Sale reports / North Carolina / Smithfield Livestock Auction / 2021-02-18

Smithfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Feb 18
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094
Feeder Cattle receipts
6 head
240 vs last sale 246 77 vs year ago 83 · 92.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
35 vs last sale 80 31 vs year ago 14 · +221.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 5.00 to 7.00 lower and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower. There were too few feeder cattle to establish an adequate market comparison. Offerings of cattle were very light due to ongoing cold, wet weather. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $116.60/cwt on 5 head.
Average price
$116.60
5 head · 625 lb average
Value per head Derived
$729
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$437
per head · Medium 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.23
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 2314120.003771thin
Medium and Large 1-2703115.758144thin
One grade step is worth $4.25/cwt here — about −$437 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 sale5 hd
116.60
NC average8 barns · 141 hd
116.37
+0.23
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,61989.961,4578thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21371.8487216
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51364.609778thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04557.0159613

Every lot, as filed

12 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16169.00/cwt65.00–73.0080112
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49467.56/cwt63.00–75.001,0095
CowsLean 85-90%1,05658.09/cwt50.00–64.0061312
Bulls2,018100.00/cwt100.00–100.002,0181
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37080.37/cwt77.00–85.001,1014
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54459.66/cwt59.00–60.009213
CowsLean 85-90%91244.00/cwt44.00–44.004011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670115.00/cwt115.00–115.007711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2714116.00/cwt116.00–116.008283
HeifersSmall 1-232093.00/cwt93.00–93.002981
Bulls1,56288.53/cwt65.00–102.001,3837
SteersMedium 2314120.00/cwt120.00–120.003771

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.