Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, boning type slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 lower; breaking type slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were lightly tested and were 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher; heifers mostly 3.00 to 7.00 higher; and feeder bulls were mostly 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were fairly heavy. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.81/cwt on 169 head.

Average price

$112.81

169 head · 443 lb average

Value per head Derived

$500

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

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

$40.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.67

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	461	117.36	541	130
Medium 2	413	102.38	423	27
Small 1-2	348	91.25	318	8thin
Medium and Large 3	237	78.94	187	3thin
Small 3	270	77.00	208	1thin

One grade step is worth $40.36/cwt here — about $334 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 sale169 hd

112.81

—

NC average8 barns · 1,804 hd

120.48

−7.67

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	—	High	1,449	78.38	1,136	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,103	63.15	697	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,381	55.52	767	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,014	48.71	494	30

Every lot, as filed

85 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	—	560	110.65/cwt	107.00–118.00	620	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	204	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	273	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	155.41/cwt	145.00–164.00	738	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	970	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	982	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	160.99/cwt	148.00–167.00	678	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	124.54/cwt	120.00–126.00	773	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,384	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	1,017	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	103.98/cwt	100.00–108.00	648	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	91.81/cwt	88.00–94.00	798	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	125.97/cwt	114.00–130.00	411	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	149.31/cwt	140.00–158.00	560	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	158.09/cwt	150.00–162.00	833	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	902	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	121.55/cwt	115.00–126.00	566	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	146.12/cwt	136.00–156.00	478	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	502	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	572	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	572	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	442	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	166.82/cwt	159.00–172.00	772	12
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	446	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	855	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	552	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,898	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	727	494.67/cwt	375.00–575.00	3,596	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	782	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	5,670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	137.15/cwt	129.00–146.00	384	8
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	344	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	685	103.63/cwt	101.00–106.00	710	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	286	92.67/cwt	90.00–97.00	265	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	526	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	421	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	435	101.84/cwt	93.00–110.00	443	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	286	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	286	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	270	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	208	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	376	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	338	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	234	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	234	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	63.15/cwt	59.00–67.00	697	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	53.96/cwt	48.00–58.00	571	19
Bulls	—	—	1,954	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,798	1
Bulls	—	—	1,323	74.98/cwt	71.00–78.00	992	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	939	39.65/cwt	34.00–44.00	372	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,381	55.52/cwt	55.00–56.00	767	2
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	820	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	468	104.32/cwt	100.00–110.00	488	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	474	119.49/cwt	118.00–121.00	566	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	708	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	609	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	720	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	742	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	552	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	574	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	815	80.01/cwt	78.00–82.00	652	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	533	103.87/cwt	100.00–112.00	554	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	285	111.21/cwt	106.00–114.00	317	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	660	103.03/cwt	100.00–106.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	313	103.03/cwt	100.00–105.00	322	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	476	122.05/cwt	121.00–123.00	581	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	379	123.30/cwt	114.00–130.00	467	12
Steers	Medium 2	—	326	124.23/cwt	116.00–134.00	405	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	263	118.91/cwt	115.00–123.00	313	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	424	103.38/cwt	90.00–110.00	438	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	612	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	506	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	455	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	524	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	655	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	230	120.49/cwt	120.00–121.00	277	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	564	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	122.39/cwt	119.00–127.00	351	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	147.48/cwt	141.00–156.00	849	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	147.41/cwt	142.00–152.00	787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	125.89/cwt	116.00–130.00	475	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	97.97/cwt	95.00–102.00	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	120.60/cwt	114.00–130.00	510	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	576	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	112.78/cwt	106.00–120.00	592	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	270	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	118.74/cwt	117.00–120.00	787	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	91.01/cwt	90.00–92.00	767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	141.69/cwt	136.00–149.00	819	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	419	120.63/cwt	114.00–131.00	505	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	483	132.54/cwt	131.00–134.00	640	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	7,866	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	991	737.01/cwt	725.00–750.00	7,304	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,044	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	126.79/cwt	120.00–130.00	786	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	576	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	237	78.94/cwt	72.00–84.00	187	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	373	103.21/cwt	91.00–110.00	385	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 Mar 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 507Last week 281Year ago 621

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 67Year ago 75

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 2Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	560	107.00–118.00	110.65
9	—	623	100.00–108.00	103.98
10	—	326	114.00–130.00	125.97
1	—	902	75.00	75.00
22	—	466	115.00–126.00	121.55
10	—	287	119.00–127.00	122.39
15	—	377	116.00–130.00	125.89
3	—	673	95.00–102.00	97.97
26	—	423	114.00–130.00	120.60
19	—	525	106.00–120.00	112.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	446	88.00	88.00
1	—	344	94.00	94.00
3	—	286	90.00–97.00	92.67
1	—	526	80.00	80.00
1	—	376	90.00	90.00
1	—	234	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	77.00	77.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	468	100.00–110.00	104.32
5	—	285	106.00–114.00	111.21
3	—	313	100.00–105.00	103.03
7	—	424	90.00–110.00	103.38
1	—	506	90.00	90.00
1	—	564	80.00	80.00
3	—	373	91.00–110.00	103.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	237	72.00–84.00	78.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	204	134.00	134.00
4	—	1,213	80.00	80.00
14	—	421	148.00–167.00	160.99
1	—	1,384	73.50	73.50
1	—	672	124.00	124.00
21	—	375	140.00–158.00	149.31
10	—	527	150.00–162.00	158.09
14	—	327	136.00–156.00	146.12
12	—	463	159.00–172.00	166.82
1	—	750	114.00	114.00
8	—	280	129.00–146.00	137.15
8	—	576	141.00–156.00	147.48
6	—	620	120.00–130.00	126.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	442	130.00	130.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	93.00–110.00	101.84
1	—	286	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	474	118.00–121.00	119.49
1	—	720	103.00	103.00
12	—	379	114.00–130.00	123.30
10	—	326	116.00–134.00	124.23
5	—	263	115.00–123.00	118.91
1	—	524	125.00	125.00
2	—	230	120.00–121.00	120.49
9	—	419	114.00–131.00	120.63
1	—	576	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	318	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	475	145.00–164.00	155.41
1	—	982	85.00	85.00
7	—	621	120.00–126.00	124.54
5	—	869	88.00–94.00	91.81
1	—	716	96.00	96.00
5	—	534	142.00–152.00	147.41
4	—	663	117.00–120.00	118.74
2	—	843	90.00–92.00	91.01
8	—	578	136.00–149.00	141.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	502	125.00	125.00
3	—	685	101.00–106.00	103.63
1	—	612	107.00	107.00
1	—	576	120.00	120.00
2	—	483	131.00–134.00	132.54
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	708	86.00	86.00
1	—	552	104.00	104.00
3	—	815	78.00–82.00	80.01
3	—	533	100.00–112.00	103.87
2	—	660	100.00–106.00	103.03
2	—	476	121.00–123.00	122.05

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	552	525.00	525.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	727	375.00–575.00	494.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	782	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	874	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	991	725.00–750.00	737.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,044	825.00	825.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,103	59.00–67.00	63.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,058	48.00–58.00	53.96
11	—	939	34.00–44.00	39.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,381	55.00–56.00	55.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,954	92.00	92.00
4	—	1,323	71.00–78.00	74.98

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle