Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 1.00 to 8.00 higher; heifers mostly 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.56/cwt on 156 head.

Average price

$117.56

156 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$549

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$29.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.66

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	488	120.83	589	122
Medium 2	399	107.73	430	30
Small 1-2	351	91.50	321	4thin

One grade step is worth $29.33/cwt here — about $268 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 sale156 hd

117.56

—

NC average8 barns · 1,264 hd

120.22

−2.66

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	1,419	86.76	1,231	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	65.73	809	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,476	60.00	886	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	950	47.48	451	31

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 and Large 1-2	—	578	139.32/cwt	131.00–157.00	805	15
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	714	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	500	115.50/cwt	112.00–119.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	662	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	583	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	620	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	152.59/cwt	133.00–166.00	723	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	123.83/cwt	110.00–131.00	832	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	149.98/cwt	134.00–163.00	780	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	128.29/cwt	118.00–135.00	789	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	103.79/cwt	100.00–107.00	898	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	109.02/cwt	108.00–110.00	842	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	107.99/cwt	106.00–110.00	905	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	115.49/cwt	113.00–118.00	826	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	982	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	576	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	484	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	629	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	474	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	588	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	421	98.57/cwt	97.00–100.00	415	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	252	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	229	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	246	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	118.01/cwt	110.00–126.50	674	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	131.37/cwt	120.00–142.00	550	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	131.88/cwt	121.00–137.00	496	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	117.69/cwt	108.00–131.00	613	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	123.96/cwt	119.00–133.00	583	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	104.19/cwt	90.00–121.00	643	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	128.53/cwt	124.00–135.00	344	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	107.99/cwt	100.00–114.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	129.64/cwt	124.00–139.00	420	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	92.99/cwt	91.00–95.00	700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	97.94/cwt	91.00–105.00	691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	125.83/cwt	121.00–130.00	277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	1,004	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	928	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	598	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	335	112.11/cwt	100.00–126.00	376	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	373	112.29/cwt	110.00–116.00	419	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	426	108.22/cwt	100.00–114.00	461	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	291	117.40/cwt	110.00–122.00	342	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	631	82.49/cwt	81.00–84.00	521	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	518	96.73/cwt	90.00–103.00	501	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	931	51.86/cwt	43.00–57.00	483	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	35.86/cwt	31.00–42.00	364	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	63.96/cwt	60.00–68.00	521	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	886	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	62.92/cwt	59.00–68.50	735	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	72.28/cwt	70.00–77.00	996	6
Bulls	—	—	1,560	93.86/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,464	6
Bulls	—	—	1,278	79.65/cwt	68.00–85.00	1,018	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	472	105.06/cwt	100.00–110.00	496	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	732	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	556	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	556	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	396	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	164.19/cwt	144.00–172.00	696	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	149.11/cwt	139.00–159.00	473	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	153.24/cwt	140.00–168.00	584	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	150.99/cwt	139.00–169.00	423	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	151.99/cwt	137.00–163.00	781	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	229	147.92/cwt	136.00–162.00	339	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	131.25/cwt	129.00–133.00	812	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	165.34/cwt	159.00–171.00	780	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	127.65/cwt	120.00–134.00	859	3
Bulls	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	456	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	324	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	170	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	202	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	234	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	682	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	614	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	232	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	241	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	332	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	319	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	140	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	141	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	742	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	356	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	775.32/cwt	750.00–800.00	7,854	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,156	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	11,271	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	964	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	10,122	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	372	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	298	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	468	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	402	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	170	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	202	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	284	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	364	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	514	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	565	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	311	133.30/cwt	130.00–138.00	415	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	379	126.51/cwt	116.00–133.00	479	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	421	128.50/cwt	120.00–132.00	541	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	186	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	311	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	154.99/cwt	154.00–156.00	863	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 Mar 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 391Last week 595Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 103Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 3Year 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
15	—	578	131.00–157.00	139.32
22	—	474	133.00–166.00	152.59
9	—	672	110.00–131.00	123.83
9	—	520	134.00–163.00	149.98
7	—	615	118.00–135.00	128.29
5	—	865	100.00–107.00	103.79
3	—	772	108.00–110.00	109.02
2	—	838	106.00–110.00	107.99
2	—	715	113.00–118.00	115.49
1	—	982	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	714	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	500	112.00–119.00	115.50
1	—	662	88.00	88.00
1	—	620	100.00	100.00
1	—	474	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	576	128.00	128.00
1	—	484	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	456	71.00	71.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	421	97.00–100.00	98.57
1	—	252	91.00	91.00
1	—	246	99.00	99.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	396	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	424	144.00–172.00	164.19
11	—	317	139.00–159.00	149.11
10	—	381	140.00–168.00	153.24
7	—	280	139.00–169.00	150.99
5	—	514	137.00–163.00	151.99
5	—	229	136.00–162.00	147.92
4	—	619	129.00–133.00	131.25
4	—	472	159.00–171.00	165.34
3	—	673	120.00–134.00	127.65
1	—	186	167.00	167.00
1	—	722	122.00	122.00
2	—	557	154.00–156.00	154.99
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	170	119.00	119.00
1	—	284	128.00	128.00
1	—	514	110.00	110.00
4	—	311	130.00–138.00	133.30
4	—	379	116.00–133.00	126.51
5	—	421	120.00–132.00	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	571	110.00–126.50	118.01
20	—	419	120.00–142.00	131.37
19	—	376	121.00–137.00	131.88
14	—	521	108.00–131.00	117.69
12	—	470	119.00–133.00	123.96
10	—	617	90.00–121.00	104.19
8	—	268	124.00–135.00	128.53
3	—	683	100.00–114.00	107.99
3	—	324	124.00–139.00	129.64
2	—	753	91.00–95.00	92.99
2	—	706	91.00–105.00	97.94
2	—	220	121.00–130.00	125.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,004	73.00	73.00
1	—	928	79.00	79.00
1	—	598	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	335	100.00–126.00	112.11
5	—	373	110.00–116.00	112.29
3	—	426	100.00–114.00	108.22
3	—	291	110.00–122.00	117.40
2	—	631	81.00–84.00	82.49
2	—	518	90.00–103.00	96.73
2	—	472	100.00–110.00	105.06
1	—	732	76.00	76.00
1	—	556	106.00	106.00
1	—	170	119.00	119.00
1	—	234	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	682	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	232	104.00	104.00
1	—	332	96.00	96.00
1	—	372	80.00	80.00
1	—	468	86.00	86.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	140	101.00	101.00
1	—	742	48.00	48.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	931	43.00–57.00	51.86
10	—	1,014	31.00–42.00	35.86
2	—	815	60.00–68.00	63.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,476	60.00	60.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,168	59.00–68.50	62.92
6	—	1,378	70.00–77.00	72.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,560	90.00–99.00	93.86
6	—	1,278	68.00–85.00	79.65

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,013	750.00–800.00	775.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,156	975.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	964	1,050.00	1,050.00

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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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

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Slaughter Cattle

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