Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There were too few head to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were very light due to an overnight snowfall. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.40/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$107.40

30 head · 441 lb average

Value per head Derived

$474

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$15.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.15

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	453	113.26	513	18thin
Small 1-2	150	105.00	158	1thin
Medium 2	450	98.01	441	11thin

One grade step is worth $15.25/cwt here — about $72 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 sale30 hd

107.40

—

NC average8 barns · 776 hd

110.55

−3.15

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	1,425	77.59	1,106	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,124	67.78	762	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,140	46.00	524	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	478	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	382	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	135.13/cwt	130.00–140.00	624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	352	151.50/cwt	151.00–152.00	533	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	288	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	305	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	150	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	158	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	304	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	377	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	864	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	613	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	582	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	477	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	746	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	507	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	375	105.41/cwt	95.00–112.00	395	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	482	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	274	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	307	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	524	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	179	86.01/cwt	83.00–88.00	154	7
Bulls	—	—	1,425	77.59/cwt	74.00–82.00	1,106	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,094	61.50/cwt	61.00–62.00	673	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	72.81/cwt	69.00–76.00	836	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	982	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,084	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	119.52/cwt	114.00–124.00	434	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	966	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	773	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	304	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	255	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	115.22/cwt	112.00–118.00	471	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	140.62/cwt	137.00–147.00	429	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	115.00/cwt	114.00–116.00	547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,016	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	894	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	866.95/cwt	800.00–950.00	9,190	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	144.04/cwt	138.00–150.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	607	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	572	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	542	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	434	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	419	104.98/cwt	100.00–110.00	440	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	665	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	629	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	200	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	162	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	146.79/cwt	142.00–150.00	405	3

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 Jan 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 97Last week 0Year ago 553

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 0Year ago 109

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	478	80.00	80.00
7	—	179	83.00–88.00	86.01
4	—	200	81.00	81.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	462	130.00–140.00	135.13
1	—	966	80.00	80.00
2	—	624	111.00	111.00
1	—	554	120.00	120.00
1	—	850	74.00	74.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	864	71.00	71.00
1	—	482	109.00	109.00
1	—	572	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	352	151.00–152.00	151.50
1	—	472	145.00	145.00
3	—	305	137.00–147.00	140.62
3	—	422	138.00–150.00	144.04
3	—	276	142.00–150.00	146.79
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	288	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	304	84.00	84.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	150	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	642	85.00	85.00
1	—	304	124.00	124.00
1	—	528	108.00	108.00
5	—	363	114.00–124.00	119.52
5	—	409	112.00–118.00	115.22
1	—	292	120.00	120.00
2	—	476	114.00–116.00	115.00
1	—	1,016	88.00	88.00
1	—	552	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	582	82.00	82.00
1	—	746	68.00	68.00
3	—	375	95.00–112.00	105.41
1	—	274	112.00	112.00
1	—	542	80.00	80.00
4	—	419	100.00–110.00	104.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	46.00	46.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,094	61.00–62.00	61.50
5	—	1,148	69.00–76.00	72.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,425	74.00–82.00	77.59

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	—	982	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,060	800.00–950.00	866.95

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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Smithfield Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle