Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 higher, while boning type were 1.00 to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly 7.00 to 9.00 lower; bulls mostly 3.00 to 6.00 lower; four- and five-weight feeder heifers were mostly 8.00 to 9.00 lower, while six weights were mostly 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly heavy. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.93/cwt on 170 head.

Average price

$107.93

170 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$537

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$330

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

$49.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.55

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	109.99	566	141
Small 1-2	287	99.65	286	5thin
Medium 2	441	99.20	438	23
Small 3	394	60.00	236	1thin

One grade step is worth $49.99/cwt here — about $330 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 sale170 hd

107.93

—

NC average8 barns · 991 hd

114.49

−6.55

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	—	Low	1,492	87.98	1,313	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,427	63.17	901	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,154	61.65	711	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	919	53.09	488	31

Every lot, as filed

86 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	118.08/cwt	114.00–123.00	385	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	129.73/cwt	129.00–132.00	669	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	118.76/cwt	115.00–123.00	448	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	95.13/cwt	88.00–112.00	837	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	96.39/cwt	93.00–105.00	792	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	113.86/cwt	107.00–123.00	544	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	108.30/cwt	103.00–117.00	559	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	122.49/cwt	122.00–123.00	944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	132.16/cwt	125.00–137.00	494	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	123.17/cwt	115.00–129.00	645	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	695	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	130.16/cwt	126.00–139.00	423	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	131.60/cwt	123.00–136.50	780	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	111.33/cwt	100.00–115.00	745	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	106.04/cwt	100.00–113.00	660	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	222	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	291	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	107.16/cwt	100.00–115.00	619	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	123.49/cwt	122.00–125.00	901	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	240	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	128.02/cwt	123.00–131.00	799	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	704	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	130.15/cwt	128.00–133.00	867	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	94.96/cwt	90.00–100.00	733	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	116.09/cwt	109.00–125.00	723	15
Steers	Small 1-2	—	362	96.25/cwt	87.00–102.00	348	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	227	103.63/cwt	100.00–108.00	235	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	137.34/cwt	136.00–140.00	398	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	232	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	302	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	421	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	421	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	302	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	272	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	394	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	236	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	288	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	279	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	179	129.29/cwt	125.00–133.00	231	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	638	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	746	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	354	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	340	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	340	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	333	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,824	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	912	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	64.63/cwt	60.00–67.00	894	9
Bulls	—	—	1,104	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	662	1
Bulls	—	—	1,518	96.17/cwt	93.00–101.00	1,460	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	60.98/cwt	54.00–67.00	698	48
Bulls	—	—	1,579	83.66/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,321	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	959	44.12/cwt	40.00–47.00	423	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	866	61.98/cwt	60.00–63.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	477	97.54/cwt	91.00–102.00	465	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	512	106.96/cwt	100.00–110.00	548	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	572	114.36/cwt	112.00–118.00	654	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	570	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	416	1
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	574	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	428	100.44/cwt	94.00–105.00	430	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	329	117.91/cwt	108.00–122.00	388	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	374	115.21/cwt	110.00–120.00	431	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	69.63/cwt	68.00–72.00	877	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	919	53.48/cwt	48.00–59.00	491	24
Heifers	Medium 2	—	540	93.03/cwt	90.00–96.00	502	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	361	104.94/cwt	102.00–108.00	379	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	244	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	278	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	324	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	608	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	486	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	623	102.50/cwt	101.00–104.00	639	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	560	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	560	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	418	114.73/cwt	110.00–126.00	480	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	532	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	585	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,939	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	198	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	228	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	577	93.01/cwt	89.00–97.00	537	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	604	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	689	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	484	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	306	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	272	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	476	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	547	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	208	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	243	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	423	107.45/cwt	106.00–109.00	455	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	865	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	104.28/cwt	100.00–108.00	754	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	578	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	636	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	438	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	120.59/cwt	115.00–132.00	695	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	115.21/cwt	111.00–121.00	494	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	130.65/cwt	125.00–136.00	557	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	125.41/cwt	120.00–133.00	352	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	85.74/cwt	84.00–87.00	703	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	103.70/cwt	94.00–109.00	746	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	128.31/cwt	123.00–132.00	602	34

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 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 532Last week 306Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 119Last week 53Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 1Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	326	114.00–123.00	118.08
5	—	377	115.00–123.00	118.76
20	—	478	107.00–123.00	113.86
29	—	516	103.00–117.00	108.30
1	—	668	104.00	104.00
17	—	622	100.00–113.00	106.04
1	—	222	131.00	131.00
16	—	578	100.00–115.00	107.16
6	—	757	93.00	93.00
3	—	723	100.00–108.00	104.28
26	—	429	111.00–121.00	115.21
3	—	281	120.00–133.00	125.41
4	—	820	84.00–87.00	85.74
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	227	100.00–108.00	103.63
1	—	288	97.00	97.00
1	—	354	96.00	96.00
1	—	340	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	394	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	91.00–102.00	97.54
9	—	428	94.00–105.00	100.44
2	—	540	90.00–96.00	93.03
2	—	361	102.00–108.00	104.94
1	—	324	111.00	111.00
1	—	608	80.00	80.00
1	—	198	115.00	115.00
2	—	577	89.00–97.00	93.01
1	—	208	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	574	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	106.00–109.00	107.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	516	129.00–132.00	129.73
2	—	771	122.00–123.00	122.49
20	—	374	125.00–137.00	132.16
14	—	325	126.00–139.00	130.16
11	—	593	123.00–136.50	131.60
4	—	730	122.00–125.00	123.49
7	—	624	123.00–131.00	128.02
7	—	666	128.00–133.00	130.15
3	—	290	136.00–140.00	137.34
1	—	232	130.00	130.00
2	—	179	125.00–133.00	129.29
1	—	468	136.00	136.00
1	—	920	94.00	94.00
28	—	426	125.00–136.00	130.65
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	95.00	95.00
5	—	362	87.00–102.00	96.25
3	—	421	100.00	100.00
1	—	302	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	638	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	329	108.00–122.00	117.91
2	—	374	110.00–120.00	115.21
1	—	244	114.00	114.00
1	—	560	100.00	100.00
12	—	418	110.00–126.00	114.73
1	—	604	114.00	114.00
1	—	484	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	306	89.00	89.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	438	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	880	88.00–112.00	95.13
5	—	822	93.00–105.00	96.39
17	—	524	115.00–129.00	123.17
14	—	669	100.00–115.00	111.33
4	—	772	90.00–100.00	94.96
15	—	623	109.00–125.00	116.09
1	—	920	92.00	92.00
20	—	576	115.00–132.00	120.59
11	—	719	94.00–109.00	103.70
34	—	469	123.00–132.00	128.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	120.00	120.00
1	—	532	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	512	100.00–110.00	106.96
5	—	572	112.00–118.00	114.36
2	—	623	101.00–104.00	102.50
1	—	476	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	578	110.00	110.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	73.00	73.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,824	50.00	50.00
9	—	1,383	60.00–67.00	64.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,145	54.00–67.00	60.98
4	—	1,259	68.00–72.00	69.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	959	40.00–47.00	44.12
3	—	866	60.00–63.00	61.98
24	—	919	48.00–59.00	53.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,104	60.00	60.00
5	—	1,518	93.00–101.00	96.17
3	—	1,579	81.00–87.00	83.66

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,028	675.00	675.00

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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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

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Slaughter Cattle

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