Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, boning type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower, while breaking type slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder cattle were unevenly steady. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves, 2 head, Medium & Large 1-2 steers weighing 80lbs. were 170.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.86/cwt on 103 head.

Average price

$108.86

103 head · 454 lb average

Value per head Derived

$495

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$22.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.36

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	450	114.91	518	74
Medium 2	508	93.74	476	22
Small 1-2	328	92.47	304	7thin

One grade step is worth $22.44/cwt here — about $214 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 sale103 hd

108.86

—

NC average8 barns · 684 hd

118.22

−9.36

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	1,661	81.75	1,358	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,196	66.39	794	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,445	60.41	873	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	989	52.57	520	17

Every lot, as filed

81 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	122.17/cwt	115.00–127.00	332	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	236	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	109.95/cwt	106.00–116.00	696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	91.50/cwt	91.00–92.00	747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	124.81/cwt	119.00–130.00	423	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	486	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	114.80/cwt	111.00–124.00	538	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	267	135.85/cwt	128.00–140.00	363	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	146.94/cwt	138.00–151.00	705	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	137.02/cwt	130.00–141.00	780	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	124.65/cwt	120.00–132.00	461	9
Heifers	Small 1-2Full	—	652	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	424	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	121.65/cwt	119.00–126.00	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	146.76/cwt	138.00–158.00	484	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	100.96/cwt	99.00–105.00	625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	637	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	233	100.89/cwt	99.00–103.00	235	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	228	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	228	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	344	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	154.04/cwt	143.00–161.00	575	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	155.47/cwt	148.00–158.00	724	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	156.60/cwt	146.00–162.00	670	21
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	466	80.64/cwt	74.00–87.00	376	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	326	94.20/cwt	90.00–98.00	307	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	264	96.06/cwt	92.00–100.00	254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	144.93/cwt	140.00–150.00	765	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	222	131.47/cwt	131.00–132.00	292	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	139.26/cwt	134.00–143.00	737	7
Steers	Small 1-2	—	406	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	426	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	372	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	391	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	582	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	419	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	73.46/cwt	73.00–74.00	1,009	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	66.03/cwt	60.00–69.00	763	16
Bulls	—	—	1,283	66.15/cwt	65.00–68.00	849	3
Bulls	—	—	1,815	82.40/cwt	80.00–91.00	1,496	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	37.91/cwt	31.00–48.00	387	4
Bulls	—	—	1,611	102.52/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,652	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	688	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	569	86.72/cwt	80.00–90.00	493	3
Bulls	Medium 2Full	—	590	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	472	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	780	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	749	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	536	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	541	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	57.08/cwt	51.00–60.00	559	13
Bulls	Medium 2	—	620	88.26/cwt	85.00–90.00	547	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	578	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	254	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	279	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	57.01/cwt	56.00–58.00	888	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,381	62.36/cwt	60.00–65.00	861	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,474	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	855	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	531	95.69/cwt	89.00–100.00	508	4
Bulls	Medium 2Full	—	678	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	509	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	614	75.08/cwt	71.00–79.00	461	2
Bulls	Medium 2Full	—	530	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	424	1
Bulls	Medium 2Full	—	778	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium 2Full	—	746	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	537	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,291	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	438	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	477	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	624	96.00/cwt	90.00–102.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	562	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	635	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	459	95.98/cwt	87.00–105.00	441	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	328	126.00/cwt	124.00–128.00	413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	104.17/cwt	100.00–108.00	604	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	354	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	843	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	681	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	538	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	322	109.02/cwt	108.00–110.00	351	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	814	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	118.96/cwt	114.00–128.00	500	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	92.73/cwt	90.00–98.00	676	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	109.65/cwt	106.00–114.00	740	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	388	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	450	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	257	117.66/cwt	116.00–120.00	302	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	426	103.62/cwt	90.00–109.00	441	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	108.89/cwt	104.00–116.00	573	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	896	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	630	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	123.53/cwt	122.00–125.00	760	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 Mar 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 281Last week 298Year ago 391

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 29Year ago 74

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 1Year ago 4

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	—	1,140	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	932	675.00	675.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	684	100.00	100.00
7	—	272	115.00–127.00	122.17
1	—	236	118.00	118.00
6	—	339	119.00–130.00	124.81
11	—	469	111.00–124.00	114.80
9	—	370	120.00–132.00	124.65
4	—	619	99.00–105.00	100.96
1	—	800	88.00	88.00
1	—	758	84.00	84.00
5	—	580	100.00–108.00	104.17
15	—	420	114.00–128.00	118.96
12	—	526	104.00–116.00	108.89
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	652	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	233	99.00–103.00	100.89
2	—	326	90.00–98.00	94.20
2	—	264	92.00–100.00	96.06
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	569	80.00–90.00	86.72
1	—	254	110.00	110.00
4	—	531	89.00–100.00	95.69
2	—	614	71.00–79.00	75.08
2	—	459	87.00–105.00	95.98
2	—	681	79.00	79.00
2	—	322	108.00–110.00	109.02
1	—	814	73.00	73.00
5	—	426	90.00–109.00	103.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	438	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	106.00–116.00	109.95
2	—	816	91.00–92.00	91.50
7	—	480	138.00–151.00	146.94
5	—	569	130.00–141.00	137.02
7	—	529	134.00–143.00	139.26
3	—	729	90.00–98.00	92.73
3	—	675	106.00–114.00	109.65
1	—	900	89.00	89.00
1	—	896	87.00	87.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	486	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	466	74.00–87.00	80.64
1	—	582	72.00	72.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	688	92.00	92.00
1	—	536	101.00	101.00
4	—	620	85.00–90.00	88.26
1	—	562	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	80.00	80.00
1	—	678	75.00	75.00
1	—	530	80.00	80.00
1	—	778	70.00	70.00
1	—	746	72.00	72.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	267	128.00–140.00	135.85
3	—	664	119.00–126.00	121.65
6	—	330	138.00–158.00	146.76
9	—	373	143.00–161.00	154.04
6	—	466	148.00–158.00	155.47
21	—	428	146.00–162.00	156.60
5	—	528	140.00–150.00	144.93
2	—	222	131.00–132.00	131.47
1	—	714	118.00	118.00
2	—	615	122.00–125.00	123.53
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	228	100.00	100.00
1	—	344	91.00	91.00
1	—	406	105.00	105.00
1	—	372	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	96.00	96.00
1	—	578	110.00	110.00
2	—	624	90.00–102.00	96.00
2	—	328	124.00–128.00	126.00
1	—	388	116.00	116.00
3	—	257	116.00–120.00	117.66
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	354	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	116.00	116.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	73.00–74.00	73.46
16	—	1,156	60.00–69.00	66.03
1	—	1,474	58.00	58.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,020	31.00–48.00	37.91
13	—	979	51.00–60.00	57.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,558	56.00–58.00	57.01
7	—	1,381	60.00–65.00	62.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,283	65.00–68.00	66.15
8	—	1,815	80.00–91.00	82.40
2	—	1,611	100.00–106.00	102.52

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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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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle