Sale reports / North Carolina / Shelby Livestock Auction / 2019-12-03

Shelby Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shelby, North Carolina · Tue, Dec 3
● Final136 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2092
Feeder Cattle receipts
663 head
▲ 169 vs last sale 494▲ 663 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 154▲ 130 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 40▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter cattle were mostly steady. Feeder cattle were mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher with light calves much higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were heavy. Cattle quality was average with a lot of plain cattle. Baby calves ranged 2.00 to 21.00 per head.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.92/cwt on 206 head.
Average price
$111.92
206 head · 439 lb average
Value per head Derived
$491
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$2
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$23.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.11
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2375125.1146967
Medium and Large 2472112.2353039
Small 1-2469103.1548484
Medium and Large 3463101.9547216thin
One grade step is worth $23.16/cwt here — about −$2 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale206 hd
111.92
—
NC average4 barns · 471 hd
107.81
+4.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,48271.781,06416
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16154.2563064
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,39353.3474311
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02341.8742825

Every lot

136 lots · USDA AMS · Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange - Shelby, NC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2150142.50/cwt142.50–142.502141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2223162.93/cwt150.00–170.003633
Steers—Small 1-2Fleshy26595.00/cwt95.00–95.002521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275151.62/cwt138.00–165.0041717
Steers—Medium and Large 2275123.27/cwt120.00–125.003393
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy278135.00/cwt135.00–135.003752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2329152.52/cwt135.00–165.0050230
Steers—Small 1-2335105.00/cwt105.00–105.003521
Steers—Medium and Large 2372121.55/cwt115.00–125.004523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378147.97/cwt130.00–162.5055935
Steers—Medium and Large 3378112.45/cwt110.00–115.004252
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy385117.44/cwt115.00–120.004522
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2409131.98/cwt131.00–136.005405
Steers—Small 1-2410110.00/cwt110.00–110.004511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004981
Steers—Medium and Large 2427119.86/cwt115.00–125.005123
Steers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed45095.00/cwt95.00–95.004281
Steers—Small 1-2460106.25/cwt100.00–110.004894
Steers—Small 1-2Full47092.50/cwt92.50–92.504351
Steers—Medium and Large 2471121.64/cwt120.00–126.005735
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475136.69/cwt130.00–142.506493
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full475115.00/cwt115.00–115.005461
Steers—Medium and Large 2510119.00/cwt119.00–119.006073
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525133.48/cwt133.00–134.007012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy560120.89/cwt115.00–127.006772
Steers—Medium and Large 2568121.09/cwt117.00–125.006884
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590129.00/cwt129.00–129.007611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy605121.00/cwt121.00–121.007321
Steers—Small 1-2605110.00/cwt110.00–110.006661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620131.52/cwt129.00–134.008152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full630124.00/cwt124.00–124.007811
Steers—Medium and Large 2630115.00/cwt115.00–115.007251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650133.00/cwt133.00–133.008651
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full665124.00/cwt124.00–124.008251
Steers—Medium and Large 2745109.00/cwt109.00–109.008121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers52 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy19095.00/cwt95.00–95.001811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2223115.55/cwt115.00–116.002582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2230141.32/cwt137.50–150.003254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy260117.00/cwt117.00–117.003041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2270129.98/cwt118.00–163.0035111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2290115.00/cwt115.00–115.003341
Heifers—Small 1-2295112.50/cwt112.50–112.503321
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy31792.53/cwt90.00–95.002933
Heifers—Small 1-2318104.92/cwt100.00–110.003346
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320102.38/cwt100.00–105.003283
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed32392.52/cwt90.00–95.002992
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330114.41/cwt113.00–115.003785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed333116.00/cwt116.00–116.003862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340120.00/cwt120.00–120.004081
Heifers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed34095.00/cwt95.00–95.003231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full365115.00/cwt115.00–115.004201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368113.00/cwt113.00–113.004162
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373100.00/cwt100.00–100.003732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378127.67/cwt118.00–132.0048324
Heifers—Small 1-2383106.51/cwt100.00–110.0040811
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy38391.90/cwt90.00–95.003524
Heifers—Small 1-2Full38895.00/cwt95.00–95.003692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy390112.00/cwt112.00–112.004371
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410100.00/cwt100.00–100.004101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2412115.00/cwt115.00–115.004743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy425117.00/cwt117.00–117.004971
Heifers—Small 1-2429104.99/cwt100.00–113.0045012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432120.51/cwt117.50–123.005215
Heifers—Medium and Large 346599.00/cwt99.00–99.004601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467119.92/cwt118.00–124.0056013
Heifers—Small 1-2472106.32/cwt100.00–110.005028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy473115.98/cwt115.00–117.005492
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478112.61/cwt108.00–115.005389
Heifers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed48095.00/cwt95.00–95.004562
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy48590.00/cwt90.00–90.004371
Heifers—Medium and Large 2506111.49/cwt110.00–114.005646
Heifers—Small 1-2Full51090.00/cwt90.00–90.004591
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520106.51/cwt105.00–108.005542
Heifers—Small 1-2529104.49/cwt102.00–109.005538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545117.00/cwt117.00–117.006381
Heifers—Small 1-2Full55095.00/cwt95.00–95.005231
Heifers—Medium and Large 3555101.00/cwt101.00–101.005611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2574111.03/cwt110.00–113.006377
Heifers—Small 1-2582106.75/cwt104.00–108.0062111
Heifers—Medium and Large 3615107.34/cwt107.00–108.006603
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618110.00/cwt109.00–111.006802
Heifers—Small 1-2620104.16/cwt100.00–110.006466
Heifers—Small 1-2668102.76/cwt100.00–105.006864
Heifers—Medium and Large 2680110.00/cwt110.00–110.007481
Heifers—Small 1-2730104.00/cwt104.00–104.007591
Heifers—Medium and Large 3735104.00/cwt104.00–104.007641
Heifers—Medium and Large 278598.00/cwt98.00–98.007691
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423132.45/cwt130.00–135.005603
Bulls—Small 1-2423107.06/cwt100.00–110.004535
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424120.57/cwt115.00–127.505119
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed46092.50/cwt90.00–95.004262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy466122.70/cwt115.00–127.505725
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2467131.89/cwt128.00–136.006163
Bulls—Small 1-2467105.56/cwt102.00–110.004933
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472121.13/cwt115.00–127.5057211
Bulls—Small 1-2Fleshy48090.00/cwt90.00–90.004321
Bulls—Medium and Large 3490107.00/cwt107.00–107.005241
Bulls—Small 1-2511105.51/cwt102.50–108.005395
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518118.55/cwt110.00–127.0061410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy528119.55/cwt118.00–121.006312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy554120.83/cwt117.00–123.006693
Bulls—Small 1-2557108.02/cwt104.00–110.006023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560111.00/cwt111.00–111.006221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565130.00/cwt130.00–130.007351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605124.00/cwt124.00–124.007501
Bulls—Small 1-2624104.50/cwt100.00–109.006526
Bulls—Medium and Large 3625106.00/cwt106.00–106.006631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2627114.32/cwt113.00–115.007173
Bulls—Small 1-2683101.99/cwt100.00–104.006972
Bulls—Medium and Large 2695112.00/cwt112.00–112.007781
Bulls—Medium and Large 373597.00/cwt97.00–97.007131
Bulls—Small 1-274595.00/cwt95.00–95.007081
Bulls—Small 1-2Fleshy79591.00/cwt91.00–91.007231
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 329551.00/cwt51.00–51.001501
Dairy Steers—Large 334460.00/cwt60.00–60.002067
Dairy Steers—Large 340766.00/cwt66.00–66.002695
Dairy Steers—Large 3Thin Fleshed47742.00/cwt42.00–42.002003
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25561.06/cwt52.00–68.007667
Bulls——1,60177.14/cwt73.00–83.001,2357
Bulls——1,85890.52/cwt89.00–92.001,6822
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93038.00/cwt31.00–41.0035311
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09644.91/cwt42.00–49.0049214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14954.99/cwt49.00–62.0063256
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23565.34/cwt63.00–68.008072
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24543.62/cwt40.00–47.005436
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38954.67/cwt50.00–60.007599
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41047.38/cwt46.00–49.006682
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2665450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,9931
Bred Cows—Small 1-2755483.51/cwt440.00–530.003,6512
Bred Cows—Small 1-2783474.82/cwt420.00–530.003,7182
Bred Cows—Small 1-2830310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,5731
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2970550.00/cwt550.00–550.005,3351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2995518.64/cwt490.00–540.005,1602
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,013447.07/cwt395.00–490.004,5292
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2730340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4821
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,070860.00/cwt860.00–860.009,2021

This sale against other markets

North Carolina weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.