Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were sharply lower; boning type were 8.00 to 9.00 lower; and slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle were sharply higher on a fairly light test. Demand was generally good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.61/cwt on 116 head.

Average price

$116.61

116 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$582

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$29.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.71

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	506	118.69	600	103
Medium 2	452	102.04	461	11thin
Small 1-2	428	89.50	383	2thin

One grade step is worth $29.19/cwt here — about $217 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 sale116 hd

116.61

—

NC average8 barns · 528 hd

115.90

+0.71

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	1,470	80.17	1,179	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,097	64.07	703	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,386	55.72	772	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	966	52.46	507	27

Every lot, as filed

83 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 2	—	604	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	344	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	382	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	108.97/cwt	107.00–111.00	853	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	113.43/cwt	109.00–118.00	817	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	962	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	634	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	582	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	678	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	678	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	136.76/cwt	134.00–140.00	784	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	152.74/cwt	144.00–164.00	599	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	150.02/cwt	146.00–156.00	500	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	123.28/cwt	120.00–125.00	889	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	243	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	369	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	917	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	136	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	580	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	450	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	380	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	517	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	280	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	308	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	379	127.49/cwt	125.00–130.00	483	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	332	132.50/cwt	130.00–135.00	440	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	556	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	689	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	540	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	626	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	246	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	293	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	552	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	491	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	304	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	274	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	268	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	322	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	244	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	124.43/cwt	110.00–129.00	590	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	113.18/cwt	96.00–117.00	719	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	127.88/cwt	120.00–132.00	535	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	112.71/cwt	104.00–119.00	649	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	116.42/cwt	108.00–123.00	602	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	123.57/cwt	116.00–132.00	400	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	93.02/cwt	89.00–99.00	710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	103.66/cwt	103.00–104.00	760	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	109.02/cwt	107.00–111.00	738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	118.56/cwt	117.00–120.00	439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	267	125.40/cwt	123.00–128.00	335	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	231	126.49/cwt	126.00–127.00	292	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	969	53.35/cwt	45.00–59.00	517	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	39.14/cwt	30.00–43.00	407	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	823	69.00/cwt	68.00–70.00	568	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,386	55.72/cwt	50.00–61.00	772	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,094	62.99/cwt	59.00–68.00	689	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	78.07/cwt	74.00–83.00	888	2
Bulls	—	—	1,496	80.43/cwt	73.00–91.00	1,203	9
Bulls	—	—	1,668	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	934	1
Bulls	—	—	1,042	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,063	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	354	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	333	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	374	131.90/cwt	130.00–134.00	493	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	414	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	534	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	290	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	348	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	153.65/cwt	149.00–157.00	724	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	140.85/cwt	129.00–150.00	739	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	154.24/cwt	146.00–161.00	421	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	128.63/cwt	123.00–138.00	868	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	155.86/cwt	148.00–161.00	656	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	124.75/cwt	117.00–129.00	805	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	954	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	176	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	218	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	126	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	888	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	512	95.56/cwt	90.00–101.00	489	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	369	108.12/cwt	105.00–111.00	399	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	288	109.02/cwt	108.00–110.00	314	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	652	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	622	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	522	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	550	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	466	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	961	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	750	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	872	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	554	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	500	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	146.38/cwt	137.00–159.00	700	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	138.85/cwt	130.00–146.00	733	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	135.75/cwt	128.00–138.00	783	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	129.48/cwt	118.00–135.00	804	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	123.14/cwt	114.00–127.00	825	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	102.46/cwt	100.00–105.00	889	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 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 283Last week 247Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 73Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	604	102.00	102.00
1	—	550	110.00	110.00
1	—	678	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	783	107.00–111.00	108.97
2	—	720	109.00–118.00	113.43
1	—	908	106.00	106.00
1	—	824	107.00	107.00
13	—	478	137.00–159.00	146.38
12	—	528	130.00–146.00	138.85
11	—	577	128.00–138.00	135.75
7	—	621	118.00–135.00	129.48
6	—	670	114.00–127.00	123.14
2	—	868	100.00–105.00	102.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	634	106.00	106.00
1	—	582	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	961	78.00	78.00
1	—	872	88.00	88.00
1	—	554	128.00	128.00
1	—	500	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	344	111.00	111.00
2	—	512	90.00–101.00	95.56
2	—	369	105.00–111.00	108.12
2	—	288	108.00–110.00	109.02
1	—	652	88.00	88.00
1	—	622	84.00	84.00
1	—	550	100.00	100.00
1	—	466	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	552	89.00	89.00
1	—	304	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	268	120.00	120.00
1	—	244	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	474	110.00–129.00	124.43
16	—	635	96.00–117.00	113.18
16	—	418	120.00–132.00	127.88
8	—	576	104.00–119.00	112.71
7	—	517	108.00–123.00	116.42
5	—	324	116.00–132.00	123.57
3	—	763	89.00–99.00	93.02
3	—	733	103.00–104.00	103.66
2	—	677	107.00–111.00	109.02
2	—	370	117.00–120.00	118.56
2	—	267	123.00–128.00	125.40
2	—	231	126.00–127.00	126.49
1	—	954	94.00	94.00
1	—	918	95.00	95.00
1	—	176	124.00	124.00
1	—	126	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	888	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	134.00–140.00	136.76
4	—	392	144.00–164.00	152.74
4	—	333	146.00–156.00	150.02
3	—	721	120.00–125.00	123.28
2	—	243	152.00	152.00
1	—	784	117.00	117.00
1	—	136	135.00	135.00
14	—	471	149.00–157.00	153.65
9	—	525	129.00–150.00	140.85
7	—	273	146.00–161.00	154.24
6	—	675	123.00–138.00	128.63
6	—	421	148.00–161.00	155.86
4	—	645	117.00–129.00	124.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	120.00	120.00
1	—	450	132.00	132.00
1	—	380	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	379	125.00–130.00	127.49
2	—	332	130.00–135.00	132.50
1	—	556	124.00	124.00
1	—	540	116.00	116.00
1	—	246	119.00	119.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	354	94.00	94.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	374	130.00–134.00	131.90
1	—	414	129.00	129.00
1	—	290	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	969	45.00–59.00	53.35
5	—	1,039	30.00–43.00	39.14
3	—	823	68.00–70.00	69.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,386	50.00–61.00	55.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,094	59.00–68.00	62.99
2	—	1,137	74.00–83.00	78.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,496	73.00–91.00	80.43
1	—	1,668	56.00	56.00
1	—	1,042	102.00	102.00

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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