Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, boning type slaughter cows were 5.00 to 6.00 higher, while breaking type and slaughter bulls were 8.00 to 9.00 higher. Four-weight feeder steers were 6.00 to 8.00 higher, five-weights were unevenly steady, and six-weights were mostly 4.00 to 5.00 higher; heifers were mostly 5.00 to 8.00 higher; and feeder bulls were mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly heavy. Cattle quality was average to attractive. Four dairy steers, Small 3, weighing 55 lbs. brought 90.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.89/cwt on 262 head.

Average price

$107.89

262 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$558

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$304

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

$54.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.42

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	539	110.65	596	215
Medium 2	420	98.06	412	41
Small 1-2	368	86.25	317	4thin
Small 3	517	56.50	292	2thin

One grade step is worth $54.15/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 sale262 hd

107.89

—

NC average8 barns · 1,348 hd

111.32

−3.42

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	1,537	72.66	1,117	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	60.78	898	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,205	59.16	713	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	987	41.88	413	17

Every lot, as filed

102 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 2	—	730	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	613	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	221	124.04/cwt	123.00–125.00	274	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	674	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	607	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	574	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	649	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	137.03/cwt	128.00–145.00	517	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	129.66/cwt	127.00–135.00	688	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	98.64/cwt	90.00–101.00	716	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	965	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	637	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	424	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	674	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	133.76/cwt	130.00–147.00	436	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	811	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,052	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	434	103.99/cwt	103.00–105.00	451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	790	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,020	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	111.50/cwt	111.00–112.00	812	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	138.69/cwt	132.00–146.00	648	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	383	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	123.35/cwt	121.00–125.00	717	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	87.16/cwt	80.00–100.00	631	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	156.30/cwt	151.00–162.50	359	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	120.51/cwt	111.00–122.00	811	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	135.43/cwt	130.00–143.00	584	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	120.59/cwt	114.00–131.00	693	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	83.49/cwt	76.00–95.00	758	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	103.07/cwt	91.00–111.00	697	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	986	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	730	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	836	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	516	109.62/cwt	101.00–114.00	566	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	180	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	200	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	224	113.48/cwt	113.00–114.00	254	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	321	105.51/cwt	98.00–111.00	339	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	773	75.52/cwt	70.00–81.00	584	2
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	466	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	433	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	370	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	363	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	184	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	210	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	478	96.88/cwt	84.00–105.00	463	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	276	109.01/cwt	108.00–110.00	301	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	529	88.94/cwt	80.00–97.00	470	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	371	105.61/cwt	100.00–111.00	392	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	579	94.83/cwt	88.00–103.00	549	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	435	120.08/cwt	117.00–123.00	522	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	317	118.56/cwt	114.00–120.00	376	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	622	91.73/cwt	80.00–99.00	571	3
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	504	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	353	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	428	96.18/cwt	84.00–105.00	412	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	606	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	497	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	650	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	575	89.45/cwt	80.00–99.00	514	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	485	106.00/cwt	93.00–120.00	514	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	378	117.13/cwt	110.00–124.00	443	10
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	478	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	315	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	418	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	376	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	192	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	204	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	332	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	299	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	212	95.25/cwt	92.50–98.00	202	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	333	105.08/cwt	100.00–110.00	350	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	58.46/cwt	51.00–65.00	697	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	468	1
Bulls	—	—	1,988	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,908	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	68.62/cwt	67.00–70.00	947	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	33.10/cwt	29.00–39.00	295	6
Bulls	—	—	1,088	56.35/cwt	54.00–58.00	613	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	468	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	388	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	698	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	454	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Full	—	810	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	486	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,477	60.78/cwt	57.00–65.00	898	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	45.83/cwt	41.00–52.00	485	10
Bulls	—	—	1,835	81.20/cwt	75.00–87.00	1,490	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	127.30/cwt	122.00–136.00	607	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	106.45/cwt	90.00–110.50	707	46
Heifers	Small 3	—	434	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	273	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	600	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	300	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	664	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	398	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	460	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	113.30/cwt	96.00–119.00	607	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	118.45/cwt	115.00–126.00	267	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	972	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	95.52/cwt	94.00–97.00	791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	94.28/cwt	85.00–116.00	721	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	109.99/cwt	100.00–117.00	638	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	125.25/cwt	115.00–132.00	467	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	180	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	220	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	120.25/cwt	110.00–125.00	748	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	118.84/cwt	114.00–125.00	321	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	124.32/cwt	116.00–129.00	648	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	121.55/cwt	110.00–130.00	506	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	148	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	95.99/cwt	95.00–97.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	122.19/cwt	114.00–131.00	401	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	98.51/cwt	90.00–112.00	621	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	851	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,055	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	123.33/cwt	116.00–127.00	757	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	114.22/cwt	104.00–121.00	544	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	88.67/cwt	88.00–90.00	714	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	174	129.27/cwt	125.00–134.00	225	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	884	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	139.24/cwt	128.00–147.00	383	7

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 Oct 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 601Last week 682Year ago 763

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 89Year ago 174

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	84.00	84.00
1	—	836	70.00	70.00
3	—	516	101.00–114.00	109.62
2	—	773	70.00–81.00	75.52
6	—	579	88.00–103.00	94.83
3	—	622	80.00–99.00	91.73
6	—	485	93.00–120.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	674	90.00	90.00
1	—	574	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	726	90.00–101.00	98.64
9	—	575	114.00–131.00	120.59
4	—	908	76.00–95.00	83.49
5	—	676	91.00–111.00	103.07
1	—	986	74.00	74.00
15	—	477	122.00–136.00	127.30
2	—	828	94.00–97.00	95.52
11	—	765	85.00–116.00	94.28
30	—	622	110.00–125.00	120.25
15	—	521	116.00–129.00	124.32
2	—	877	95.00–97.00	95.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	66.00	66.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	698	65.00	65.00
1	—	460	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	664	60.00	60.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	221	123.00–125.00	124.04
1	—	184	114.00	114.00
2	—	435	117.00–123.00	120.08
4	—	317	114.00–120.00	118.56
10	—	378	110.00–124.00	117.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	377	128.00–145.00	137.03
7	—	531	127.00–135.00	129.66
6	—	326	130.00–147.00	133.76
1	—	772	105.00	105.00
2	—	911	112.00	112.00
1	—	806	95.00	95.00
2	—	728	111.00–112.00	111.50
5	—	467	132.00–146.00	138.69
3	—	581	121.00–125.00	123.35
2	—	230	151.00–162.50	156.30
17	—	673	111.00–122.00	120.51
19	—	431	130.00–143.00	135.43
1	—	148	149.00	149.00
6	—	851	124.00	124.00
6	—	614	116.00–127.00	123.33
4	—	174	125.00–134.00	129.27
7	—	275	128.00–147.00	139.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	424	117.00	117.00
2	—	383	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	466	93.00	93.00
1	—	370	98.00	98.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	418	90.00	90.00
2	—	212	92.50–98.00	95.25
2	—	333	100.00–110.00	105.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	674	85.00	85.00
2	—	434	103.00–105.00	103.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	79.00	79.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	724	80.00–100.00	87.16
46	—	664	90.00–110.50	106.45
37	—	536	96.00–119.00	113.30
3	—	225	115.00–126.00	118.45
1	—	972	79.00	79.00
1	—	752	88.00	88.00
12	—	580	100.00–117.00	109.99
21	—	373	115.00–132.00	125.25
1	—	180	122.00	122.00
5	—	270	114.00–125.00	118.84
17	—	416	110.00–130.00	121.55
12	—	328	114.00–131.00	122.19
1	—	928	84.00	84.00
14	—	630	90.00–112.00	98.51
24	—	476	104.00–121.00	114.22
6	—	805	88.00–90.00	88.67
1	—	884	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	180	111.00	111.00
2	—	224	113.00–114.00	113.48
5	—	321	98.00–111.00	105.51
4	—	478	84.00–105.00	96.88
2	—	276	108.00–110.00	109.01
6	—	529	80.00–97.00	88.94
7	—	371	100.00–111.00	105.61
9	—	428	84.00–105.00	96.18
1	—	606	82.00	82.00
1	—	650	80.00	80.00
2	—	575	80.00–99.00	89.45
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	504	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	478	66.00	66.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	192	106.00	106.00
1	—	332	90.00	90.00
1	—	468	83.00	83.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	434	63.00	63.00
1	—	600	50.00	50.00

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	—	1,052	800.00	800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,192	51.00–65.00	58.46
2	—	1,380	67.00–70.00	68.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	55.00	55.00
6	—	890	29.00–39.00	33.10
10	—	1,059	41.00–52.00	45.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,477	57.00–65.00	60.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,988	96.00	96.00
3	—	1,088	54.00–58.00	56.35
3	—	1,835	75.00–87.00	81.20

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

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Powell Livestock Market - Smithfield, NC

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Replacement Cattle

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