Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 20, 2023

522 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $222.07/cwt +8.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,348/hd at 607 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $198.61/cwt -4.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,023/hd at 515 lb · 25 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $210.47/cwt -5.71 vs last sale · ≈ $894/hd at 425 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	522	772	523
Feeder cattle	365	582	385
Slaughter cattle	136	156	136
Replacement cattle	21	34	2

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 lower, while feeder cattle were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	220.00–230.00	$225.00	$596	-19.82
305–325	316	5	235.00–252.50	$242.16	$765	+2.82
360–380	372	3	250.00–262.50	$254.88	$948	+2.42
400–445	424	7	220.00–237.50	$226.02	$958	-15.34
470–495	483	6	207.00–223.00	$217.88	$1,052	-1.04
500–525	516	8	217.50–222.50	$218.93	$1,130	+5.61
560–580	570	5	210.00–227.50	$222.93	$1,271	+9.40
600–620	607	26	216.00–228.00	$222.07	$1,348	+8.55
700–740	720	2	205.00–212.50	$208.85	$1,504	-4.15

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	170.00	$170.00	$476	-30.00
385	385	1	195.00	$195.00	$751	-5.56
420	420	1	200.00	$200.00	$840	-0.04
450–455	453	2	170.00–195.00	$182.57	$827	—
535	535	1	185.00	$185.00	$990	-7.74
585	585	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,082	±0.00
600	600	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,200	—
650	650	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,294	+29.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	165.00	$165.00	$586	+20.00
430–445	438	2	145.00–150.00	$147.54	$646	—
540	540	1	135.00	$135.00	$729	-23.21

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	200.00	$200.00	$490	-6.15
270	270	2	180.00–190.00	$185.00	$500	-32.47
305–340	328	6	190.00–215.00	$204.90	$672	-8.90
350–395	376	15	210.00–227.50	$215.47	$810	+0.17
400–445	425	23	200.00–220.00	$210.47	$894	-5.71
450–495	467	13	190.00–215.00	$203.98	$953	-4.17
500–545	515	25	193.50–210.00	$198.61	$1,023	-4.40
550–595	570	15	185.00–211.00	$199.55	$1,137	+3.01
600–635	625	5	180.00–201.00	$194.93	$1,218	+8.11
650	650	1	140.00	$140.00	$910	-31.96
795	795	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,034	-12.57
825–840	833	2	125.00–142.50	$133.83	$1,115	-6.17
915	915	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,281	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	155.00	$155.00	$450	-19.70
310–340	325	2	175.00–185.00	$179.77	$584	+4.15
395	395	1	190.00	$190.00	$750	—
410–440	428	3	185.00–195.00	$190.12	$814	+8.08
465–485	475	4	180.00–185.00	$183.14	$870	+6.59
500–525	514	5	165.00–182.50	$173.56	$892	-6.34
565–590	578	3	162.50–177.50	$171.78	$993	+1.87
620–640	630	2	130.00–145.00	$137.62	$867	-12.40
670	670	1	127.50	$127.50	$854	-12.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	150.00	$150.00	$510	—
355–380	370	3	140.00–165.00	$154.75	$573	+7.28
410–435	423	2	165.00	$165.00	$698	—
470–480	475	2	130.00–145.00	$137.58	$654	+17.58
500	500	1	120.00	$120.00	$600	—
550–585	570	3	120.00–140.00	$126.43	$721	—
635	635	1	115.00	$115.00	$730	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	245.00	$245.00	$551	+15.00
265–285	275	2	205.00–230.00	$217.05	$597	-34.58
315–340	330	4	215.00–240.00	$226.06	$746	-16.14
355–390	379	12	210.00–235.00	$222.30	$843	-9.38
400–440	421	4	210.00–230.00	$218.12	$918	-11.94
450–495	469	11	205.00–220.00	$211.66	$993	-5.68
500–545	520	10	210.00–227.50	$217.48	$1,131	+6.10
550–590	569	11	200.00–223.00	$212.08	$1,207	+1.59
605–640	620	5	202.50–217.50	$211.78	$1,313	+0.88
650–690	670	5	195.00–210.00	$200.23	$1,342	-6.12
700–730	715	2	140.00–162.00	$151.23	$1,081	-47.82

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	225	2	195.00	$195.00	$439	+15.00
305–335	320	3	190.00–205.00	$200.00	$640	+2.33
350–380	365	2	200.00–205.00	$202.60	$739	—
400–445	415	6	185.00–202.50	$192.10	$797	-9.92
455–470	463	3	185.00–197.50	$190.86	$884	-10.05
505–540	518	5	190.00–200.00	$197.48	$1,023	+25.73
550–575	563	2	180.00–190.00	$184.89	$1,041	+14.89
600–640	613	3	180.00–193.00	$185.98	$1,140	+15.88
655–685	670	2	155.00–162.50	$158.83	$1,064	+1.34

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	145.00	$145.00	$428	-5.00
300	300	1	155.00	$155.00	$465	—
350	350	1	170.00	$170.00	$595	+35.00
435	435	1	175.00	$175.00	$761	+1.60
480–490	485	2	145.00–165.00	$155.10	$752	-11.55
520–540	533	3	145.00–165.00	$154.88	$826	+4.97
560–585	573	2	145.00–155.00	$150.11	$860	—
660–670	665	2	135.00	$135.00	$898	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1555	1190	80-85%	22	90.00–104.00	$98.72	$1,175	-8.95
970–1930	1229	80-85%	30	105.00–118.00	$109.75	$1,349	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–1520	985	85-90%	14	60.00–77.00	$70.27	$692	—
800–1610	1055	85-90%	19	78.00–90.00	$84.93	$896	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1610	1455	75-80%	8	89.00–101.00	$95.77	$1,393	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055	1055	1	87.00	$87.00	$918	—
1355–2090	1692	15	110.00–126.00	$121.28	$2,052	—
1845–1945	1885	3	131.00–134.00	$132.69	$2,501	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	860.00	$860.00
785–905	845	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–1,025.00	$874.04
885	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	910.00	$910.00
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	970.00–1,075.00	$1,022.50
835–1050	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	890.00–1,375.00	$1,141.31
955	955	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00
1015–1430	1223	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,216.97

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

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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
785–1170	904	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00–1,930.00	$1,434.23	+54.38
1005	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,030.00	$1,030.00	—
1245–1280	1263	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,250.00–2,325.00	$2,286.98	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	110.00	$110.00	$270	—
445	445	1	135.00	$135.00	$601	—
605	605	1	125.00	$125.00	$756	—

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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.