520–530	525	2	102.50	$102.50	$538	-3.70
565–575	572	3	100.00–105.00	$103.35	$591	+23.35
630–645	638	2	100.00–107.50	$103.79	$662	-2.70
715–720	718	2	85.00–90.00	$87.51	$628	-20.01

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1065	1065	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	780.00	$780.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1195	1188	80-85%	2	48.00–53.00	$50.48	$600	—
880–1520	1218	80-85%	31	55.00–60.00	$57.99	$706	-8.41
1110–1450	1250	80-85%	8	64.00–68.00	$64.97	$812	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–815	805	85-90%	2	28.00–29.00	$28.49	$229	—
760–1200	1002	85-90%	10	37.00–41.00	$39.16	$392	—
620–1395	1055	85-90%	25	46.00–52.00	$49.68	$524	+10.25

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1710	1356	75-80%	13	55.00–61.00	$57.39	$778	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1385	1340	2	73.00–79.00	$76.10	$1,020	-10.98
1040–1860	1450	2	83.00–87.00	$85.57	$1,241	—
1470–1755	1608	3	92.00–93.00	$92.33	$1,485	+13.65

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	580.00	$580.00
910–1040 thin fleshed	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	470.00–490.00	$480.67
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	670.00	$670.00
885–1150	1046	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	590.00–750.00	$676.24
1140	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00
870–1495	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	580.00–800.00	$711.81

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	506.00	$506.00
810	810	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	570.00	$570.00

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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
935	935	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	-260.93
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	560.00	$560.00	—
955–1185	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–890.00	$827.52	—
990–1325	1111	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	800.00–1,095.00	$940.44	—

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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.