Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were lightly tested. Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher, while boning type were 3.00 to 4.00 lower and bulls were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly 5.00 to 6.00 higher; heifers mostly steady to 1.00 higher; and feeder bulls were mostly 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.00/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −84.52 against this barn's trailing median of $201.51.

Average price

$117.00

67 head · 649 lb average

Value per head Derived

$759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$35.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.77

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	660	119.66	789	59
Medium 2	556	105.20	584	5thin
Small 1-2	589	84.33	496	3thin

One grade step is worth $35.32/cwt here — about $293 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

10 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $214.68, low $160.66, median $201.51 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale67 hd

117.00

—

NC average8 barns · 687 hd

117.77

−0.77

This barn, trailing median10 sales

201.51

−84.52

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	1,521	89.74	1,365	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,458	72.00	1,050	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,157	70.21	812	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	867	60.46	524	20

Every lot, as filed

65 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	—	229	140.45/cwt	134.00–146.00	322	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	109.56/cwt	104.00–111.00	847	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	117.21/cwt	114.00–123.00	673	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	139.13/cwt	134.00–142.00	593	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	107.53/cwt	100.00–114.00	789	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	124.04/cwt	119.00–129.00	788	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	116.20/cwt	115.00–119.00	537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	123.41/cwt	122.00–125.00	402	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	119.79/cwt	115.00–125.00	458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	132.64/cwt	125.00–137.00	694	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	137.52/cwt	134.00–141.00	648	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	145.56/cwt	143.00–148.00	463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	914	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	813	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	852	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	206	127.53/cwt	126.00–129.00	263	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	326	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	313	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	400	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	291	139.96/cwt	136.00–144.00	407	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,036	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	870	1
Dairy Heifers	Small 3	—	287	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	189	2
Dairy Heifers	Small 3	—	434	69.84/cwt	64.00–82.00	303	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	698	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	461	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	457	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	416	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	818	70.45/cwt	69.00–72.00	576	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	59.67/cwt	50.00–64.00	531	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,050	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	76.78/cwt	75.00–79.00	965	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,107	66.92/cwt	62.00–74.00	741	16
Bulls	—	—	1,521	89.74/cwt	73.00–97.00	1,365	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	116.59/cwt	111.00–122.00	612	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	119.05/cwt	115.00–125.00	515	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	104.13/cwt	98.00–107.00	914	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	120.95/cwt	115.00–125.00	803	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	125.87/cwt	124.00–128.00	726	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	102.99/cwt	101.00–105.00	647	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	416	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	136.49/cwt	133.00–146.00	658	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	622	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	582	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	611	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	126.07/cwt	115.00–130.00	775	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	141.93/cwt	138.00–148.00	534	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	594	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	871	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	324	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	324	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	477	106.92/cwt	104.00–110.00	510	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	554	103.34/cwt	101.00–105.00	573	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	498	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	548	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	478	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	540	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	427	116.70/cwt	110.00–128.00	498	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	437	105.46/cwt	100.00–111.00	461	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	512	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	290	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	305	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	801	45.99/cwt	45.00–47.00	368	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	362	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	398	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	346	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	433	1
Bulls	Medium 2Fleshy	—	488	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	498	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	516	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	568	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	696	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	724	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	312	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	324	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	562	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	562	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 Aug 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 197Last week 259Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 36Year 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
2	—	229	134.00–146.00	140.45
9	—	426	134.00–142.00	139.13
2	—	635	119.00–129.00	124.04
2	—	471	134.00–141.00	137.52
2	—	318	143.00–148.00	145.56
1	—	914	89.00	89.00
2	—	291	136.00–144.00	139.96
1	—	1,036	84.00	84.00
1	—	522	137.00	137.00
4	—	376	138.00–148.00	141.93
1	—	968	90.00	90.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	326	96.00	96.00
1	—	400	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	416	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	594	110.00	110.00
1	—	498	120.00	120.00
3	—	427	110.00–128.00	116.70
1	—	512	115.00	115.00
1	—	362	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	324	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	346	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	773	104.00–111.00	109.56
12	—	734	100.00–114.00	107.53
7	—	523	125.00–137.00	132.64
8	—	878	98.00–107.00	104.13
3	—	664	115.00–125.00	120.95
7	—	577	124.00–128.00	125.87
7	—	482	133.00–146.00	136.49
10	—	615	115.00–130.00	126.07
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	852	71.00	71.00
2	—	457	91.00	91.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	488	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	516	110.00	110.00
1	—	696	104.00	104.00
1	—	562	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	574	114.00–123.00	117.21
1	—	268	130.00	130.00
5	—	462	115.00–119.00	116.20
2	—	326	122.00–125.00	123.41
2	—	382	115.00–125.00	119.79
1	—	754	92.00	92.00
2	—	206	126.00–129.00	127.53
1	—	824	80.00	80.00
10	—	525	111.00–122.00	116.59
3	—	433	115.00–125.00	119.05
4	—	628	101.00–105.00	102.99
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	698	66.00	66.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	622	90.00	90.00
1	—	478	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	582	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	477	104.00–110.00	106.92
3	—	554	101.00–105.00	103.34
1	—	548	102.00	102.00
2	—	437	100.00–111.00	105.46
1	—	290	105.00	105.00
1	—	312	104.00	104.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	287	66.00	66.00
9	—	434	64.00–82.00	69.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	818	69.00–72.00	70.45
14	—	890	50.00–64.00	59.67
2	—	801	45.00–47.00	45.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,458	72.00	72.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,257	75.00–79.00	76.78
16	—	1,107	62.00–74.00	66.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,521	73.00–97.00	89.74

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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