Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, boning type slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower, while breaking type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 13.00 to 16.00 higher; four-weight heifers were steady to 4.00 lower, while five- and six-weights were mostly 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was fairly good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.17/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$121.17

87 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$297

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

$33.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.09

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	496	123.73	613	71
Medium 2	392	112.68	442	14thin
Small 1-2	352	90.00	317	2thin

One grade step is worth $33.73/cwt here — about $297 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

121.17

—

NC average8 barns · 590 hd

125.26

−4.09

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	1,705	100.99	1,722	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,447	73.19	1,059	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,295	67.08	869	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,041	53.91	561	29

Every lot, as filed

56 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 1-2	—	488	163.49/cwt	163.00–164.00	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	151.15/cwt	148.00–158.00	553	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	381	112.24/cwt	110.00–115.00	428	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	408	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	125.97/cwt	125.00–128.00	550	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	130.00/cwt	127.00–134.00	488	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	315	139.76/cwt	139.00–140.00	440	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	150.95/cwt	147.00–155.00	811	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	152.77/cwt	150.00–154.00	881	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	431	144.01/cwt	140.00–147.00	621	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	370	145.04/cwt	144.00–146.00	537	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	421	173.10/cwt	171.00–178.00	729	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	464	94.52/cwt	90.00–99.00	439	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	141.08/cwt	136.00–146.00	339	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	143	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	143	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	443	132.01/cwt	130.00–134.00	585	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	286	129.10/cwt	124.00–134.00	369	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	163	108.07/cwt	105.00–113.00	176	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	153.44/cwt	149.00–161.00	494	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	161.69/cwt	160.00–165.00	687	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	387	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	511	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	333	131.05/cwt	125.00–137.00	436	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	140.58/cwt	137.00–145.00	804	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	153.21/cwt	151.00–155.00	719	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	136.79/cwt	132.00–140.00	713	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	675	94.99/cwt	94.00–96.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	512	159.22/cwt	152.00–163.00	815	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	472	163.41/cwt	159.00–168.00	771	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	67.26/cwt	64.00–70.00	865	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	56.12/cwt	53.00–58.00	560	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	73.19/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,059	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,389	61.77/cwt	60.00–63.00	858	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	76.49/cwt	76.00–77.00	892	2
Bulls	—	—	1,206	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	977	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	59.56/cwt	59.00–61.00	671	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	41.55/cwt	39.00–45.00	405	7
Bulls	—	—	2,005	111.75/cwt	109.00–116.00	2,241	3
Bulls	—	—	1,504	94.85/cwt	94.00–96.00	1,427	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	817	111.48/cwt	109.00–114.00	911	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	121.23/cwt	118.00–124.00	742	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	125.00/cwt	120.00–129.00	654	14
Bulls	Medium 2	—	708	110.00/cwt	108.00–111.00	779	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	608	114.01/cwt	112.00–116.00	693	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	528	111.64/cwt	109.00–114.00	589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	460	171.53/cwt	170.00–173.00	789	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	369	168.76/cwt	165.00–174.00	623	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	352	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	317	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	132.38/cwt	129.00–135.00	436	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	458	110.01/cwt	108.00–112.00	504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	717	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	334	98.96/cwt	96.00–102.00	331	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	876	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	339	118.01/cwt	116.00–120.00	400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	101.96/cwt	100.00–106.00	747	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	123.28/cwt	119.00–126.00	706	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	121.84/cwt	120.00–125.00	584	6

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 Jan 27, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 304Last week 299Year ago 97

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 106Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	163.00–164.00	163.49
6	—	366	148.00–158.00	151.15
2	—	537	147.00–155.00	150.95
9	—	577	150.00–154.00	152.77
2	—	240	136.00–146.00	141.08
8	—	322	149.00–161.00	153.44
7	—	425	160.00–165.00	161.69
2	—	649	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	315	139.00–140.00	139.76
4	—	431	140.00–147.00	144.01
2	—	370	144.00–146.00	145.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	421	171.00–178.00	173.10
2	—	460	170.00–173.00	171.53
5	—	369	165.00–174.00	168.76
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	143	100.00	100.00
3	—	163	105.00–113.00	108.07
2	—	334	96.00–102.00	98.96
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	130.00–134.00	132.01
2	—	286	124.00–134.00	129.10
2	—	387	132.00	132.00
2	—	333	125.00–137.00	131.05
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	381	110.00–115.00	112.24
2	—	408	110.00	110.00
3	—	458	108.00–112.00	110.01
3	—	339	116.00–120.00	118.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	437	125.00–128.00	125.97
10	—	375	127.00–134.00	130.00
4	—	612	118.00–124.00	121.23
14	—	523	120.00–129.00	125.00
9	—	329	129.00–135.00	132.38
3	—	755	95.00	95.00
3	—	733	100.00–106.00	101.96
13	—	573	119.00–126.00	123.28
6	—	479	120.00–125.00	121.84
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	352	90.00	90.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	464	90.00–99.00	94.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	137.00–145.00	140.58
4	—	469	151.00–155.00	153.21
5	—	521	132.00–140.00	136.79
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	94.00–96.00	94.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	512	152.00–163.00	159.22
3	—	472	159.00–168.00	163.41
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	817	109.00–114.00	111.48
4	—	708	108.00–111.00	110.00
2	—	608	112.00–116.00	114.01
3	—	528	109.00–114.00	111.64

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,286	64.00–70.00	67.26
4	—	1,389	60.00–63.00	61.77
2	—	1,166	76.00–77.00	76.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	998	53.00–58.00	56.12
11	—	1,126	59.00–61.00	59.56
7	—	974	39.00–45.00	41.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,447	70.00–75.00	73.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,206	81.00	81.00
3	—	2,005	109.00–116.00	111.75
2	—	1,504	94.00–96.00	94.85

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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