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

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 11, 2022

605 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.23/cwt -16.01 vs last sale · ≈ $572/hd at 429 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.95/cwt -39.55 vs last sale · ≈ $595/hd at 465 lb · 15 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $118.08/cwt -0.41 vs last sale · ≈ $860/hd at 728 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	605	557	528
Feeder cattle	433	453	423
Slaughter cattle	143	91	90
Replacement cattle	29	13	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 3.00 Higher Feeder cattle 8.00 To 10.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Heavy Quality Average

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Feeder Steers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–230	218	3	115.00–125.00	$119.81	$261	+4.81
265–290	282	6	130.00–140.00	$135.07	$381	—
300–341	328	9	130.00–140.00	$134.53	$441	-12.41
360–395	380	6	130.00–140.00	$136.79	$520	-18.70
405–445	420	4	115.00–125.00	$121.35	$510	-30.30
455–470	463	4	100.00–115.00	$110.66	$512	-10.65
505–515	510	2	112.50–120.00	$116.29	$593	-20.71
555–595	575	2	110.00–117.00	$113.62	$653	-19.38
620	620	1	102.50	$102.50	$636	-10.00
775	775	1	115.00	$115.00	$891	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
287–295	289	4	150.00–165.00	$153.83	$445	+8.83
315–335	325	3	145.00–155.00	$148.44	$482	-16.09
362–385	371	4	142.50–152.50	$148.01	$549	-20.35
425–440	435	3	135.00	$135.00	$587	-41.34
465–490	480	3	125.00–135.00	$129.91	$624	-9.43
550–595	571	5	122.50–135.00	$127.14	$726	—
610	610	1	125.00	$125.00	$762	-13.00
650	650	1	125.00	$125.00	$812	-8.77
710–720	717	3	132.50–134.00	$133.17	$955	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	190.00	$190.00	$542	+30.00
305–340	322	3	185.00–195.00	$189.04	$609	+3.04
315–335 value added	325	2	205.00–210.00	$207.42	$674	—
360 value added	360	1	202.50	$202.50	$729	—
360–380	370	2	170.00–177.50	$173.85	$643	-16.35
400–445	411	4	161.00–170.00	$167.57	$689	-30.43
460	460	1	150.00	$150.00	$690	-30.38
520–545	535	3	150.00–155.00	$152.63	$817	-15.61
550–595	573	2	137.50–145.00	$141.10	$809	-14.86
600–605	603	2	130.00–138.00	$133.98	$808	—
655–690	673	2	142.00–145.00	$143.46	$965	-6.45
725	725	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,066	—
820	820	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,123	+7.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	85.00	$85.00	$204	-20.00
250–275	263	2	115.00–120.00	$117.38	$309	—
255–295	270	5	85.00–105.00	$95.70	$258	—
300–340	315	3	115.00–125.00	$119.97	$378	+9.97
330	330	1	105.00	$105.00	$346	-5.00
370–390	380	2	95.00–105.00	$99.87	$380	-31.72
395	395	1	125.00	$125.00	$494	+15.00
415–430	423	3	107.50–115.00	$110.80	$469	—
520	520	1	100.00	$100.00	$520	-8.37
525–540	533	3	85.00–95.00	$89.98	$480	-18.39
580	580	1	105.00	$105.00	$609	+15.00
660	660	1	70.00	$70.00	$462	-25.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	325	5	135.00–140.00	$135.97	$442	-25.98
350–390	371	8	130.00–140.00	$133.65	$496	-15.52
410–445	429	16	130.00–140.00	$133.23	$572	-16.01
450–490	465	15	125.00–136.00	$127.95	$595	-39.55
500–540	516	4	122.50–135.00	$130.29	$672	-8.52
550–590	570	6	115.00–125.00	$120.03	$684	-9.48
600–635	613	3	115.00–120.00	$116.63	$715	—
650	650	1	110.00	$110.00	$715	-11.00
700	700	1	116.00	$116.00	$812	—
765	765	1	94.00	$94.00	$719	-1.00
805	805	1	85.00	$85.00	$684	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	75.00	$75.00	$154	-35.00
230	230	1	105.00	$105.00	$242	-5.00
250–265	258	3	75.00–85.00	$78.23	$202	—
260–275	268	2	100.00	$100.00	$268	—
305–310	308	2	95.00–107.50	$101.30	$312	-2.70
305–320	310	3	85.00–95.00	$89.92	$279	-14.08
370–390	380	2	100.00	$100.00	$380	+26.00
415–440	423	5	80.00–95.00	$88.45	$374	-4.04
435	435	1	102.50	$102.50	$446	-11.69
460–490	475	3	90.00–95.00	$93.33	$443	-26.71
455–495	479	8	100.00–110.00	$103.77	$497	+8.22
500–540	520	7	80.00–95.00	$87.50	$455	-17.38
530	530	1	105.00	$105.00	$556	+13.13
605–640	624	6	70.00–85.00	$80.08	$500	—
690	690	1	87.00	$87.00	$600	-2.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	125.00	$125.00	$338	-10.00
315–325	320	2	115.00–122.50	$118.81	$380	-29.91
355–375	363	3	125.00–127.50	$125.81	$457	-9.79
405–445	424	7	115.00–125.00	$118.35	$502	-20.27
455–485	468	6	120.00–122.50	$120.85	$566	-21.62
515–535	524	7	110.00–120.00	$114.70	$601	-12.98
555–595	570	4	115.00–122.50	$119.80	$683	-3.81
620–645	630	3	110.00–115.00	$113.29	$714	-2.94
740	740	1	97.50	$97.50	$722	-16.23
755	755	1	80.00	$80.00	$604	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	115.00	$115.00	$270	-10.00
255–295	272	5	110.00–115.00	$111.50	$303	-3.48
300–325	313	6	105.00–115.00	$108.29	$339	-20.59
365–385	378	4	105.00–115.00	$111.31	$421	-16.45
420–440	429	8	100.00–110.00	$105.93	$454	-22.34
475–495	487	3	105.00–115.00	$109.98	$536	-22.35
505–530	513	3	100.00–107.50	$104.22	$535	-14.22
550–595	567	3	102.50–114.00	$108.67	$616	-5.29
605	605	1	100.00	$100.00	$605	+15.06
685	685	1	112.50	$112.50	$771	+19.99

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	415	10	140.00–150.00	$145.16	$602	-22.73
455–490	473	4	155.00–165.00	$157.79	$746	-9.81
500–520	508	3	130.00–139.00	$133.89	$680	-34.16
590	590	1	140.00	$140.00	$826	—
605–640	621	4	102.50–110.00	$106.84	$663	-34.98
675–690	683	3	120.00–127.00	$123.64	$844	-11.36
705–740	728	14	115.00–124.00	$118.08	$860	-0.41
785–790	788	2	83.00–90.00	$86.49	$682	-15.51
890	890	1	70.00	$70.00	$623	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	423	5	132.50–135.00	$134.49	$569	-14.52
475–495	483	6	131.00–145.00	$135.18	$653	-16.41
515–545	529	6	122.50–130.00	$127.16	$673	-27.84
550–595	567	9	110.00–131.00	$121.64	$690	-1.58
605–630	616	4	95.00–118.00	$108.75	$670	-11.59
730	730	1	85.00	$85.00	$620	-37.50

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	425	6	100.00–122.50	$108.21	$460	-25.14
455–495	471	5	120.00–130.00	$126.39	$595	-9.22
525–545	535	6	110.00–120.00	$113.30	$606	-16.94
550–595	573	6	110.00–122.00	$114.48	$656	-6.84
605–625	615	2	110.00–121.00	$115.41	$710	-5.42
665–685	675	2	112.50–113.00	$112.75	$761	+5.26
735	735	1	110.00	$110.00	$808	-3.00
795	795	1	70.00	$70.00	$556	—
910	910	1	71.00	$71.00	$646	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	90.00	$90.00	$382	-13.40
445	445	1	115.00	$115.00	$512	+11.60
470–495	478	4	85.00–95.00	$90.05	$430	-31.81
460–490	481	4	95.00–115.00	$106.17	$511	-15.69
505–520	512	3	105.00–110.00	$106.64	$546	+26.64
500–545	526	4	80.00–100.00	$91.16	$480	-9.65
550–570	560	3	80.00–100.00	$92.40	$517	+7.40
570–585	578	2	100.00–105.00	$102.47	$592	-0.34
615	615	1	105.00	$105.00	$646	+35.00
600–635	617	3	75.00–90.00	$82.95	$512	+12.95
670	670	1	80.00	$80.00	$536	—
690	690	1	85.00	$85.00	$586	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040	1040	80-85%	1	86.00	$86.00	$894	—
920–1250	1042	80-85%	13	40.00–54.00	$47.17	$492	—
935–1385	1160	80-85%	37	55.00–69.00	$63.56	$737	—
970–1710	1199	80-85%	33	70.00–80.00	$75.17	$901	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–885	773	85-90%	13	25.00–50.00	$38.64	$299	—
715–865	812	85-90%	3	71.00–80.00	$74.71	$607	+14.20
725–895	825	85-90%	9	61.00–69.00	$63.97	$528	+3.46

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1415–1525	1470	75-80%	2	82.00–83.00	$82.48	$1,212	—
1435–1605	1524	75-80%	4	63.00–65.00	$64.48	$983	—
1340–1835	1611	75-80%	14	70.00–79.00	$73.48	$1,184	-1.92
1840	1840	75-80%	1	50.00	$50.00	$920	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1905	1504	7	86.00–98.00	$92.98	$1,398	—
1565–1840	1702	3	99.00–108.00	$103.56	$1,763	—
1465–2070	1725	3	82.00–85.00	$83.83	$1,446	—

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
582–765	662	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	580.00–830.00	$741.89
770	770	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	690.00	$690.00
870	870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1065	1043	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	580.00–840.00	$708.34
1045	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1295	1295	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	960.00	$960.00

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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
1320	1320	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,420.00	$1,420.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	53.00	$53.00	$119	—
515	515	1	60.00	$60.00	$309	—
620	620	1	85.00	$85.00	$527	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	41.00	$41.00	$78	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–243	240	4	50.00–70.00	$54.80	$132	—
270	270	1	75.00	$75.00	$202	—
420	420	1	85.00	$85.00	$357	—
475	475	1	100.00	$100.00	$475	—

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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.