Sale reports / North Carolina / Shelby Livestock Auction / 2020-08-11

Shelby Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shelby, North Carolina · Tue, Aug 11
● Final118 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2092
Feeder Cattle receipts
425 head
▲ 203 vs last sale 222▲ 425 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 140▲ 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 35▲ 3 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 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. 1 hog

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.71/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$117.71
127 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$20.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.88
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2493123.8661045
Medium and Large 2446120.0853653
Medium and Large 3492104.1951313thin
Small 1-2505103.5852316thin
One grade step is worth $20.28/cwt here — about $87 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 sale127 hd
117.71
—
NC average9 barns · 1,389 hd
118.59
−0.88
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—Low1,64984.281,39014
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,28962.4880517
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11860.9268132
CowsLean 85-90%Low94147.544478thin

Every lot

118 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2220162.50/cwt162.50–162.503581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2255148.73/cwt147.50–150.003792
Steers—Medium and Large 2265128.86/cwt115.00–135.003414
Steers—Medium and Large 3300105.00/cwt105.00–105.003151
Steers—Medium and Large 2322126.52/cwt122.50–135.004073
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328160.95/cwt145.00–180.0052811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380146.12/cwt137.50–175.0055511
Steers—Medium and Large 2380126.38/cwt115.00–135.0048010
Steers—Medium and Large 3380107.43/cwt105.00–110.004082
Steers—Small 1-2388108.87/cwt102.50–115.004222
Steers—Medium and Large 2416124.95/cwt115.00–134.005205
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428143.06/cwt135.00–153.006125
Steers—Medium and Large 2460132.00/cwt131.00–133.006072
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477143.07/cwt137.50–150.006827
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006131
Steers—Medium and Large 2518125.17/cwt120.00–131.006483
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531137.58/cwt132.00–143.007317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy545128.00/cwt128.00–128.006981
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565135.96/cwt132.00–140.0076811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy585128.00/cwt128.00–128.007491
Steers—Medium and Large 2595128.00/cwt128.00–128.007621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619132.03/cwt129.00–136.008178
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy623121.00/cwt121.00–121.007542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650128.00/cwt128.00–128.008321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy680125.00/cwt125.00–125.008501
Steers—Medium and Large 3690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
Steers—Medium and Large 2693122.48/cwt118.00–127.008492
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730117.00/cwt117.00–117.008541
Steers—Medium and Large 377092.00/cwt92.00–92.007081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785120.00/cwt120.00–120.009421
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2210100.00/cwt100.00–100.002101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2227127.35/cwt125.00–130.002893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240132.50/cwt132.50–132.503181
Heifers—Medium and Large 3250110.00/cwt110.00–110.002751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2274121.95/cwt120.00–125.003344
Heifers—Small 1-2280106.52/cwt100.00–115.002983
Heifers—Medium and Large 330095.00/cwt95.00–95.002851
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320118.41/cwt115.00–120.003793
Heifers—Small 1-2320112.50/cwt112.50–112.503601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2338131.28/cwt130.00–132.504442
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372123.04/cwt115.00–127.504589
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373103.96/cwt100.00–110.003883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2393130.50/cwt130.00–131.005132
Heifers—Small 1-239398.81/cwt90.00–107.503882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414131.13/cwt126.00–147.005438
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426122.84/cwt117.50–126.005239
Heifers—Medium and Large 3440107.50/cwt107.50–107.504731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469126.99/cwt123.00–135.005964
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472119.85/cwt116.00–124.005669
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy485120.94/cwt118.00–124.005872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514121.98/cwt119.00–126.0062714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523119.62/cwt117.00–125.006263
Heifers—Medium and Large 3527108.05/cwt105.00–110.005693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy568116.51/cwt116.00–117.006622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569119.64/cwt118.00–122.006816
Heifers—Medium and Large 2571115.17/cwt113.00–117.006585
Heifers—Medium and Large 3585109.00/cwt109.00–109.006381
Heifers—Small 1-2595112.50/cwt112.50–112.506691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612115.33/cwt115.00–116.007063
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623114.95/cwt112.00–125.007166
Heifers—Small 1-2630103.52/cwt95.00–110.006524
Heifers—Medium and Large 2660111.50/cwt109.00–114.007362
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy67590.00/cwt90.00–90.006081
Heifers—Small 1-2680112.00/cwt112.00–112.007621
Heifers—Medium and Large 368599.00/cwt99.00–99.006781
Heifers—Medium and Large 371899.00/cwt99.00–99.007112
Heifers—Small 1-273099.50/cwt93.00–106.007262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735114.00/cwt114.00–114.008381
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1-2300110.00/cwt110.00–110.003301
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335117.50/cwt117.50–117.503941
Bulls—Small 1-2408110.00/cwt110.00–110.004492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2422138.56/cwt135.00–143.005853
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430123.00/cwt115.00–130.0052910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468136.81/cwt135.00–139.006405
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy473126.53/cwt121.00–132.005982
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473108.61/cwt105.00–112.505142
Bulls—Small 1-2475110.00/cwt110.00–110.005231
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477124.71/cwt115.00–132.0059516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500133.00/cwt133.00–133.006651
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518123.70/cwt115.00–130.0064118
Bulls—Small 1-2526106.00/cwt92.50–112.505584
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed54590.00/cwt90.00–90.004911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565120.99/cwt113.00–131.0068411
Bulls—Small 1-2575105.79/cwt100.00–112.006083
Bulls—Medium and Large 3588109.44/cwt105.00–114.006442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy610119.93/cwt116.00–124.007322
Bulls—Small 1-2618100.99/cwt94.00–110.006245
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620118.67/cwt114.00–127.007367
Bulls—Medium and Large 3630107.24/cwt101.00–112.006764
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2650127.00/cwt127.00–127.008261
Bulls—Medium and Large 2672117.69/cwt115.00–119.007913
Bulls—Small 1-2677105.64/cwt100.00–110.007153
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy678116.95/cwt115.00–119.007932
Bulls—Medium and Large 2720110.80/cwt109.00–112.507983
Bulls—Medium and Large 3725100.01/cwt95.00–104.007253
Bulls—Small 1-272798.29/cwt94.00–104.007153
Bulls—Small 1-277397.03/cwt94.00–101.007503
Bulls—Medium and Large 379596.67/cwt92.00–99.007693
Bulls—Small 1-2Fleshy81596.00/cwt96.00–96.007821
Bulls—Small 1-281594.00/cwt94.00–94.007661
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 333084.00/cwt84.00–84.002771
Dairy Steers—Large 1-235096.00/cwt96.00–96.003361
Dairy Steers—Large 337079.62/cwt75.00–84.002952
Dairy Steers—Large 343085.00/cwt85.00–85.003662
Dairy Steers—Large 345584.00/cwt84.00–84.003821
Dairy Steers—Large 357568.00/cwt68.00–68.003911
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 355050.00/cwt50.00–50.002751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35275.88/cwt65.00–81.001,0266
Bulls——1,86489.67/cwt87.00–94.001,6717
Bulls——1,93097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,8721
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94044.06/cwt39.00–47.004145
Cows—Lean 85-90%94253.35/cwt53.00–54.005033
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11860.92/cwt57.00–66.0068132
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27861.54/cwt58.00–65.0078615
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36869.50/cwt69.00–70.009512
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2765535.00/cwt535.00–535.004,0931
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2101,370.00/cwt1,370.00–1,370.0016,5771
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3001,340.00/cwt1,340.00–1,340.0017,4201

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.