Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange Market Report

Shelby, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 3, 2026

515 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $470.15/cwt -42.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,965/hd at 418 lb · 33 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $456.16/cwt -58.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,692/hd at 371 lb · 25 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $351.06/cwt -12.81 vs last sale · ≈ $2,163/hd at 616 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	515	389	546
Feeder cattle	433	304	445
Slaughter cattle	65	68	86
Replacement cattle	17	17	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 lower, while feeder cattle were 12.00 to 15.00 lower. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average. 2 head Baby Calves: 375.00 - 900.00

▼ Feeder cattle: while feeder cattle were 12.00 to 15.00 lower
▼ Slaughter cattle: Compared to last week slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	340	3	535.00–570.00	$554.93	$1,887	-30.32
360–390	378	5	520.00–555.00	$531.11	$2,008	-31.12
440–445	443	2	410.00–445.00	$427.60	$1,894	-95.03
455–495	471	5	420.00–470.00	$445.59	$2,099	-48.96
500–546	531	19	370.00–425.00	$398.60	$2,117	-42.35
585	585	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,164	-13.94
600–615	607	3	380.00–445.00	$415.12	$2,520	+10.42
655–685	672	3	315.00–362.50	$345.78	$2,324	-4.28
705	705	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,186	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	373	2	420.00–450.00	$434.30	$1,620	+11.80
515	515	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,906	—
550	550	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,952	—
600	600	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,800	—
655	655	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,670	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	360.00	$360.00	$864	—
385	385	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,001	—
525	525	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,575	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	229	4	490.00–530.00	$507.81	$1,163	-122.19
250–295	276	4	460.00–490.00	$475.75	$1,313	-146.62
300–345	320	12	470.00–520.00	$500.42	$1,601	-88.30
350–395	371	25	430.00–490.00	$456.16	$1,692	-58.78
400–445	423	23	410.00–470.00	$434.49	$1,838	-37.83
450–485	461	13	400.00–450.00	$425.20	$1,960	-33.03
500–545	525	10	380.00–425.00	$399.92	$2,100	-1.66
555–595	572	11	365.00–410.00	$385.82	$2,207	-6.77
600–645	616	25	320.00–378.00	$351.06	$2,163	-12.81
650–688	683	16	310.00–327.50	$312.58	$2,135	-19.13
710–745	730	4	300.00–322.50	$315.61	$2,304	-1.89
770	770	2	260.00–305.00	$282.50	$2,175	-12.50
885	885	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,257	—
905	905	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,444	+10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	225	2	410.00–450.00	$428.22	$963	-88.30
350–395	378	3	400.00–410.00	$403.44	$1,525	-15.80
400–445	429	8	360.00–400.00	$386.86	$1,660	+11.84
450–490	474	8	350.00–395.00	$380.59	$1,804	+7.81
535–545	542	3	345.00–370.00	$357.42	$1,937	+42.29
555–595	582	6	305.00–350.00	$332.32	$1,934	-12.68
645	645	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,870	—
685	685	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,850	+15.00
760–790	770	4	197.50–225.00	$205.55	$1,583	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	340.00	$340.00	$850	+30.00
365–385	375	2	340.00–370.00	$354.60	$1,330	+14.60
415–430	423	2	210.00–250.00	$230.36	$974	-39.64
460	460	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,518	+135.00
585	585	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,755	—
640	640	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,504	—
725	725	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,486	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	220	4	550.00–620.00	$571.82	$1,258	-59.07
260–295	285	10	560.00–610.00	$577.89	$1,647	-32.80
300–345	318	9	540.00–600.00	$558.19	$1,775	-27.09
350–395	373	11	500.00–542.50	$523.21	$1,952	-17.41
400–445	418	33	450.00–520.00	$470.15	$1,965	-42.89
450–495	476	17	420.00–460.00	$445.15	$2,119	-38.92
500–545	523	17	370.00–420.00	$399.49	$2,089	-43.78
550–595	573	18	380.00–420.00	$400.31	$2,294	+12.21
600–645	621	11	365.00–415.00	$394.27	$2,448	-1.72
650–690	664	6	310.00–370.00	$329.07	$2,185	-35.66
730–740	737	3	300.00–355.00	$331.63	$2,444	+41.63
800	800	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,200	-20.00
990	990	1	237.50	$237.50	$2,351	-27.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–240	225	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,125	±0.00
255	255	1	530.00	$530.00	$1,352	—
300–345	321	6	450.00–510.00	$481.64	$1,546	-38.36
385	385	2	412.50–460.00	$436.25	$1,680	—
405–410	407	3	390.00–440.00	$406.60	$1,655	-53.40
460–490	475	4	360.00–400.00	$382.26	$1,816	-7.38
520	520	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,820	-34.79
555–590	570	4	320.00–360.00	$337.37	$1,923	+7.37
630	630	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,890	—
675	675	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,059	+5.00
720–745	730	3	230.00–275.00	$256.80	$1,875	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,239	+100.00
335	335	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,172	—
375–385	380	2	300.00–350.00	$324.67	$1,234	-65.33
525	525	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,470	—
560–565	563	2	270.00–290.00	$279.96	$1,576	—
675	675	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,519	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1535	1220	80-85%	18	162.00–176.00	$168.21	$2,052	-1.36

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	85-90%	1	120.00	$120.00	$978	—
845–1270	977	85-90%	7	130.00–155.00	$138.79	$1,356	—
1120–1295	1208	85-90%	2	158.00–161.00	$159.39	$1,925	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330	1330	75-80%	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,995	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–2330	1702	9	184.00–203.00	$194.06	$3,303	—
1950–2095	2023	2	173.00–175.00	$173.96	$3,519	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
615–690	663	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,175.00–1,600.00	$1,329.96
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
840–950	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,800.00–1,850.00	$1,823.46
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00
1070	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00
925–1280	1134	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,650.00–2,700.00	$2,293.72
1110–1325	1218	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,350.00–2,500.00	$2,418.38

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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
520	520	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
770	770	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00	—

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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.