Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 5.00 to 9.00 higher on a light test and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers were mostly steady to 12.00 higher some sharply higher; heifers mostly 5.00 to 11.00 higher; and bulls were mostly 7.00 to 10.00 higher some sharply higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. 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 $118.35/cwt on 159 head.

Average price

$118.35

159 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$543

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$432

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

$63.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.84

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	503	123.95	624	111
Medium 2	362	110.34	399	41
Medium and Large 3	230	81.62	188	2thin
Small 1-2	375	77.75	292	4thin
Small 3	320	60.00	192	1thin

One grade step is worth $63.95/cwt here — about $432 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 sale159 hd

118.35

—

NC average8 barns · 1,231 hd

120.18

−1.84

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	1,495	73.52	1,099	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,192	60.70	723	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,287	59.38	764	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	963	43.20	416	21

Every lot, as filed

96 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 and Large 1-2	—	419	129.70/cwt	120.00–134.00	543	18
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	582	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	407	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	242	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	230	81.62/cwt	80.00–83.00	188	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	125.19/cwt	116.00–128.00	716	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	112.13/cwt	100.00–119.00	702	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	131.12/cwt	125.00–138.00	497	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	128.06/cwt	126.00–130.00	430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	699	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	374	102.06/cwt	99.00–106.00	382	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	220	93.63/cwt	90.00–97.00	206	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	432	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	497	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	274	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	263	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	198	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	253	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	166.03/cwt	164.00–168.00	853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	165.65/cwt	150.00–177.00	548	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	175.93/cwt	164.00–181.50	660	16
Steers	Small 1-2	—	188	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	216	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	162	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	374	127.16/cwt	122.00–132.00	476	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	174.24/cwt	150.00–179.00	728	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	132.94/cwt	127.00–135.00	891	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	148.57/cwt	148.00–152.00	832	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	133.36/cwt	130.00–136.00	831	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	289	146.26/cwt	141.00–155.00	423	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	282	133.24/cwt	125.00–140.00	376	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	434	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	569	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	325	132.54/cwt	130.00–134.00	431	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	484	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	907	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	624	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	4,056	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,975	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,640	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	818	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	614	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	606	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	574	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	660	1
Bulls	—	—	1,455	78.04/cwt	74.00–85.00	1,135	8
Bulls	—	—	1,480	56.70/cwt	55.00–63.00	839	4
Bulls	—	—	1,682	89.07/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,498	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	582	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	510	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	571	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	454	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	518	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	382	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	298	1
Bulls	Medium 2Fleshy	—	456	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	636	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	588	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	496	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	556	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	294	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	544	113.01/cwt	112.00–114.00	615	2
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	306	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	300	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	337	114.46/cwt	113.00–116.00	386	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	670	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	757	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	580	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	358	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	329	144.52/cwt	144.00–145.00	475	2
Steers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	372	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	286	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	864	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	648	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	278	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	261	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	248	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	263	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	361	102.42/cwt	97.00–108.00	370	2
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	286	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	283	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	490	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	476	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	527	135.53/cwt	132.00–139.00	714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	778	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	644	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	824	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	166.71/cwt	147.00–177.00	789	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	125.84/cwt	116.00–132.00	662	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	128.60/cwt	120.00–135.00	611	21
Heifers	Medium 2	—	237	112.37/cwt	110.00–117.00	266	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	284	111.64/cwt	104.00–120.00	317	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	463	108.53/cwt	97.00–120.00	502	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	371	115.13/cwt	104.00–120.00	427	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	518	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	487	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	320	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	192	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,287	59.38/cwt	54.00–63.00	764	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	809	30.84/cwt	26.00–36.00	249	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	48.14/cwt	40.00–55.00	493	15
Heifers	Medium 2	—	325	112.77/cwt	100.00–120.00	367	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	578	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	543	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	412	103.17/cwt	96.00–110.00	425	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	465	115.80/cwt	108.00–120.00	538	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	523	105.73/cwt	102.00–110.00	553	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	113.00/cwt	110.00–116.00	869	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	118.34/cwt	118.00–119.00	865	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,364	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	955	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	59.15/cwt	57.00–62.00	688	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	127.20/cwt	125.00–130.00	850	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	159.54/cwt	143.00–171.00	817	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	133.21/cwt	127.00–137.00	826	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	141.75/cwt	132.00–149.00	814	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 Jan 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 425Last week 475Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 74Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 2Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	419	120.00–134.00	129.70
15	—	572	116.00–128.00	125.19
12	—	626	100.00–119.00	112.13
11	—	379	125.00–138.00	131.12
2	—	756	100.00	100.00
2	—	336	126.00–130.00	128.06
1	—	744	94.00	94.00
1	—	662	100.00	100.00
1	—	198	128.00	128.00
20	—	526	116.00–132.00	125.84
21	—	475	120.00–135.00	128.60
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	582	70.00	70.00
1	—	242	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	230	80.00–83.00	81.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	112.00	112.00
1	—	454	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	382	78.00	78.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	636	90.00	90.00
1	—	588	109.00	109.00
1	—	496	112.00	112.00
2	—	544	112.00–114.00	113.01
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	294	68.00	68.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	306	98.00	98.00
1	—	286	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	237	110.00–117.00	112.37
4	—	284	104.00–120.00	111.64
7	—	463	97.00–120.00	108.53
9	—	371	104.00–120.00	115.13
1	—	518	94.00	94.00
12	—	325	100.00–120.00	112.77
1	—	578	94.00	94.00
2	—	412	96.00–110.00	103.17
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	60.00	60.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	374	99.00–106.00	102.06
2	—	220	90.00–97.00	93.63
1	—	432	115.00	115.00
1	—	274	96.00	96.00
1	—	188	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	514	164.00–168.00	166.03
17	—	331	150.00–177.00	165.65
16	—	375	164.00–181.50	175.93
1	—	472	160.00	160.00
14	—	418	150.00–179.00	174.24
8	—	670	127.00–135.00	132.94
7	—	560	148.00–152.00	148.57
6	—	623	130.00–136.00	133.36
5	—	289	141.00–155.00	146.26
1	—	768	126.00	126.00
1	—	714	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	216	75.00	75.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	374	122.00–132.00	127.16
5	—	282	125.00–140.00	133.24
2	—	434	130.00–132.00	131.00
6	—	325	130.00–134.00	132.54
1	—	484	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	582	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	337	113.00–116.00	114.46
1	—	864	75.00	75.00
1	—	278	94.00	94.00
1	—	248	106.00	106.00
2	—	361	97.00–108.00	102.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	113.00	113.00
1	—	580	123.00	123.00
1	—	358	145.00	145.00
2	—	329	144.00–145.00	144.52
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	372	77.00	77.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	818	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	606	91.00	91.00
1	—	574	115.00	115.00
1	—	824	84.00	84.00
3	—	465	108.00–120.00	115.80
3	—	523	102.00–110.00	105.73
Bulls — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	456	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	476	140.00	140.00
2	—	527	132.00–139.00	135.53
1	—	778	90.00	90.00
1	—	644	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	473	147.00–177.00	166.71
2	—	769	110.00–116.00	113.00
3	—	731	118.00–119.00	118.34
4	—	668	125.00–130.00	127.20
9	—	512	143.00–171.00	159.54
9	—	620	127.00–137.00	133.21
12	—	574	132.00–149.00	141.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	624	650.00	650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,330	800.00	800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,455	74.00–85.00	78.04
4	—	1,480	55.00–63.00	56.70
2	—	1,682	88.00–90.00	89.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,287	54.00–63.00	59.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	809	26.00–36.00	30.84
15	—	1,025	40.00–55.00	48.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,364	70.00	70.00
6	—	1,163	57.00–62.00	59.15

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle