Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There were too few head to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand was light; market activity and buyer interest were slow. Offerings of cattle were light due to inclement weather throughout the trade week. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $89.10/cwt on 55 head.

Average price

$89.10

55 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$441

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

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

$33.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.52

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	493	100.82	497	23
Medium 3	240	92.50	222	1thin
Medium 2	517	82.26	426	27
Small 1-2	410	67.01	274	4thin

One grade step is worth $33.82/cwt here — about $223 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 sale55 hd

89.10

—

NC average8 barns · 1,020 hd

107.62

−18.52

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	—	Average	1,271	83.50	1,061	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	57.67	723	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,345	49.50	666	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,009	48.19	486	9thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	119.94/cwt	117.00–124.00	510	7
Steers	Small 1-2	—	424	86.55/cwt	85.00–88.00	367	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	447	55.99/cwt	52.00–60.00	250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	110.16/cwt	105.00–117.00	411	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	695	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	348	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	282	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	370	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	124.21/cwt	117.00–129.00	404	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	107.87/cwt	100.00–112.00	458	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	107.90/cwt	106.00–110.00	340	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	105.75/cwt	101.00–110.00	502	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	464	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	325	1
Steers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	390	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	372	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	99.01/cwt	97.00–101.00	719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	846	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	118.47/cwt	115.00–122.00	635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	111.42/cwt	105.00–119.00	565	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	117.18/cwt	113.00–120.00	544	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	628	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	700	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	82.98/cwt	81.00–85.00	697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	236	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	290	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	528	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	470	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	448	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	403	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	464	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	399	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	371	110.34/cwt	106.00–115.00	409	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	472	99.37/cwt	92.00–105.00	469	3
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	610	67.01/cwt	65.00–69.00	409	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	744	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	338	96.56/cwt	90.00–101.00	326	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	694	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	692	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	450	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	568	87.54/cwt	84.00–91.00	497	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	613	85.62/cwt	80.00–90.00	525	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	512	90.52/cwt	88.00–93.00	463	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	292	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	301	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	240	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	222	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	898	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	629	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	675	75.30/cwt	71.00–84.00	508	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	570	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	366	95.14/cwt	90.00–100.00	348	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	470	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	508	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	476	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	428	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	280	102.55/cwt	101.00–104.00	287	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	440	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	484	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	214	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	824	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	826	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	487	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	535	80.66/cwt	78.00–84.00	432	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	645	77.24/cwt	72.00–85.00	498	4
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	754	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	445	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	724	89.00/cwt	88.00–90.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	121.71/cwt	117.00–127.00	455	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	426	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	302	1
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	476	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,030	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	989	1
Bulls	—	—	1,271	83.50/cwt	79.00–90.00	1,061	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	57.67/cwt	51.00–66.00	723	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	821	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,322	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	516	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	51.24/cwt	46.00–57.00	534	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	941	42.10/cwt	33.00–50.00	396	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	372	78.02/cwt	75.00–81.00	290	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	666	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	308	1

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 Dec 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 158Last week 352Year ago 153

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 81Year ago 37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	425	117.00–124.00	119.94
6	—	325	117.00–129.00	124.21
1	—	288	129.00	129.00
1	—	478	123.00	123.00
2	—	536	115.00–122.00	118.47
1	—	236	123.00	123.00
8	—	374	117.00–127.00	121.71
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	424	85.00–88.00	86.55
1	—	348	81.00	81.00
1	—	370	79.00	79.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	64.00	64.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	528	89.00	89.00
1	—	448	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	371	106.00–115.00	110.34
1	—	292	103.00	103.00
1	—	470	108.00	108.00
1	—	440	110.00	110.00
1	—	214	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	824	84.00	84.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	447	52.00–60.00	55.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	373	105.00–117.00	110.16
5	—	425	100.00–112.00	107.87
2	—	315	106.00–110.00	107.90
4	—	475	101.00–110.00	105.75
1	—	514	100.00	100.00
1	—	280	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	846	70.00	70.00
1	—	628	78.00	78.00
1	—	700	77.00	77.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	65.00–69.00	67.01
1	—	692	65.00	65.00
1	—	754	59.00	59.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	90.00–101.00	96.56
3	—	675	71.00–84.00	75.30
1	—	570	81.00	81.00
3	—	366	90.00–100.00	95.14
2	—	476	90.00	90.00
2	—	280	101.00–104.00	102.55
3	—	535	78.00–84.00	80.66
4	—	645	72.00–85.00	77.24
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	92.50	92.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	826	59.00	59.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	426	71.00	71.00
1	—	476	74.00	74.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	372	75.00–81.00	78.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	764	91.00	91.00
2	—	726	97.00–101.00	99.01
1	—	648	111.00	111.00
5	—	507	105.00–119.00	111.42
6	—	464	113.00–120.00	117.18
1	—	562	105.00	105.00
2	—	840	81.00–85.00	82.98
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	464	70.00	70.00
1	—	666	67.00	67.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	464	86.00	86.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	92.00–105.00	99.37
1	—	694	92.00	92.00
2	—	568	84.00–91.00	87.54
6	—	613	80.00–90.00	85.62
6	—	512	88.00–93.00	90.52
2	—	724	88.00–90.00	89.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	744	78.00	78.00
1	—	898	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,271	79.00–90.00	83.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,253	51.00–66.00	57.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,368	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,322	39.00	39.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,043	46.00–57.00	51.24
3	—	941	33.00–50.00	42.10

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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