Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 lower, while slaughter bulls were 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.20/cwt on 166 head.

Average price

$116.20

166 head · 475 lb average

Value per head Derived

$551

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$303

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

$26.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.78

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	487	119.66	583	129
Medium 2	448	105.46	472	33
Small 1-2	300	93.25	279	4thin

One grade step is worth $26.41/cwt here — about $303 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 sale166 hd

116.20

—

NC average9 barns · 1,559 hd

119.98

−3.78

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	1,574	77.87	1,226	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,058	62.42	660	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,425	58.24	830	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	968	47.61	461	19

Every lot, as filed

104 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	—	827	93.04/cwt	90.00–99.00	769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	459	113.75/cwt	113.50–114.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	782	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	137.42/cwt	136.00–139.00	383	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	134.99/cwt	130.00–142.00	756	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	768	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	160.79/cwt	156.00–169.00	444	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	400	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	350	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	115.01/cwt	109.00–120.00	664	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	127.25/cwt	119.50–134.00	472	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	110.62/cwt	107.00–114.00	758	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	886	92.32/cwt	90.00–97.00	818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	117.05/cwt	115.00–119.00	725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	118.19/cwt	111.00–123.00	617	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	111.49/cwt	109.00–114.00	884	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	106.96/cwt	105.00–109.00	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	726	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	120.00/cwt	115.00–125.00	744	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	105.01/cwt	104.00–106.00	768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	96.66/cwt	94.00–99.00	807	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	218	123.82/cwt	120.00–127.00	270	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	106.05/cwt	100.00–110.00	818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	722	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	135.91/cwt	127.00–142.00	704	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	146.99/cwt	140.00–159.00	631	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	143.08/cwt	140.00–151.00	734	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	262	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	244	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	362	112.50/cwt	112.00–113.00	407	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	153.51/cwt	143.00–161.00	574	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	135.86/cwt	133.00–140.00	317	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	561	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	684	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	532	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	452	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	558	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	522	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	916	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	280	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	316	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	206	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	206	1
Dairy Heifers	Small 3	—	334	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	197	1
Dairy Heifers	Small 3	—	468	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	257	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	794	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,154	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	124.93/cwt	115.00–130.00	531	17
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	428	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	342	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	302	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	302	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	67.14/cwt	66.00–69.00	753	6
Bulls	—	—	1,424	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	954	1
Bulls	—	—	1,804	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,642	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,031	60.39/cwt	58.00–65.00	623	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	886	39.14/cwt	34.00–41.00	347	8
Bulls	—	—	1,554	77.30/cwt	74.00–81.00	1,201	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	53.77/cwt	48.00–57.00	553	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	58.24/cwt	55.00–63.00	830	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	416	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	458	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	882	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	582	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	680	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	442	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	604	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	405	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	278	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	320	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	910	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	637	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	629	99.10/cwt	94.00–104.00	623	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	371	105.26/cwt	100.00–112.00	391	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	753	63.01/cwt	60.00–69.00	474	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	201	118.76/cwt	117.50–120.00	239	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	502	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	502	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	524	117.59/cwt	113.00–122.00	616	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	425	128.74/cwt	116.00–135.00	547	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	324	110.31/cwt	105.00–114.00	357	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	322	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	280	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	240	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	218	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	646	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	556	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	470	106.39/cwt	92.00–112.00	500	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	258	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	294	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	231	117.69/cwt	110.00–126.00	272	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	584	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	666	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	373	125.53/cwt	117.00–131.00	468	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	768	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	645	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	688	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	352	150.50/cwt	149.00–152.00	530	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	204	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	326	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	226	109.41/cwt	107.00–112.00	247	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	574	104.13/cwt	100.00–107.00	598	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	696	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	612	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	312	127.92/cwt	125.00–132.00	399	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	573	104.99/cwt	104.00–106.00	602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	126.58/cwt	119.00–133.00	732	17
Heifers	Medium 2	—	524	103.98/cwt	103.00–105.00	545	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	483	112.65/cwt	110.00–114.00	544	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	262	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	341	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	948	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	139.16/cwt	129.00–148.00	665	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	145.09/cwt	140.00–150.00	683	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	304	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	642	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	378	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	109.01/cwt	102.00–114.00	679	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	122.49/cwt	115.00–129.50	571	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	100.79/cwt	97.00–105.00	682	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	658	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	447	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	546	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	680	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	128.12/cwt	120.00–138.00	410	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	158.92/cwt	150.00–165.00	524	5

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 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 494Last week 207Year ago 283

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 26Year ago 82

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	827	90.00–99.00	93.04
2	—	279	136.00–139.00	137.42
10	—	577	109.00–120.00	115.01
12	—	371	119.50–134.00	127.25
13	—	522	111.00–123.00	118.19
2	—	731	104.00–106.00	105.01
3	—	218	120.00–127.00	123.82
17	—	425	115.00–130.00	124.93
9	—	623	102.00–114.00	109.01
23	—	466	115.00–129.50	122.49
4	—	677	97.00–105.00	100.79
9	—	320	120.00–138.00	128.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	459	113.50–114.00	113.75
1	—	722	84.00	84.00
1	—	522	103.00	103.00
2	—	573	104.00–106.00	104.99
1	—	304	117.00	117.00
1	—	642	90.00	90.00
1	—	378	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	782	110.00	110.00
1	—	350	140.00	140.00
4	—	619	115.00–119.00	117.05
1	—	680	116.00	116.00
3	—	561	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	262	93.00	93.00
1	—	206	100.00	100.00
1	—	428	80.00	80.00
1	—	302	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	416	110.00	110.00
5	—	371	100.00–112.00	105.26
5	—	324	105.00–114.00	110.31
1	—	646	86.00	86.00
7	—	470	92.00–112.00	106.39
1	—	258	114.00	114.00
2	—	226	107.00–112.00	109.41
6	—	574	100.00–107.00	104.13
1	—	696	88.00	88.00
4	—	524	103.00–105.00	103.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	352	149.00–152.00	150.50
1	—	204	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	928	95.00	95.00
4	—	560	130.00–142.00	134.99
4	—	276	156.00–169.00	160.79
2	—	793	109.00–114.00	111.49
25	—	429	140.00–159.00	146.99
4	—	513	140.00–151.00	143.08
17	—	374	143.00–161.00	153.51
4	—	233	133.00–140.00	135.86
1	—	864	106.00	106.00
1	—	638	123.00	123.00
6	—	471	140.00–150.00	145.09
5	—	330	150.00–165.00	158.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	166.00	166.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	362	112.00–113.00	112.50
1	—	280	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	524	113.00–122.00	117.59
10	—	425	116.00–135.00	128.74
2	—	231	110.00–126.00	117.69
5	—	373	117.00–131.00	125.53
8	—	312	125.00–132.00	127.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	262	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	768	94.00	94.00
1	—	726	92.00	92.00
1	—	546	120.00	120.00
1	—	680	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	685	107.00–114.00	110.62
3	—	886	90.00–97.00	92.32
2	—	724	105.00–109.00	106.96
6	—	620	115.00–125.00	120.00
3	—	835	94.00–99.00	96.66
3	—	771	100.00–110.00	106.05
15	—	518	127.00–142.00	135.91
17	—	578	119.00–133.00	126.58
1	—	988	96.00	96.00
19	—	478	129.00–148.00	139.16
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	532	85.00	85.00
1	—	558	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	629	94.00–104.00	99.10
1	—	502	100.00	100.00
1	—	584	114.00	114.00
1	—	768	84.00	84.00
1	—	688	100.00	100.00
3	—	483	110.00–114.00	112.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	658	68.00	68.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	334	59.00	59.00
1	—	468	55.00	55.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	882	66.00	66.00
1	—	680	65.00	65.00
1	—	604	67.00	67.00
1	—	278	115.00	115.00
1	—	910	70.00	70.00
3	—	753	60.00–69.00	63.01
2	—	201	117.50–120.00	118.76
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	322	87.00	87.00
1	—	240	91.00	91.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	794	775.00	775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,121	66.00–69.00	67.14
14	—	1,031	58.00–65.00	60.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	886	34.00–41.00	39.14
11	—	1,028	48.00–57.00	53.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,425	55.00–63.00	58.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,424	67.00	67.00
1	—	1,804	91.00	91.00
4	—	1,554	74.00–81.00	77.30

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

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Replacement Cattle

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