Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower, while slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 lower, while feeder heifers were mostly 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.46/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$116.46

87 head · 448 lb average

Value per head Derived

$521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$17.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.27

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	457	119.71	547	71
Medium 2	408	102.01	416	16thin

One grade step is worth $17.71/cwt here — about $131 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 sale87 hd

116.46

—

NC average8 barns · 1,097 hd

110.18

+6.27

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	1,411	78.02	1,101	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,435	60.47	868	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,113	57.54	640	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	971	46.67	453	28

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Steers	Medium 2	—	320	117.27/cwt	115.00–120.00	375	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	410	113.52/cwt	110.00–117.00	465	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	377	106.49/cwt	105.00–110.00	401	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	483	91.52/cwt	90.00–93.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	431	104.20/cwt	101.00–109.00	449	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	130.25/cwt	127.00–135.00	371	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	439	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	711	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	370	116.04/cwt	114.00–118.00	429	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	104.03/cwt	102.00–106.00	687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	231	118.08/cwt	116.00–120.00	273	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	517	96.52/cwt	95.00–98.00	499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	379	121.76/cwt	121.00–123.00	461	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	132.30/cwt	128.00–138.00	426	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	137.57/cwt	133.00–142.00	523	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	110.98/cwt	110.00–112.00	744	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	220	116.46/cwt	115.00–118.00	256	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	133.51/cwt	131.00–136.00	619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	129.00/cwt	124.00–135.00	547	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	127.05/cwt	122.00–131.00	290	6
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	887	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	621	2
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	584	80.99/cwt	80.00–82.00	473	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	512	102.02/cwt	101.00–103.00	522	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	572	95.52/cwt	94.00–97.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	111.19/cwt	108.00–116.00	585	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	127.59/cwt	122.00–131.00	610	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	39.26/cwt	36.00–41.00	355	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	57.54/cwt	55.00–61.00	640	29
Bulls	—	—	1,411	78.02/cwt	77.00–79.00	1,101	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	50.78/cwt	47.00–53.00	511	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	60.47/cwt	60.00–61.00	868	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	922	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	637	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	771	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	85.49/cwt	84.00–87.00	700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	109.29/cwt	104.00–112.00	624	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	624	88.47/cwt	87.00–90.00	552	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	572	93.07/cwt	91.00–95.00	532	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	101.79/cwt	97.00–105.00	632	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	120.38/cwt	115.00–125.00	454	15
Heifers	Medium 2	—	322	106.60/cwt	103.00–110.00	343	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	481	109.49/cwt	108.00–111.00	527	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	97.17/cwt	93.00–100.00	648	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	531	93.36/cwt	91.00–96.00	496	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	518	89.95/cwt	88.00–92.00	466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	116.53/cwt	115.00–122.00	385	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	128.62/cwt	125.00–131.00	734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	111.77/cwt	110.00–114.00	632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	541	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	687	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	109.80/cwt	107.00–111.00	578	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	122.96/cwt	117.00–127.00	520	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	123.99/cwt	120.00–129.00	568	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 Nov 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 383Last week 507Year ago 367

Slaughter CattleReceipts 110Last week 91Year ago 95

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	320	115.00–120.00	117.27
2	—	410	110.00–117.00	113.52
2	—	370	114.00–118.00	116.04
2	—	220	115.00–118.00	116.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	285	127.00–135.00	130.25
10	—	322	128.00–138.00	132.30
9	—	380	133.00–142.00	137.57
2	—	670	110.00–112.00	110.98
2	—	464	131.00–136.00	133.51
15	—	424	124.00–135.00	129.00
6	—	228	122.00–131.00	127.05
3	—	571	125.00–131.00	128.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	439	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	379	121.00–123.00	121.76
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	377	105.00–110.00	106.49
2	—	483	90.00–93.00	91.52
4	—	431	101.00–109.00	104.20
4	—	322	103.00–110.00	106.60
2	—	518	88.00–92.00	89.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	102.00–106.00	104.03
2	—	231	116.00–120.00	118.08
15	—	377	115.00–125.00	120.38
6	—	330	115.00–122.00	116.53
4	—	565	110.00–114.00	111.77
5	—	526	107.00–111.00	109.80
11	—	423	117.00–127.00	122.96
9	—	458	120.00–129.00	123.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	517	95.00–98.00	96.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	637	121.00	121.00
13	—	541	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	887	70.00	70.00
2	—	584	80.00–82.00	80.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	512	101.00–103.00	102.02
2	—	572	94.00–97.00	95.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	526	108.00–116.00	111.19
11	—	478	122.00–131.00	127.59
2	—	819	84.00–87.00	85.49
10	—	571	104.00–112.00	109.29
8	—	621	97.00–105.00	101.79
5	—	667	93.00–100.00	97.17
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	624	87.00–90.00	88.47
2	—	572	91.00–95.00	93.07
2	—	481	108.00–111.00	109.49
3	—	531	91.00–96.00	93.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	905	36.00–41.00	39.26
18	—	1,007	47.00–53.00	50.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,113	55.00–61.00	57.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,435	60.00–61.00	60.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,411	77.00–79.00	78.02

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	—	922	800.00	800.00

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

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Slaughter Cattle

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