Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There were too few cattle the previous week to establish an adequate market comparison, however, a lower undertone was noted for slaughter cattle, while a higher undertone was noted for feeder cattle. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate to active. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.09/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$135.09

101 head · 441 lb average

Value per head Derived

$596

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$499

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

$59.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.86

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	483	142.11	687	73
Medium 2	352	124.65	438	18thin
Small 1-2	302	104.89	317	9thin
Medium and Large 3	226	83.00	188	1thin

One grade step is worth $59.11/cwt here — about $499 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 sale101 hd

135.09

—

NC average8 barns · 330 hd

135.96

−0.86

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	1,156	63.17	730	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,139	68.96	785	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,717	54.50	936	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	967	51.02	494	6thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	97.52/cwt	94.00–101.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	111.40/cwt	105.00–118.00	583	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	919	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	294	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	787	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	216	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	266	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	661	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	434	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	146.17/cwt	137.00–152.00	753	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	146.75/cwt	144.00–150.00	475	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	108.77/cwt	104.00–116.00	612	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	152.74/cwt	146.00–155.00	727	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	150.65/cwt	140.00–158.00	634	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	143.73/cwt	134.00–152.00	678	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	117.01/cwt	113.00–120.00	448	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	132.78/cwt	124.00–138.00	754	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	944	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	117.99/cwt	114.00–123.00	389	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	121.53/cwt	118.00–128.00	752	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	791	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	258	101.69/cwt	90.00–110.00	262	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	366	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	406	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	162.46/cwt	155.00–166.00	627	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	856	12
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	446	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	135.55/cwt	132.00–139.00	779	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	326	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	342	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	378	105.52/cwt	105.00–106.00	399	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	258	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	227	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	215	106.95/cwt	106.00–108.00	230	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Full	—	522	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	324	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	664	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	398	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	633	70.50/cwt	70.00–71.00	446	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	331	84.97/cwt	80.00–90.00	281	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	232	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	190	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,482	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	741	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,952	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	1,152	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,017	74.89/cwt	71.00–79.00	762	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	66.98/cwt	64.00–69.00	790	6
Bulls	—	—	968	51.39/cwt	41.00–60.00	497	6
Bulls	—	—	2,092	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	2,071	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	314	107.51/cwt	106.00–109.00	338	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	486	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	798	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	559	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	634	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	634	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	846	39.48/cwt	39.00–40.00	334	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	56.79/cwt	56.00–58.00	584	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	476	99.53/cwt	94.00–102.00	474	4
Bulls	—	—	1,219	74.79/cwt	70.00–80.00	912	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	285	125.27/cwt	120.00–130.00	357	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	542	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	444	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	612	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	471	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	293	103.37/cwt	97.00–109.00	303	3
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	448	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	358	1
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	628	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	433	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	403	125.99/cwt	125.00–127.00	508	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	532	115.01/cwt	113.00–117.00	612	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	962	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	577	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	322	124.35/cwt	115.00–130.00	400	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	374	98.83/cwt	92.00–110.00	370	8
Bulls	Medium 2	—	688	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	573	101.98/cwt	100.00–106.00	584	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	234	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	248	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	772	77.02/cwt	76.00–78.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	662	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	134.04/cwt	124.00–140.00	370	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	382	124.27/cwt	117.00–131.00	475	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	946	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	8,751	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	431	136.51/cwt	136.00–137.00	588	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	310	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	415	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	363	132.29/cwt	130.00–135.00	480	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	142.94/cwt	140.00–146.00	768	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	855	75.99/cwt	72.00–80.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	115.74/cwt	110.00–121.00	493	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	226	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	223	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	351	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	101.28/cwt	99.00–105.00	631	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	664	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	85.05/cwt	80.00–90.00	740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	262	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	670	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	846	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	107.02/cwt	104.00–109.00	830	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	964	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	114.01/cwt	110.00–117.00	536	6

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 Feb 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 298Last week 6Year ago 595

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 45Year ago 103

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	661	94.00–101.00	97.52
11	—	523	105.00–118.00	111.40
1	—	294	110.00	110.00
1	—	734	90.00	90.00
5	—	563	104.00–116.00	108.77
1	—	784	86.00	86.00
7	—	383	113.00–120.00	117.01
3	—	330	114.00–123.00	117.99
8	—	426	110.00–121.00	115.74
4	—	623	99.00–105.00	101.28
2	—	870	80.00–90.00	85.05
6	—	470	110.00–117.00	114.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	366	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	446	80.00	80.00
1	—	258	88.00	88.00
3	—	331	80.00–90.00	84.97
1	—	232	82.00	82.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	522	62.00	62.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	314	106.00–109.00	107.51
4	—	476	94.00–102.00	99.53
1	—	542	82.00	82.00
1	—	612	77.00	77.00
3	—	293	97.00–109.00	103.37
8	—	374	92.00–110.00	98.83
1	—	234	106.00	106.00
2	—	772	76.00–78.00	77.02
1	—	662	82.00	82.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	448	80.00	80.00
1	—	628	69.00	69.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	318	70.00	70.00
1	—	462	76.00	76.00
1	—	262	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	664	87.00	87.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	766	120.00	120.00
1	—	216	123.00	123.00
7	—	515	137.00–152.00	146.17
4	—	324	144.00–150.00	146.75
12	—	476	146.00–155.00	152.74
8	—	421	140.00–158.00	150.65
1	—	744	108.00	108.00
2	—	606	130.00–131.00	130.50
8	—	386	155.00–166.00	162.46
12	—	666	128.50	128.50
5	—	575	132.00–139.00	135.55
5	—	276	124.00–140.00	134.04
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	434	109.00	109.00
3	—	258	90.00–110.00	101.69
1	—	326	105.00	105.00
2	—	378	105.00–106.00	105.52
2	—	215	106.00–108.00	106.95
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	285	120.00–130.00	125.27
2	—	403	125.00–127.00	125.99
5	—	322	115.00–130.00	124.35
8	—	382	117.00–131.00	124.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	431	136.00–137.00	136.51
1	—	310	134.00	134.00
3	—	363	130.00–135.00	132.29
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	226	83.00	83.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	722	108.00–110.00	109.00
11	—	472	134.00–152.00	143.73
13	—	568	124.00–138.00	132.78
1	—	894	85.00	85.00
1	—	944	70.00	70.00
4	—	619	118.00–128.00	121.53
2	—	537	140.00–146.00	142.94
4	—	776	104.00–109.00	107.02
1	—	964	79.00	79.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	664	60.00	60.00
2	—	633	70.00–71.00	70.50
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	486	126.00	126.00
1	—	798	70.00	70.00
1	—	634	100.00	100.00
2	—	532	113.00–117.00	115.01
1	—	962	60.00	60.00
1	—	688	80.00	80.00
3	—	573	100.00–106.00	101.98
2	—	855	72.00–80.00	75.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	60.00	60.00
1	—	846	64.00	64.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,482	50.00	50.00
1	—	1,952	59.00	59.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,017	71.00–79.00	74.89
6	—	1,179	64.00–69.00	66.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	846	39.00–40.00	39.48
4	—	1,028	56.00–58.00	56.79
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	968	41.00–60.00	51.39
1	—	2,092	99.00	99.00
3	—	1,219	70.00–80.00	74.79

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	—	946	925.00	925.00

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

Steers · 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