Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, boning type slaughter cows were 6.00 to 7.00 lower, while breaking type slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were 11.00 to 12.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 11.00 to 13.00 lower, while heifers were mostly 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was light; market activity and buyer interest were slow. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average. Two dairy steers, small 3, weighing 50 lbs. brought 20.00 per head; four dairy steers, large 3, weighing 60 lbs. brought 35.00 per head; and two dairy steers, large 3, weighing 65 lbs. brought 50.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $95.33/cwt on 150 head.

Average price

$95.33

150 head · 465 lb average

Value per head Derived

$443

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$44.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.21

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	472	100.58	474	95
Medium 2	458	87.68	402	48
Small 1-2	414	80.13	332	6thin
Small 3	444	56.00	249	1thin

One grade step is worth $44.58/cwt here — about $226 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 sale150 hd

95.33

—

NC average8 barns · 1,281 hd

105.54

−10.21

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	1,305	66.41	866	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,139	50.18	572	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,461	47.11	688	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,058	38.15	403	48

Every lot, as filed

88 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 and Large 1-2	—	584	111.22/cwt	105.00–117.00	650	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	87.67/cwt	81.00–93.00	719	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	115.99/cwt	111.00–120.00	543	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	115.18/cwt	111.00–117.00	713	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	123.61/cwt	116.00–132.00	468	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	96.58/cwt	90.00–105.00	651	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	83.82/cwt	75.00–93.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	88.83/cwt	85.00–93.00	772	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	114.03/cwt	103.00–117.00	764	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	101.22/cwt	98.00–105.00	633	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	121.29/cwt	114.00–126.00	511	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	102.54/cwt	94.00–107.00	472	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	959	83.67/cwt	82.00–85.00	802	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	92.05/cwt	81.00–101.00	569	11
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	586	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	375	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	868	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	116.99/cwt	116.00–118.00	605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	114.65/cwt	105.00–126.00	321	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	87.98/cwt	80.00–96.00	676	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	103.63/cwt	97.00–110.00	803	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	379	86.90/cwt	80.00–92.00	329	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	422	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	672	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	120.98/cwt	120.00–123.00	276	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	109.95/cwt	103.00–117.00	352	7
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	702	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	491	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	428	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	270	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	470	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	106.64/cwt	100.00–119.00	398	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	94.98/cwt	88.00–102.00	497	11
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	390	84.95/cwt	80.00–90.00	331	2
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	374	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	262	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	426	82.62/cwt	78.00–86.00	352	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	514	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	421	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	444	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	249	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	190	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	224	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	380	105.63/cwt	94.00–116.00	401	13
Bulls	Medium 2	—	568	93.89/cwt	80.00–104.00	533	5
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	418	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	351	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	462	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	323	1
Heifers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	692	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	533	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	630	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	498	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	160	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	171	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,556	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	622	1
Bulls	—	—	1,012	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	567	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	31.81/cwt	25.00–37.00	324	22
Bulls	—	—	1,334	67.45/cwt	61.00–72.00	900	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	526	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	526	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	242	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	259	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	43.52/cwt	38.00–52.00	475	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	48.12/cwt	44.00–56.00	696	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	50.18/cwt	46.00–56.00	572	15
Bulls	Medium 2	—	518	91.32/cwt	80.00–100.00	473	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	268	111.94/cwt	105.00–117.00	300	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	552	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	607	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	476	99.27/cwt	90.00–108.00	473	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	426	87.31/cwt	80.00–94.00	372	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	662	84.43/cwt	80.00–89.00	559	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	329	98.46/cwt	94.00–100.00	324	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	708	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	606	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	485	1
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	558	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	217	107.63/cwt	106.00–109.00	234	3
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	732	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	571	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	415	104.41/cwt	100.00–110.00	433	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	498	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	129.68/cwt	125.00–136.00	364	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	856	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	520	82.47/cwt	78.00–88.00	429	11
Heifers	Medium 2	—	374	93.51/cwt	90.00–96.00	350	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	546	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	95.31/cwt	89.00–108.00	550	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	242	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	281	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	571	81.79/cwt	79.00–84.00	467	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	333	108.66/cwt	102.00–115.00	362	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	479	86.40/cwt	80.00–96.00	414	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	112.95/cwt	107.00–118.00	592	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	87.31/cwt	81.00–95.00	582	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	123.40/cwt	117.00–128.00	394	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	382	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	738	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	514	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	91.58/cwt	89.00–96.00	654	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	116.67/cwt	114.00–118.00	652	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	105.92/cwt	100.00–111.00	450	14

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 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 476Last week 622Year ago 529

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 103Year ago 135

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	584	105.00–117.00	111.22
6	—	820	81.00–93.00	87.67
14	—	468	111.00–120.00	115.99
9	—	674	90.00–105.00	96.58
2	—	925	75.00–93.00	83.82
6	—	869	85.00–93.00	88.83
4	—	625	98.00–105.00	101.22
3	—	959	82.00–85.00	83.67
7	—	768	80.00–96.00	87.98
13	—	524	107.00–118.00	112.95
5	—	714	89.00–96.00	91.58
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	586	64.00	64.00
1	—	868	61.00	61.00
1	—	702	70.00	70.00
1	—	470	88.00	88.00
1	—	514	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	80.00–104.00	93.89
8	—	518	80.00–100.00	91.32
10	—	476	90.00–108.00	99.27
2	—	662	80.00–89.00	84.43
1	—	708	84.00	84.00
1	—	606	80.00	80.00
1	—	856	74.00	74.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	462	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	498	108.00	108.00
1	—	546	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	726	85.00	85.00
9	—	460	94.00–107.00	102.54
11	—	618	81.00–101.00	92.05
6	—	280	105.00–126.00	114.65
7	—	320	103.00–117.00	109.95
17	—	373	100.00–119.00	106.64
11	—	523	88.00–102.00	94.98
8	—	577	89.00–108.00	95.31
1	—	242	116.00	116.00
6	—	667	81.00–95.00	87.31
14	—	425	100.00–111.00	105.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	672	77.00	77.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	428	63.00	63.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	80.00–90.00	84.95
3	—	426	78.00–86.00	82.62
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	444	56.00	56.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	692	77.00	77.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	79.00	79.00
1	—	160	107.00	107.00
6	—	426	80.00–94.00	87.31
4	—	329	94.00–100.00	98.46
3	—	217	106.00–109.00	107.63
11	—	520	78.00–88.00	82.47
4	—	374	90.00–96.00	93.51
6	—	571	79.00–84.00	81.79
10	—	479	80.00–96.00	86.40
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	558	69.00	69.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	382	98.00	98.00
1	—	738	73.00	73.00
1	—	514	86.00	86.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	619	111.00–117.00	115.18
18	—	379	116.00–132.00	123.61
15	—	670	103.00–117.00	114.03
27	—	421	114.00–126.00	121.29
1	—	830	105.00	105.00
3	—	517	116.00–118.00	116.99
2	—	775	97.00–110.00	103.63
3	—	228	120.00–123.00	120.98
1	—	744	93.00	93.00
5	—	281	125.00–136.00	129.68
7	—	319	117.00–128.00	123.40
12	—	559	114.00–118.00	116.67
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	379	80.00–92.00	86.90
1	—	422	83.00	83.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	374	70.00	70.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	190	118.00	118.00
13	—	380	94.00–116.00	105.63
2	—	526	100.00	100.00
1	—	242	107.00	107.00
3	—	268	105.00–117.00	111.94
1	—	552	110.00	110.00
4	—	415	100.00–110.00	104.41
4	—	333	102.00–115.00	108.66
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	418	84.00	84.00
1	—	732	78.00	78.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,556	40.00	40.00
7	—	1,447	44.00–56.00	48.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,018	25.00–37.00	31.81
26	—	1,091	38.00–52.00	43.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,139	46.00–56.00	50.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,012	56.00	56.00
10	—	1,334	61.00–72.00	67.45

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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