Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher, while boning type were steady to 1.00 lower; there were no comparable bulls to establish an adequate market comparison. Feeder steers, 400-450 lbs., were steady to 1.00 higher, while 450-700 lbs. were 6.00 to 8.00 lower; heifers were mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher; and feeder bulls were mostly 12.00 to 13.00 lower. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.23/cwt on 149 head.

Average price

$116.23

149 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$320

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

$23.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.69

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	116.81	591	141
Medium 2	410	108.00	443	7thin
Small 1-2	292	93.00	272	1thin

One grade step is worth $23.81/cwt here — about $320 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 sale149 hd

116.23

—

NC average8 barns · 995 hd

116.92

−0.69

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	1,678	95.81	1,608	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,358	73.50	998	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,220	72.34	882	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	964	56.94	549	24

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	—	904	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	949	1
Bulls	—	—	1,910	114.30/cwt	112.00–117.00	2,183	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	67.41/cwt	66.00–70.00	602	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	60.61/cwt	54.00–66.00	607	16
Bulls	—	—	1,331	68.07/cwt	62.00–73.00	906	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	71.34/cwt	64.00–78.00	865	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	81.65/cwt	81.00–83.00	1,057	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	352	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	359	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	292	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	272	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	129.61/cwt	126.00–135.00	623	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	419	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	532	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	121.37/cwt	110.00–126.00	752	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	127.59/cwt	123.00–133.00	666	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	137.24/cwt	130.00–146.00	449	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	119.60/cwt	106.00–125.00	806	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	628	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	4,396	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	134.80/cwt	130.00–142.00	510	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	90.49/cwt	90.00–91.00	928	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	99.31/cwt	92.00–106.00	718	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	124.21/cwt	116.00–127.00	571	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	848	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	746	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	127.25/cwt	120.00–147.00	484	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	110.40/cwt	107.00–116.00	798	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	105.54/cwt	100.00–110.00	709	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	389	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	870	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	106.88/cwt	102.00–110.00	711	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	130	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	195	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	112.75/cwt	104.00–119.00	578	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	128.76/cwt	125.00–131.00	605	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	124.22/cwt	120.00–126.00	533	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	106.33/cwt	102.00–117.00	669	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	133.20/cwt	125.00–145.00	384	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	139.55/cwt	127.00–148.00	588	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	105.09/cwt	100.00–113.00	811	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	794	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	626	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	613	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	580	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	505	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,358	73.50/cwt	68.00–79.00	998	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	38.92/cwt	29.00–46.00	346	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	390	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	433	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	578	102.50/cwt	102.00–103.00	592	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	482	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	381	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	970	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	757	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	386	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	463	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	522	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	543	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	844	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	709	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	538	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	616	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	270	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	332	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	662	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	649	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	672	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	605	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	433	120.96/cwt	114.00–126.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	508	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	107.66/cwt	100.00–115.00	669	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	742	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	601	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	476	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	524	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	312	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	371	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	956	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,082	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	857.37/cwt	820.00–925.00	8,745	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	117.78/cwt	108.00–128.00	677	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	120.82/cwt	110.00–126.00	634	14
Steers	Medium 2	—	327	120.78/cwt	119.00–124.00	395	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	216	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	276	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	104.83/cwt	98.00–108.00	865	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	104.53/cwt	94.00–116.00	752	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	398	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	108.54/cwt	100.00–117.00	628	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	126.94/cwt	121.00–130.00	421	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	244	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	337	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 Jun 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 403Last week 316Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 50Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 1Year 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
1	—	904	105.00	105.00
8	—	481	126.00–135.00	129.61
12	—	620	110.00–126.00	121.37
14	—	522	123.00–133.00	127.59
8	—	327	130.00–146.00	137.24
5	—	674	106.00–125.00	119.60
9	—	378	130.00–142.00	134.80
2	—	1,025	90.00–91.00	90.49
3	—	723	107.00–116.00	110.40
1	—	272	143.00	143.00
25	—	421	127.00–148.00	139.55
1	—	822	105.00	105.00
1	—	244	138.00	138.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	352	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	418	84.00	84.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	386	120.00	120.00
2	—	538	114.00–115.00	114.50
1	—	270	123.00	123.00
1	—	662	98.00	98.00
3	—	433	114.00–126.00	120.96
4	—	327	119.00–124.00	120.78
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	292	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	419	114.00	114.00
1	—	742	81.00	81.00
1	—	398	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	723	92.00–106.00	99.31
23	—	460	116.00–127.00	124.21
22	—	380	120.00–147.00	127.25
3	—	763	114.00	114.00
10	—	665	102.00–110.00	106.88
1	—	130	150.00	150.00
23	—	513	104.00–119.00	112.75
11	—	429	120.00–126.00	124.22
18	—	629	102.00–117.00	106.33
4	—	288	125.00–145.00	133.20
1	—	832	90.00	90.00
9	—	579	100.00–117.00	108.54
6	—	332	121.00–130.00	126.94
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	87.00	87.00
2	—	390	110.00–112.00	111.00
1	—	508	90.00	90.00
1	—	476	110.00	110.00
1	—	312	119.00	119.00
1	—	216	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	532	108.00	108.00
1	—	848	88.00	88.00
1	—	794	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	932	106.00	106.00
9	—	672	100.00–110.00	105.54
25	—	470	125.00–131.00	128.76
9	—	772	100.00–113.00	105.09
23	—	621	100.00–115.00	107.66
19	—	575	108.00–128.00	117.78
14	—	525	110.00–126.00	120.82
6	—	825	98.00–108.00	104.83
6	—	719	94.00–116.00	104.53
1	—	958	86.00	86.00
1	—	850	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	626	98.00	98.00
2	—	578	102.00–103.00	102.50
1	—	970	78.00	78.00
1	—	522	104.00	104.00
1	—	844	84.00	84.00
1	—	672	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	482	79.00	79.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,910	112.00–117.00	114.30
2	—	1,331	62.00–73.00	68.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	893	66.00–70.00	67.41
16	—	1,001	54.00–66.00	60.61
5	—	888	29.00–46.00	38.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,212	64.00–78.00	71.34
3	—	1,294	81.00–83.00	81.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,358	68.00–79.00	73.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	628	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	956	950.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,020	820.00–925.00	857.37

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Slaughter Cattle

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