Sale reports / North Carolina / Shelby Livestock Auction / 2021-05-04

Shelby Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shelby, North Carolina · Tue, May 4
● Final128 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2092
Feeder Cattle receipts
399 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 440▲ 38 vs year ago 361 · +10.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 83▲ 36 vs year ago 43 · +83.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 29▲ 9 vs year ago 9 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were unevenly steady, while slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly 5.00 to 11.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was plain.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.01/cwt on 147 head.
Average price
$119.01
147 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$551
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$41
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$28.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.08
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2420127.9353876
Medium and Large 2452117.8253336
Small 1-2549102.5256317thin
Medium and Large 358299.3357818thin
One grade step is worth $28.59/cwt here — about −$41 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 sale147 hd
119.01
—
NC average8 barns · 1,231 hd
119.09
−0.08
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—High1,75799.201,7436thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10765.7872848
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38365.1890213
CowsLean 85-90%Average81953.944425thin

Every lot

128 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy225135.00/cwt135.00–135.003041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2233162.90/cwt160.00–166.003802
Steers—Medium and Large 2233137.23/cwt132.50–142.503202
Steers—Small 1-2245111.25/cwt110.00–112.502732
Steers—Medium and Large 2263139.26/cwt135.00–147.003664
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2280156.14/cwt150.00–162.504372
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy290147.50/cwt147.50–147.504281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305174.00/cwt174.00–174.005312
Steers—Small 1-2310105.00/cwt100.00–110.003262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy315147.00/cwt147.00–147.004631
Steers—Medium and Large 2324141.97/cwt140.00–145.004605
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2326157.55/cwt147.50–165.005147
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2369156.21/cwt150.00–167.505767
Steers—Medium and Large 2370143.28/cwt140.00–146.005305
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy373141.22/cwt140.00–142.505272
Steers—Small 1-2378101.67/cwt100.00–105.003843
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy420132.50/cwt132.50–132.505571
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421148.03/cwt142.50–151.006237
Steers—Medium and Large 2430132.66/cwt125.00–138.005703
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy473128.84/cwt123.00–135.006092
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477142.66/cwt139.00–150.0068010
Steers—Medium and Large 2483131.90/cwt125.00–138.006374
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy513126.94/cwt123.00–131.006512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517136.98/cwt134.00–140.007087
Steers—Medium and Large 2536125.52/cwt122.00–132.506734
Steers—Small 1-2540100.00/cwt100.00–100.005401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy563122.93/cwt120.00–126.006922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573137.11/cwt134.00–140.007868
Steers—Medium and Large 2575121.57/cwt115.00–130.006996
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy610121.00/cwt121.00–121.007381
Steers—Medium and Large 2617122.60/cwt119.00–126.007563
Steers—Small 1-2645107.00/cwt107.00–107.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663130.01/cwt128.00–132.008622
Steers—Medium and Large 3670101.00/cwt101.00–101.006771
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720124.00/cwt124.00–124.008931
Steers—Medium and Large 2728110.98/cwt110.00–112.008082
Feeder Cattle · Heifers43 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2170125.00/cwt125.00–125.002131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2220133.25/cwt132.50–134.002932
Heifers—Medium and Large 2225117.50/cwt117.50–117.502641
Heifers—Medium and Large 2274126.13/cwt125.00–127.503464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2277135.02/cwt130.00–137.503743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323126.83/cwt126.00–127.504103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330133.48/cwt131.00–142.504405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy330126.00/cwt126.00–126.004161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy370128.00/cwt128.00–128.004742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379130.65/cwt129.00–134.0049514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383120.15/cwt115.00–125.004603
Heifers—Small 1-2407105.08/cwt100.00–110.004283
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413121.48/cwt121.00–122.005022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy415119.02/cwt118.00–120.004942
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415105.00/cwt105.00–105.004361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429129.01/cwt125.00–133.0055317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy450124.00/cwt124.00–124.005581
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy45582.50/cwt82.50–82.503751
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460103.33/cwt100.00–105.004753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468126.59/cwt125.00–130.0059219
Heifers—Small 1-2470106.09/cwt102.50–110.004992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full475123.00/cwt123.00–123.005841
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483118.30/cwt114.00–123.005716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2508122.85/cwt119.00–126.006247
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525103.34/cwt101.00–106.005433
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526113.57/cwt112.00–117.005977
Heifers—Small 1-2534106.99/cwt101.00–111.005714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
Heifers—Medium and Large 2569112.36/cwt109.00–117.006395
Heifers—Medium and Large 3582106.00/cwt104.00–107.006173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy585109.00/cwt109.00–109.006381
Heifers—Small 1-2595108.00/cwt108.00–108.006431
Heifers—Medium and Large 2604110.99/cwt109.00–114.006704
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed60587.50/cwt85.00–90.005292
Heifers—Small 1-2624104.51/cwt101.00–108.006524
Heifers—Medium and Large 364599.00/cwt99.00–99.006391
Heifers—Medium and Large 365099.00/cwt99.00–99.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed66383.00/cwt83.00–83.005501
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy68091.00/cwt91.00–91.006191
Heifers—Medium and Large 370098.00/cwt98.00–98.006861
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Fleshy73094.00/cwt94.00–94.006861
Heifers—Medium and Large 376097.00/cwt97.00–97.007371
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy81088.00/cwt88.00–88.007131
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2416141.73/cwt140.00–147.505905
Bulls—Medium and Large 2434128.74/cwt120.00–136.005595
Bulls—Small 1-2Fleshy43595.00/cwt95.00–95.004131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy440125.00/cwt125.00–125.005501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2462139.00/cwt139.00–139.006423
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy475133.67/cwt125.00–138.006354
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Full475132.00/cwt132.00–132.006271
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475131.29/cwt118.00–138.0062422
Bulls—Small 1-2480105.00/cwt105.00–105.005041
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520102.00/cwt102.00–102.005301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521134.43/cwt133.00–137.007009
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525128.39/cwt126.00–132.006745
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy528127.39/cwt125.00–132.506733
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy552123.00/cwt123.00–123.006793
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568122.70/cwt115.00–128.0069710
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580133.99/cwt133.00–135.007772
Bulls—Small 1-2586106.99/cwt105.00–110.006275
Bulls—Medium and Large 3590112.50/cwt112.50–112.506641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy615124.00/cwt124.00–124.007631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620113.00/cwt112.00–114.007012
Bulls—Small 1-2633105.47/cwt104.00–107.006682
Bulls—Medium and Large 3670104.63/cwt100.00–109.007012
Bulls—Small 1-2680104.50/cwt104.00–105.007112
Bulls—Small 1-2Fleshy73581.00/cwt81.00–81.005951
Bulls—Small 1-2790108.00/cwt108.00–108.008531
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed80590.00/cwt90.00–90.007251
Bulls—Small 1-2Fleshy80885.00/cwt85.00–85.006871
Bulls—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed89088.00/cwt88.00–88.007831
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 349589.00/cwt89.00–89.004411
Dairy Steers—Large 357889.98/cwt89.00–91.005202
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 355561.00/cwt61.00–61.003391
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,21587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,0571
Bulls——1,865101.64/cwt99.00–105.001,8965
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81953.94/cwt50.00–56.004425
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08163.73/cwt56.00–68.0068935
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17871.30/cwt69.00–77.0084013
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,19869.51/cwt69.00–70.008332
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41764.39/cwt61.00–68.0091211
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2550640.00/cwt640.00–640.003,5201
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2800680.00/cwt680.00–680.005,4401
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-28501,030.00/cwt1,030.00–1,030.008,7551
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2850650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,5251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29781,068.87/cwt900.00–1,210.0010,4542
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2251,090.00/cwt1,090.00–1,090.0013,3531
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-2750440.00/cwt440.00–440.003,3001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2830500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2908645.12/cwt630.00–660.005,8582
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,020683.74/cwt640.00–730.006,9744
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,125690.00/cwt690.00–690.007,7631

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.