Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, there were too few comparable breaking type slaughter cows to establish an adequate market comparison; boning type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower; while slaughter bulls were steady to 1.00 higher on very light test. Feeder steers were 1.00 to 5.00 lower; heifers were mostly 4.00 to 8.00 lower; and feeder bulls were mixed, 5.00 lower to 1.00 higher. 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 $108.26/cwt on 148 head.

Average price

$108.26

148 head · 454 lb average

Value per head Derived

$492

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

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

$28.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.82

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	467	110.87	518	115
Medium 2	419	100.85	422	30
Small 1-2	316	81.91	259	3thin

One grade step is worth $28.96/cwt here — about $259 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 sale148 hd

108.26

—

NC average7 barns · 884 hd

113.07

−4.82

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	1,881	100.03	1,881	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,127	62.39	703	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,440	55.00	792	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	976	52.28	510	9thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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	—	624	95.67/cwt	90.00–102.00	597	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	116.32/cwt	109.00–121.00	548	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	139.55/cwt	129.00–151.00	377	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	123.47/cwt	118.00–130.00	636	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	99.50/cwt	98.00–101.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	121.15/cwt	115.00–126.00	390	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	91.22/cwt	87.00–96.00	660	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	130.51/cwt	126.00–135.00	659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	140.68/cwt	130.00–150.00	460	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	91.98/cwt	90.00–97.00	614	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	226	137.32/cwt	130.00–143.00	310	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	119.59/cwt	117.00–123.00	682	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	136.53/cwt	127.00–147.00	507	25
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	316	81.91/cwt	80.00–86.00	259	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	134.78/cwt	131.00–140.00	631	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	104.56/cwt	99.00–111.00	552	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	118.81/cwt	115.00–125.00	444	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	101.04/cwt	99.00–106.00	581	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	114.11/cwt	108.00–118.00	706	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	792	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	62.39/cwt	57.00–68.00	703	27
Bulls	—	—	1,988	105.05/cwt	104.00–106.00	2,088	2
Bulls	—	—	1,666	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,499	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	559	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	50.94/cwt	45.00–55.00	503	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	93.98/cwt	90.00–98.00	731	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	279	111.95/cwt	108.00–116.00	312	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	129.10/cwt	121.00–137.00	618	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	116.02/cwt	109.00–124.00	497	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	133.59/cwt	127.00–141.00	562	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	475	107.34/cwt	107.00–108.00	510	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	116.50/cwt	115.00–118.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	184	115.38/cwt	110.00–120.00	212	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	414	101.42/cwt	93.00–110.00	420	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	122.00/cwt	118.00–127.00	336	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	121.20/cwt	118.00–128.00	282	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	432	120.74/cwt	118.00–124.00	522	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	207	113.51/cwt	112.00–115.00	235	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	269	120.08/cwt	112.00–125.00	323	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	572	102.85/cwt	97.00–108.00	588	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,016	900.74/cwt	825.00–975.00	9,152	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	542	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	721	80.32/cwt	76.00–83.00	579	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	373	120.27/cwt	115.00–124.00	449	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	320	119.19/cwt	116.00–122.00	381	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	672	84.48/cwt	83.00–86.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	468	95.32/cwt	90.00–103.00	446	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	208	122.45/cwt	120.00–125.00	255	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	817	80.50/cwt	80.00–81.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	385	104.64/cwt	96.00–111.00	403	7

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 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 378Last week 476Year ago 238

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 153Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 1Year 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
9	—	624	90.00–102.00	95.67
19	—	471	109.00–121.00	116.32
10	—	322	115.00–126.00	121.15
4	—	724	87.00–96.00	91.22
5	—	668	90.00–97.00	91.98
13	—	528	99.00–111.00	104.56
18	—	374	115.00–125.00	118.81
6	—	575	99.00–106.00	101.04
2	—	778	90.00–98.00	93.98
14	—	428	109.00–124.00	116.02
6	—	275	118.00–127.00	122.00
4	—	233	118.00–128.00	121.20
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	316	80.00–86.00	81.91
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	279	108.00–116.00	111.95
2	—	184	110.00–120.00	115.38
4	—	414	93.00–110.00	101.42
2	—	207	112.00–115.00	113.51
3	—	721	76.00–83.00	80.32
2	—	672	83.00–86.00	84.48
6	—	468	90.00–103.00	95.32
7	—	385	96.00–111.00	104.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	107.00–108.00	107.34
2	—	542	94.00	94.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	270	129.00–151.00	139.55
2	—	505	126.00–135.00	130.51
17	—	327	130.00–150.00	140.68
5	—	226	130.00–143.00	137.32
25	—	371	127.00–147.00	136.53
3	—	468	131.00–140.00	134.78
26	—	421	127.00–141.00	133.59
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	432	118.00–124.00	120.74
3	—	269	112.00–125.00	120.08
4	—	373	115.00–124.00	120.27
2	—	320	116.00–122.00	119.19
2	—	208	120.00–125.00	122.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	515	118.00–130.00	123.47
2	—	733	98.00–101.00	99.50
5	—	570	117.00–123.00	119.59
7	—	619	108.00–118.00	114.11
15	—	479	121.00–137.00	129.10
2	—	653	115.00–118.00	116.50
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	572	97.00–108.00	102.85
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	817	80.00–81.00	80.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	55.00	55.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,127	57.00–68.00	62.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	888	63.00	63.00
8	—	987	45.00–55.00	50.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,988	104.00–106.00	105.05
1	—	1,666	90.00	90.00

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	2	—	1,016	825.00–975.00	900.74

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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