Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher, while slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. There were too few comparable feeder steers to establish an adequate market comparison; heifers were mostly 6.00 to 10.00 lower; and feeder bulls were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 lower with some as much as 16.00 lower. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average. Baby calves ranged 50.00 to 55.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.70/cwt on 138 head.

Average price

$108.70

138 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$523

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$26.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.07

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	500	113.41	567	99
Medium 2	448	98.52	442	33
Small 1-2	358	86.93	311	6thin

One grade step is worth $26.48/cwt here — about $256 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 sale138 hd

108.70

—

NC average8 barns · 1,234 hd

113.77

−5.07

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	1,538	81.02	1,246	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,257	60.94	766	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,065	58.83	627	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	917	46.24	424	16

Every lot, as filed

67 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	—	471	114.29/cwt	111.00–117.00	538	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	116.44/cwt	114.00–120.00	496	9
Steers	Small 1-2	—	416	91.53/cwt	90.00–93.00	381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	497	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	428	126.70/cwt	126.00–129.00	542	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	109.61/cwt	106.00–111.00	572	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	103.03/cwt	99.00–106.00	642	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	686	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	775	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	368	100.50/cwt	99.00–102.00	370	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	535	102.56/cwt	100.00–105.00	549	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	384	112.74/cwt	110.00–114.00	433	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	571	103.99/cwt	100.00–108.00	594	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	421	112.91/cwt	110.00–117.00	475	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	894	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	123.48/cwt	123.00–124.00	284	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	126.33/cwt	121.00–132.00	536	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	132.35/cwt	127.00–136.00	372	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	135.57/cwt	129.00–140.00	503	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	140.93/cwt	139.00–143.00	674	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	836	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	390	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	659	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	433	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	693	7
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	426	103.43/cwt	100.00–107.00	441	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	534	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	139.72/cwt	135.00–143.00	461	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	423	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	499	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	94.68/cwt	91.00–98.00	696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	468	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	515	2
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	525	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	420	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	115.51/cwt	110.00–120.00	609	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	551	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	551	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	837	36.31/cwt	35.00–38.00	304	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	48.53/cwt	46.00–51.00	454	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	774	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	57.91/cwt	55.00–61.00	613	20
Bulls	—	—	1,469	76.17/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,119	7
Bulls	—	—	1,700	92.34/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,570	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,257	60.94/cwt	60.00–62.00	766	3
Heifers	Medium 2Value Added	—	330	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	370	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	112.09/cwt	108.00–116.00	630	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	111.14/cwt	110.00–115.00	690	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	118.69/cwt	115.00–123.00	560	19
Bulls	Medium 2	—	460	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	501	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	622	87.96/cwt	84.00–90.00	547	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	84.00/cwt	83.00–85.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	664	87.47/cwt	85.00–90.00	581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	663	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	577	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	627	87.04/cwt	84.00–89.00	546	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	674	84.99/cwt	84.00–86.00	573	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	527	96.82/cwt	94.00–99.00	510	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	378	103.93/cwt	100.00–108.00	393	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	82.99/cwt	82.00–85.00	640	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	332	86.89/cwt	83.00–89.00	288	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	335	101.22/cwt	99.00–106.00	339	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	572	88.65/cwt	85.00–92.00	507	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	99.68/cwt	97.00–101.00	670	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	431	101.36/cwt	99.00–104.00	437	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	117.46/cwt	114.00–120.00	382	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	460	98.34/cwt	97.00–100.00	452	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	410	87.01/cwt	86.00–88.00	357	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	671	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	564	2
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	436	87.47/cwt	85.00–90.00	381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	100.75/cwt	100.00–101.00	567	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	116.36/cwt	114.00–121.00	431	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	83.51/cwt	82.00–85.00	592	2

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 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 507Last week 443Year ago 421

Slaughter CattleReceipts 91Last week 65Year ago 53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	471	111.00–117.00	114.29
9	—	426	114.00–120.00	116.44
5	—	522	106.00–111.00	109.61
4	—	623	99.00–106.00	103.03
2	—	804	83.00–85.00	84.00
3	—	771	82.00–85.00	82.99
6	—	672	97.00–101.00	99.68
6	—	325	114.00–120.00	117.46
4	—	563	100.00–101.00	100.75
10	—	370	114.00–121.00	116.36
2	—	709	82.00–85.00	83.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	497	123.00	123.00
29	—	428	126.00–129.00	126.70
5	—	686	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	330	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	664	85.00–90.00	87.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	84.00–89.00	87.04
4	—	378	100.00–108.00	103.93
4	—	335	99.00–106.00	101.22
5	—	572	85.00–92.00	88.65
3	—	431	99.00–104.00	101.36
3	—	460	97.00–100.00	98.34
2	—	671	84.00	84.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	332	83.00–89.00	86.89
2	—	410	86.00–88.00	87.01
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	436	85.00–90.00	87.47
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	416	90.00–93.00	91.53
2	—	368	99.00–102.00	100.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	100.00–105.00	102.56
4	—	384	110.00–114.00	112.74
2	—	571	100.00–108.00	103.99
10	—	421	110.00–117.00	112.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	156.00	156.00
7	—	519	161.00	161.00
6	—	390	169.00	169.00
7	—	433	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	230	123.00–124.00	123.48
13	—	424	121.00–132.00	126.33
3	—	281	127.00–136.00	132.35
1	—	574	134.00	134.00
13	—	371	129.00–140.00	135.57
2	—	478	139.00–143.00	140.93
8	—	330	135.00–143.00	139.72
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	426	100.00–107.00	103.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	534	118.00	118.00
2	—	423	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	688	98.00	98.00
3	—	735	91.00–98.00	94.68
10	—	527	110.00–120.00	115.51
11	—	562	108.00–116.00	112.09
7	—	621	110.00–115.00	111.14
19	—	472	115.00–123.00	118.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	551	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	108.00–110.00	109.00
5	—	622	84.00–90.00	87.96
2	—	674	84.00–86.00	84.99
5	—	527	94.00–99.00	96.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	837	35.00–38.00	36.31
13	—	936	46.00–51.00	48.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	68.00	68.00
20	—	1,058	55.00–61.00	57.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,257	60.00–62.00	60.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,469	74.00–79.00	76.17
3	—	1,700	91.00–94.00	92.34

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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