Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 7.00 to 8.00 lower, while boning type slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly 5.00 to 12.00 lower; heifers mostly 4.00 to 5.00 lower; and feeder bulls were mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly heavy. Cattle quality was plain to average. Baby calves ranged 60.00 to 110.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.33/cwt on 147 head.

Average price

$112.33

147 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$31.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.64

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	488	117.83	575	105
Medium 2	407	102.92	419	31
Small 1-2	375	86.31	324	11thin

One grade step is worth $31.52/cwt here — about $251 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 sale147 hd

112.33

—

NC average8 barns · 1,220 hd

114.97

−2.64

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	1,444	80.85	1,168	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,064	56.83	605	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,300	53.68	698	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	940	44.09	414	32

Every lot, as filed

63 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 2	—	514	91.77/cwt	88.00–95.00	472	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	378	99.75/cwt	99.00–100.00	377	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	427	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	115.22/cwt	110.00–118.00	770	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	113.57/cwt	110.00–117.00	708	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	475	98.36/cwt	94.00–103.00	467	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	212	121.03/cwt	120.00–122.00	257	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	361	114.57/cwt	110.00–120.00	414	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	133.90/cwt	130.00–140.00	628	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	740	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	288	110.48/cwt	105.00–114.00	318	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	417	112.89/cwt	110.00–116.00	471	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	314	118.39/cwt	115.00–120.00	372	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	286	112.96/cwt	110.00–115.00	323	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	424	101.64/cwt	100.00–104.00	431	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	121.96/cwt	116.00–125.00	572	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	120.34/cwt	118.00–125.00	332	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	272	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	272	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	138.93/cwt	137.00–141.00	379	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	127.47/cwt	125.00–130.00	312	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	131.45/cwt	124.00–138.00	561	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	135.79/cwt	130.00–142.00	449	12
Steers	Small 1-2	—	323	95.84/cwt	92.00–100.00	310	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	132.73/cwt	128.00–138.00	484	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	119.17/cwt	115.00–122.00	736	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	134.26/cwt	127.00–135.00	686	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	94.63/cwt	91.00–99.00	692	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	95.81/cwt	93.00–100.00	736	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	534	105.47/cwt	104.00–107.00	563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	474	115.48/cwt	115.00–116.00	547	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	584	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	529	100.97/cwt	100.00–102.00	534	2
Bulls	—	—	1,913	93.38/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,786	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	906	37.68/cwt	35.00–41.00	341	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	47.94/cwt	44.00–51.00	460	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	53.68/cwt	50.00–57.00	698	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,064	56.83/cwt	54.00–60.00	605	19
Bulls	—	—	1,300	80.33/cwt	78.00–82.00	1,044	4
Bulls	—	—	1,030	63.08/cwt	60.00–66.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	103.28/cwt	100.00–108.00	649	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	101.99/cwt	99.00–107.00	693	8
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	507	83.99/cwt	80.00–88.00	426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	113.22/cwt	109.00–116.00	598	14
Bulls	Medium 2	—	470	105.00/cwt	102.00–110.00	494	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	93.66/cwt	92.00–96.00	812	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	116.24/cwt	110.00–119.00	603	15
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	354	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	304	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	321	83.46/cwt	80.00–87.00	268	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	526	100.44/cwt	95.00–105.00	528	11
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	464	83.47/cwt	82.00–85.00	387	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	127.73/cwt	121.00–133.00	607	26
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	479	86.76/cwt	84.00–90.00	416	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	426	100.51/cwt	100.00–101.00	428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	124.45/cwt	121.00–130.00	397	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	110.72/cwt	107.00–115.00	639	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	566	100.89/cwt	96.00–104.00	571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	123.12/cwt	117.00–129.00	458	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	111.44/cwt	108.00–117.00	634	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	121.64/cwt	116.00–127.00	513	17
Heifers	Medium 2	—	371	110.34/cwt	109.00–112.00	409	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	271	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	244	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	533	100.65/cwt	99.00–102.00	536	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	324	106.06/cwt	100.00–110.00	344	4

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 Sep 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 611Last week 377Year ago 682

Slaughter CattleReceipts 93Last week 63Year ago 89

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	88.00–95.00	91.77
10	—	475	94.00–103.00	98.36
5	—	288	105.00–114.00	110.48
2	—	426	100.00–101.00	100.51
6	—	371	109.00–112.00	110.34
4	—	324	100.00–110.00	106.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	668	110.00–118.00	115.22
5	—	623	110.00–117.00	113.57
2	—	212	120.00–122.00	121.03
11	—	469	116.00–125.00	121.96
5	—	276	118.00–125.00	120.34
15	—	519	110.00–119.00	116.24
7	—	319	121.00–130.00	124.45
10	—	372	117.00–129.00	123.12
14	—	569	108.00–117.00	111.44
17	—	422	116.00–127.00	121.64
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	354	86.00	86.00
3	—	321	80.00–87.00	83.46
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	84.00–90.00	86.76
2	—	271	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	99.00–102.00	100.65
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	378	99.00–100.00	99.75
4	—	424	100.00–104.00	101.64
2	—	272	100.00	100.00
3	—	323	92.00–100.00	95.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	427	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	361	110.00–120.00	114.57
8	—	417	110.00–116.00	112.89
3	—	314	115.00–120.00	118.39
3	—	286	110.00–115.00	112.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	469	130.00–140.00	133.90
3	—	569	130.00	130.00
3	—	273	137.00–141.00	138.93
2	—	245	125.00–130.00	127.47
23	—	427	124.00–138.00	131.45
12	—	331	130.00–142.00	135.79
20	—	365	128.00–138.00	132.73
5	—	618	115.00–122.00	119.17
11	—	511	127.00–135.00	134.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	731	91.00–99.00	94.63
4	—	768	93.00–100.00	95.81
14	—	628	100.00–108.00	103.28
8	—	679	99.00–107.00	101.99
14	—	528	109.00–116.00	113.22
3	—	867	92.00–96.00	93.66
26	—	475	121.00–133.00	127.73
10	—	577	107.00–115.00	110.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	534	104.00–107.00	105.47
2	—	474	115.00–116.00	115.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	584	104.00	104.00
2	—	529	100.00–102.00	100.97
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	507	80.00–88.00	83.99
2	—	464	82.00–85.00	83.47
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	470	102.00–110.00	105.00
11	—	526	95.00–105.00	100.44
3	—	566	96.00–104.00	100.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,913	91.00–95.00	93.38
4	—	1,300	78.00–82.00	80.33
2	—	1,030	60.00–66.00	63.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	906	35.00–41.00	37.68
20	—	960	44.00–51.00	47.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,300	50.00–57.00	53.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,064	54.00–60.00	56.83

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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