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

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 16, 2025

460 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $357.42/cwt -1.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,862/hd at 521 lb · 27 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $346.36/cwt -11.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,618/hd at 467 lb · 22 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $325.28/cwt +8.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,854/hd at 570 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	460	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,010	—
300–340	323	3	415.00–460.00	$435.57	$1,407	+15.61
360–380	373	3	420.00–432.50	$425.71	$1,588	-45.73
400–445	421	10	392.50–432.50	$415.32	$1,748	-20.46
450–490	473	12	375.00–402.50	$384.99	$1,821	-1.83
500–540	526	8	355.00–387.50	$372.32	$1,958	+0.08
560–595	574	10	330.00–375.00	$357.05	$2,049	-6.64
602–645	616	5	329.00–347.50	$332.99	$2,051	-14.83
670–695	678	3	270.00–285.00	$276.58	$1,875	-61.67
700–730	715	2	300.00–337.50	$318.36	$2,276	-17.24
750	750	1	327.50	$327.50	$2,456	+8.10
820–840	830	2	310.00–320.00	$314.94	$2,614	—
975	975	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,925	—
1010	1010	1	245.00	$245.00	$2,474	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,064	—
410–435	425	3	362.50–375.00	$370.78	$1,576	-4.22
480–495	487	3	325.00–360.00	$339.91	$1,655	-25.09
620	620	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,767	-33.00
700	700	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,820	+25.00
780	780	1	267.50	$267.50	$2,086	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	155.00	$155.00	$550	—
520–540	530	2	175.00–185.00	$180.09	$954	—
590	590	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,003	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,298	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	420.00–480.00	$450.00	$1,058	-76.14
270	270	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,202	+3.09
310–315	313	2	385.00–392.50	$388.72	$1,217	+2.96
375–395	388	6	390.00–425.00	$407.37	$1,581	+27.04
400–445	423	11	352.50–390.00	$366.69	$1,551	+1.82
450–495	467	22	332.50–380.00	$346.36	$1,618	-11.47
505–545	531	10	320.00–360.00	$336.20	$1,785	-2.39
550–595	570	14	310.00–350.00	$325.28	$1,854	+8.71
600–625	609	7	310.00–327.50	$321.05	$1,955	+23.18
650	650	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,788	-23.10
705	705	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,904	—
750	750	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,988	-4.96
805	805	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,992	+31.06
850–855	853	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,621	-30.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,062	+20.00
320–345	335	4	335.00–375.00	$359.66	$1,205	+22.07
360–385	375	3	350.00–375.00	$360.24	$1,351	—
400–440	424	5	305.00–345.00	$313.96	$1,331	-21.04
460–495	474	9	305.00–330.00	$320.42	$1,519	+40.42
510–530	518	3	290.00–310.00	$300.10	$1,555	-9.90
550–595	564	5	260.00–295.00	$277.86	$1,567	-2.14
610–620	615	2	275.00–285.00	$279.96	$1,722	+4.96
650	650	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,235	-65.00
775	775	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,744	+25.00
815–820	818	2	167.50–200.00	$183.80	$1,503	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	270.00	$270.00	$688	+15.00
315–330	323	4	295.00–330.00	$315.04	$1,018	—
385	385	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,194	+10.00
410	410	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,148	—
460–485	473	2	265.00–285.00	$274.74	$1,300	—
500	500	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,300	—
615	615	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,199	-24.82

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	240.00	$240.00	$792	—
380	380	1	225.00	$225.00	$855	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–230	218	2	500.00–505.00	$502.64	$1,096	+23.21
260–270	265	2	430.00–485.00	$458.02	$1,214	-40.55
310–345	328	6	430.00–470.00	$447.21	$1,467	-42.88
360–395	377	10	400.00–435.00	$422.24	$1,592	-42.16
400–445	418	11	395.00–435.00	$412.87	$1,726	-6.17
450–495	465	12	372.50–402.50	$382.04	$1,776	+2.91
500–545	521	27	335.00–372.50	$357.42	$1,862	-1.20
550–595	573	13	310.00–350.00	$335.20	$1,921	-18.82
605–645	619	7	300.00–337.50	$318.02	$1,969	-10.30
650–695	673	6	275.00–315.00	$291.86	$1,964	-18.36
710–730	720	3	250.00–275.00	$261.55	$1,883	-19.82
765	765	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,836	-30.90
990	990	1	215.00	$215.00	$2,128	—
1010	1010	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,323	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	318	3	355.00–380.00	$369.76	$1,176	-15.24
370–395	384	5	335.00–390.00	$369.28	$1,418	-20.63
430–440	435	3	325.00–355.00	$339.89	$1,479	-49.45
460–485	474	8	339.00–365.00	$349.35	$1,656	+17.41
505–545	523	8	290.00–335.00	$310.44	$1,624	-14.56
550–575	564	5	275.00–305.00	$291.99	$1,647	-25.48
600–640	615	6	250.00–290.00	$273.33	$1,681	-9.63
675	675	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,586	-5.00
720–725	722	3	215.00–240.00	$226.64	$1,636	—
755–760	758	2	192.50–200.00	$196.24	$1,487	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	2	275.00–285.00	$280.04	$961	—
370–395	383	2	300.00–310.00	$304.84	$1,168	+4.84
400–415	408	2	250.00–280.00	$264.72	$1,080	—
475	475	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,378	—
525	525	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,418	+50.00
575	575	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,150	—
630	630	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,449	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	150.00	$150.00	$502	—
390	390	1	235.00	$235.00	$916	—
410	410	1	200.00	$200.00	$820	—
465–475	470	2	180.00–200.00	$189.89	$892	+9.89
500	500	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,125	—
780	780	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,209	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–1265	973	85-90%	8	147.00–152.00	$148.97	$1,449	—
865–1130	1023	85-90%	4	113.00–126.00	$120.96	$1,237	—
935–1445	1160	85-90%	26	129.00–145.00	$136.14	$1,579	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1685	1275	80-85%	19	146.00–165.00	$157.00	$2,002	-6.88
1265–1305	1292	80-85%	3	168.00–169.00	$168.66	$2,179	+4.78

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1560	1407	75-80%	6	137.00–146.00	$141.75	$1,994	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1240	1140	3	169.00–178.00	$174.00	$1,984	—
1070–2065	1711	8	185.00–195.00	$188.16	$3,219	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00

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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
975	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00	—
1045	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,825.00	$2,825.00	—
1130	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,150.00	$3,150.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	2	200.00–215.00	$207.50	$1,027	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,040	—
635	635	1	155.00	$155.00	$984	-105.00
705–710	708	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,097	—

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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.