Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to the market being closed the previous two weeks in observance of the Christmas and New Year's holidays. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.55/cwt on 157 head.

Average price

$111.55

157 head · 433 lb average

Value per head Derived

$483

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$318

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

$42.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.36

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	474	120.38	571	90
Medium 2	402	101.98	410	56
Small 1-2	240	90.27	217	9thin
Medium and Large 3	325	78.00	254	2thin

One grade step is worth $42.38/cwt here — about $318 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 sale157 hd

111.55

—

NC average8 barns · 1,075 hd

114.91

−3.36

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	1,623	77.71	1,261	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,419	56.54	802	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,113	53.80	599	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,033	41.20	426	58

Every lot, as filed

91 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
Heifers	Medium 2	—	275	102.89/cwt	100.00–110.00	283	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	723	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	184	91.07/cwt	89.00–93.00	168	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	342	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	301	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	673	87.94/cwt	85.00–91.00	592	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	224	90.22/cwt	80.00–96.00	202	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	278	90.71/cwt	81.00–100.00	252	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	414	105.41/cwt	90.00–113.00	436	7
Steers	Small 1-2	—	402	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	402	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	274	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	249	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	140	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	136	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	152.97/cwt	138.00–165.00	575	16
Steers	Medium 2	—	234	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	152.83/cwt	138.00–162.00	651	13
Steers	Medium 2	—	274	119.46/cwt	115.00–132.00	327	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	432	120.03/cwt	117.00–125.00	519	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	152.13/cwt	140.00–157.00	508	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	150.13/cwt	139.00–159.00	695	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	132.80/cwt	129.50–147.00	781	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	294	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	459	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	145.56/cwt	142.00–147.00	777	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	386	121.89/cwt	114.00–130.00	470	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	488	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	119.95/cwt	111.00–123.00	795	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	210	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	185	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	328	123.09/cwt	117.00–130.00	404	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	390	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	234	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	798	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,586	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	972	848.32/cwt	775.00–950.00	8,246	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,019	674.45/cwt	625.00–750.00	6,873	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	966	745.79/cwt	675.00–800.00	7,204	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	125.71/cwt	121.00–129.00	789	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	458	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	293	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	118.38/cwt	116.00–125.00	788	5
Bulls	—	—	1,899	82.43/cwt	75.00–88.00	1,565	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	569	104.25/cwt	100.00–110.00	593	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	528	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	581	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	467	115.30/cwt	110.00–126.00	538	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	674	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	502	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	502	1
Steers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	402	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	492	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	514	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	628	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	548	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	658	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	270	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	270	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	313	113.47/cwt	112.00–115.00	355	2
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	528	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	612	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	425	108.91/cwt	101.00–116.00	463	2
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	364	105.02/cwt	104.00–106.00	382	2
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	294	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	256	1
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	564	78.43/cwt	72.00–85.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	488	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	436	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	358	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	422	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	327	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	392	3
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	814	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	121.08/cwt	110.00–126.00	748	5
Bulls	—	—	1,259	65.56/cwt	63.00–67.00	825	3
Bulls	—	—	1,888	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	140.03/cwt	126.00–149.00	735	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	149.60/cwt	136.00–159.00	711	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	128.59/cwt	120.00–139.00	755	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	53.06/cwt	48.00–60.50	588	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	67.09/cwt	64.00–70.00	802	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	109.25/cwt	100.00–114.00	780	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	110.95/cwt	108.00–114.00	858	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	757	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	736	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	630	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	188	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	201	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	230	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	269	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	44.16/cwt	38.00–49.00	470	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	32.73/cwt	27.00–37.00	309	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,419	56.54/cwt	51.00–62.00	802	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	276	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	724	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	119.97/cwt	109.00–128.00	629	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	374	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	299	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	116.60/cwt	114.00–121.00	667	16
Heifers	Medium 2	—	575	92.00/cwt	90.00–94.00	529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	212	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	124.39/cwt	118.00–129.00	590	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	123.81/cwt	120.00–128.00	532	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	126.95/cwt	120.00–137.00	486	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	127.95/cwt	125.00–136.00	406	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	92.02/cwt	90.00–94.00	633	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	473	103.27/cwt	90.00–111.00	488	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	370	106.19/cwt	93.00–120.00	393	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	328	102.80/cwt	95.00–114.00	337	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.00	370	2

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 Jan 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 420Last week 153Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 137Last week 37Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 4Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	275	100.00–110.00	102.89
2	—	673	85.00–91.00	87.94
7	—	414	90.00–113.00	105.41
1	—	630	89.00	89.00
1	—	188	107.00	107.00
1	—	230	117.00	117.00
2	—	575	90.00–94.00	92.00
12	—	473	90.00–111.00	103.27
12	—	370	93.00–120.00	106.19
8	—	328	95.00–114.00	102.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	634	114.00	114.00
1	—	724	100.00	100.00
17	—	524	109.00–128.00	119.97
16	—	572	114.00–121.00	116.60
1	—	212	120.00	120.00
17	—	474	118.00–129.00	124.39
10	—	430	120.00–128.00	123.81
8	—	383	120.00–137.00	126.95
6	—	317	125.00–136.00	127.95
2	—	688	90.00–94.00	92.02
2	—	297	124.00–125.00	124.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	184	89.00–93.00	91.07
1	—	342	88.00	88.00
4	—	224	80.00–96.00	90.22
2	—	278	81.00–100.00	90.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	502	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	492	110.00	110.00
1	—	514	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	294	87.00	87.00
2	—	564	72.00–85.00	78.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	488	115.00	115.00
1	—	436	115.00	115.00
1	—	358	118.00	118.00
3	—	327	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	276	76.00	76.00
1	—	374	80.00	80.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	402	100.00	100.00
1	—	274	91.00	91.00
1	—	140	97.00	97.00
1	—	210	88.00	88.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	376	138.00–165.00	152.97
13	—	426	138.00–162.00	152.83
7	—	334	140.00–157.00	152.13
6	—	463	139.00–159.00	150.13
5	—	588	129.50–147.00	132.80
1	—	294	156.00	156.00
7	—	534	142.00–147.00	145.56
4	—	663	111.00–123.00	119.95
7	—	628	121.00–129.00	125.71
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	234	115.00	115.00
6	—	274	115.00–132.00	119.46
5	—	432	117.00–125.00	120.03
5	—	386	114.00–130.00	121.89
1	—	488	119.00	119.00
7	—	328	117.00–130.00	123.09
Steers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	402	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	100.00	100.00
2	—	313	112.00–115.00	113.47
1	—	528	116.00	116.00
2	—	425	101.00–116.00	108.91
2	—	364	104.00–106.00	105.02
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	60.00	60.00
1	—	458	64.00	64.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	666	116.00–125.00	118.38
5	—	618	110.00–126.00	121.08
15	—	525	126.00–149.00	140.03
8	—	475	136.00–159.00	149.60
7	—	587	120.00–139.00	128.59
3	—	714	100.00–114.00	109.25
2	—	773	108.00–114.00	110.95
1	—	850	89.00	89.00
1	—	800	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	569	100.00–110.00	104.25
3	—	528	110.00	110.00
3	—	467	110.00–126.00	115.30
1	—	674	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	628	100.00	100.00
1	—	548	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	814	70.00	70.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	798	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	972	775.00–950.00	848.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,019	625.00–750.00	674.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	966	675.00–800.00	745.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,899	75.00–88.00	82.43
3	—	1,259	63.00–67.00	65.56
1	—	1,888	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,108	48.00–60.50	53.06
2	—	1,195	64.00–70.00	67.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,064	38.00–49.00	44.16
15	—	943	27.00–37.00	32.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,419	51.00–62.00	56.54

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Powell Livestock Market - Smithfield, NC

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Replacement Cattle

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