Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter cattle were mostly 1.00-3.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 3.00-5.00 higher. Demand and market and buyer activity were moderate. Moderate offerings with quality of cattle plain to average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $104.16/cwt on 166 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −97.63 against this barn's trailing median of $201.79.

Average price

$104.16

166 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$568

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$37.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.60

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	522	113.89	595	63
Medium 1-2	553	103.52	573	68
Small 1-2	575	88.39	509	33
Large 3	400	84.00	336	1thin
Medium and Large 3	618	76.00	470	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.89/cwt here — about $125 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

11 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $214.68, low $185.11, median $201.79 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale166 hd

104.16

—

NC average7 barns · 936 hd

104.76

−0.60

This barn, trailing median11 sales

201.79

−97.63

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,725	67.15	1,158	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,111	43.61	485	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,337	42.17	564	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,001	34.34	344	35

Every lot, as filed

120 lots · USDA AMS · Powell Livestock Market - Smithfield, NC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,676	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	872	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	528	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	46.46/cwt	44.00–56.00	535	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,077	39.60/cwt	32.00–43.00	426	15
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	673	71.18/cwt	60.00–82.00	479	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	621	71.22/cwt	62.00–80.00	442	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	582	91.45/cwt	84.00–99.00	532	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	336	72.88/cwt	66.00–80.00	245	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	251	63.51/cwt	60.00–67.00	159	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	210	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	153	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	114.20/cwt	110.00–120.00	384	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	109.48/cwt	103.00–116.00	411	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	227	113.17/cwt	108.00–127.00	257	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	101.55/cwt	100.00–103.00	636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	107.99/cwt	106.00–110.00	476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	107.39/cwt	105.00–110.00	303	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	542	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	520	93.70/cwt	80.00–101.00	487	14
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	415	95.41/cwt	85.00–101.00	396	11
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	812	70.70/cwt	63.00–72.00	574	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	565	92.82/cwt	83.00–101.00	524	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	467	95.39/cwt	90.00–101.00	445	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	379	98.57/cwt	90.00–107.00	374	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	332	97.17/cwt	90.00–106.00	323	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	627	87.74/cwt	85.00–92.00	550	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	666	86.50/cwt	83.00–90.00	576	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	229	95.47/cwt	90.00–105.00	219	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	290	97.29/cwt	90.00–105.00	282	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	668	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	534	1
Bulls	—	—	2,062	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,485	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	846	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	567	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	671	83.63/cwt	73.00–94.00	561	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	566	92.79/cwt	85.00–100.00	525	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	622	84.31/cwt	68.00–104.00	524	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	728	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	633	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	772	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	656	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	392	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	314	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	330	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	297	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	462	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	618	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	113.15/cwt	104.00–118.00	586	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	125.36/cwt	118.00–137.00	530	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	121.23/cwt	113.00–135.00	571	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	112.40/cwt	104.00–127.00	644	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	103.62/cwt	94.00–115.00	641	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	88.34/cwt	85.00–90.00	637	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	90.99/cwt	90.00–92.00	626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	462	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	790	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	530	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	535	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	528	106.29/cwt	100.00–120.00	561	12
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	720	91.53/cwt	90.00–93.00	659	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	908	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	636	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	768	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	730	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	548	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	444	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	400	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	336	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	464	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	404	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	592	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	533	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	414	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	455	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	366	117.53/cwt	115.00–120.00	430	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	616	110.55/cwt	103.00–114.00	681	6
Steers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	458	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	344	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	384	92.47/cwt	80.00–102.00	355	7
Steers	Small 1-2	—	322	90.98/cwt	90.00–93.00	293	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	523	92.36/cwt	85.00–104.00	483	7
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	479	92.97/cwt	86.00–100.00	445	5
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	564	105.76/cwt	90.00–112.00	596	15
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	478	108.25/cwt	102.00–117.00	517	15
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	615	102.50/cwt	90.00–111.00	630	9
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	411	106.02/cwt	100.00–112.00	436	6
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	667	94.94/cwt	90.00–100.00	633	4
Bulls	—	—	1,375	55.80/cwt	48.00–66.00	767	2
Bulls	—	—	2,088	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,775	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	442	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	265	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	380	74.84/cwt	66.00–87.00	284	8
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	482	84.93/cwt	74.00–92.00	409	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	518	79.77/cwt	71.00–89.00	413	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	424	77.91/cwt	66.00–97.00	330	6
Steers	Small 1-2	—	409	93.47/cwt	90.00–97.00	382	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	954	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	620	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	496	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	337	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	292	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	394	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	236	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	312	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	315	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	127.83/cwt	120.00–134.00	419	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,307	42.01/cwt	40.00–49.00	549	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	30.43/cwt	25.00–39.00	306	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	976	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	566	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	38.48/cwt	34.00–45.00	384	17
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	712	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	641	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	492	111.95/cwt	108.00–116.00	551	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	535	104.37/cwt	100.00–111.00	558	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	288	110.56/cwt	102.00–118.00	318	4
Steers	Small 1-2Value Added	—	477	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	563	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	416	106.36/cwt	100.00–111.00	442	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	573	110.45/cwt	102.00–119.00	633	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	719	95.57/cwt	90.00–100.00	687	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	226	110.82/cwt	108.00–116.00	250	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	384	107.93/cwt	100.00–113.00	414	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	322	113.06/cwt	109.00–121.00	364	13
Steers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	196	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	176	1
Steers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	396	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	238	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	284	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	293	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	530	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	576	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	644	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	688	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	745	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	130.45/cwt	126.00–135.00	548	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	130.27/cwt	120.00–136.00	598	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	128.01/cwt	122.00–136.00	367	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	122.84/cwt	122.00–124.00	706	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	127.25/cwt	120.00–128.00	653	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	132.39/cwt	124.00–142.00	492	12

How this sale compares

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Powell Livestock Market - Smithfield, NC

Thu Oct 17, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 608Last week 763Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 110Last week 174Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,676	52.00	52.00
1	—	1,508	35.00	35.00
17	—	1,307	40.00–49.00	42.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,152	44.00–56.00	46.46
15	—	1,077	32.00–43.00	39.60
1	—	976	58.00	58.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,005	25.00–39.00	30.43
17	—	997	34.00–45.00	38.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,062	72.00	72.00
2	—	1,375	48.00–66.00	55.80
1	—	2,088	85.00	85.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	60.00–82.00	71.18
2	—	621	62.00–80.00	71.22
2	—	582	84.00–99.00	91.45
2	—	336	66.00–80.00	72.88
2	—	251	60.00–67.00	63.51
1	—	210	73.00	73.00
8	—	380	66.00–87.00	74.84
7	—	482	74.00–92.00	84.93
6	—	518	71.00–89.00	79.77
6	—	424	66.00–97.00	77.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	418	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	336	110.00–120.00	114.20
6	—	375	103.00–116.00	109.48
4	—	227	108.00–127.00	113.17
2	—	626	100.00–103.00	101.55
2	—	474	114.00	114.00
2	—	441	106.00–110.00	107.99
2	—	282	105.00–110.00	107.39
1	—	562	104.00	104.00
1	—	526	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	520	80.00–101.00	93.70
11	—	415	85.00–101.00	95.41
7	—	812	63.00–72.00	70.70
7	—	565	83.00–101.00	92.82
7	—	467	90.00–101.00	95.39
7	—	379	90.00–107.00	98.57
6	—	332	90.00–106.00	97.17
5	—	627	85.00–92.00	87.74
4	—	666	83.00–90.00	86.50
4	—	229	90.00–105.00	95.47
2	—	290	90.00–105.00	97.29
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	668	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	442	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	846	67.00	67.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	671	73.00–94.00	83.63
5	—	566	85.00–100.00	92.79
4	—	622	68.00–104.00	84.31
2	—	728	87.00	87.00
1	—	772	85.00	85.00
1	—	392	80.00	80.00
1	—	330	90.00	90.00
7	—	523	85.00–104.00	92.36
5	—	479	86.00–100.00	92.97
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	462	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	618	76.00	76.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	518	104.00–118.00	113.15
15	—	423	118.00–137.00	125.36
8	—	471	113.00–135.00	121.23
7	—	573	104.00–127.00	112.40
6	—	619	94.00–115.00	103.62
3	—	721	85.00–90.00	88.34
2	—	688	90.00–92.00	90.99
1	—	760	90.00	90.00
1	—	398	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	85.00	85.00
1	—	530	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	528	100.00–120.00	106.29
2	—	720	90.00–93.00	91.53
1	—	908	70.00	70.00
1	—	768	95.00	95.00
15	—	564	90.00–112.00	105.76
15	—	478	102.00–117.00	108.25
9	—	615	90.00–111.00	102.50
6	—	411	100.00–112.00	106.02
4	—	667	90.00–100.00	94.94
Bulls — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	548	81.00	81.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	84.00	84.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	464	87.00	87.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	592	90.00	90.00
7	—	384	80.00–102.00	92.47
3	—	322	90.00–93.00	90.98
2	—	409	90.00–97.00	93.47
1	—	954	65.00	65.00
1	—	496	68.00	68.00
1	—	292	97.00	97.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	414	110.00	110.00
2	—	366	115.00–120.00	117.53
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	616	103.00–114.00	110.55
2	—	492	108.00–116.00	111.95
3	—	535	100.00–111.00	104.37
4	—	288	102.00–118.00	110.56
4	—	416	100.00–111.00	106.36
4	—	573	102.00–119.00	110.45
4	—	719	90.00–100.00	95.57
5	—	226	108.00–116.00	110.82
6	—	384	100.00–113.00	107.93
13	—	322	109.00–121.00	113.06
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	458	75.00	75.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	80.00	80.00
1	—	394	60.00	60.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	312	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	328	120.00–134.00	127.83
1	—	606	123.00	123.00
1	—	664	119.00	119.00
5	—	420	126.00–135.00	130.45
6	—	459	120.00–136.00	130.27
7	—	287	122.00–136.00	128.01
7	—	575	122.00–124.00	122.84
11	—	513	120.00–128.00	127.25
12	—	372	124.00–142.00	132.39
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	712	90.00	90.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	477	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	196	90.00	90.00
1	—	396	60.00	60.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	284	103.00	103.00
1	—	530	107.00	107.00
1	—	576	100.00	100.00
1	—	644	109.00	109.00
1	—	688	100.00	100.00

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