Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 higher, while boning type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 6.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder steers were mixed, mostly 4.00 lower to 6.00 higher; four-weight heifers were steady to 4.00 lower, while five- and six-weights were mostly 5.00 to 7.00 higher; and feeder bulls were mostly 3.00 to 9.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were heavy. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.68/cwt on 154 head.

Average price

$116.68

154 head · 454 lb average

Value per head Derived

$530

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$335

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

$16.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.17

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	468	119.49	559	127
Medium 2	409	103.47	424	24
Small 1-2	217	103.47	225	3thin

One grade step is worth $16.02/cwt here — about $335 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 sale154 hd

116.68

—

NC average7 barns · 867 hd

113.52

+3.17

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	1,599	79.59	1,273	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,292	59.42	768	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,388	53.94	749	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,071	47.12	505	24

Every lot, as filed

59 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	—	289	119.27/cwt	117.00–120.00	345	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	178	113.55/cwt	112.00–115.00	202	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	231	118.61/cwt	115.00–121.00	274	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	118.78/cwt	114.00–125.00	554	22
Steers	Small 1-2	—	419	98.68/cwt	97.00–100.00	413	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	322	91.53/cwt	90.00–93.00	295	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	517	102.00/cwt	100.00–104.00	527	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	142.03/cwt	134.00–146.00	534	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	139.43/cwt	136.00–144.00	666	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	122.89/cwt	116.00–127.00	404	14
Steers	Medium 2	—	380	115.26/cwt	115.00–116.00	438	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	479	111.98/cwt	109.00–115.00	536	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	141.49/cwt	134.00–147.00	467	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	771	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,010	12
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	228	110.54/cwt	110.00–111.00	252	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	127.99/cwt	123.00–133.00	790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	140.77/cwt	140.00–143.00	391	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	131.50/cwt	129.00–135.00	750	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	130.67/cwt	125.00–136.00	668	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	430	109.72/cwt	105.00–113.00	472	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	429	63.10/cwt	60.00–65.00	271	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	130.26/cwt	127.00–134.00	556	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	121.68/cwt	121.00–123.00	808	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	131.18/cwt	124.00–135.00	628	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	116.76/cwt	113.00–122.00	673	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	115.99/cwt	110.00–121.00	731	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	109.23/cwt	107.00–110.00	729	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	712	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	121.39/cwt	117.00–127.00	632	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	53.94/cwt	51.00–58.00	749	6
Bulls	—	—	1,797	92.94/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,670	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	68.48/cwt	66.00–72.00	976	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	56.75/cwt	54.00–60.00	711	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	37.43/cwt	34.00–40.00	391	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	51.11/cwt	49.00–54.00	553	17
Bulls	—	—	1,520	74.25/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,129	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	109.74/cwt	108.00–112.00	736	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	629	88.80/cwt	82.00–91.00	559	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	677	89.47/cwt	87.00–91.00	606	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	586	99.32/cwt	97.00–101.00	582	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	90.25/cwt	89.00–91.00	698	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	901	81.50/cwt	80.00–83.00	734	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	333	110.48/cwt	105.00–116.00	368	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	468	101.57/cwt	98.00–106.00	475	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	372	105.49/cwt	100.00–110.00	392	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	657	88.01/cwt	86.00–90.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	117.48/cwt	111.00–122.00	670	12
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	217	103.47/cwt	102.50–105.00	225	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	120.80/cwt	115.00–125.00	509	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	121.48/cwt	115.00–125.50	645	22
Heifers	Medium 2	—	433	95.96/cwt	94.00–100.00	416	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	271	111.19/cwt	110.00–115.00	301	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	472	111.28/cwt	109.00–115.00	525	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	579	98.00/cwt	96.00–100.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	468	104.94/cwt	103.00–107.00	491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	123.61/cwt	118.00–127.00	460	18
Heifers	Medium 2	—	175	110.98/cwt	109.00–112.50	194	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	524	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	115.62/cwt	112.00–119.00	716	11

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 Oct 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 629Last week 611Year ago 601

Slaughter CattleReceipts 108Last week 93Year ago 65

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	289	117.00–120.00	119.27
22	—	466	114.00–125.00	118.78
14	—	329	116.00–127.00	122.89
4	—	671	108.00–112.00	109.74
12	—	570	111.00–122.00	117.48
16	—	421	115.00–125.00	120.80
22	—	531	115.00–125.50	121.48
18	—	372	118.00–127.00	123.61
11	—	619	112.00–119.00	115.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	517	100.00–104.00	102.00
2	—	468	103.00–107.00	104.94
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	105.00–116.00	110.48
4	—	372	100.00–110.00	105.49
2	—	657	86.00–90.00	88.01
3	—	433	94.00–100.00	95.96
4	—	271	110.00–115.00	111.19
3	—	472	109.00–115.00	111.28
2	—	579	96.00–100.00	98.00
2	—	175	109.00–112.50	110.98
2	—	524	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	217	102.50–105.00	103.47
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	178	112.00–115.00	113.55
3	—	231	115.00–121.00	118.61
4	—	380	115.00–116.00	115.26
2	—	479	109.00–115.00	111.98
5	—	430	105.00–113.00	109.72
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	419	97.00–100.00	98.68
2	—	322	90.00–93.00	91.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	376	134.00–146.00	142.03
15	—	478	136.00–144.00	139.43
12	—	330	134.00–147.00	141.49
3	—	617	123.00–133.00	127.99
12	—	278	140.00–143.00	140.77
6	—	570	129.00–135.00	131.50
6	—	511	125.00–136.00	130.67
16	—	427	127.00–134.00	130.26
3	—	664	121.00–123.00	121.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	771	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	228	110.00–111.00	110.54
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	429	60.00–65.00	63.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	479	124.00–135.00	131.18
21	—	576	113.00–122.00	116.76
8	—	630	110.00–121.00	115.99
4	—	667	107.00–110.00	109.23
2	—	712	100.00	100.00
16	—	521	117.00–127.00	121.39
4	—	773	89.00–91.00	90.25
2	—	901	80.00–83.00	81.50
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	629	82.00–91.00	88.80
4	—	677	87.00–91.00	89.47
3	—	586	97.00–101.00	99.32
5	—	468	98.00–106.00	101.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,388	51.00–58.00	53.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,425	66.00–72.00	68.48
17	—	1,253	54.00–60.00	56.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,044	34.00–40.00	37.43
17	—	1,082	49.00–54.00	51.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,797	90.00–97.00	92.94
5	—	1,520	72.00–75.00	74.25

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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