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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher, while bulls were 5.00 to 6.00 lower on a fairly light test. Feeder steers were mostly 4.00 to 8.00 lower on a fairly light test; bulls mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower; and heifers were mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was mostly moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $100.24/cwt on 130 head.

Average price

$100.24

130 head · 457 lb average

Value per head Derived

$458

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

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

$38.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.33

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	470	109.01	512	84
Medium 1-2	444	86.21	383	40
Small 1-2	358	70.97	254	6thin

One grade step is worth $38.04/cwt here — about $258 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 sale130 hd

100.24

—

NC average8 barns · 1,090 hd

106.57

−6.33

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	—	High	1,522	66.67	1,015	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,124	53.99	607	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,282	46.84	600	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,011	41.92	424	41

Every lot, as filed

85 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 1-2	—	560	85.05/cwt	80.00–90.00	476	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	464	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	510	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	840	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	972	85.00/cwt	84.00–86.00	826	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	505	94.00/cwt	80.00–106.00	475	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2Full	—	612	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	538	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	398	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	538	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	740	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	232	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	227	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	42.66/cwt	38.00–48.00	442	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	877	53.77/cwt	52.00–58.00	472	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,282	46.84/cwt	42.00–55.00	600	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	116.64/cwt	110.00–122.00	435	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	105.47/cwt	90.00–111.00	548	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	108.24/cwt	97.00–114.00	511	16
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	273	77.91/cwt	70.00–87.00	213	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	532	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	362	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	619	81.21/cwt	76.00–88.00	503	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	95.65/cwt	94.00–97.00	640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	112.67/cwt	110.00–118.00	364	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	103.00/cwt	102.00–104.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	311	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	388	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	279	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	234	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	164	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	722	72.98/cwt	72.00–74.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	657	81.02/cwt	78.00–84.00	532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	734	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	284	94.49/cwt	88.00–100.00	268	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	113.60/cwt	103.00–119.00	488	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	102.56/cwt	95.00–107.00	580	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	271	121.45/cwt	120.00–124.00	329	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	795	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	434	93.07/cwt	85.00–100.00	404	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	534	86.25/cwt	80.00–90.00	461	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	341	94.92/cwt	85.00–100.00	324	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	138	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	126.26/cwt	124.00–127.00	673	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	418	105.11/cwt	92.00–118.00	439	10
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	320	109.99/cwt	100.00–125.00	352	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	277	101.18/cwt	90.00–110.00	280	6
Steers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	234	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	190	1
Steers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	254	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	224	1
Steers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	314	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	270	1
Steers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	354	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	273	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	413	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	289	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	223	76.72/cwt	74.00–80.00	171	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	452	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	334	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	388	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	310	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	446	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	268	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	502	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	678	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	475	1
Bulls	—	—	1,961	85.60/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	119.97/cwt	113.00–125.00	626	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	116.85/cwt	110.00–122.00	665	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	122.18/cwt	120.00–132.00	582	12
Bulls	—	—	1,468	73.10/cwt	67.00–83.00	1,073	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	110.14/cwt	104.00–116.00	681	6
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	625	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	105.18/cwt	100.00–111.00	707	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	105.23/cwt	97.00–113.00	800	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	82.34/cwt	80.00–85.00	760	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	94.92/cwt	87.00–100.00	837	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	793	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	52.95/cwt	49.00–60.00	599	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,044	64.73/cwt	64.00–66.00	676	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	31.98/cwt	25.00–37.00	315	7
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	772	82.92/cwt	80.00–86.00	640	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	104.85/cwt	98.00–110.00	766	6
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	872	82.97/cwt	82.00–84.00	723	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	460	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	360	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	121.95/cwt	119.00–127.00	701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	128.73/cwt	119.00–131.00	606	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	126.55/cwt	120.00–136.00	538	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	134.73/cwt	126.00–150.00	511	10
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	389	110.31/cwt	97.00–117.00	429	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	123.67/cwt	122.00–124.50	777	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	248	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	248	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	60	22.00/cwt	20.00–27.00	13	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	138.05/cwt	130.00–147.00	450	13
Steers	Small 1-2	—	363	84.54/cwt	80.00–89.00	307	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	262	77.63/cwt	70.00–86.00	203	2
Bulls	—	—	1,429	53.94/cwt	45.00–63.00	771	6

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 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 408Last week 575Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 114Last week 137Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	80.00–90.00	85.05
2	—	464	110.00	110.00
1	—	840	80.00	80.00
4	—	505	80.00–106.00	94.00
2	—	625	80.00	80.00
4	—	772	80.00–86.00	82.92
2	—	872	82.00–84.00	82.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	972	84.00–86.00	85.00
16	—	522	113.00–125.00	119.97
14	—	569	110.00–122.00	116.85
12	—	476	120.00–132.00	122.18
6	—	618	104.00–116.00	110.14
5	—	672	100.00–111.00	105.18
4	—	760	97.00–113.00	105.23
3	—	923	80.00–85.00	82.34
3	—	882	87.00–100.00	94.92
1	—	818	97.00	97.00
6	—	731	98.00–110.00	104.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	538	103.00	103.00
1	—	740	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	502	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	678	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	612	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	538	74.00	74.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	232	98.00	98.00
5	—	619	76.00–88.00	81.21
2	—	722	72.00–74.00	72.98
2	—	657	78.00–84.00	81.02
8	—	284	88.00–100.00	94.49
5	—	434	85.00–100.00	93.07
4	—	534	80.00–90.00	86.25
3	—	341	85.00–100.00	94.92
1	—	460	94.00	94.00
1	—	360	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	373	110.00–122.00	116.64
16	—	520	90.00–111.00	105.47
16	—	472	97.00–114.00	108.24
3	—	669	94.00–97.00	95.65
3	—	323	110.00–118.00	112.67
2	—	610	102.00–104.00	103.00
2	—	283	110.00	110.00
1	—	864	85.00	85.00
13	—	430	103.00–119.00	113.60
10	—	566	95.00–107.00	102.56
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	273	70.00–87.00	77.91
1	—	532	68.00	68.00
1	—	388	72.00	72.00
1	—	234	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	70.00	70.00
2	—	223	74.00–80.00	76.72
1	—	452	74.00	74.00
1	—	388	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	446	60.00	60.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	271	120.00–124.00	121.45
1	—	702	119.00	119.00
1	—	652	122.00	122.00
4	—	533	124.00–127.00	126.26
3	—	575	119.00–127.00	121.95
15	—	471	119.00–131.00	128.73
12	—	425	120.00–136.00	126.55
10	—	379	126.00–150.00	134.73
3	—	628	122.00–124.50	123.67
13	—	326	130.00–147.00	138.05
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	138	109.00	109.00
10	—	418	92.00–118.00	105.11
9	—	320	100.00–125.00	109.99
6	—	277	90.00–110.00	101.18
5	—	389	97.00–117.00	110.31
1	—	248	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	234	81.00	81.00
1	—	254	88.00	88.00
1	—	314	86.00	86.00
1	—	354	77.00	77.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	80.00–89.00	84.54
2	—	262	70.00–86.00	77.63
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	60	20.00–27.00	22.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,035	38.00–48.00	42.66
4	—	877	52.00–58.00	53.77
7	—	986	25.00–37.00	31.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,282	42.00–55.00	46.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,132	49.00–60.00	52.95
3	—	1,044	64.00–66.00	64.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,961	84.00–87.00	85.60
6	—	1,468	67.00–83.00	73.10
6	—	1,429	45.00–63.00	53.94

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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