Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers were unevenly steady; heifers were mostly 3.00 to 7.00 lower; while feeder bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average. One dairy steer, Large 3, weighing 65 lbs. brought 55.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.09/cwt on 230 head.

Average price

$106.09

230 head · 481 lb average

Value per head Derived

$510

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$292

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

$54.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.24

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	490	108.83	534	192
Medium 2	438	96.74	424	28
Small 1-2	421	82.56	347	9thin
Small 3	448	54.00	242	1thin

One grade step is worth $54.83/cwt here — about $292 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 sale230 hd

106.09

—

NC average8 barns · 938 hd

110.34

−4.24

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	1,418	74.77	1,060	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,516	59.72	905	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,188	56.90	676	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	997	45.61	455	34

Every lot, as filed

95 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	Small 1-2	—	347	96.01/cwt	92.00–100.00	333	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	124	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	143	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	139.45/cwt	137.00–142.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	109.78/cwt	98.00–117.00	570	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	983	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	115.65/cwt	110.00–122.00	324	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	137.60/cwt	125.00–151.00	509	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	128.41/cwt	125.00–135.00	660	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	842	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	534	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	132.60/cwt	124.00–142.00	564	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	95.34/cwt	90.00–100.00	721	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	129.64/cwt	124.00–141.00	358	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	96.93/cwt	90.00–102.00	603	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	120.78/cwt	109.00–130.00	449	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	110.65/cwt	100.00–118.00	527	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	124.38/cwt	116.00–136.00	647	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	129.82/cwt	124.00–138.00	418	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	114.78/cwt	106.00–127.00	488	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	113.23/cwt	105.00–119.00	704	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	104.03/cwt	98.00–111.00	597	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	614	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	528	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	506	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	395	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	434	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	577	95.00/cwt	94.00–96.00	548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	688	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	124.57/cwt	117.00–127.00	780	50
Steers	Small 1-2	—	419	97.27/cwt	90.00–102.00	408	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	572	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	400	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	292	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	248	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	728	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,368	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	714	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	126.93/cwt	124.00–129.00	298	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	388	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	338	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	340	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	296	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	283	96.29/cwt	90.00–103.00	273	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	448	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	242	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	382	92.91/cwt	90.00–96.00	355	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	472	76.16/cwt	70.00–80.00	359	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	680	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	544	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	476	110.53/cwt	102.00–115.00	526	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	270	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	184	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	736	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	670	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	302	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	248	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	758	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	378	103.04/cwt	93.00–109.00	389	7
Bulls	—	—	1,094	56.03/cwt	54.00–60.00	613	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	901	31.43/cwt	30.00–34.00	283	6
Bulls	—	—	1,822	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,658	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	553	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	64.83/cwt	64.00–66.00	776	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	530	102.71/cwt	92.00–114.00	544	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	48.41/cwt	44.00–52.00	493	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	59.72/cwt	58.00–64.00	905	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	56.43/cwt	51.00–61.00	670	34
Bulls	—	—	1,475	78.77/cwt	70.00–89.00	1,162	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	332	109.02/cwt	108.00–110.00	362	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	746	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	537	1
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	668	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	468	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	298	112.50/cwt	107.00–118.00	335	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	642	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	514	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	713	78.52/cwt	77.00–80.00	560	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	573	105.30/cwt	97.00–113.00	603	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	369	105.33/cwt	104.00–106.00	389	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	266	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	290	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	665	80.51/cwt	80.00–81.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	328	105.64/cwt	105.00–107.00	346	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	192	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	198	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	371	117.14/cwt	110.00–120.00	435	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	96.40/cwt	87.00–101.00	656	13
Heifers	Medium 2	—	514	87.70/cwt	83.00–96.00	451	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	554	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	417	101.99/cwt	99.00–105.00	425	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	210	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	218	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	822	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	98.02/cwt	90.00–101.00	696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	620	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	574	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	637	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	425	114.32/cwt	110.00–118.00	486	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	465	102.36/cwt	100.00–104.00	476	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	128.81/cwt	119.00–138.00	611	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	188	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	222	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	119.09/cwt	110.00–129.00	387	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	128.77/cwt	127.00–133.00	720	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	706	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	104.43/cwt	95.00–115.00	713	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	840	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	120.38/cwt	115.00–129.00	685	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	136	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	151	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	854	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	218	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	257	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 Oct 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 622Last week 601Year ago 608

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 65Year ago 110

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 1Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	347	92.00–100.00	96.01
3	—	419	90.00–102.00	97.27
1	—	292	85.00	85.00
2	—	382	90.00–96.00	92.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	124	115.00	115.00
2	—	466	137.00–142.00	139.45
1	—	878	112.00	112.00
17	—	370	125.00–151.00	137.60
7	—	514	125.00–135.00	128.41
39	—	425	124.00–142.00	132.60
9	—	276	124.00–141.00	129.64
14	—	322	124.00–138.00	129.82
50	—	626	117.00–127.00	124.57
3	—	235	124.00–129.00	126.93
5	—	559	127.00–133.00	128.77
8	—	757	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	842	97.00	97.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	434	119.00	119.00
1	—	688	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	332	108.00–110.00	109.02
2	—	298	107.00–118.00	112.50
9	—	371	110.00–120.00	117.14
1	—	554	115.00	115.00
5	—	425	110.00–118.00	114.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	712	92.00	92.00
42	—	519	98.00–117.00	109.78
5	—	280	110.00–122.00	115.65
19	—	622	90.00–102.00	96.93
25	—	372	109.00–130.00	120.78
17	—	476	100.00–118.00	110.65
24	—	425	106.00–127.00	114.78
15	—	574	98.00–111.00	104.03
13	—	680	87.00–101.00	96.40
1	—	188	118.00	118.00
14	—	325	110.00–129.00	119.09
2	—	836	86.00	86.00
1	—	870	76.00	76.00
1	—	136	111.00	111.00
2	—	218	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	534	97.00	97.00
1	—	614	86.00	86.00
3	—	577	94.00–96.00	95.00
3	—	369	104.00–106.00	105.33
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	506	78.00	78.00
1	—	572	70.00	70.00
1	—	388	87.00	87.00
1	—	340	87.00	87.00
2	—	283	90.00–103.00	96.29
3	—	472	70.00–80.00	76.16
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	448	54.00	54.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	378	93.00–109.00	103.04
1	—	746	72.00	72.00
1	—	266	109.00	109.00
2	—	665	80.00–81.00	80.51
3	—	328	105.00–107.00	105.64
1	—	192	103.00	103.00
5	—	514	83.00–96.00	87.70
3	—	417	99.00–105.00	101.99
1	—	210	104.00	104.00
3	—	465	100.00–104.00	102.36
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	668	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	822	70.00	70.00
1	—	706	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	756	90.00–100.00	95.34
1	—	828	88.00	88.00
25	—	520	116.00–136.00	124.38
18	—	622	105.00–119.00	113.23
4	—	710	90.00–101.00	98.02
34	—	474	119.00–138.00	128.81
6	—	683	95.00–115.00	104.43
24	—	569	115.00–129.00	120.38
1	—	854	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	714	56.00	56.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	80.00	80.00
10	—	476	102.00–115.00	110.53
2	—	530	92.00–114.00	102.71
1	—	642	80.00	80.00
2	—	713	77.00–80.00	78.52
7	—	573	97.00–113.00	105.30
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	758	65.00	65.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	100.00	100.00
1	—	574	111.00	111.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	270	68.00	68.00
1	—	736	91.00	91.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	302	82.00	82.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	728	600.00	600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,094	54.00–60.00	56.03
1	—	1,822	91.00	91.00
10	—	1,475	70.00–89.00	78.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	901	30.00–34.00	31.43
1	—	1,006	55.00	55.00
27	—	1,018	44.00–52.00	48.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,197	64.00–66.00	64.83
34	—	1,187	51.00–61.00	56.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,516	58.00–64.00	59.72

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

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Powell Livestock Market - Smithfield, NC

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Replacement Cattle

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