Sale reports / North Carolina / Shelby Livestock Auction / 2025-11-18

Shelby Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shelby, North Carolina · Tue, Nov 18
● Final110 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2092
Feeder Cattle receipts
430 head
▲ 140 vs last sale 290▲ 25 vs year ago 405 · +6.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 50▲ 15 vs year ago 81 · +18.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 5▲ 43 vs year ago 11 · +390.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Special Note: No sale next week in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were mostly steady, while feeder cattle were mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $304.94/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 5 of 34 comparable sales and sits −36.28 against this barn's trailing median of $341.23.
Average price
$304.94
41 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,650
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$463
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$93.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.22
vs NC average
−51.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538319.861,72232
Medium and Large 2547271.951,4885thin
Medium and Large 3555226.811,2594thin
One grade step is worth $93.06/cwt here — about $463 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale41 hd
304.94
—
NC average10 barns · 388 hd
306.16
−1.22
National average188 barns · 19,415 hd
356.89
−51.95
This barn, trailing median34 sales
341.23
−36.28
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
394352311269median 341.2303/0304/2807/0709/0110/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $380.10, low $282.79, median $341.23 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,521167.402,54616
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,211147.971,79231
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,300140.001,8201thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low981115.831,13625

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,094$2,90119
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,040$2,41314
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,368$2,3882thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,233$2,2696
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,165$2,2001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,040$2,0001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,240$1,9001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,177$1,7893thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,045$2,5107

Every lot

110 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335332.72/cwt325.00–340.001,1152
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,5051
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430289.77/cwt270.00–310.001,2462
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,8081
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475315.81/cwt300.00–333.001,5002
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482389.58/cwt380.00–401.001,8786
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3485300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4551
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3505250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2631
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5971
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518345.54/cwt320.00–365.001,7906
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558353.80/cwt350.00–357.501,9742
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3573237.99/cwt225.00–250.001,3642
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added590361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,1302
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618335.67/cwt329.00–342.502,0745
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670324.05/cwt315.00–335.002,1716
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723296.67/cwt275.00–310.002,1453
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9381
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,4511
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2890185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,6471
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2215350.00/cwt350.00–350.007531
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223411.78/cwt390.00–430.0091811
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265362.55/cwt360.00–365.009612
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1281404.31/cwt380.00–420.001,1369
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319404.38/cwt380.00–425.001,2907
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328328.81/cwt310.00–350.001,0783
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369308.87/cwt280.00–325.001,1407
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372355.20/cwt335.00–375.001,32113
Heifers350–400Medium 3375170.00/cwt170.00–170.006381
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3381227.86/cwt200.00–250.008684
Heifers400–450Medium 3410150.00/cwt150.00–150.006151
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423244.60/cwt225.00–255.001,0354
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425326.14/cwt310.00–350.001,38619
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2831
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3458226.09/cwt200.00–250.001,0353
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477315.42/cwt300.00–333.001,5057
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510259.90/cwt250.00–270.001,3252
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522325.17/cwt305.00–337.001,69719
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530241.00/cwt227.00–255.001,2772
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562312.11/cwt290.00–331.001,75413
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572279.99/cwt275.00–285.001,6023
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580212.61/cwt200.00–225.001,2332
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615241.40/cwt220.00–250.001,4854
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620292.93/cwt275.00–315.001,81612
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0941
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added655318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,0834
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668289.84/cwt270.00–313.001,9363
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2668179.87/cwt175.00–185.001,2022
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3670182.50/cwt165.00–200.001,2232
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2708192.03/cwt184.00–200.001,3602
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720244.77/cwt225.00–272.501,7624
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2768169.34/cwt169.00–170.001,3013
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2825181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,4931
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1840230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9321
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2858163.17/cwt154.00–172.501,4002
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1880198.99/cwt198.00–200.001,7512
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 3880158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,3901
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2955163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,5571
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,033175.47/cwt171.00–180.001,8132
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230481.74/cwt465.00–500.001,1082
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2245370.00/cwt370.00–370.009071
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1279448.74/cwt410.00–475.001,2529
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2319340.24/cwt320.00–370.001,0854
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335419.18/cwt390.00–447.501,40416
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2367336.45/cwt325.00–355.001,2353
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375418.01/cwt400.00–435.001,56821
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3385225.00/cwt225.00–225.008661
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420328.91/cwt300.00–345.001,3813
Bulls400–450Medium 3420225.00/cwt225.00–225.009451
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423406.11/cwt375.00–427.501,71820
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3423283.15/cwt280.00–290.001,1983
Bulls450–500Medium 3455210.00/cwt210.00–210.009561
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472394.38/cwt372.50–422.001,86115
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3921
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481334.20/cwt320.00–355.001,6088
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3515243.87/cwt225.00–250.001,2564
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1517354.43/cwt330.00–380.001,83212
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523279.83/cwt255.00–305.001,4644
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567338.03/cwt315.00–362.501,91710
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578292.27/cwt285.00–300.001,6892
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1701
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625320.72/cwt305.00–340.002,0057
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630266.50/cwt252.00–285.001,6795
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650237.50/cwt225.00–250.001,5442
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660284.02/cwt267.00–295.001,8756
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1713256.74/cwt250.00–272.501,8315
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4701
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1778241.00/cwt230.00–252.501,8752
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2805189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,5211
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 3895134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1991
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2990164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,6241
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,140155.02/cwt151.00–158.001,7674
Bulls——1,643168.99/cwt159.00–175.002,77710
Bulls——1,673184.24/cwt182.00–187.003,0822
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85289.42/cwt84.00–97.007626
Cows—Lean 85-90%907107.14/cwt103.00–111.009725
Cows—Lean 85-90%973138.42/cwt136.00–141.001,3472
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,077128.90/cwt121.00–134.001,38812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,184162.70/cwt159.00–166.001,9265
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,216145.14/cwt135.00–155.001,76526
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,300140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,8201
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0402,413.43/head1,650.00–2,900.002,41314
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0402,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0942,900.61/head2,000.00–3,300.002,90119
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1652,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1771,788.53/head1,475.00–2,000.001,7893
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2332,268.55/head1,900.00–2,650.002,2696
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2401,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3682,387.75/head2,300.00–2,500.002,3882
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29952,646.42/head2,275.00–2,950.002,6462
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0652,455.33/head2,125.00–2,650.002,4555

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.