Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 2, 2022

475 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $153.65/cwt +16.16 vs last sale · ≈ $658/hd at 428 lb · 18 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.49/cwt +15.08 vs last sale · ≈ $827/hd at 615 lb · 18 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $143.55/cwt +10.03 vs last sale · ≈ $739/hd at 515 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	475	478	554
Feeder cattle	377	367	456
Slaughter cattle	78	95	83
Replacement cattle	20	16	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

1 Hog Baby calves 15.00 To 30.00 Head calves 140.00 To 590.00 Slaughter cattle 5.00 To 10.00 Higher Feeder cattle 5.00 To 8.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Heavy Quality 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
195	195	1	145.00	$145.00	$283	—
295	295	2	170.00–175.00	$172.50	$509	+12.50
309–330	312	10	180.00–190.00	$188.98	$590	+21.50
350–395	385	12	174.00–182.00	$181.01	$697	+28.12
400–443	434	10	168.00–178.00	$175.99	$764	+22.23
455	455	2	175.00–182.50	$178.75	$813	+6.30
510–545	536	8	162.00–172.00	$165.59	$888	+0.60
550–590	570	6	160.00–170.00	$163.68	$933	-1.32
630	630	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,071	+10.00
670–698	688	16	150.00–155.00	$153.17	$1,054	+9.79
745	745	3	143.00	$143.00	$1,065	—
780	780	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,123	+9.38
875	875	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,116	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	145.00	$145.00	$326	—
260–295	278	2	150.00–155.00	$152.34	$424	+4.97
310–330	320	2	172.00–175.00	$173.45	$555	+24.03
375–395	386	7	162.00–168.00	$164.85	$636	+20.82
420	420	1	165.00	$165.00	$693	+30.00
460–495	477	6	162.00–167.00	$165.50	$789	+5.50
500–515	508	2	157.50–160.00	$158.73	$806	+15.44
555–585	575	3	151.00–158.00	$154.66	$889	+12.36
625–640	635	3	142.00–152.00	$146.67	$931	—
650	650	1	138.00	$138.00	$897	—
705–745	710	8	122.50–128.00	$127.28	$904	—
840	840	1	91.00	$91.00	$764	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	275	2	130.00–135.00	$132.32	$364	-3.81
300–335	316	4	150.00–160.00	$153.48	$485	+19.44
355–395	373	3	150.00–160.00	$153.53	$573	+18.91
420	420	1	150.00	$150.00	$630	+15.00
470	470	2	154.00–160.00	$157.00	$738	+10.40
500–525	517	3	137.00–147.50	$140.88	$728	+15.88
575–590	583	2	125.00–135.00	$130.06	$758	-3.68
630	630	1	140.00	$140.00	$882	+7.50

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	110.00	$110.00	$324	—
310–345	331	4	112.00–122.00	$116.74	$386	-12.27
330–340	338	4	128.00–137.50	$132.64	$448	+3.63
350–380	367	3	125.00–135.00	$128.45	$471	+16.51
370	370	1	100.00	$100.00	$370	-25.00
425	425	1	135.00	$135.00	$574	+25.00
525–535	530	2	125.00–127.50	$126.24	$669	+26.24
535	535	1	110.00	$110.00	$588	+10.00
575	575	1	125.00	$125.00	$719	+34.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	135.00	$135.00	$324	-0.16
250–290	268	4	135.00–145.00	$140.16	$376	+5.79
300–320	310	2	140.00–145.00	$142.58	$442	+4.42
360–385	369	5	147.50–157.50	$152.53	$563	+13.70
400–440	428	18	147.50–157.00	$153.65	$658	+16.16
455–495	485	9	145.00–148.00	$146.66	$711	+12.37
500–540	515	17	137.50–147.00	$143.55	$739	+10.03
550–595	567	8	135.00–145.00	$139.73	$792	+9.37
603–645	615	18	129.00–137.00	$134.49	$827	+15.08
665–685	675	2	128.00–130.00	$128.99	$871	+12.34
730	730	1	121.00	$121.00	$883	+23.94
775–795	788	3	100.00	$100.00	$788	—
810	810	1	79.00	$79.00	$640	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	271	4	125.00–132.50	$129.29	$350	+6.73
300–345	323	3	130.00	$130.00	$420	+5.37
355–395	364	15	134.00–143.00	$140.39	$511	+11.44
400–445	425	12	120.00–145.00	$138.61	$589	+9.90
450–485	463	6	124.00–135.00	$129.68	$600	+6.80
540	540	2	121.00–130.00	$125.50	$678	+3.72
560	560	1	132.50	$132.50	$742	+13.79
640	640	1	102.00	$102.00	$653	-20.00
675	675	1	99.00	$99.00	$668	-23.50

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	283	2	105.00–110.00	$107.61	$305	+2.74
355–390	368	4	120.00–126.00	$123.20	$453	+6.44
410	410	1	120.00	$120.00	$492	+7.44
580–595	587	3	116.00–120.00	$117.85	$692	+7.91
635	635	1	118.00	$118.00	$749	+12.12
650–675	663	2	105.00–114.00	$109.42	$725	+16.46
715	715	1	100.00	$100.00	$715	-7.00
815	815	1	60.00	$60.00	$489	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	368	2	95.00–100.00	$97.45	$359	+12.45
410–435	423	2	102.00–110.00	$106.12	$449	+5.35
480	480	1	105.00	$105.00	$504	+1.46
560	560	1	100.00	$100.00	$560	—
565	565	1	105.00	$105.00	$593	—
615	615	1	103.00	$103.00	$633	—
660	660	1	85.00	$85.00	$561	+10.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–425	423	2	167.50–175.00	$171.27	$724	+18.37
450–475	463	2	160.00–165.00	$162.57	$753	+19.64
536–545	542	13	147.00–157.00	$150.47	$816	+15.46
580	580	1	158.00	$158.00	$916	+26.03
615–645	630	5	132.50–140.00	$137.47	$866	-0.79
695	695	1	142.50	$142.50	$990	—
700	700	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,068	+23.50
930	930	1	97.50	$97.50	$907	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	425	3	155.00–162.50	$158.39	$673	+17.33
475–495	485	2	138.00–146.00	$142.08	$689	+12.13
515–525	518	3	138.00–147.00	$141.66	$734	+14.16
575–595	585	4	126.00–137.50	$133.26	$780	+7.45
625	625	1	136.00	$136.00	$850	+8.52
650–665	658	2	127.50–130.00	$128.74	$847	—
700	700	1	110.00	$110.00	$770	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	430	6	125.00–137.50	$130.48	$561	+2.99
450–480	465	3	115.00–120.00	$116.61	$542	-0.78
510–545	520	4	122.50–130.00	$127.64	$664	+1.64
560–565	563	2	110.00	$110.00	$619	+1.51

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–435	430	3	105.00–115.00	$109.98	$473	+5.82
450	450	1	105.00	$105.00	$472	+10.00
505	505	1	112.00	$112.00	$566	+11.86
560	560	2	70.00–90.00	$80.00	$448	—
710	710	1	100.00	$100.00	$710	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1195	1087	80-85%	7	59.00–68.00	$63.77	$693	-1.23
960–1385	1120	80-85%	18	68.00–78.00	$74.38	$833	—
960–1320	1140	80-85%	2	44.00–55.00	$50.37	$574	—
945–1535	1190	80-85%	18	80.00–89.00	$82.76	$985	+7.05

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–890	761	85-90%	8	33.00–50.00	$43.76	$333	—
765–875	829	85-90%	4	53.00–65.00	$59.04	$489	+0.67
815–895	863	85-90%	6	67.00–74.00	$70.48	$608	+34.66

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1555	1331	75-80%	8	86.00–108.00	$93.08	$1,239	+10.74
1265–1470	1376	75-80%	4	74.00–83.00	$78.60	$1,082	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040	1040	1	95.00	$95.00	$988	—
1660–1795	1728	2	114.00	$114.00	$1,970	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–1015	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–760.00	$755.70
1005–1010	1008	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	760.00–820.00	$790.07
1015	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	350.00	$350.00
875	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
675–835	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	630.00–930.00	$771.77	—
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	680.00	$680.00	—
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
835	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	890.00	$890.00	—

Medium 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
530	530	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	440.00	$440.00	—
545	545	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	570.00	$570.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	990.00	$990.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	85.00	$85.00	$344	+2.50
460	460	1	90.00	$90.00	$414	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	112.50	$112.50	$377	+2.50
375	375	1	102.00	$102.00	$382	-3.91
405	405	1	70.00	$70.00	$284	—
670	670	1	120.00	$120.00	$804	+35.00

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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.