Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was attractive.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.70/cwt on 167 head.

Average price

$148.70

167 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$368

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

$35.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.19

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	538	150.18	807	157
Medium 2	402	126.68	510	9thin
Small 1-2	382	115.00	439	1thin

One grade step is worth $35.18/cwt here — about $368 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 sale167 hd

148.70

—

NC average8 barns · 1,139 hd

146.51

+2.19

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	—	Average	1,270	87.71	1,114	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,161	62.42	725	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,506	60.96	918	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	967	50.94	492	18

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	139.87/cwt	136.00–143.00	733	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	644	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,003	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,088	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	242	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	341	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	112.74/cwt	112.00–113.50	873	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	757	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	602	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	930	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	884	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	147.49/cwt	140.00–157.00	634	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	130.80/cwt	122.00–136.00	366	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	120.04/cwt	116.00–126.00	629	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	126.49/cwt	120.00–135.00	603	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	462	174.30/cwt	174.30–174.30	805	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	132.81/cwt	130.00–140.00	772	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	696	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	402	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	720	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	107.08/cwt	105.00–112.00	698	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	817	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	989	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	479	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	647	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	122.05/cwt	120.00–124.00	880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	942	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,079	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	905	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	157.68/cwt	149.00–167.00	448	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	603	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	709	25
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	298	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	596	104.01/cwt	102.00–106.00	620	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	382	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	439	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	630	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	4,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	144.72/cwt	139.00–155.00	674	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	155.22/cwt	146.00–166.00	568	8
Heifers	Small 2	—	202	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	177	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	780	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	323	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	291	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	61.36/cwt	57.00–66.00	701	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	70.91/cwt	69.00–73.00	927	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	39.25/cwt	34.00–42.00	345	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	816	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	530	1
Bulls	—	—	1,241	79.46/cwt	76.00–82.00	986	3
Bulls	—	—	1,299	95.95/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,246	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	722	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	782	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	680	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	54.64/cwt	50.00–58.00	555	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	60.96/cwt	55.00–65.00	918	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	470	113.10/cwt	110.00–116.00	532	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	427	121.08/cwt	115.00–130.00	517	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	336	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	366	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	270	116.93/cwt	116.00–118.00	316	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	630	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	380	110.38/cwt	101.00–115.00	419	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	654	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	739	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	328	130.31/cwt	126.00–135.00	427	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	622	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	652	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	691	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	14,700	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	653	94.00/cwt	93.00–95.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	111.25/cwt	111.00–111.50	910	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	464	132.42/cwt	130.00–135.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	952	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	380	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	441	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	1,004.57/cwt	950.00–1,050.00	10,327	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	107.00/cwt	104.00–110.00	649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	370	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	119.42/cwt	114.00–121.50	693	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	127.38/cwt	119.00–136.00	549	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	119.51/cwt	116.00–124.00	803	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	934	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	137.44/cwt	134.00–140.00	727	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	117.00/cwt	115.00–119.00	752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	162.66/cwt	160.00–169.00	542	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	130.71/cwt	126.00–136.00	823	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	142.18/cwt	132.00–151.00	675	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	134.44/cwt	130.00–142.00	781	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	132.44/cwt	131.00–134.00	432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	128.30/cwt	125.00–134.00	468	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	744	123.75/cwt	123.00–124.00	921	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	279	1

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 Apr 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 371Last week 494Year ago 188

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 68Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 1Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	524	136.00–143.00	139.87
2	—	1,003	108.50	108.50
1	—	242	141.00	141.00
16	—	430	140.00–157.00	147.49
11	—	581	130.00–140.00	132.81
2	—	721	120.00–124.00	122.05
2	—	284	149.00–167.00	157.68
8	—	466	139.00–155.00	144.72
8	—	366	146.00–166.00	155.22
7	—	333	160.00–169.00	162.66
5	—	630	126.00–136.00	130.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	602	154.50	154.50
36	—	462	174.30	174.30
7	—	402	179.00	179.00
2	—	817	121.00	121.00
10	—	942	114.50	114.50
5	—	675	134.00	134.00
4	—	744	123.00–124.00	123.75
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	382	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	427	115.00–130.00	121.08
3	—	328	126.00–135.00	130.31
2	—	464	130.00–135.00	132.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	654	113.00	113.00
1	—	622	115.00	115.00
1	—	370	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	644	110.00	110.00
1	—	652	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	774	112.00–113.50	112.74
2	—	818	111.00–111.50	111.25
1	—	952	82.00	82.00
4	—	672	116.00–124.00	119.51
9	—	529	134.00–140.00	137.44
2	—	643	115.00–119.00	117.00
14	—	475	132.00–151.00	142.18
9	—	581	130.00–142.00	134.44
1	—	862	113.00	113.00
1	—	734	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	722	82.00	82.00
1	—	782	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	814	93.00	93.00
1	—	884	92.00	92.00
8	—	280	122.00–136.00	130.80
13	—	524	116.00–126.00	120.04
9	—	477	120.00–135.00	126.49
7	—	652	105.00–112.00	107.08
1	—	748	103.00	103.00
2	—	607	104.00–110.00	107.00
9	—	580	114.00–121.50	119.42
10	—	431	119.00–136.00	127.38
1	—	934	91.00	91.00
2	—	326	131.00–134.00	132.44
9	—	365	125.00–134.00	128.30
1	—	220	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	696	88.00	88.00
2	—	596	102.00–106.00	104.01
1	—	380	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	479	135.00	135.00
25	—	603	117.50	117.50
4	—	675	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	298	95.00	95.00
2	—	323	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	202	87.50	87.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	110.00–116.00	113.10
1	—	336	109.00	109.00
2	—	270	116.00–118.00	116.93
1	—	630	81.00	81.00
3	—	380	101.00–115.00	110.38
2	—	653	93.00–95.00	94.00

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	—	630	650.00	650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,200	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,028	950.00–1,050.00	1,004.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,143	57.00–66.00	61.36
3	—	1,307	69.00–73.00	70.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	878	34.00–42.00	39.25
1	—	816	65.00	65.00
12	—	1,016	50.00–58.00	54.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,506	55.00–65.00	60.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,241	76.00–82.00	79.46
3	—	1,299	94.00–97.00	95.95

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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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

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Replacement Cattle

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