Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls had too few comparable head the previous week to establish an adequate market comparison, however a lower undertone was noted. Six-weight feeder heifers were 6.00 to 7.00 higher, while there were too few lighter weights the previous week to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand was light to moderate; market activity and buyer interest slow to moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $96.63/cwt on 164 head.

Average price

$96.63

164 head · 480 lb average

Value per head Derived

$464

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$26.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.99

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	502	103.40	520	102
Medium 2	457	87.57	400	48
Medium and Large 3	339	82.12	278	4thin
Small 1-2	425	76.83	327	10thin

One grade step is worth $26.57/cwt here — about $193 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 sale164 hd

96.63

—

NC average8 barns · 1,025 hd

105.62

−8.99

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	1,573	73.04	1,149	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,240	59.15	733	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,499	51.17	767	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,004	43.69	439	32

Every lot, as filed

100 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	—	714	90.46/cwt	86.00–95.00	646	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	103.71/cwt	94.00–114.00	434	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	96.19/cwt	85.00–102.00	595	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	93.98/cwt	87.00–105.00	762	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	112.37/cwt	106.00–119.00	532	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	106.84/cwt	93.00–122.00	665	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	104.98/cwt	92.00–112.00	501	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	100.18/cwt	91.00–105.00	521	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	89.02/cwt	81.00–95.00	601	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	97.73/cwt	89.00–102.00	574	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	100.01/cwt	89.00–107.00	667	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	859	92.72/cwt	89.00–100.00	796	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	118.07/cwt	111.00–125.00	685	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	977	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	105.27/cwt	100.00–113.00	344	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	121.36/cwt	117.00–129.00	393	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	117.12/cwt	108.00–123.00	730	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	116.82/cwt	115.00–120.00	474	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	113.20/cwt	112.00–115.00	838	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	232	125.26/cwt	115.00–135.00	291	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	127.66/cwt	121.00–134.00	356	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	119.02/cwt	108.00–128.00	632	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	221	123.67/cwt	123.00–124.00	273	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	118.57/cwt	107.00–137.50	324	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	120.55/cwt	117.00–125.00	442	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	108.48/cwt	106.00–115.00	741	7
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	456	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	374	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	113.52/cwt	112.00–115.00	927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	974	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	779	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	982	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	536	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	665	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	598	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	574	1
Steers	Small 2Thin Fleshed	—	426	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	260	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	666	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	400	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	428	82.04/cwt	81.00–83.00	351	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	346	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	315	1
Steers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	310	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	233	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	215	95.26/cwt	90.00–100.00	205	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	558	71.49/cwt	70.00–73.00	399	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	380	78.18/cwt	73.00–83.00	297	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	504	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	393	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	310	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	260	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	473	78.36/cwt	76.00–80.00	371	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	419	71.62/cwt	70.00–75.00	300	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	476	92.66/cwt	89.00–99.00	441	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	568	92.48/cwt	90.00–95.00	525	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	800	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	622	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	498	1
Heifers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	444	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	355	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	574	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	310	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,502	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	661	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,526	38.91/cwt	34.00–45.00	594	4
Bulls	—	—	1,313	56.33/cwt	50.00–61.00	740	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	35.22/cwt	30.00–40.00	348	13
Bulls	—	—	2,214	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	2,059	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	66.80/cwt	65.00–71.50	880	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	58.18/cwt	52.00–66.00	863	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	58.18/cwt	55.00–64.00	700	16
Bulls	—	—	1,473	75.09/cwt	67.00–81.00	1,106	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	49.48/cwt	43.00–54.00	502	19
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	600	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	479	77.04/cwt	75.00–79.00	369	2
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	662	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	463	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	550	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	435	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	484	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	402	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	382	92.62/cwt	89.00–96.00	354	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	466	88.23/cwt	84.00–93.00	411	14
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	630	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	473	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	344	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	320	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	267	107.04/cwt	106.00–108.00	286	2
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	439	81.48/cwt	80.00–83.00	358	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	650	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	520	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	466	108.97/cwt	105.00–113.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	105.42/cwt	100.00–111.00	397	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	110.89/cwt	102.00–125.00	622	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	117.31/cwt	114.00–119.00	549	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	386	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	81.16/cwt	79.00–86.00	262	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	414	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	109.79/cwt	103.00–116.00	576	17
Bulls	Medium 2	—	526	90.62/cwt	86.00–98.00	477	4
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	508	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	376	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	954	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,678	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,208	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	952	879.52/cwt	800.00–925.00	8,373	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	584	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	467	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	528	94.91/cwt	90.00–100.00	501	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	222	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	258	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	375	106.62/cwt	90.00–112.00	400	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	426	106.91/cwt	100.00–113.00	455	13
Heifers	Medium 2	—	425	89.56/cwt	83.00–95.00	381	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	655	80.33/cwt	79.00–82.00	526	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	516	82.71/cwt	80.00–85.00	427	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	338	107.20/cwt	97.00–112.00	362	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	583	83.19/cwt	80.00–86.00	485	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	264	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	288	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	539	82.97/cwt	80.00–86.00	447	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 Nov 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 443Last week 150Year ago 484

Slaughter CattleReceipts 87Last week 32Year ago 129

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 0Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	714	86.00–95.00	90.46
3	—	811	87.00–105.00	93.98
8	—	473	106.00–119.00	112.37
15	—	622	93.00–122.00	106.84
8	—	667	89.00–107.00	100.01
3	—	859	89.00–100.00	92.72
1	—	758	105.00	105.00
13	—	561	102.00–125.00	110.89
17	—	525	103.00–116.00	109.79
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	456	82.00	82.00
2	—	558	70.00–73.00	71.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	598	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	476	89.00–99.00	92.66
6	—	568	90.00–95.00	92.48
1	—	800	75.00	75.00
1	—	622	80.00	80.00
4	—	526	86.00–98.00	90.62
3	—	655	79.00–82.00	80.33
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	72.00	72.00
1	—	662	70.00	70.00
1	—	550	79.00	79.00
1	—	484	83.00	83.00
2	—	539	80.00–86.00	82.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	584	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	418	94.00–114.00	103.71
7	—	619	85.00–102.00	96.19
19	—	477	92.00–112.00	104.98
15	—	520	91.00–105.00	100.18
5	—	675	81.00–95.00	89.02
19	—	587	89.00–102.00	97.73
4	—	327	100.00–113.00	105.27
2	—	232	115.00–135.00	125.26
1	—	700	84.00	84.00
4	—	273	107.00–137.50	118.57
1	—	894	76.00	76.00
8	—	377	100.00–111.00	105.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	536	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	73.00–83.00	78.18
1	—	504	78.00	78.00
1	—	310	84.00	84.00
3	—	473	76.00–80.00	78.36
3	—	419	70.00–75.00	71.62
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	444	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	479	75.00–79.00	77.04
1	—	630	75.00	75.00
2	—	439	80.00–83.00	81.48
1	—	508	74.00	74.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	382	89.00–96.00	92.62
14	—	466	84.00–93.00	88.23
1	—	344	93.00	93.00
2	—	267	106.00–108.00	107.04
1	—	650	80.00	80.00
6	—	425	83.00–95.00	89.56
3	—	516	80.00–85.00	82.71
5	—	583	80.00–86.00	83.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	386	85.00	85.00
3	—	323	79.00–86.00	81.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	111.00–125.00	118.07
1	—	880	111.00	111.00
8	—	324	117.00–129.00	121.36
7	—	623	108.00–123.00	117.12
5	—	406	115.00–120.00	116.82
5	—	740	112.00–115.00	113.20
2	—	279	121.00–134.00	127.66
4	—	531	108.00–128.00	119.02
3	—	221	123.00–124.00	123.67
7	—	367	117.00–125.00	120.55
7	—	683	106.00–115.00	108.48
2	—	817	112.00–115.00	113.52
1	—	974	80.00	80.00
1	—	926	106.00	106.00
9	—	468	114.00–119.00	117.31
Steers — Small 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	426	61.00	61.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	666	60.00	60.00
2	—	428	81.00–83.00	82.04
1	—	346	91.00	91.00
2	—	215	90.00–100.00	95.26
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	75.00	75.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	466	105.00–113.00	108.97
2	—	528	90.00–100.00	94.91
1	—	222	116.00	116.00
10	—	375	90.00–112.00	106.62
13	—	426	100.00–113.00	106.91
4	—	338	97.00–112.00	107.20
1	—	264	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	414	83.00	83.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	574	54.00	54.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,502	44.00	44.00
4	—	1,317	65.00–71.50	66.80
16	—	1,204	55.00–64.00	58.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,526	34.00–45.00	38.91
7	—	1,483	52.00–66.00	58.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	988	30.00–40.00	35.22
19	—	1,015	43.00–54.00	49.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,313	50.00–61.00	56.33
2	—	2,214	93.00	93.00
5	—	1,473	67.00–81.00	75.09

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	—	954	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	938	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	952	800.00–925.00	879.52

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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Reporter comment USDA

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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