Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Breaking slaughter cows were 5.00 to 6.00 lower while Boning were steady to 1.00 lower, and bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 higher; all on a light test. Feeder steers had too few comparable head the previous week to establish an adequate market comparison; feeder heifers were mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher; and bulls mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.95/cwt on 184 head.

Average price

$108.95

184 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$30.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.19

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	494	111.62	551	155
Medium 2	477	95.35	455	27
Small 1-2	286	90.00	257	1thin
Medium and Large 3	344	81.00	279	1thin

One grade step is worth $30.62/cwt here — about $273 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 sale184 hd

108.95

—

NC average8 barns · 842 hd

112.14

−3.19

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	1,520	95.16	1,446	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,248	61.82	771	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,270	55.75	708	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	912	45.93	419	10

Every lot, as filed

76 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	—	726	112.46/cwt	107.00–113.00	816	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	143.17/cwt	134.00–150.00	480	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	107.24/cwt	100.00–118.00	562	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	223	135.61/cwt	126.00–144.00	302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	104.74/cwt	90.00–110.00	710	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	121.94/cwt	109.00–128.00	760	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	91.64/cwt	86.00–96.00	652	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	133.38/cwt	124.00–139.00	684	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	113.19/cwt	107.00–116.00	757	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	133.23/cwt	127.00–137.00	699	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	989	82.01/cwt	76.00–88.00	811	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	124.64/cwt	115.00–132.00	396	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	126.00/cwt	116.00–131.00	730	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	344	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	279	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	142.75/cwt	130.00–152.00	538	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	144.65/cwt	137.00–154.00	340	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	97.00/cwt	96.00–98.00	745	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	101.51/cwt	101.00–102.00	741	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	468	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	594	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	107.14/cwt	100.00–114.00	663	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	104.13/cwt	100.00–111.00	600	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	648	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	674	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	526	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	637	98.02/cwt	90.00–106.00	624	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	476	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	916	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	133.98/cwt	129.00–142.00	640	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	535	97.01/cwt	96.00–98.00	519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	383	110.34/cwt	110.00–111.00	423	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	298	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	375	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	808	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	703	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	120.52/cwt	113.00–136.00	459	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	118.17/cwt	109.00–131.00	500	24
Steers	Medium 2	—	427	121.34/cwt	112.00–126.00	518	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	712	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	570	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	232	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	295	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	575	110.57/cwt	100.00–120.00	636	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	573	93.00/cwt	90.00–97.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	468	94.35/cwt	90.00–101.00	442	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	326	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	319	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	718	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	646	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	683	88.59/cwt	84.00–93.00	605	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	561	119.66/cwt	118.00–121.00	671	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	538	117.01/cwt	116.00–118.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	424	97.05/cwt	90.00–103.00	411	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	268	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	289	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	868	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	608	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	814	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	505	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	34.59/cwt	30.00–37.00	340	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	354	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	608	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	553	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	613	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	423	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	465	122.12/cwt	118.00–126.00	568	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	363	108.51/cwt	107.00–110.00	394	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	536	94.58/cwt	90.00–99.00	507	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	320	121.68/cwt	114.00–130.00	389	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	502	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	138.57/cwt	130.00–154.00	387	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	432	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	631	91.23/cwt	89.00–95.00	576	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	96.40/cwt	90.00–104.00	796	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	140.62/cwt	128.00–146.00	651	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	745	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	138.03/cwt	128.00–150.00	584	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	113.62/cwt	107.00–123.00	535	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	124.49/cwt	124.00–125.00	361	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	432	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	410	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	286	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	257	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	876	51.78/cwt	48.00–58.00	454	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,270	55.75/cwt	50.00–60.00	708	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	938	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	722	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	59.65/cwt	55.00–66.00	771	7
Bulls	—	—	1,810	104.88/cwt	98.00–110.00	1,898	3
Bulls	—	—	1,230	85.44/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,051	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 May 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 490Last week 165Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 23Year 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
11	—	726	107.00–113.00	112.46
18	—	335	134.00–150.00	143.17
6	—	525	127.00–137.00	133.23
19	—	377	130.00–152.00	142.75
3	—	235	137.00–154.00	144.65
8	—	279	130.00–154.00	138.57
9	—	463	128.00–146.00	140.62
5	—	552	135.00	135.00
32	—	423	128.00–150.00	138.03
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	476	127.00	127.00
1	—	298	126.00	126.00
8	—	427	112.00–126.00	121.34
1	—	232	127.00	127.00
3	—	561	118.00–121.00	119.66
1	—	354	120.00	120.00
4	—	320	114.00–130.00	121.68
1	—	502	122.00	122.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	432	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	524	100.00–118.00	107.24
2	—	223	126.00–144.00	135.61
16	—	678	90.00–110.00	104.74
1	—	764	87.00	87.00
3	—	711	86.00–96.00	91.64
10	—	318	115.00–132.00	124.64
11	—	619	100.00–114.00	107.14
12	—	576	100.00–111.00	104.13
22	—	381	113.00–136.00	120.52
24	—	423	109.00–131.00	118.17
16	—	471	107.00–123.00	113.62
2	—	290	124.00–125.00	124.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	344	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	468	100.00	100.00
1	—	594	97.00	97.00
2	—	535	96.00–98.00	97.01
3	—	383	110.00–111.00	110.34
1	—	432	102.00	102.00
4	—	631	89.00–95.00	91.23
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	712	80.00	80.00
3	—	573	90.00–97.00	93.00
5	—	468	90.00–101.00	94.35
1	—	326	98.00	98.00
10	—	424	90.00–103.00	97.05
1	—	268	108.00	108.00
1	—	868	70.00	70.00
1	—	608	91.00	91.00
2	—	363	107.00–110.00	108.51
2	—	536	90.00–99.00	94.58
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	286	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	623	109.00–128.00	121.94
18	—	513	124.00–139.00	133.38
10	—	669	107.00–116.00	113.19
2	—	989	76.00–88.00	82.01
14	—	579	116.00–131.00	126.00
2	—	768	96.00–98.00	97.00
2	—	730	101.00–102.00	101.51
1	—	414	127.00	127.00
1	—	916	90.00	90.00
20	—	478	129.00–142.00	133.98
5	—	826	90.00–104.00	96.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	648	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	637	90.00–106.00	98.02
1	—	808	87.00	87.00
6	—	575	100.00–120.00	110.57
1	—	718	90.00	90.00
2	—	683	84.00–93.00	88.59
2	—	538	116.00–118.00	117.01
6	—	465	118.00–126.00	122.12
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	613	69.00	69.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	814	62.00	62.00
4	—	982	30.00–37.00	34.59
5	—	876	48.00–58.00	51.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,270	50.00–60.00	55.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	938	77.00	77.00
7	—	1,292	55.00–66.00	59.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,810	98.00–110.00	104.88
3	—	1,230	83.00–88.00	85.44

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