Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady to 3.00 lower, while bulls were 6.00 to 7.00 higher on a fairly light test. There were too few comparable feeder steers the previous week to establish an adequate market comparison, however a higher undertone was noted; heifers were mixed, 3.00 lower to 2.00 higher; and feeder bulls were mostly 5.00 to 7.00 lower on a light test. Demand, 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 $134.98/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$134.98

84 head · 452 lb average

Value per head Derived

$610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$20.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.25

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	454	136.82	622	76
Medium 1-2	402	119.50	480	2thin
Medium 2	440	116.81	514	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.02/cwt here — about $108 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 sale84 hd

134.98

—

NC average8 barns · 864 hd

135.23

−0.25

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	—	Low	1,520	85.12	1,294	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,125	64.10	721	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,518	58.33	885	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,011	52.30	529	12

Every lot, as filed

66 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	—	478	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	449	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	616	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	554	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	654	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	589	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	850	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	782	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	569	107.25/cwt	102.00–110.00	610	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	540	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	558	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	113.00/cwt	110.00–116.00	712	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	138.36/cwt	136.00–141.00	650	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	96.01/cwt	94.00–97.00	779	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	122.70/cwt	119.00–129.00	692	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	103.91/cwt	93.00–105.50	809	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	126.57/cwt	120.00–136.00	658	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	482	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	670	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	535	116.04/cwt	114.00–119.00	621	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	578	117.33/cwt	117.00–118.00	678	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	540	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	566	88.01/cwt	86.00–90.00	498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	440	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	454	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	536	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	127.02/cwt	126.00–128.00	413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	130.34/cwt	130.00–131.00	361	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	101.96/cwt	99.00–105.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	90.98/cwt	87.00–96.00	661	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	88.71/cwt	86.00–92.00	682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	106.24/cwt	105.00–110.00	651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	120.46/cwt	113.00–128.00	458	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	104.53/cwt	99.00–109.00	607	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	109.75/cwt	102.00–118.00	576	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	112.97/cwt	105.00–126.00	535	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	117.82/cwt	111.00–125.00	494	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	422	107.46/cwt	105.00–110.00	453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	393	111.34/cwt	110.00–112.00	438	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	306	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	398	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	498	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	543	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	338	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	399	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	430	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	430	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	468	120.71/cwt	115.00–126.00	565	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	492	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	570	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	632	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	236	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	345	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	902	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	269	136.40/cwt	131.00–142.00	367	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	133.82/cwt	128.00–144.00	446	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	134.88/cwt	125.00–140.00	692	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	141.88/cwt	130.00–159.00	531	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	143.17/cwt	134.00–152.00	608	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	140.19/cwt	129.00–145.00	677	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	429	124.03/cwt	120.00–129.00	532	3
Bulls	—	—	1,342	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	658	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	53.46/cwt	46.00–57.00	546	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	319	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	858	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	541	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	58.33/cwt	54.00–63.00	885	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,081	61.07/cwt	57.00–66.00	660	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	71.16/cwt	70.00–72.00	874	3
Bulls	—	—	1,532	88.15/cwt	78.00–93.00	1,350	8
Bulls	—	—	1,600	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,552	1

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 Apr 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 227Last week 188Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 36Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	478	94.00	94.00
1	—	616	90.00	90.00
1	—	654	90.00	90.00
1	—	850	92.00	92.00
3	—	569	102.00–110.00	107.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	114.00	114.00
1	—	558	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	674	115.00	115.00
1	—	726	110.00	110.00
1	—	930	86.00	86.00
2	—	630	110.00–116.00	113.00
3	—	470	136.00–141.00	138.36
3	—	811	94.00–97.00	96.01
7	—	564	119.00–129.00	122.70
8	—	779	93.00–105.50	103.91
9	—	520	120.00–136.00	126.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	482	125.00	125.00
1	—	670	105.00	105.00
3	—	535	114.00–119.00	116.04
3	—	578	117.00–118.00	117.33
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	87.00	87.00
2	—	566	86.00–90.00	88.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	100.00	100.00
1	—	454	100.00	100.00
1	—	536	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	126.00–128.00	127.02
3	—	277	130.00–131.00	130.34
3	—	673	99.00–105.00	101.96
3	—	727	87.00–96.00	90.98
3	—	769	86.00–92.00	88.71
4	—	613	105.00–110.00	106.24
5	—	380	113.00–128.00	120.46
7	—	581	99.00–109.00	104.53
9	—	525	102.00–118.00	109.75
10	—	474	105.00–126.00	112.97
15	—	419	111.00–125.00	117.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	422	105.00–110.00	107.46
3	—	393	110.00–112.00	111.34
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	306	130.00	130.00
1	—	498	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	338	118.00	118.00
1	—	430	100.00	100.00
4	—	468	115.00–126.00	120.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	492	120.00	120.00
1	—	570	114.00	114.00
2	—	632	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	236	146.00	146.00
1	—	640	119.00	119.00
1	—	664	116.00	116.00
1	—	902	93.00	93.00
2	—	269	131.00–142.00	136.40
4	—	333	128.00–144.00	133.82
6	—	513	125.00–140.00	134.88
12	—	374	130.00–159.00	141.88
13	—	425	134.00–152.00	143.17
28	—	483	129.00–145.00	140.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	429	120.00–129.00	124.03

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,342	49.00	49.00
8	—	1,532	78.00–93.00	88.15
1	—	1,600	97.00	97.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,021	46.00–57.00	53.46
1	—	1,062	30.00	30.00
1	—	858	63.00	63.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,518	54.00–63.00	58.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,081	57.00–66.00	61.07
3	—	1,228	70.00–72.00	71.16

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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