Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, breaking type slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 higher and boning type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 higher; slaughter bulls were steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly 2.00 to 8.00 lower on a very light test; heifers were mostly 13.00 to 14.00 higher; and feeder bulls were mixed, 3.00 lower to 18.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good; 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 $120.24/cwt on 96 head.

Average price

$120.24

96 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$563

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$389

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$43.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.18

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	123.54	601	80
Medium 2	392	110.11	431	12thin
Small 1-2	388	88.46	343	2thin
Medium and Large 3	264	80.51	213	2thin

One grade step is worth $43.03/cwt here — about $389 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 sale96 hd

120.24

—

NC average7 barns · 845 hd

117.05

+3.18

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	—	Low	1,550	78.87	1,222	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,406	61.00	858	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,227	55.69	683	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,037	45.07	467	22

Every lot, as filed

54 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 and Large 1-2Fancy	—	410	161.99/cwt	161.00–163.00	664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	329	165.14/cwt	162.00–169.00	543	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	379	161.94/cwt	157.00–166.00	614	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	133.23/cwt	127.00–136.00	497	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	94.99/cwt	93.00–97.00	861	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	416	122.38/cwt	120.00–126.00	509	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	152.90/cwt	146.00–158.00	631	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	339	122.35/cwt	120.00–126.00	415	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	385	101.30/cwt	100.00–103.00	390	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	325	110.69/cwt	110.00–112.00	360	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	267	99.51/cwt	99.00–100.00	266	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	508	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	132.99/cwt	130.00–135.00	693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	135.25/cwt	130.00–138.00	764	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	136.66/cwt	135.00–138.00	443	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	140.79/cwt	139.00–144.00	538	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	138.34/cwt	134.00–143.00	387	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	706	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	586	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	603	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	422	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	798	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,053	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	719	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,007	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	676	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	139.73/cwt	134.00–144.00	668	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	132.08/cwt	128.00–136.00	687	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	82.89/cwt	79.00–87.00	684	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	108.98/cwt	108.00–110.00	798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	567	112.95/cwt	109.00–117.00	640	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,406	61.00/cwt	60.00–62.00	858	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,366	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	683	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	58.13/cwt	56.00–61.00	678	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	857	28.16/cwt	26.00–30.00	241	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	46.76/cwt	44.00–50.00	493	20
Bulls	—	—	1,185	59.50/cwt	57.00–62.00	705	3
Bulls	—	—	1,994	93.30/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,860	3
Bulls	—	—	1,490	82.57/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,230	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	286	115.45/cwt	110.00–120.00	330	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	134.11/cwt	130.00–136.00	440	9
Bulls	Medium 2	—	544	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	544	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	562	102.45/cwt	100.00–105.00	576	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	125.82/cwt	121.00–130.00	710	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	710	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	331	114.96/cwt	114.00–116.00	381	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	527	98.32/cwt	95.00–100.00	518	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	437	115.02/cwt	114.00–116.00	503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	115.50/cwt	110.00–120.00	669	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	116.16/cwt	113.00–120.00	732	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	388	88.46/cwt	87.00–90.00	343	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	117.40/cwt	112.00–123.00	609	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	127.50/cwt	122.00–132.00	541	15
Heifers	Medium 2	—	363	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	264	80.51/cwt	80.00–81.00	213	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	96.57/cwt	92.00–101.00	703	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	127.08/cwt	124.00–132.00	609	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	137.09/cwt	134.00–140.00	658	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 Dec 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 387Last week 465Year ago 460

Slaughter CattleReceipts 91Last week 103Year ago 153

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	161.00–163.00	161.99
6	—	329	162.00–169.00	165.14
9	—	379	157.00–166.00	161.94
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	416	120.00–126.00	122.38
3	—	339	120.00–126.00	122.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	413	146.00–158.00	152.90
3	—	521	130.00–135.00	132.99
8	—	565	130.00–138.00	135.25
3	—	324	135.00–138.00	136.66
6	—	382	139.00–144.00	140.79
5	—	280	134.00–143.00	138.34
2	—	480	134.00–140.00	137.09
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	385	100.00–103.00	101.30
3	—	325	110.00–112.00	110.69
2	—	267	99.00–100.00	99.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	798	132.00	132.00
6	—	719	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	373	127.00–136.00	133.23
2	—	906	93.00–97.00	94.99
9	—	328	130.00–136.00	134.11
10	—	579	110.00–120.00	115.50
9	—	630	113.00–120.00	116.16
9	—	519	112.00–123.00	117.40
15	—	424	122.00–132.00	127.50
2	—	728	92.00–101.00	96.57
12	—	479	124.00–132.00	127.08
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	286	110.00–120.00	115.45
2	—	331	114.00–116.00	114.96
3	—	527	95.00–100.00	98.32
2	—	437	114.00–116.00	115.02
2	—	363	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	87.00–90.00	88.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	264	80.00–81.00	80.51
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	706	83.00	83.00
2	—	603	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	676	100.00	100.00
11	—	478	134.00–144.00	139.73
24	—	520	128.00–136.00	132.08
2	—	825	79.00–87.00	82.89
2	—	732	108.00–110.00	108.98
5	—	564	121.00–130.00	125.82
2	—	887	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	567	109.00–117.00	112.95
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	544	100.00	100.00
2	—	562	100.00–105.00	102.45

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,406	60.00–62.00	61.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,366	50.00	50.00
7	—	1,167	56.00–61.00	58.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	857	26.00–30.00	28.16
20	—	1,055	44.00–50.00	46.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,185	57.00–62.00	59.50
3	—	1,994	92.00–94.00	93.30
4	—	1,490	80.00–85.00	82.57

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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