Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower; heifers were unevenly steady; and feeder bulls were mostly 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was good at lower prices; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were fairly 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 $114.54/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$114.54

101 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$580

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$304

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

$15.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.32

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	515	115.97	597	90
Medium 2	471	103.42	487	9thin
Small 1-2	293	100.00	293	2thin

One grade step is worth $15.97/cwt here — about $304 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

114.54

—

NC average8 barns · 953 hd

115.86

−1.32

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	1,431	88.96	1,273	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,387	64.25	891	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,159	62.21	721	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	952	51.53	491	10

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	—	378	143.81/cwt	130.00–155.00	544	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	120.24/cwt	115.00–124.00	513	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	884	93.00/cwt	92.00–94.00	822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	103.34/cwt	102.00–105.00	735	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	121.80/cwt	114.00–129.00	764	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	103.99/cwt	101.00–106.00	789	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	127.19/cwt	120.00–135.00	670	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	117.08/cwt	108.00–126.00	623	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	135.51/cwt	133.00–138.00	768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	138.66/cwt	119.00–142.50	878	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	126.53/cwt	125.00–130.00	423	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	91.96/cwt	90.00–94.00	717	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	135.35/cwt	133.00–138.00	651	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	138.04/cwt	130.00–151.00	585	12
Steers	Small 1-2	—	340	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	371	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	992	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	413	127.97/cwt	127.00–129.00	529	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	116.02/cwt	110.00–120.00	864	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	135.50/cwt	134.00–141.00	709	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	494	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	187	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	249	2
Dairy Heifers	Small 3	—	262	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	210	1
Dairy Steers	Small 3	—	324	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	191	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	356	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	342	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	230	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	239	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	56.64/cwt	53.00–59.00	569	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,387	64.25/cwt	62.00–66.00	891	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	62.58/cwt	57.00–69.00	717	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,466	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	792	1
Bulls	—	—	1,537	104.75/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,610	2
Bulls	—	—	1,388	82.64/cwt	77.00–90.00	1,147	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	372	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	409	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	702	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	562	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	544	109.98/cwt	103.00–115.00	598	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	554	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	548	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	605	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	750	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	608	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	820	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	574	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	828	39.62/cwt	36.00–44.00	328	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	473	120.60/cwt	116.00–125.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	516	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	516	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	419	108.36/cwt	104.00–112.00	454	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	360	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	443	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	127.59/cwt	120.00–135.00	723	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	316	115.68/cwt	114.00–118.00	366	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	594	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	512	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	538	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	282	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	313	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	471	116.54/cwt	110.00–120.00	549	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	132.00/cwt	125.00–138.00	631	22
Steers	Medium 2	—	418	120.97/cwt	120.00–124.00	506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	103.06/cwt	100.00–105.00	694	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	108.95/cwt	107.00–113.00	740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	140.76/cwt	130.00–150.00	470	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	138.66/cwt	138.00–139.00	933	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	650	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	122.29/cwt	117.00–124.00	571	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	115.90/cwt	110.00–124.00	668	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	109.42/cwt	107.00–110.00	806	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	739	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	147.47/cwt	144.00–151.00	380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	188	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	122.26/cwt	118.00–125.00	446	8

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 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 306Last week 197Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 61Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year 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
13	—	378	130.00–155.00	143.81
2	—	567	133.00–138.00	135.51
17	—	633	119.00–142.50	138.66
6	—	481	133.00–138.00	135.35
12	—	424	130.00–151.00	138.04
3	—	745	110.00–120.00	116.02
8	—	523	134.00–141.00	135.50
2	—	187	133.00	133.00
8	—	334	130.00–150.00	140.76
3	—	673	138.00–139.00	138.66
2	—	258	144.00–151.00	147.47
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	127.00–129.00	127.97
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	116.00–125.00	120.60
1	—	360	123.00	123.00
3	—	316	114.00–118.00	115.68
4	—	418	120.00–124.00	120.97
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	282	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	427	115.00–124.00	120.24
3	—	711	102.00–105.00	103.34
22	—	532	108.00–126.00	117.08
1	—	640	102.00	102.00
4	—	334	125.00–130.00	126.53
2	—	780	90.00–94.00	91.96
1	—	992	81.00	81.00
7	—	673	100.00–105.00	103.06
16	—	467	117.00–124.00	122.29
10	—	576	110.00–124.00	115.90
1	—	188	136.00	136.00
8	—	365	118.00–125.00	122.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	494	110.00	110.00
1	—	594	100.00	100.00
1	—	512	105.00	105.00
1	—	650	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	356	96.00	96.00
1	—	230	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	372	110.00	110.00
1	—	702	80.00	80.00
1	—	554	99.00	99.00
1	—	516	100.00	100.00
5	—	419	104.00–112.00	108.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	884	92.00–94.00	93.00
6	—	627	114.00–129.00	121.80
3	—	759	101.00–106.00	103.99
12	—	527	120.00–135.00	127.19
8	—	567	120.00–135.00	127.59
22	—	478	125.00–138.00	132.00
4	—	679	107.00–113.00	108.95
5	—	737	107.00–110.00	109.42
1	—	912	81.00	81.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	544	103.00–115.00	109.98
1	—	550	110.00	110.00
1	—	820	70.00	70.00
3	—	471	110.00–120.00	116.54
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	262	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	324	59.00	59.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	750	81.00	81.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,005	53.00–59.00	56.64
3	—	828	36.00–44.00	39.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,387	62.00–66.00	64.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,145	57.00–69.00	62.58
1	—	1,466	54.00	54.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,537	100.00–114.00	104.75
5	—	1,388	77.00–90.00	82.64

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	—	874	775.00	775.00

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Smithfield Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle