Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were unevenly steady, while bulls were 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly 1.00 to 4.00 higher, some 11.00 to 12.00 higher; heifers were mostly 4.00 to 11.00 higher; while bulls were mixed, mostly 1.00 higher to 2.00 lower. Demand for attractive cattle was good, while demand for plain cattle was moderate. Market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly heavy. Cattle quality was plain to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.16/cwt on 236 head.

Average price

$111.16

236 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$46.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.64

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	504	116.28	586	184
Medium 2	482	94.97	457	46
Small 1-2	525	79.60	418	5thin
Medium and Large 3	512	70.00	358	1thin

One grade step is worth $46.28/cwt here — about $228 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 sale236 hd

111.16

—

NC average9 barns · 1,359 hd

115.80

−4.64

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	1,626	91.06	1,481	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,173	63.18	741	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,399	61.92	866	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,039	52.51	546	30

Every lot, as filed

97 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	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	700	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	477	103.51/cwt	91.00–119.00	494	11
Bulls	Medium 2	—	581	103.78/cwt	100.00–113.00	603	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	521	101.52/cwt	92.00–109.00	529	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	689	83.51/cwt	82.00–85.00	575	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	622	85.55/cwt	83.00–88.00	532	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	806	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	613	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	762	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	718	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	632	1
Steers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	310	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	254	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	424	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	441	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	644	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	857	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	140.75/cwt	124.00–156.00	602	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	133.93/cwt	131.00–137.00	647	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	148.54/cwt	134.00–158.00	553	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	122.28/cwt	111.00–124.00	822	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	145.04/cwt	130.00–154.00	471	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	115.83/cwt	110.00–118.00	722	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	123.91/cwt	120.00–132.00	698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	147.62/cwt	134.00–156.00	425	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	124.41/cwt	120.00–129.00	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	937	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	246	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	662	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	649	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	578	111.58/cwt	108.00–115.00	645	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	483	116.57/cwt	114.00–119.00	563	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	323	119.12/cwt	111.00–127.00	385	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	519	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	415	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	642	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	449	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	428	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	512	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	113.57/cwt	100.00–118.00	651	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	121.07/cwt	105.00–127.00	570	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	127.85/cwt	114.00–133.00	483	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	122.59/cwt	110.00–132.00	521	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	115.85/cwt	105.00–121.00	611	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	103.95/cwt	90.00–117.00	691	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	105.42/cwt	100.00–113.00	649	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	125.36/cwt	115.00–136.00	419	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	711	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	121.88/cwt	118.00–126.00	284	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	760	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	532	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	53.36/cwt	45.00–59.00	560	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	40.48/cwt	37.00–45.00	399	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	587	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	61.92/cwt	60.00–64.00	866	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	62.81/cwt	57.00–67.00	734	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	834	2
Bulls	—	—	1,724	94.17/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,623	5
Bulls	—	—	1,381	83.30/cwt	72.00–90.00	1,150	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	618	90.49/cwt	90.00–91.00	559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	467	98.46/cwt	97.00–100.00	460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	740	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	682	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	598	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	568	1
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	594	72.50/cwt	72.00–73.00	431	2
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	654	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	517	1
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	630	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	514	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	401	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	376	108.46/cwt	98.00–115.00	408	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	520	90.46/cwt	81.00–100.00	470	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	464	97.08/cwt	90.00–108.00	450	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	419	100.12/cwt	92.50–111.00	420	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	577	90.10/cwt	85.00–98.00	520	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	675	80.97/cwt	80.00–82.00	547	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	323	111.02/cwt	110.00–112.00	359	2
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	564	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	440	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	536	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	370	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	516	80.00/cwt	75.00–85.00	413	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	581	72.46/cwt	69.00–76.00	421	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	692	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	512	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	431	116.00/cwt	110.00–120.00	500	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	377	120.22/cwt	110.00–126.00	453	4
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	600	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	408	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	495	116.50/cwt	115.00–118.00	577	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	846	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	614	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	314	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	402	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	552	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	497	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	548	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	125.60/cwt	114.00–132.00	663	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	128.62/cwt	120.00–136.00	606	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	118.67/cwt	110.00–127.00	670	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	101.95/cwt	90.00–106.50	689	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	101.64/cwt	93.00–110.00	636	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	93.67/cwt	90.00–96.00	677	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	88.48/cwt	87.00–90.00	741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	596	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	679	77.49/cwt	77.00–78.00	526	2

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 Sep 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 587Last week 272Year ago 473

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 47Year ago 158

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	74.00	74.00
2	—	679	77.00–78.00	77.49
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	477	91.00–119.00	103.51
7	—	581	100.00–113.00	103.78
6	—	521	92.00–109.00	101.52
2	—	689	82.00–85.00	83.51
2	—	622	83.00–88.00	85.55
1	—	806	76.00	76.00
1	—	762	87.00	87.00
1	—	718	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	536	69.00	69.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	516	75.00–85.00	80.00
2	—	581	69.00–76.00	72.46
1	—	692	74.00	74.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	68.00	68.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	115.00–118.00	116.50
1	—	846	82.00	82.00
1	—	548	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	528	114.00–132.00	125.60
26	—	471	120.00–136.00	128.62
17	—	565	110.00–127.00	118.67
13	—	676	90.00–106.50	101.95
9	—	626	93.00–110.00	101.64
3	—	723	90.00–96.00	93.67
2	—	837	87.00–90.00	88.48
1	—	858	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	596	90.00	90.00
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	82.00	82.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	424	104.00	104.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	644	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	428	124.00–156.00	140.75
16	—	483	131.00–137.00	133.93
15	—	372	134.00–158.00	148.54
11	—	672	111.00–124.00	122.28
9	—	325	130.00–154.00	145.04
6	—	623	110.00–118.00	115.83
3	—	563	120.00–132.00	123.91
3	—	288	134.00–156.00	147.62
2	—	527	120.00–129.00	124.41
1	—	1,008	93.00	93.00
1	—	838	102.00	102.00
1	—	794	116.00	116.00
1	—	716	109.00	109.00
1	—	246	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	662	98.00	98.00
1	—	614	104.00	104.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	108.00–115.00	111.58
2	—	483	114.00–119.00	116.57
2	—	323	111.00–127.00	119.12
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
7	—	431	110.00–120.00	116.00
4	—	377	110.00–126.00	120.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	314	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	552	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	519	80.00	80.00
1	—	642	70.00	70.00
1	—	428	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	512	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	573	100.00–118.00	113.57
36	—	471	105.00–127.00	121.07
26	—	378	114.00–133.00	127.85
24	—	425	110.00–132.00	122.59
18	—	527	105.00–121.00	115.85
12	—	665	90.00–117.00	103.95
11	—	616	100.00–113.00	105.42
5	—	334	115.00–136.00	125.36
4	—	711	100.00	100.00
2	—	233	118.00–126.00	121.88
1	—	756	90.00	90.00
1	—	260	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	90.00–91.00	90.49
2	—	467	97.00–100.00	98.46
1	—	740	80.00	80.00
1	—	682	82.00	82.00
1	—	598	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	594	72.00–73.00	72.50
1	—	654	79.00	79.00
1	—	630	74.00	74.00
1	—	514	78.00	78.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	376	98.00–115.00	108.46
8	—	520	81.00–100.00	90.46
7	—	464	90.00–108.00	97.08
7	—	419	92.50–111.00	100.12
5	—	577	85.00–98.00	90.10
2	—	675	80.00–82.00	80.97
2	—	323	110.00–112.00	111.02
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	564	78.00	78.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,050	45.00–59.00	53.36
3	—	986	37.00–45.00	40.48
2	—	979	60.00	60.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,399	60.00–64.00	61.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,169	57.00–67.00	62.81
2	—	1,227	68.00	68.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,724	93.00–95.00	94.17
2	—	1,381	72.00–90.00	83.30

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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