Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current sheep receipts 1.

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 5.00 to 6.00 higher, boning type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 higher, and slaughter bulls were 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder steers were mostly 4.00 to 8.00 higher; heifers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher with some 8.00 to 9.00 higher; and feeder bulls were mixed, 5.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly heavy. Cattle quality was plain to average. Baby calves ranged 45.00 to 95.00 per head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.79/cwt on 167 head.

Average price

$127.79

167 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$315

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

$37.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.83

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	506	135.79	686	108
Medium 2	350	113.96	399	56
Small 1-2	379	98.08	372	3thin

One grade step is worth $37.71/cwt here — about $315 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

127.79

—

NC average6 barns · 624 hd

132.62

−4.83

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	1,487	81.91	1,218	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,489	59.03	879	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,174	56.81	667	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,018	45.58	464	33

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 2	—	479	102.16/cwt	100.00–106.00	489	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	126.18/cwt	124.00–130.00	718	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	625	105.01/cwt	104.00–106.00	656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	120.16/cwt	115.00–126.00	511	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	424	114.67/cwt	109.00–120.00	486	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	123.27/cwt	117.00–127.00	408	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	121.48/cwt	117.00–126.00	358	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	276	121.04/cwt	115.00–126.00	334	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	135.93/cwt	129.00–142.00	574	16
Steers	Medium 2	—	514	110.02/cwt	109.00–111.00	566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	135.79/cwt	131.00–137.00	782	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	695	133.35/cwt	128.50–136.50	927	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	427	121.05/cwt	120.00–122.00	517	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	289	131.42/cwt	128.00–135.00	380	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	242	119.18/cwt	114.00–124.00	288	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	146.65/cwt	140.00–148.00	711	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	584	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	841	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	322	114.39/cwt	110.00–117.00	368	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	375	111.64/cwt	110.00–115.00	419	6
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	435	105.39/cwt	100.00–107.00	458	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	135.61/cwt	128.00–141.00	513	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	138.10/cwt	132.00–139.00	706	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	134.76/cwt	128.00–141.00	442	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	733	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	379	98.08/cwt	94.00–100.00	372	3
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	354	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	354	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	110.68/cwt	110.00–112.00	745	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	128.11/cwt	125.00–133.00	596	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	111.28/cwt	108.00–115.00	701	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	816	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	612	102.23/cwt	101.00–104.00	626	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	90.49/cwt	90.00–91.00	737	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	59.03/cwt	55.00–62.00	879	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	56.81/cwt	54.00–59.00	667	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	38.74/cwt	35.00–41.00	406	9
Bulls	—	—	1,487	81.91/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,218	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	48.15/cwt	45.00–52.00	485	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	826	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,130	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	232	109.27/cwt	107.00–113.00	254	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	476	103.71/cwt	100.00–106.00	494	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	724	90.50/cwt	90.00–91.00	655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	102.04/cwt	97.00–107.00	731	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	586	102.99/cwt	100.00–106.00	604	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	119.10/cwt	114.00–125.00	680	12
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	530	81.82/cwt	78.00–85.00	434	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	478	78.99/cwt	76.00–80.00	378	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	229	93.07/cwt	89.00–96.00	213	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	422	100.62/cwt	100.00–103.00	425	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	531	102.53/cwt	100.00–106.00	544	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	119.85/cwt	116.00–125.00	636	14
Heifers	Medium 2	—	328	108.05/cwt	104.00–112.00	354	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	366	105.81/cwt	100.00–110.00	387	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	271	108.64/cwt	106.00–112.00	294	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	121.60/cwt	116.00–127.00	632	11
Heifers	Medium 2	—	524	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	524	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	270	100.23/cwt	98.00–103.00	271	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	921	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	121.67/cwt	120.00–123.00	741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	119.18/cwt	117.00–122.00	559	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	186	112.39/cwt	110.00–115.00	209	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	123.87/cwt	120.00–128.00	474	9

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 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 596Last week 629Year ago 622

Slaughter CattleReceipts 91Last week 108Year ago 103

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 1

Current sheep receipts 1.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	479	100.00–106.00	102.16
4	—	232	107.00–113.00	109.27
5	—	422	100.00–103.00	100.62
9	—	328	104.00–112.00	108.05
5	—	366	100.00–110.00	105.81
8	—	271	106.00–112.00	108.64
5	—	524	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	569	124.00–130.00	126.18
10	—	425	115.00–126.00	120.16
7	—	331	117.00–127.00	123.27
4	—	295	117.00–126.00	121.48
11	—	520	116.00–127.00	121.60
3	—	921	85.00	85.00
3	—	609	120.00–123.00	121.67
6	—	469	117.00–122.00	119.18
9	—	383	120.00–128.00	123.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	104.00–106.00	105.01
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	530	78.00–85.00	81.82
4	—	478	76.00–80.00	78.99
3	—	229	89.00–96.00	93.07
5	—	270	98.00–103.00	100.23
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	424	109.00–120.00	114.67
8	—	276	115.00–126.00	121.04
2	—	514	109.00–111.00	110.02
5	—	242	114.00–124.00	119.18
11	—	322	110.00–117.00	114.39
6	—	375	110.00–115.00	111.64
3	—	186	110.00–115.00	112.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	422	129.00–142.00	135.93
5	—	576	131.00–137.00	135.79
7	—	289	128.00–135.00	131.42
7	—	485	140.00–148.00	146.65
16	—	378	128.00–141.00	135.61
8	—	511	132.00–139.00	138.10
8	—	328	128.00–141.00	134.76
2	—	611	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	695	128.50–136.50	133.35
9	—	584	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	427	120.00–122.00	121.05
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	100.00–107.00	105.39
2	—	354	100.00	100.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	379	94.00–100.00	98.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	673	110.00–112.00	110.68
18	—	465	125.00–133.00	128.11
11	—	630	108.00–115.00	111.28
2	—	785	104.00	104.00
2	—	814	90.00–91.00	90.49
5	—	716	97.00–107.00	102.04
12	—	571	114.00–125.00	119.10
14	—	531	116.00–125.00	119.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	612	101.00–104.00	102.23
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	476	100.00–106.00	103.71
2	—	724	90.00–91.00	90.50
2	—	586	100.00–106.00	102.99
5	—	531	100.00–106.00	102.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,489	55.00–62.00	59.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,174	54.00–59.00	56.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,048	35.00–41.00	38.74
24	—	1,007	45.00–52.00	48.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,487	78.00–84.00	81.91

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	826	500.00	500.00

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

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle