Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were mostly 5.00 to 6.00 higher and bulls were sharply higher. Feeder steers were mostly 6.00 to 8.00 higher with limited comparable receipts the previous week; heifers were mostly 4.00 to 8.00 higher; and feeder bulls were mostly 8.00 to 11.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were 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 $115.07/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$115.07

101 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$309

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

$36.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.40

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	508	116.70	592	87
Medium 2	368	108.35	399	11thin
Small 1-2	290	98.50	286	2thin
Medium and Large 3	354	80.00	283	1thin

One grade step is worth $36.70/cwt here — about $309 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 sale101 hd

115.07

—

NC average8 barns · 889 hd

115.47

−0.40

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	1,429	88.11	1,259	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,158	70.85	820	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,354	68.00	921	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,019	58.33	595	7thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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	—	—	1,559	95.81/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,494	3
Bulls	—	—	1,038	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	675	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,583	80.12/cwt	78.00–82.00	1,268	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,354	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	242	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	604	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	118.50/cwt	118.00–119.00	444	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	119.94/cwt	110.00–129.00	799	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	96.46/cwt	93.00–100.00	854	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	128.07/cwt	125.00–134.00	295	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	130.27/cwt	120.00–135.00	615	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	128.95/cwt	117.00–134.00	741	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	132.99/cwt	126.00–137.00	634	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	134.83/cwt	129.00–137.00	717	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	125.88/cwt	115.00–132.00	778	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	588	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	132.10/cwt	127.00–135.00	694	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	115.47/cwt	105.00–118.00	600	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	269	138.56/cwt	134.00–141.00	373	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	195	144.57/cwt	140.00–149.00	282	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	206	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	216	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	466	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	134.52/cwt	124.00–139.00	574	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	133.27/cwt	123.00–135.00	792	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	132	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	162	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	110.93/cwt	106.00–115.00	741	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	374	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	344	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	296	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	305	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	134.75/cwt	126.00–139.00	446	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	132.32/cwt	127.00–138.00	496	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	69.00/cwt	63.00–73.00	740	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	64.52/cwt	64.00–65.00	637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	133.49/cwt	133.00–134.00	360	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,046	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,107	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	214	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	218	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	55.85/cwt	47.00–60.00	576	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	476	106.95/cwt	104.00–110.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	572	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	412	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	445	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	339	117.54/cwt	116.00–119.00	398	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	484	118.49/cwt	118.00–119.00	573	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	648	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	674	1
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	386	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	347	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	376	117.50/cwt	115.00–120.00	442	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	594	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	630	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	350	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	305	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	230	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	276	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	425	116.16/cwt	110.00–119.00	494	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	440	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	114.19/cwt	110.00–116.00	706	18
Heifers	Medium 2	—	190	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	234	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	523	110.11/cwt	106.00–114.00	576	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	173	124.46/cwt	124.00–125.00	215	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	284	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	180	133.66/cwt	130.00–141.00	241	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	354	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	283	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	338	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	385	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	286	112.99/cwt	110.00–115.00	323	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	107.97/cwt	106.00–113.00	845	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	538	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	115.86/cwt	110.00–117.00	659	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	114.44/cwt	110.00–118.00	537	11

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 Jul 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 268Last week 145Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 39Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 8Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,559	94.00–97.00	95.81
1	—	1,038	65.00	65.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,583	78.00–82.00	80.12
10	—	1,073	63.00–73.00	69.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,354	68.00	68.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	988	64.00–65.00	64.52
5	—	1,032	47.00–60.00	55.85

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	242	138.00	138.00
6	—	477	126.00–137.00	132.99
5	—	532	129.00–137.00	134.83
4	—	269	134.00–141.00	138.56
2	—	195	140.00–149.00	144.57
18	—	427	124.00–139.00	134.52
12	—	594	123.00–135.00	133.27
1	—	132	123.00	123.00
6	—	331	126.00–139.00	134.75
5	—	375	127.00–138.00	132.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	588	118.00	118.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	296	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	339	116.00–119.00	117.54
2	—	376	115.00–120.00	117.50
1	—	230	120.00	120.00
4	—	425	110.00–119.00	116.16
2	—	173	124.00–125.00	124.46
1	—	284	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	604	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	764	103.00	103.00
2	—	375	118.00–119.00	118.50
1	—	410	118.00	118.00
1	—	328	122.00	122.00
5	—	230	125.00–134.00	128.07
20	—	520	105.00–118.00	115.47
4	—	668	106.00–115.00	110.93
2	—	270	133.00–134.00	133.49
18	—	618	110.00–116.00	114.19
4	—	180	130.00–141.00	133.66
16	—	569	110.00–117.00	115.86
11	—	469	110.00–118.00	114.44
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	206	105.00	105.00
1	—	374	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	476	104.00–110.00	106.95
1	—	572	90.00	90.00
1	—	412	108.00	108.00
1	—	190	123.00	123.00
2	—	338	114.00	114.00
3	—	286	110.00–115.00	112.99
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	386	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	354	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	666	110.00–129.00	119.94
2	—	885	93.00–100.00	96.46
12	—	472	120.00–135.00	130.27
1	—	980	90.00	90.00
14	—	575	117.00–134.00	128.95
8	—	618	115.00–132.00	125.88
7	—	525	127.00–135.00	132.10
1	—	702	104.00	104.00
1	—	822	107.00	107.00
6	—	783	106.00–113.00	107.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	466	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	484	118.00–119.00	118.49
1	—	648	104.00	104.00
1	—	594	106.00	106.00
2	—	523	106.00–114.00	110.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	538	114.00	114.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	214	102.00	102.00
1	—	350	87.00	87.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,046	775.00	775.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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