Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 1.00-3.00 higher. Feeder cattle were 3.00-6.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $89.58/cwt on 200 head.

Average price

$89.58

200 head · 465 lb average

Value per head Derived

$416

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$328

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

$30.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.29

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	502	98.02	492	116
Medium 1-2	424	80.83	343	63
Small 1-2	388	69.28	268	20
Large 3	240	68.00	163	1thin

One grade step is worth $30.02/cwt here — about $328 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 sale200 hd

89.58

—

NC average8 barns · 1,324 hd

105.87

−16.29

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	—	Low	1,673	73.57	1,231	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,131	51.96	588	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,472	48.79	718	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,009	37.79	381	33

Every lot, as filed

98 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
Bulls	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	706	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	466	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	818	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	556	1
Bulls	—	—	1,408	58.65/cwt	50.00–65.00	826	3
Bulls	—	—	1,851	78.19/cwt	70.00–84.00	1,447	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	75.49/cwt	74.00–77.00	608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	80.50/cwt	78.00–86.00	573	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	615	74.67/cwt	69.00–80.00	459	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	375	83.05/cwt	80.00–85.00	311	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	429	80.55/cwt	77.00–88.00	346	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,035	62.49/cwt	59.00–69.00	647	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	49.99/cwt	45.00–55.00	574	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	48.79/cwt	42.00–56.00	718	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	23.57/cwt	20.00–30.00	214	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	43.12/cwt	37.00–47.00	451	24
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	430	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	370	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	482	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	545	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	576	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	518	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	606	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	545	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	423	100.38/cwt	90.00–107.00	425	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	381	101.36/cwt	90.00–111.00	386	12
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	319	103.20/cwt	94.00–112.00	329	13
Steers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	418	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	330	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	238	112.05/cwt	105.00–117.00	267	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	265	100.16/cwt	90.00–105.00	265	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	366	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	278	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	420	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	344	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	214	82.41/cwt	80.00–85.00	176	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	276	82.60/cwt	77.00–88.00	228	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	125.13/cwt	121.00–128.00	340	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	120.36/cwt	116.00–126.00	395	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	120.50/cwt	114.00–129.00	449	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	116.29/cwt	110.00–130.00	495	20
Steers	Small 1-2	—	126	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	88	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	344	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	178	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	223	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	847	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	634	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	368	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	884	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,967	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	970	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	854	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	222	126.18/cwt	120.00–139.00	280	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,018	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	271	88.53/cwt	83.00–93.00	240	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	472	80.88/cwt	77.00–85.00	382	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	525	79.38/cwt	74.00–85.00	417	8
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	378	67.22/cwt	60.00–73.00	254	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	323	71.32/cwt	65.00–76.00	230	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,001	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	671	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	264	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	304	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	106.87/cwt	95.00–114.00	352	7
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	852	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	443	1
Bulls	—	—	1,057	59.81/cwt	56.00–64.00	632	2
Bulls	—	—	1,882	88.93/cwt	86.00–92.00	1,674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	88.43/cwt	83.00–98.00	729	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	97.41/cwt	91.00–105.00	755	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	100.40/cwt	97.00–104.00	680	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	99.55/cwt	97.00–102.00	611	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	104.14/cwt	97.00–112.00	549	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	110.90/cwt	105.00–118.00	528	13
Bulls	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	455	73.51/cwt	70.00–77.00	334	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	875	60.02/cwt	59.00–61.00	525	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	646	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	517	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	102.02/cwt	98.00–106.00	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	81.39/cwt	74.00–89.00	751	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	624	90.52/cwt	80.00–98.00	565	4
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	477	91.22/cwt	84.00–100.00	435	9
Bulls	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	524	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	403	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	572	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	406	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	632	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	430	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	684	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	609	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	525	87.52/cwt	85.00–90.00	459	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	561	83.52/cwt	81.00–86.00	469	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	104.46/cwt	99.00–112.00	603	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	237	112.32/cwt	94.00–115.00	266	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	103.52/cwt	90.00–110.00	394	10
Heifers	Large 3	—	240	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	163	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	692	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	712	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	237	89.30/cwt	85.00–95.00	212	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	577	79.33/cwt	78.00–80.00	458	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	262	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	186	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	616	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	370	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	215	85.42/cwt	84.00–87.00	184	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	494	65.00/cwt	63.00–67.00	321	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	526	62.50/cwt	62.00–63.00	329	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	425	67.79/cwt	60.00–73.00	288	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	100.47/cwt	90.00–115.00	469	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	93.67/cwt	87.00–98.00	539	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	88.56/cwt	81.00–95.50	592	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	89.47/cwt	84.00–95.00	557	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	107.16/cwt	94.00–116.00	455	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	96.75/cwt	90.00–105.00	502	18
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	322	85.72/cwt	80.00–92.00	276	11
Heifers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	328	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	210	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	522	67.96/cwt	67.00–69.00	355	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	480	65.76/cwt	61.00–70.00	316	4

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 Nov 7, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 516Last week 562Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 129Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 2Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	706	66.00	66.00
1	—	818	68.00	68.00
2	—	455	70.00–77.00	73.51
2	—	875	59.00–61.00	60.02
1	—	524	77.00	77.00
1	—	572	71.00	71.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	634	58.00	58.00
1	—	852	52.00	52.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	824	83.00–98.00	88.43
4	—	775	91.00–105.00	97.41
6	—	677	97.00–104.00	100.40
7	—	614	97.00–102.00	99.55
10	—	527	97.00–112.00	104.14
13	—	476	105.00–118.00	110.90
1	—	870	92.00	92.00
2	—	734	98.00–106.00	102.02
2	—	923	74.00–89.00	81.39
20	—	577	99.00–112.00	104.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	646	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	624	80.00–98.00	90.52
9	—	477	84.00–100.00	91.22
1	—	684	89.00	89.00
2	—	525	85.00–90.00	87.52
2	—	561	81.00–86.00	83.52
Bulls — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	632	68.00	68.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	805	74.00–77.00	75.49
4	—	712	78.00–86.00	80.50
4	—	1,001	67.00	67.00
7	—	264	115.00	115.00
7	—	329	95.00–114.00	106.87
8	—	237	94.00–115.00	112.32
10	—	381	90.00–110.00	103.52
10	—	467	90.00–115.00	100.47
10	—	575	87.00–98.00	93.67
10	—	668	81.00–95.50	88.56
12	—	623	84.00–95.00	89.47
14	—	425	94.00–116.00	107.16
18	—	519	90.00–105.00	96.75
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	69.00–80.00	74.67
4	—	375	80.00–85.00	83.05
6	—	429	77.00–88.00	80.55
8	—	271	83.00–93.00	88.53
8	—	472	77.00–85.00	80.88
8	—	525	74.00–85.00	79.38
1	—	692	75.00	75.00
1	—	712	76.00	76.00
3	—	237	85.00–95.00	89.30
3	—	577	78.00–80.00	79.33
11	—	322	80.00–92.00	85.72
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	378	60.00–73.00	67.22
5	—	323	65.00–76.00	71.32
1	—	262	71.00	71.00
1	—	616	60.00	60.00
2	—	215	84.00–87.00	85.42
2	—	494	63.00–67.00	65.00
2	—	526	62.00–63.00	62.50
3	—	425	60.00–73.00	67.79
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	68.00	68.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	328	64.00	64.00
2	—	522	67.00–69.00	67.96
4	—	480	61.00–70.00	65.76
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	86.00	86.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	482	113.00	113.00
1	—	576	90.00	90.00
1	—	606	90.00	90.00
6	—	423	90.00–107.00	100.38
12	—	381	90.00–111.00	101.36
13	—	319	94.00–112.00	103.20
3	—	238	105.00–117.00	112.05
3	—	265	90.00–105.00	100.16
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	418	79.00	79.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	366	76.00	76.00
1	—	420	82.00	82.00
2	—	214	80.00–85.00	82.41
4	—	276	77.00–88.00	82.60
1	—	126	70.00	70.00
1	—	344	83.00	83.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	272	121.00–128.00	125.13
5	—	328	116.00–126.00	120.36
16	—	373	114.00–129.00	120.50
20	—	426	110.00–130.00	116.29
1	—	178	125.00	125.00
1	—	478	116.00	116.00
1	—	718	118.00	118.00
1	—	836	116.00	116.00
1	—	960	89.00	89.00
3	—	222	120.00–139.00	126.18
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,018	42.00	42.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,408	50.00–65.00	58.65
9	—	1,851	70.00–84.00	78.19
2	—	1,057	56.00–64.00	59.81
2	—	1,882	86.00–92.00	88.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,035	59.00–69.00	62.49
32	—	1,149	45.00–55.00	49.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,472	42.00–56.00	48.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	908	20.00–30.00	23.57
24	—	1,047	37.00–47.00	43.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	884	675.00	675.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Powell Livestock Market - Smithfield, NC

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle