Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 14.00 to 15.00 higher and boning type were 9.00 to 10.00 higher, while bulls were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder cattle were lightly tested with steers being mostly 14.00 to 15.00 lower; heifers mostly 8.00 to 15.00 lower; and feeder bulls were mostly 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Demand was generally good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.77/cwt on 113 head.

Average price

$133.77

113 head · 481 lb average

Value per head Derived

$644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$22.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.38

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	495	135.92	673	102
Medium 2	355	113.81	405	11thin

One grade step is worth $22.11/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 sale113 hd

133.77

—

NC average8 barns · 1,063 hd

130.39

+3.38

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	1,505	82.16	1,236	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,605	76.85	1,233	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,215	75.34	915	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	873	57.34	500	15

Every lot, as filed

74 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	137.76/cwt	133.00–145.00	522	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	127.06/cwt	123.00–133.00	548	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	451	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	645	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	442	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	648	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	639	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	856	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	544	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	772	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,172	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,669	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,455	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	910.85/cwt	850.00–1,075.00	10,183	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,142	1,005.34/cwt	950.00–1,050.00	11,481	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	726	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	3,993	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	522	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	696	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	619	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	788	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	701	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	870	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	626	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	472	103.40/cwt	96.00–111.00	488	2
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	682	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	954	83.99/cwt	81.00–87.00	801	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	123.50/cwt	122.00–127.00	641	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	112.70/cwt	105.00–123.00	764	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	117.28/cwt	104.00–124.00	725	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	123.02/cwt	120.00–126.00	589	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	104.22/cwt	96.00–107.00	763	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	120.77/cwt	111.00–129.00	693	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	694	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	666	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	120	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	127	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	188	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	212	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	478	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	392	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	320	99.05/cwt	91.00–107.00	317	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	411	93.57/cwt	91.00–96.00	385	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	540	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	486	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	783	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	611	2
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	302	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	190	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	796	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	86.52/cwt	85.00–88.00	616	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,349	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	71.41/cwt	61.00–77.00	835	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	81.89/cwt	78.00–86.50	1,057	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	876	58.12/cwt	52.00–65.00	509	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	884	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	628	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	843	39.41/cwt	34.00–44.00	332	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,616	74.82/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,209	5
Bulls	—	—	1,396	82.14/cwt	71.00–88.00	1,147	9
Bulls	—	—	2,040	98.91/cwt	95.00–104.00	2,018	4
Bulls	—	—	1,117	59.87/cwt	56.00–64.00	669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	101.25/cwt	96.00–110.00	628	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	114.65/cwt	110.00–121.00	436	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	104.17/cwt	100.00–110.00	489	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	143.29/cwt	130.00–155.00	457	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	126.19/cwt	124.00–131.00	612	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	124.75/cwt	123.00–126.00	705	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	122.95/cwt	121.00–125.00	649	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	121.95/cwt	119.00–125.00	817	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	121.88/cwt	118.00–126.00	753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	208	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	404	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	489	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	386	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	405	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	424	116.94/cwt	114.00–121.00	496	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	376	107.74/cwt	96.00–117.00	405	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	317	120.45/cwt	115.00–126.00	382	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	245	116.01/cwt	113.00–119.00	284	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	352	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	282	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	620	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	548	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	105.25/cwt	96.00–113.00	547	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	107.89/cwt	100.00–110.00	457	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	113.04/cwt	110.00–119.00	380	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	106.26/cwt	103.00–110.00	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	266	115.19/cwt	110.00–124.00	306	3

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 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 247Last week 621Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 75Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 6Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	379	133.00–145.00	137.76
13	—	431	123.00–133.00	127.06
7	—	319	130.00–155.00	143.29
5	—	485	124.00–131.00	126.19
4	—	565	123.00–126.00	124.75
3	—	528	121.00–125.00	122.95
2	—	670	119.00–125.00	121.95
2	—	618	118.00–126.00	121.88
1	—	764	114.00	114.00
1	—	706	112.00	112.00
1	—	282	141.00	141.00
1	—	208	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	451	143.00	143.00
9	—	442	146.50	146.50
12	—	639	134.00	134.00
25	—	544	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	404	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	386	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	424	114.00–121.00	116.94
3	—	376	96.00–117.00	107.74
2	—	317	115.00–126.00	120.45
2	—	245	113.00–119.00	116.01
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	522	101.00	101.00
1	—	696	89.00	89.00
1	—	788	89.00	89.00
1	—	870	72.00	72.00
2	—	472	96.00–111.00	103.40
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	682	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	954	81.00–87.00	83.99
4	—	519	122.00–127.00	123.50
4	—	678	105.00–123.00	112.70
5	—	618	104.00–124.00	117.28
6	—	479	120.00–126.00	123.02
6	—	732	96.00–107.00	104.22
7	—	574	111.00–129.00	120.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	694	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	106.00	106.00
1	—	188	113.00	113.00
1	—	478	82.00	82.00
2	—	320	91.00–107.00	99.05
2	—	411	91.00–96.00	93.57
2	—	540	90.00	90.00
2	—	783	78.00	78.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	302	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	190	119.00	119.00
1	—	660	100.00	100.00
1	—	796	86.00	86.00
2	—	712	85.00–88.00	86.52
8	—	620	96.00–110.00	101.25
8	—	380	110.00–121.00	114.65
7	—	469	100.00–110.00	104.17
14	—	520	96.00–113.00	105.25
9	—	424	100.00–110.00	107.89
5	—	336	110.00–119.00	113.04
4	—	567	103.00–110.00	106.26
3	—	266	110.00–124.00	115.19
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	352	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	87.00	87.00
1	—	548	92.00	92.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,172	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,118	850.00–1,075.00	910.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,142	950.00–1,050.00	1,005.34
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	726	550.00	550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	87.00	87.00
5	—	1,616	73.00–78.00	74.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,169	61.00–77.00	71.41
12	—	1,291	78.00–86.50	81.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	876	52.00–65.00	58.12
2	—	884	71.00	71.00
2	—	843	34.00–44.00	39.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,396	71.00–88.00	82.14
4	—	2,040	95.00–104.00	98.91
3	—	1,117	56.00–64.00	59.87

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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Steers · 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