Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few head to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were light due to severe inclement weather. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.61/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$106.61

41 head · 469 lb average

Value per head Derived

$500

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$289

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

$22.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.40

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	527	111.67	588	21
Medium 2	420	103.50	434	17thin
Small 1-2	337	88.83	300	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.84/cwt here — about $289 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 sale41 hd

106.61

—

NC average8 barns · 996 hd

116.02

−9.40

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	1,122	76.45	858	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,182	67.48	798	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,484	53.50	794	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,021	49.23	503	11

Every lot, as filed

60 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	Small 1-2	—	646	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	477	107.30/cwt	100.00–115.00	512	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	716	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	646	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	627	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	558	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	636	1
Steers	Medium 2Full	—	422	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	481	1
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	298	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	235	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	490	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	116.52/cwt	113.00–120.00	565	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	261	93.75/cwt	88.00–100.00	245	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	532	91.21/cwt	86.00–97.00	485	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	476	104.82/cwt	94.00–111.00	499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	141.00/cwt	137.00–143.00	532	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	127.99/cwt	124.00–132.00	759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	467	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	313	90.10/cwt	80.00–100.00	282	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	286	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	315	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	394	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	370	128.03/cwt	116.00–133.00	474	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	321	124.61/cwt	114.00–131.00	400	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	285	125.04/cwt	124.00–126.00	356	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	135.65/cwt	132.00–139.00	597	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	567	83.51/cwt	78.00–89.00	474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	456	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	574	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	490	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	568	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	586	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	475	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	534	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	469	124.89/cwt	122.00–128.00	586	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	922	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	604	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	594	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	642	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	480	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	990	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	127.36/cwt	123.00–130.00	657	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	946	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	450	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	452	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	362	1
Bulls	—	—	1,122	76.45/cwt	71.00–83.00	858	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	488	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,708	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	974	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,260	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	630	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	63.84/cwt	60.00–66.00	705	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,416	78.38/cwt	77.00–80.00	1,110	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	131.00/cwt	129.00–132.00	620	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	409	104.90/cwt	94.00–113.00	429	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	377	107.75/cwt	100.00–112.00	406	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	346	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	377	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	264	112.11/cwt	110.00–114.00	296	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	50.84/cwt	47.00–57.00	526	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	23.00/cwt	23.00–23.00	259	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	116.86/cwt	114.00–120.00	492	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	112.99/cwt	110.00–116.00	582	5

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 Feb 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 111Last week 553Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 109Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	646	89.00	89.00
2	—	567	78.00–89.00	83.51
1	—	450	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	477	100.00–115.00	107.30
1	—	716	88.00	88.00
1	—	646	97.00	97.00
1	—	558	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	586	81.00	81.00
1	—	534	90.00	90.00
1	—	480	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	469	122.00–128.00	124.89
1	—	922	70.00	70.00
1	—	604	106.00	106.00
1	—	594	108.00	108.00
1	—	990	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	516	123.00–130.00	127.36
2	—	574	120.00–121.00	120.51
1	—	918	103.00	103.00
4	—	473	129.00–132.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	452	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	422	114.00	114.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	298	79.00	79.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	137.00–143.00	141.00
2	—	593	124.00–132.00	127.99
1	—	466	140.00	140.00
1	—	320	146.00	146.00
1	—	290	136.00	136.00
3	—	440	132.00–139.00	135.65
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	80.00–100.00	90.10
2	—	286	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	370	116.00–133.00	128.03
4	—	321	114.00–131.00	124.61
2	—	285	124.00–126.00	125.04
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	79.00	79.00
2	—	261	88.00–100.00	93.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	113.00–120.00	116.52
1	—	800	94.00	94.00
1	—	768	106.00	106.00
1	—	726	100.00	100.00
1	—	618	107.00	107.00
1	—	562	110.00	110.00
6	—	421	114.00–120.00	116.86
5	—	515	110.00–116.00	112.99
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	532	86.00–97.00	91.21
3	—	476	94.00–111.00	104.82
3	—	409	94.00–113.00	104.90
3	—	377	100.00–112.00	107.75
2	—	346	109.00	109.00
2	—	264	110.00–114.00	112.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	456	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	574	103.00	103.00
1	—	490	116.00	116.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,122	71.00–83.00	76.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	61.00	61.00
9	—	1,034	47.00–57.00	50.84
1	—	1,124	23.00	23.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,708	57.00	57.00
1	—	1,260	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,104	60.00–66.00	63.84
2	—	1,416	77.00–80.00	78.38

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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