Sale reports / North Carolina / Shelby Livestock Auction / 2020-02-04

Shelby Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shelby, North Carolina · Tue, Feb 4
● Final148 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2092
Feeder Cattle receipts
572 head
▲ 146 vs last sale 426▲ 572 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 55▲ 135 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 89▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 2 to 3 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average with lots of fat calves.Baby calves were 1 to 10. 2 hogs

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.40/cwt on 182 head.
Average price
$113.40
182 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$516
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$174
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 3
$34.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.54
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2378128.0848442
Medium and Large 2439117.1751453
Small and Medium 1-2540110.005941thin
Small 1-2504104.9752966
Medium and Large 3486100.9749119thin
Small 370094.006581thin
One grade step is worth $34.08/cwt here — about −$174 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 sale182 hd
113.40
—
NC average8 barns · 1,097 hd
115.94
−2.54
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—Average1,57886.201,36115
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,31464.8985322
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17063.0273762
CowsLean 85-90%Average90342.0838016

Every lot

148 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2180175.00/cwt175.00–175.003151
Steers—Medium and Large 2180127.29/cwt125.00–130.002292
Steers—Small 1-2185107.50/cwt107.50–107.501991
Steers—Medium and Large 2230135.00/cwt135.00–135.003111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2240168.23/cwt162.50–177.504043
Steers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed25595.00/cwt95.00–95.002421
Steers—Small 1-2Full27092.50/cwt92.50–92.502501
Steers—Medium and Large 2275134.94/cwt120.00–145.003713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2277167.43/cwt155.00–180.004649
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy295145.00/cwt145.00–145.004281
Steers—Medium and Large 331095.00/cwt95.00–95.002951
Steers—Small 1-2318112.56/cwt105.00–120.003582
Steers—Medium and Large 2327133.67/cwt125.00–145.004377
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2331163.45/cwt152.50–175.0054114
Steers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed37090.00/cwt90.00–90.003331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375155.86/cwt147.50–170.0058415
Steers—Medium and Large 2375135.57/cwt125.00–140.005085
Steers—Small 1-2375105.00/cwt105.00–105.003941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy377140.93/cwt135.00–143.005314
Steers—Medium and Large 3380100.00/cwt100.00–100.003801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418147.54/cwt145.00–150.006178
Steers—Medium and Large 2425129.32/cwt125.00–133.005503
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy435128.79/cwt125.00–132.505602
Steers—Medium and Large 2462135.47/cwt132.00–137.506263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470149.97/cwt144.00–155.007056
Steers—Medium and Large 2515126.00/cwt126.00–126.006491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530135.47/cwt131.00–145.007184
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy570125.00/cwt125.00–125.007131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571137.58/cwt131.00–143.007869
Steers—Medium and Large 2590128.00/cwt128.00–128.007551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608135.00/cwt135.00–135.008212
Steers—Medium and Large 3630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
Steers—Medium and Large 2635124.01/cwt123.00–125.007872
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy635124.00/cwt124.00–124.007871
Steers—Medium and Large 2658122.00/cwt121.00–123.008032
Steers—Small 1-2667108.02/cwt104.50–110.507205
Steers—Small 1-2Fleshy670117.00/cwt117.00–117.007841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy678122.00/cwt120.00–123.008273
Steers—Medium and Large 2725116.51/cwt116.00–117.008452
Steers—Medium and Large 2760116.00/cwt116.00–116.008822
Feeder Cattle · Heifers50 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2160105.00/cwt105.00–105.001681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2173158.91/cwt157.50–160.002752
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy22095.00/cwt95.00–95.002091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240142.50/cwt142.50–142.503421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2281132.98/cwt127.50–139.003749
Heifers—Medium and Large 2282122.38/cwt117.50–125.003453
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed30090.00/cwt90.00–90.002701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2318130.22/cwt127.50–135.004148
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318121.72/cwt115.00–125.003875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy325126.00/cwt126.00–126.004101
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335105.00/cwt105.00–105.003521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy355125.00/cwt125.00–125.004441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2358128.43/cwt122.50–137.504606
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy37095.00/cwt95.00–95.003521
Heifers—Small 1-2373107.66/cwt102.50–110.004023
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379120.07/cwt113.00–125.0045510
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383103.43/cwt100.00–110.003963
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy41093.77/cwt92.50–95.003842
Heifers—Medium and Large 3417105.04/cwt100.00–110.004383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy420116.00/cwt116.00–116.004871
Heifers—Small 1-2420107.30/cwt100.00–112.5045114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423117.63/cwt115.00–123.0049810
Heifers—Medium and Large 3450110.00/cwt110.00–110.004951
Heifers—Small 1-2459107.65/cwt100.00–112.504949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy463115.57/cwt112.50–119.005353
Heifers—Small 1-2Full47095.00/cwt95.00–95.004471
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473116.23/cwt112.50–122.5055011
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed47595.00/cwt95.00–95.004511
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy49590.00/cwt90.00–90.004461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510121.00/cwt121.00–121.006171
Heifers—Small 1-2518109.11/cwt106.00–111.005658
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525112.86/cwt111.00–119.0059310
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy52595.52/cwt95.00–96.005012
Heifers—Medium and Large 3528105.17/cwt100.00–112.505553
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2540110.00/cwt110.00–110.005941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564119.75/cwt119.50–120.006758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy570117.00/cwt117.00–117.006671
Heifers—Small 1-2570108.48/cwt102.50–110.006187
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed57092.50/cwt92.50–92.505271
Heifers—Medium and Large 357396.00/cwt95.00–97.005502
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582113.45/cwt112.00–115.506603
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605110.00/cwt110.00–110.006661
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy60592.00/cwt92.00–92.005571
Heifers—Small 1-2621107.62/cwt101.00–111.006688
Heifers—Medium and Large 365997.64/cwt95.00–99.006433
Heifers—Small 1-2665100.00/cwt98.00–104.006653
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy67094.00/cwt94.00–94.006301
Heifers—Small 1-2Full68090.00/cwt90.00–90.006121
Heifers—Small 3Thin Fleshed70094.00/cwt94.00–94.006581
Heifers—Small 1-2735103.00/cwt100.00–106.007572
Feeder Cattle · Bulls37 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305140.00/cwt140.00–140.004271
Bulls—Medium and Large 3375120.00/cwt120.00–120.004501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415145.62/cwt133.00–167.506047
Bulls—Small 1-2Full41592.50/cwt92.50–92.503841
Bulls—Small 1-2417111.59/cwt107.50–117.504653
Bulls—Small 1-2Fleshy41893.70/cwt92.50–95.003922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy429131.89/cwt126.00–135.005666
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430133.24/cwt127.50–137.5057310
Bulls—Medium and Large 3431111.20/cwt107.50–117.504794
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed46093.00/cwt93.00–93.004281
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470126.60/cwt115.00–138.005958
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2476137.95/cwt131.00–142.506579
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy479133.06/cwt127.00–136.006374
Bulls—Small 1-2485109.12/cwt103.00–115.005292
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505117.50/cwt117.50–117.505931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy510126.00/cwt126.00–126.006432
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517133.84/cwt128.00–140.0069213
Bulls—Small 1-2518109.34/cwt100.00–115.005664
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed52395.00/cwt95.00–95.004972
Bulls—Medium and Large 2536125.08/cwt121.00–128.006704
Bulls—Medium and Large 2574122.70/cwt115.00–128.007044
Bulls—Small 1-2575100.00/cwt100.00–100.005751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2576130.66/cwt128.00–133.0075313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2614126.01/cwt120.00–129.007744
Bulls—Medium and Large 3615109.00/cwt109.00–109.006701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy618124.24/cwt120.00–127.007683
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620118.00/cwt117.00–119.007322
Bulls—Small 1-2630102.97/cwt101.00–105.006492
Bulls—Small 1-2658106.53/cwt104.00–109.007012
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed66094.00/cwt94.00–94.006201
Bulls—Medium and Large 3670105.00/cwt105.00–105.007041
Bulls—Small 1-2722104.69/cwt103.00–106.007563
Bulls—Medium and Large 3725101.71/cwt96.00–109.007373
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed74597.00/cwt97.00–97.007231
Bulls—Small 1-2755105.00/cwt105.00–105.007931
Bulls—Medium and Large 376596.00/cwt96.00–96.007341
Bulls—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed78096.00/cwt96.00–96.007491
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed47035.00/cwt35.00–35.001651
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 380055.00/cwt55.00–55.004401
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 390062.00/cwt62.00–62.005581
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,49583.41/cwt67.00–94.001,24712
Bulls——1,91297.35/cwt95.00–101.001,8613
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84837.93/cwt30.00–52.003228
Cows—Breaker 75-80%92552.00/cwt52.00–52.004811
Cows—Lean 85-90%95846.23/cwt43.00–50.004438
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15659.82/cwt53.00–67.0069244
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20570.84/cwt68.00–79.0085418
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30163.32/cwt53.00–67.0082416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43472.50/cwt70.00–74.001,0405
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2820430.00/cwt430.00–430.003,5261
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000631.29/cwt520.00–695.006,3133
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,005290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,9151
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,025656.59/cwt540.00–760.006,7303
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,060690.00/cwt690.00–690.007,3141
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2778730.03/cwt720.00–740.005,6802
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2918789.73/cwt770.00–810.007,2502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2930790.00/cwt790.00–790.007,3471
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,160713.04/cwt540.00–850.008,2712

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.