Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 1.00 to 3.00 lower and feeder cattle were mostly 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly heavy. Cattle quality was plain to average. One Feeder Steer, Medium 2, weighing 104 lbs. brought 85.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.36/cwt on 134 head.

Average price

$113.36

134 head · 410 lb average

Value per head Derived

$465

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$28.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.78

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	410	119.44	490	95
Medium 2	412	100.33	413	32
Small 1-2	402	90.47	363	7thin

One grade step is worth $28.97/cwt here — about $126 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 sale134 hd

113.36

—

NC average8 barns · 1,015 hd

116.14

−2.78

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	—	High	1,421	80.76	1,147	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,145	63.71	729	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,546	59.12	914	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	995	50.87	506	58

Every lot, as filed

61 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	—	426	122.32/cwt	118.00–126.00	521	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	122.51/cwt	115.00–129.00	334	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	111.25/cwt	111.00–112.00	849	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	109.01/cwt	108.00–110.00	796	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	94.41/cwt	90.00–98.00	730	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	121.05/cwt	115.00–129.00	569	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	111.89/cwt	104.00–118.00	578	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	105.15/cwt	98.00–112.00	604	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	93.65/cwt	90.00–100.00	684	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	100.98/cwt	98.00–106.00	665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	85.47/cwt	84.00–87.00	793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	132.19/cwt	124.00–138.00	763	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	124.01/cwt	117.00–130.00	463	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	137.82/cwt	129.00–148.00	582	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	123.59/cwt	115.00–133.00	399	17
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	421	88.67/cwt	80.00–94.00	373	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	147.67/cwt	131.00–161.00	403	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	268	106.11/cwt	100.00–113.00	284	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	105.72/cwt	102.00–108.00	666	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	148.05/cwt	137.00–155.00	552	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	148.50/cwt	141.00–158.00	487	16
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	353	94.96/cwt	90.00–100.00	335	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	113.83/cwt	108.00–120.00	762	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	442	99.48/cwt	98.00–101.00	440	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	75.63/cwt	71.00–79.00	912	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	62.44/cwt	58.00–67.00	707	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	889	39.11/cwt	35.00–43.00	348	8
Bulls	—	—	1,737	99.77/cwt	98.00–101.00	1,733	5
Bulls	—	—	1,511	89.24/cwt	87.00–93.00	1,348	3
Bulls	—	—	1,112	60.68/cwt	56.00–66.00	675	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	616	90.96/cwt	87.00–96.00	560	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	52.75/cwt	47.00–57.00	534	50
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,546	59.12/cwt	54.00–64.00	914	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	651	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	433	99.34/cwt	95.00–104.00	430	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	473	111.60/cwt	100.00–116.00	528	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	273	103.70/cwt	94.00–110.00	283	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	517	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	465	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	529	111.01/cwt	104.00–115.00	587	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	784	83.29/cwt	80.00–86.00	653	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	323	119.11/cwt	110.00–126.00	385	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	574	106.71/cwt	100.00–113.00	613	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	637	81.48/cwt	78.00–85.00	519	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	425	118.80/cwt	110.00–126.00	505	13
Heifers	Medium 2	—	319	106.43/cwt	100.00–113.00	340	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	472	101.11/cwt	94.00–110.00	477	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	71.50/cwt	71.00–72.00	691	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	276	121.04/cwt	118.00–124.00	334	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	583	107.42/cwt	101.00–114.00	626	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,054	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,905	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	377	102.65/cwt	97.00–110.00	387	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	379	120.42/cwt	119.00–124.00	456	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	119.09/cwt	117.00–125.00	681	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	531	110.69/cwt	107.00–115.00	588	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	107.24/cwt	100.00–112.00	673	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	122.90/cwt	117.00–131.00	650	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	133.79/cwt	129.00–139.00	630	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	135.95/cwt	122.00–140.00	643	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	241	122.57/cwt	120.00–125.00	295	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	491	98.59/cwt	90.00–107.00	484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	135.51/cwt	134.00–137.00	686	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 May 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 476Last week 297Year ago 145

Slaughter CattleReceipts 153Last week 92Year ago 13

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 16Year 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
14	—	426	118.00–126.00	122.32
10	—	273	115.00–129.00	122.51
11	—	470	115.00–129.00	121.05
8	—	517	104.00–118.00	111.89
7	—	574	98.00–112.00	105.15
20	—	373	117.00–130.00	124.01
17	—	323	115.00–133.00	123.59
4	—	630	102.00–108.00	105.72
2	—	241	120.00–125.00	122.57
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	421	80.00–94.00	88.67
2	—	353	90.00–100.00	94.96
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	433	95.00–104.00	99.34
3	—	273	94.00–110.00	103.70
3	—	517	90.00	90.00
2	—	637	78.00–85.00	81.48
8	—	319	100.00–113.00	106.43
7	—	472	94.00–110.00	101.11
4	—	377	97.00–110.00	102.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	491	90.00–107.00	98.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	763	111.00–112.00	111.25
2	—	730	108.00–110.00	109.01
5	—	577	124.00–138.00	132.19
25	—	422	129.00–148.00	137.82
5	—	273	131.00–161.00	147.67
21	—	373	137.00–155.00	148.05
16	—	328	141.00–158.00	148.50
2	—	669	108.00–120.00	113.83
9	—	473	122.00–140.00	135.95
2	—	506	134.00–137.00	135.51
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	100.00–113.00	106.11
2	—	442	98.00–101.00	99.48
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	323	110.00–126.00	119.11
13	—	425	110.00–126.00	118.80
2	—	276	118.00–124.00	121.04
7	—	379	119.00–124.00	120.42
3	—	531	107.00–115.00	110.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	773	90.00–98.00	94.41
3	—	730	90.00–100.00	93.65
3	—	659	98.00–106.00	100.98
2	—	928	84.00–87.00	85.47
2	—	967	71.00–72.00	71.50
8	—	572	117.00–125.00	119.09
8	—	628	100.00–112.00	107.24
11	—	529	117.00–131.00	122.90
19	—	471	129.00–139.00	133.79
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	616	87.00–96.00	90.96
7	—	473	100.00–116.00	111.60
6	—	529	104.00–115.00	111.01
3	—	784	80.00–86.00	83.29
8	—	574	100.00–113.00	106.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	101.00–114.00	107.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,206	71.00–79.00	75.63
36	—	1,132	58.00–67.00	62.44
1	—	1,302	50.00	50.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	889	35.00–43.00	39.11
50	—	1,012	47.00–57.00	52.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,546	54.00–64.00	59.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,737	98.00–101.00	99.77
3	—	1,511	87.00–93.00	89.24
6	—	1,112	56.00–66.00	60.68

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,054	750.00	750.00

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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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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle