Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 30, 2025

347 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $334.73/cwt -14.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,587/hd at 474 lb · 15 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $415.66/cwt +7.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,746/hd at 420 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $388.82/cwt +15.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,839/hd at 473 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	347	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–225	223	2	495.00–500.00	$497.53	$1,109	—
275	275	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,224	-59.81
300–320	310	2	425.00–470.00	$446.77	$1,385	—
360–395	389	10	430.00–487.50	$449.00	$1,747	-0.89
400–430	415	5	410.00–445.00	$424.86	$1,763	+14.74
460	460	1	450.00	$450.00	$2,070	+62.63
500–540	521	7	405.00–437.50	$423.85	$2,208	+49.33
550–585	571	5	350.00–400.00	$373.88	$2,135	+22.73
600–630	613	4	310.00–365.00	$332.80	$2,040	-14.00
655–670	663	2	315.00–352.50	$333.96	$2,214	-1.08
800	800	1	307.50	$307.50	$2,460	-17.50
915	915	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,470	—
1035	1035	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,432	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490–495	493	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,849	+48.79
500–520	510	2	320.00–367.50	$344.22	$1,756	+70.74
640	640	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,792	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,482	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–235	230	2	440.00–470.00	$455.33	$1,047	+81.10
250–285	272	3	425.00–450.00	$437.82	$1,191	+7.59
345	345	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,449	+31.06
350–395	374	9	355.00–400.00	$369.24	$1,381	-22.27
405–445	424	11	342.50–380.00	$357.74	$1,517	+2.85
450–495	474	15	320.00–365.00	$334.73	$1,587	-1.44
505–545	521	13	300.00–345.00	$321.09	$1,673	-4.30
550–595	576	6	280.00–330.00	$301.68	$1,738	-22.42
570–597 value added	593	6	347.50–350.00	$349.60	$2,073	-10.40
610–645	630	5	310.00–325.00	$314.04	$1,978	+20.95
650–670	663	3	270.00–320.00	$295.00	$1,956	+1.13
705	705	1	279.00	$279.00	$1,967	-11.70
755–795	775	2	312.50–317.50	$315.06	$2,442	+36.25
800	800	1	282.50	$282.50	$2,260	+52.50
860–895	883	3	190.00–227.00	$211.95	$1,872	-63.05

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,087	-9.90
370	370	2	330.00–335.00	$332.50	$1,230	+18.10
410	410	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,312	+10.07
450–475	463	2	310.00–325.00	$317.30	$1,469	+22.14
515–540	528	3	250.00–295.00	$268.45	$1,417	-31.55
570–580	575	3	245.00–275.00	$256.58	$1,475	-22.39
630	630	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,606	—
650–680	664	4	225.00–255.00	$242.44	$1,610	-19.20
710	710	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,775	+22.52
750	750	2	220.00–235.00	$227.50	$1,706	+42.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	335	2	260.00–290.00	$274.78	$921	-30.22
460	460	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,311	—
665	665	1	150.00	$150.00	$998	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–235	221	5	485.00–520.00	$500.72	$1,107	—
275–295	283	12	450.00–510.00	$486.17	$1,376	-14.01
325–345	336	5	425.00–475.00	$450.94	$1,515	-9.47
350–395	373	11	435.00–465.00	$452.39	$1,687	+26.41
400–440	420	13	400.00–455.00	$415.66	$1,746	+7.96
450–495	473	13	365.00–415.00	$388.82	$1,839	+15.86
500–545	514	13	335.00–382.50	$350.18	$1,800	-3.86
550–595	573	10	315.00–365.00	$334.49	$1,917	+2.03
600–630	612	6	280.00–330.00	$307.25	$1,880	-4.07
655–690	673	4	255.00–295.00	$273.58	$1,841	-3.92
705–740	725	5	245.00–275.00	$255.01	$1,849	-7.86
775	775	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,938	-20.00
840	840	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,100	+9.82
860–865	862	3	220.00–250.00	$236.63	$2,040	-1.61

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	400.00	$400.00	$960	—
250–280	265	2	415.00–435.00	$425.57	$1,128	+54.91
325–330	328	2	382.50–410.00	$396.15	$1,299	+73.65
365–395	380	2	355.00–360.00	$357.60	$1,359	-22.40
400–420	410	2	350.00–380.00	$364.63	$1,495	+8.84
470–495	482	3	345.00–355.00	$348.25	$1,679	+31.97
520–530	525	2	300.00–325.00	$312.62	$1,641	+19.61
575–585	580	2	275.00–285.00	$280.04	$1,624	-4.96
630–635	633	2	250.00–265.00	$257.53	$1,630	-12.31
670	670	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,708	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	275.00	$275.00	$866	+6.51
460–495	478	2	250.00–280.00	$265.55	$1,269	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	195.00	$195.00	$956	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1650	1182	80-85%	32	143.00–163.00	$152.74	$1,805	—
1195	1195	80-85%	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,032	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965	965	85-90%	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,361	—
855–1205	1054	85-90%	9	129.00–140.00	$134.78	$1,421	-0.44
1015–1370	1206	85-90%	5	105.00–124.00	$117.24	$1,414	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1800	1800	75-80%	1	153.00	$153.00	$2,754	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1655	1360	3	182.00–192.00	$186.23	$2,533	—
1400–1710	1555	2	200.00–215.00	$206.75	$3,215	—
1595–1630	1613	2	169.00–171.00	$169.99	$2,742	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–780	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,575.00–2,060.00	$1,809.47
890	890	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00
1170–1230	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,900.00–2,125.00	$2,009.69
1325	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,425.00	$2,425.00

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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
1105–1340	1223	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,075.00–3,525.00	$3,321.63	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,102	—
420	420	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,260	-50.97
505	505	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,591	—
1005	1005	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,533	—

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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.