Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-21

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 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.50/cwt on 113 head.

Average price

$111.50

113 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$518

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

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

$33.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.43

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	487	113.79	554	88
Medium 2	381	105.46	401	23
Small 1-2	428	80.00	342	2thin

One grade step is worth $33.79/cwt here — about $212 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 sale113 hd

111.50

—

NC average6 barns · 762 hd

114.93

−3.43

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	1,419	77.89	1,105	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,510	59.93	905	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,113	56.63	630	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	926	42.50	394	11

Every lot, as filed

60 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	—	265	109.47/cwt	104.00–114.00	290	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	381	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	419	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	338	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	407	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	266	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	266	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	414	123.51/cwt	122.00–125.00	511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	519	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	120.74/cwt	114.00–125.00	569	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	125.86/cwt	123.00–130.00	529	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	137.00/cwt	135.00–139.00	911	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	419	115.67/cwt	112.00–120.00	485	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	225	115.51/cwt	110.00–120.00	260	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	274	118.91/cwt	116.00–120.00	326	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	485	115.03/cwt	111.00–117.00	558	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	369	119.30/cwt	118.00–120.00	440	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	130.45/cwt	125.00–134.00	297	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	127.37/cwt	123.00–131.00	997	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	139.78/cwt	136.00–143.00	860	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	135.38/cwt	129.00–141.00	439	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	135.33/cwt	130.00–140.00	505	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	140.03/cwt	134.00–146.00	604	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	133.40/cwt	130.00–138.00	694	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	137.23/cwt	131.00–143.00	785	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	140.33/cwt	137.00–142.00	674	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	274	135.42/cwt	130.00–140.00	371	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	108.78/cwt	105.00–113.00	678	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	120.03/cwt	117.00–124.00	640	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	105.60/cwt	104.00–107.00	715	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	934	81.99/cwt	80.00–83.00	766	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	134.55/cwt	130.00–139.00	651	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	591	108.49/cwt	106.00–111.00	641	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	861	27.85/cwt	26.00–30.00	240	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	48.00/cwt	45.00–51.00	456	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	59.93/cwt	57.00–63.00	905	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	56.63/cwt	53.00–60.00	630	11
Bulls	—	—	1,343	77.51/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,041	4
Bulls	—	—	1,114	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	735	2
Bulls	—	—	1,876	90.54/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,699	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,132	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,622	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	679	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	604	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	583	99.97/cwt	98.00–103.00	583	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	725	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	117.53/cwt	115.00–123.00	682	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	102.12/cwt	97.00–106.00	731	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	519	102.75/cwt	100.00–107.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	119.51/cwt	117.00–121.00	447	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	110.99/cwt	108.00–114.00	751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	734	75.46/cwt	75.00–76.00	554	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	523	102.73/cwt	97.00–107.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	566	127.51/cwt	127.00–128.00	722	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	474	109.82/cwt	104.00–114.00	521	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	578	92.92/cwt	90.00–96.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	458	103.97/cwt	100.00–107.00	476	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	505	90.50/cwt	90.00–91.00	457	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	227	110.53/cwt	110.00–111.00	251	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	121.41/cwt	118.00–127.00	335	8
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	428	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	115.86/cwt	112.00–120.00	604	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	119.64/cwt	115.00–124.00	376	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	110.51/cwt	109.00–112.00	701	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	320	111.01/cwt	110.00–115.00	355	5

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 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 443Last week 596Year ago 476

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 91Year ago 95

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 1Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	265	104.00–114.00	109.47
4	—	381	110.00	110.00
3	—	578	90.00–96.00	92.92
3	—	458	100.00–107.00	103.97
2	—	505	90.00–91.00	90.50
2	—	227	110.00–111.00	110.53
5	—	320	110.00–115.00	111.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	519	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	471	114.00–125.00	120.74
14	—	420	123.00–130.00	125.86
6	—	374	117.00–121.00	119.51
5	—	677	108.00–114.00	110.99
8	—	276	118.00–127.00	121.41
7	—	521	112.00–120.00	115.86
5	—	314	115.00–124.00	119.64
2	—	634	109.00–112.00	110.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	734	75.00–76.00	75.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	97.00–107.00	102.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	566	127.00–128.00	127.51
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	120.00–121.00	120.51
4	—	419	112.00–120.00	115.67
2	—	225	110.00–120.00	115.51
4	—	274	116.00–120.00	118.91
3	—	485	111.00–117.00	115.03
3	—	369	118.00–120.00	119.30
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	266	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	414	122.00–125.00	123.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	135.00–139.00	137.00
4	—	228	125.00–134.00	130.45
3	—	783	123.00–131.00	127.37
9	—	615	136.00–143.00	139.78
8	—	324	129.00–141.00	135.38
14	—	373	130.00–140.00	135.33
11	—	431	134.00–146.00	140.03
5	—	520	130.00–138.00	133.40
2	—	572	131.00–143.00	137.23
3	—	480	137.00–142.00	140.33
4	—	274	130.00–140.00	135.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	623	105.00–113.00	108.78
7	—	533	117.00–124.00	120.03
5	—	677	104.00–107.00	105.60
3	—	934	80.00–83.00	81.99
9	—	484	130.00–139.00	134.55
3	—	863	84.00	84.00
13	—	580	115.00–123.00	117.53
7	—	716	97.00–106.00	102.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	591	106.00–111.00	108.49
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	679	89.00	89.00
5	—	583	98.00–103.00	99.97
3	—	519	100.00–107.00	102.75
5	—	474	104.00–114.00	109.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	861	26.00–30.00	27.85
8	—	951	45.00–51.00	48.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,510	57.00–63.00	59.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,113	53.00–60.00	56.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,343	75.00–80.00	77.51
2	—	1,114	66.00	66.00
2	—	1,876	90.00–91.00	90.54

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,132	850.00	850.00

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