Sale reports / North Carolina / Shelby Livestock Auction / 2022-09-27

Shelby Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Shelby, North Carolina · Tue, Sep 27
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2092
Feeder Cattle receipts
655 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 580▲ 232 vs year ago 423 · +54.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
228 head
▲ 93 vs last sale 135▲ 138 vs year ago 90 · +153.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady with 500-600lbs steers and heifers selling sharply lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady with slaughter bulls selling mostly 4.00 higher. Many producers are monitoring the path of Hurricane Ian that could impact livestock movement throughout the region later in the week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.33/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$131.33
79 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$645
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$40
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.04
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2487134.9565754
Medium and Large 2-3500123.5161825
One grade step is worth $11.44/cwt here — about $40 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 sale79 hd
131.33
—
NC average9 barns · 1,401 hd
139.37
−8.04
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—Average1,709110.761,8936thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36182.121,11817
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17775.6789021
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11462.1169211

Every lot

59 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2315180.00/cwt180.00–180.005671
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3325165.51/cwt164.00–167.505383
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3370164.26/cwt160.00–170.006085
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2379181.50/cwt172.50–187.506885
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed390197.50/cwt197.50–197.507701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428176.99/cwt162.50–185.007585
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3440132.50/cwt132.50–132.505831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471172.43/cwt165.00–180.008124
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3471128.93/cwt122.50–132.506075
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3523130.56/cwt120.00–137.506836
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525156.83/cwt150.00–165.0082312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed540167.00/cwt167.00–167.009021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567153.26/cwt150.00–160.008693
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3575138.74/cwt135.00–147.507987
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620138.51/cwt137.00–140.008592
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3626126.20/cwt123.00–129.007904
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3650125.00/cwt125.00–125.008131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720129.00/cwt129.00–129.009291
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2750135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2910127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,1601
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323146.59/cwt140.00–152.504732
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3340130.00/cwt130.00–130.004421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371144.55/cwt140.00–154.0053612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3390134.00/cwt134.00–134.005231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2417146.00/cwt140.00–155.006099
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460140.05/cwt135.00–148.006444
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3467127.60/cwt122.50–131.0059612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3505117.62/cwt117.00–118.005944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528124.74/cwt120.00–130.006598
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3568118.26/cwt115.00–120.006723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570126.54/cwt120.00–134.0072112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623125.00/cwt120.00–128.007794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673123.25/cwt122.50–124.008292
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3677112.42/cwt110.00–117.507613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715122.50/cwt122.50–122.508761
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2315145.00/cwt145.00–145.004571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365156.96/cwt147.50–160.005734
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3370128.85/cwt125.00–132.504772
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430141.26/cwt140.00–142.506072
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3430137.60/cwt120.00–155.005924
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2472154.77/cwt150.00–165.007313
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3473134.41/cwt125.00–137.506369
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3509113.90/cwt110.00–117.505805
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2524134.41/cwt132.00–137.507045
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565132.35/cwt120.00–150.007484
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3587115.00/cwt115.00–115.006753
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2621125.14/cwt119.00–135.007774
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3640115.00/cwt115.00–115.007361
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3650117.00/cwt117.00–117.007611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2669122.49/cwt120.00–125.008193
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,709110.76/cwt108.00–113.001,8936
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10663.22/cwt57.00–70.0069910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14675.08/cwt70.00–79.0086017
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19551.00/cwt51.00–51.006091
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29560.00/cwt60.00–60.007771
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31284.21/cwt82.00–89.001,1053
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33180.02/cwt77.00–83.001,06511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41785.96/cwt84.00–92.001,2186

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.