Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter cattle were 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate, and 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 $99.63/cwt on 220 head.

Average price

$99.63

220 head · 466 lb average

Value per head Derived

$465

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$276

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

$35.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.58

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	491	108.55	533	142
Medium 1-2	467	89.71	419	48
Small 1-2	351	73.28	257	30

One grade step is worth $35.27/cwt here — about $276 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 sale220 hd

99.63

—

NC average7 barns · 996 hd

106.21

−6.58

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	1,678	75.94	1,274	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	53.26	639	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,507	44.54	671	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	967	37.36	361	46

Every lot, as filed

92 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 and Large 1-2	—	520	122.67/cwt	117.00–132.00	638	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	127.31/cwt	118.00–135.00	609	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	108.15/cwt	103.00–113.00	729	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	119.43/cwt	109.00–127.00	674	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	471	92.40/cwt	88.00–100.00	435	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	614	83.47/cwt	80.00–86.00	513	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	514	82.46/cwt	80.00–88.00	424	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	720	76.97/cwt	74.00–80.00	554	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	363	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	327	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	696	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	557	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	230	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	230	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	418	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	330	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	984	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	581	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	560	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	104.22/cwt	97.00–108.00	749	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	108.38/cwt	103.00–114.00	675	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	99.32/cwt	95.00–103.00	829	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	105.00/cwt	104.00–106.00	818	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	562	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	450	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	507	105.71/cwt	100.00–110.00	536	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	477	98.59/cwt	90.00–106.00	470	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	605	86.94/cwt	80.00–94.00	526	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	559	97.84/cwt	88.00–108.00	547	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	694	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	680	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	360	80.48/cwt	71.00–90.00	290	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	317	82.19/cwt	74.00–92.00	261	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	97.95/cwt	94.00–102.00	892	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	113.59/cwt	110.00–117.00	818	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	111.43/cwt	110.00–121.00	364	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	98.12/cwt	95.00–102.00	607	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	108.54/cwt	100.00–117.00	519	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	105.33/cwt	98.00–110.00	599	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	115.40/cwt	100.00–125.00	435	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	105.37/cwt	95.00–114.00	547	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	116.42/cwt	108.00–127.00	499	33
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	368	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	243	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	200	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	144	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	646	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	420	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	658	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	401	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	319	71.48/cwt	71.00–72.00	228	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	360	74.47/cwt	70.00–81.00	268	4
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	190	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	122	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	244	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	159	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	312	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	187	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	284	64.39/cwt	60.00–69.00	183	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	490	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	549	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	219	111.28/cwt	110.00–112.00	244	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	429	109.85/cwt	100.00–123.00	471	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	274	113.94/cwt	110.00–120.00	312	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	323	112.78/cwt	100.00–120.00	364	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	375	108.25/cwt	95.00–120.00	406	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	876	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,021	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	41.26/cwt	37.00–47.00	413	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	921	31.36/cwt	24.00–36.00	289	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	50.52/cwt	50.00–51.00	517	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	45.43/cwt	42.00–53.00	707	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,210	39.23/cwt	38.00–40.00	475	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	52.15/cwt	47.00–58.00	624	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	65.42/cwt	64.00–67.00	817	3
Bulls	—	—	1,763	78.36/cwt	72.00–84.50	1,381	7
Bulls	—	—	1,358	57.96/cwt	56.00–60.00	787	2
Bulls	—	—	1,718	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	96.17/cwt	90.00–103.00	647	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	697	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	91.97/cwt	90.00–94.00	654	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	720	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	626	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	412	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	371	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	270	83.38/cwt	78.00–90.00	225	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	420	76.01/cwt	70.00–82.00	319	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	467	74.54/cwt	70.00–80.00	348	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	571	86.87/cwt	80.00–92.00	496	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	422	100.41/cwt	90.00–104.00	424	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	279	108.05/cwt	100.00–111.00	301	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	327	96.78/cwt	90.00–101.00	316	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	548	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	460	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	168	57.40/cwt	40.00–74.00	96	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	258	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	132	1
Steers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	320	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	250	1
Steers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	230	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	159	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	272	80.47/cwt	74.00–87.00	219	6
Steers	Small 1-2	—	226	78.90/cwt	74.00–83.00	178	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	133.27/cwt	124.00–143.00	500	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	132.95/cwt	124.00–139.00	562	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	132.63/cwt	125.00–144.00	424	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	129.94/cwt	124.00–131.00	734	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	132.94/cwt	130.00–137.00	617	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	128.54/cwt	120.00–139.00	353	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	127.37/cwt	125.00–132.00	684	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	381	75.08/cwt	70.00–80.00	286	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	402	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	322	1

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 Dec 5, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 575Last week 484Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 137Last week 129Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	520	117.00–132.00	122.67
18	—	478	118.00–135.00	127.31
12	—	674	103.00–113.00	108.15
12	—	564	109.00–127.00	119.43
8	—	719	97.00–108.00	104.22
5	—	623	103.00–114.00	108.38
3	—	835	95.00–103.00	99.32
3	—	779	104.00–106.00	105.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	984	59.00	59.00
1	—	560	70.00	70.00
1	—	548	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	562	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	507	100.00–110.00	105.71
3	—	477	90.00–106.00	98.59
2	—	605	80.00–94.00	86.94
2	—	559	88.00–108.00	97.84
1	—	694	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	471	88.00–100.00	92.40
4	—	614	80.00–86.00	83.47
4	—	514	80.00–88.00	82.46
2	—	720	74.00–80.00	76.97
2	—	363	90.00	90.00
1	—	696	80.00	80.00
1	—	230	100.00	100.00
9	—	571	80.00–92.00	86.87
5	—	422	90.00–104.00	100.41
5	—	279	100.00–111.00	108.05
3	—	327	90.00–101.00	96.78
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	418	79.00	79.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	327	110.00–121.00	111.43
8	—	619	95.00–102.00	98.12
17	—	478	100.00–117.00	108.54
18	—	569	98.00–110.00	105.33
19	—	377	100.00–125.00	115.40
28	—	519	95.00–114.00	105.37
33	—	429	108.00–127.00	116.42
6	—	673	90.00–103.00	96.17
2	—	850	82.00	82.00
2	—	711	90.00–94.00	91.97
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	368	66.00	66.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	72.00	72.00
1	—	646	65.00	65.00
1	—	658	61.00	61.00
2	—	319	71.00–72.00	71.48
4	—	360	70.00–81.00	74.47
7	—	270	78.00–90.00	83.38
4	—	420	70.00–82.00	76.01
3	—	467	70.00–80.00	74.54
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	190	64.00	64.00
1	—	244	65.00	65.00
1	—	312	60.00	60.00
3	—	284	60.00–69.00	64.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	381	70.00–80.00	75.08
1	—	402	80.00	80.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	360	71.00–90.00	80.48
4	—	317	74.00–92.00	82.19
2	—	412	90.00	90.00
6	—	272	74.00–87.00	80.47
2	—	226	74.00–83.00	78.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	911	94.00–102.00	97.95
2	—	720	110.00–117.00	113.59
1	—	626	114.00	114.00
1	—	834	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,134	90.00	90.00
22	—	375	124.00–143.00	133.27
21	—	423	124.00–139.00	132.95
9	—	320	125.00–144.00	132.63
7	—	565	124.00–131.00	129.94
4	—	464	130.00–137.00	132.94
4	—	275	120.00–139.00	128.54
3	—	537	125.00–132.00	127.37
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	112.00	112.00
3	—	219	110.00–112.00	111.28
4	—	429	100.00–123.00	109.85
5	—	274	110.00–120.00	113.94
7	—	323	100.00–120.00	112.78
9	—	375	95.00–120.00	108.25
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	78.00	78.00
1	—	230	69.00	69.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	168	40.00–74.00	57.40
1	—	258	51.00	51.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,001	37.00–47.00	41.26
20	—	921	24.00–36.00	31.36
2	—	1,023	50.00–51.00	50.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,557	42.00–53.00	45.43
2	—	1,210	38.00–40.00	39.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,196	47.00–58.00	52.15
3	—	1,249	64.00–67.00	65.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,763	72.00–84.50	78.36
2	—	1,358	56.00–60.00	57.96
1	—	1,718	95.00	95.00

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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