Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 1, 2022

350 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.39/cwt +0.01 vs last sale · ≈ $635/hd at 425 lb · 21 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $142.85/cwt -1.64 vs last sale · ≈ $670/hd at 469 lb · 15 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $140.12/cwt +10.64 vs last sale · ≈ $733/hd at 523 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	350	767	280
Feeder cattle	286	637	173
Slaughter cattle	48	102	67
Replacement cattle	16	28	40

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 3 Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 5.00 to 9.00 higher, while bulls were 1.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls were 1.00 to 14.00, while heifers were 1.00 to 8.00. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were good. Offerings of cattle were light. 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
200–235	218	2	170.00	$170.00	$371	—
250–290	270	2	170.00–180.00	$175.37	$473	+9.37
300–345	323	4	175.00–190.00	$181.76	$587	-3.53
365–395	381	9	170.00–197.50	$185.22	$706	+12.50
405–445	436	5	160.00–177.50	$168.76	$736	-1.55
460–490	478	8	162.00–180.00	$169.49	$810	+5.72
500–525	510	5	160.00–177.00	$168.35	$859	+14.49
545	545	1	149.00	$149.00	$812	-4.86
550–565	557	3	154.00–170.00	$161.41	$899	+7.32
625	625	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,050	+32.52
705	705	2	149.00–150.00	$149.50	$1,054	+13.40
760–775	768	2	133.00–137.00	$134.98	$1,037	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	135.00	$135.00	$250	—
230 thin fleshed	230	1	145.00	$145.00	$334	—
230–240	235	3	140.00–155.00	$150.00	$352	+17.25
290	290	1	145.00	$145.00	$420	-2.44
310	310	1	149.00	$149.00	$462	-3.19
345 thin fleshed	345	1	122.50	$122.50	$423	—
370 thin fleshed	370	1	125.00	$125.00	$462	—
370–395	379	4	135.00–157.50	$144.98	$549	+0.51
480	480	1	143.00	$143.00	$686	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	2	115.00	$115.00	$383	+4.96

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	155.00	$155.00	$287	—
215–235	225	2	140.00–155.00	$147.17	$331	-0.33
285–295	290	3	152.50–160.00	$155.80	$452	+2.04
300–335	323	3	150.00–155.00	$153.27	$495	+2.28
350–395	370	10	147.50–160.00	$153.02	$566	+0.64
400–445	425	21	142.50–160.00	$149.39	$635	+10.80
450–490	469	15	135.00–154.00	$142.85	$670	-1.64
500–545	523	13	134.00–145.00	$140.12	$733	+7.79
550–580	568	13	132.00–143.00	$138.16	$785	+5.82
600–645	625	11	127.50–140.00	$134.01	$838	+7.01
630	630	1	125.00	$125.00	$788	-2.00
655–675	666	4	127.00–130.00	$128.51	$856	+3.01
715	715	1	124.00	$124.00	$887	+0.43
765	765	1	124.00	$124.00	$949	+1.80

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	235	2	125.00–130.00	$127.45	$300	-8.30
270–290	280	2	130.00–135.00	$132.59	$371	-2.98
335	335	2	132.50–137.50	$135.00	$452	+5.93
350–395	381	4	123.00–140.00	$133.24	$508	-1.61
430 thin fleshed	430	1	125.00	$125.00	$538	—
415–445	432	6	125.00–135.00	$131.13	$566	-5.05
460–475	468	3	124.00–135.00	$131.32	$615	+1.27
500–545	528	6	115.00–132.50	$125.85	$664	—
585	585	1	129.00	$129.00	$755	+3.98
625	625	1	115.00	$115.00	$719	-8.52
625–645	635	2	115.00–121.00	$118.05	$750	-5.47
690	690	1	122.00	$122.00	$842	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	110.00	$110.00	$253	—
390	390	1	115.00	$115.00	$448	—
655–695	675	2	105.00–110.00	$107.43	$725	—
755 thin fleshed	755	1	90.00	$90.00	$680	—
765–770	768	2	101.00–110.00	$105.49	$810	—
800 thin fleshed	800	1	89.00	$89.00	$712	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280 thin fleshed	280	1	85.00	$85.00	$238	—
335	335	1	105.00	$105.00	$352	-7.50
820	820	1	97.00	$97.00	$795	—

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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	424	8	160.00–187.00	$173.20	$734	+9.96
460	460	1	142.50	$142.50	$656	-18.50
450–495	471	7	160.00–182.50	$168.67	$794	+7.67
500–545	521	12	150.00–170.00	$158.82	$827	+6.74
550–595	568	7	150.00–159.00	$154.40	$877	+8.11
600–635	624	9	135.00–159.00	$151.43	$945	+11.79
625	625	1	135.00	$135.00	$844	-4.64
655–665	660	2	145.00–154.00	$149.53	$987	+6.58
710–745	728	2	130.00–136.00	$132.93	$968	+1.23

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	429	6	140.00–157.50	$150.97	$648	+8.63
460–495	479	6	135.00–145.00	$140.39	$672	+10.39
505–530	519	4	132.50–145.00	$141.19	$733	+4.69
565–590	578	2	140.00–147.50	$143.83	$831	+8.03
640	640	1	132.50	$132.50	$848	+12.13
660	660	1	130.00	$130.00	$858	-0.40
755	755	1	128.00	$128.00	$966	+10.49
805–815	810	2	115.00–118.00	$116.49	$944	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660 thin fleshed	660	1	97.00	$97.00	$640	—
715	715	1	107.50	$107.50	$769	-2.22

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1550	1209	80-85%	15	68.00–82.00	$77.08	$932	+14.73
1045–1520	1238	80-85%	12	83.00–102.00	$88.53	$1,096	+37.66

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575–1105	847	85-90%	3	38.00–50.00	$45.59	$386	—
1005–1150	1078	85-90%	3	60.00–65.00	$63.02	$679	+1.94

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1745	1386	75-80%	5	83.00–97.00	$87.32	$1,210	—
1605	1605	75-80%	1	81.00	$81.00	$1,300	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1870	1563	2	108.00–114.00	$111.59	$1,744	+14.79

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
485–740 thin fleshed	615	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	330.00–460.00	$403.87

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–900 thin fleshed	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	635.00–648.00	$641.61

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745 thin fleshed	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
940 thin fleshed	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	690.00	$690.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,030.00	$1,030.00

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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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	860.00	$860.00	-71.41

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	92.50	$92.50	$435	—
655	655	1	66.00	$66.00	$432	—

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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.