Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher and boning type slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 higher; slaughter bulls were steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand for value added and fancy feeder cattle was good, others moderate; market activity and buyer interest was fairly active. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was mostly average to attractive. "By the head" calves were 125.00 per head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $177.84/cwt on 153 head.

Average price

$177.84

153 head · 437 lb average

Value per head Derived

$777

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

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

$75.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.36

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	445	183.29	815	137
Medium 2	371	136.51	506	12thin
Medium 3	283	122.88	348	2thin
Small 1-2	444	107.50	477	2thin

One grade step is worth $75.79/cwt here — about $338 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 sale153 hd

177.84

—

NC average8 barns · 789 hd

166.49

+11.36

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	—	High	1,512	95.75	1,448	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,146	79.48	910	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,367	76.04	1,039	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	881	62.96	555	17

Every lot, as filed

66 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	—	461	186.64/cwt	181.00–190.00	860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	128.91/cwt	125.00–135.00	673	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	410	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	122.16/cwt	120.00–126.00	764	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	139.21/cwt	136.00–142.00	395	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	613	134.67/cwt	134.00–135.00	826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	315	162.39/cwt	159.00–164.00	512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	534	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	945	12
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	421	120.66/cwt	120.00–122.00	508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	411	194.81/cwt	190.00–200.00	801	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	340	186.28/cwt	180.00–194.00	633	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	393	146.06/cwt	140.00–150.00	574	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	900	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	283	122.88/cwt	120.00–126.00	348	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	228	141.49/cwt	141.00–142.00	323	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	338	140.50/cwt	134.00–147.00	475	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	444	107.50/cwt	104.00–111.00	477	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	432	197.49/cwt	191.00–199.00	853	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	459	194.10/cwt	186.00–197.00	891	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	176.89/cwt	170.00–185.00	644	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	439	137.01/cwt	134.00–140.00	601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	157.75/cwt	155.00–158.00	997	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	162.99/cwt	161.00–165.00	716	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,118	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	973	1
Dairy Heifers	Small 3	—	424	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	303	156.49/cwt	155.00–158.00	474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	167.03/cwt	165.00–171.00	536	7
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	518	110.12/cwt	104.00–116.00	570	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	512	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	147.22/cwt	140.00–154.00	838	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	480	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	883	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	475	157.37/cwt	150.00–161.00	748	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	468	182.77/cwt	180.00–185.00	855	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	88.48/cwt	88.00–89.00	1,108	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	76.48/cwt	74.00–79.00	849	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	849	49.57/cwt	48.00–50.00	421	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	68.54/cwt	63.00–70.00	613	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,367	76.04/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,039	3
Bulls	—	—	1,832	113.05/cwt	109.00–115.00	2,071	3
Bulls	—	—	1,375	88.33/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,215	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	944	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,608	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	464	127.95/cwt	125.00–131.00	594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	132.21/cwt	130.00–137.00	818	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	170.34/cwt	170.00–171.00	823	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	572	137.50/cwt	136.00–139.00	787	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	512	153.98/cwt	150.00–158.00	788	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	167.51/cwt	162.00–171.00	874	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	411	123.62/cwt	122.00–127.00	508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	133.83/cwt	130.00–140.00	502	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	128.61/cwt	125.00–133.00	731	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	823	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	475	92.05/cwt	90.00–94.00	437	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	515	127.97/cwt	124.00–132.00	659	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	482	108.30/cwt	106.00–110.00	522	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	131.86/cwt	128.00–135.00	621	11
Heifers	Medium 3	—	423	112.59/cwt	110.00–115.00	476	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	281	119.47/cwt	119.00–120.00	336	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	325	123.83/cwt	120.00–128.00	402	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	676	110.33/cwt	110.00–111.00	746	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	725	107.45/cwt	106.00–109.00	779	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	522	104.92/cwt	100.00–110.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	130.63/cwt	128.00–135.00	534	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	138.91/cwt	135.00–142.00	458	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	229	123.40/cwt	120.00–129.00	283	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	373	122.39/cwt	120.00–125.00	457	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	379	194.04/cwt	190.00–200.00	735	12

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 Feb 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 470Last week 318Year ago 6

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 69Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 3Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	461	181.00–190.00	186.64
11	—	411	190.00–200.00	194.81
5	—	340	180.00–194.00	186.28
12	—	379	190.00–200.00	194.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	134.00–135.00	134.67
3	—	315	159.00–164.00	162.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	534	177.00	177.00
29	—	432	191.00–199.00	197.49
22	—	459	186.00–197.00	194.10
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	421	120.00–122.00	120.66
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	393	140.00–150.00	146.06
2	—	228	141.00–142.00	141.49
2	—	338	134.00–147.00	140.50
2	—	439	134.00–140.00	137.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	163.00	163.00
11	—	364	170.00–185.00	176.89
12	—	632	155.00–158.00	157.75
2	—	439	161.00–165.00	162.99
7	—	321	165.00–171.00	167.03
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	283	120.00–126.00	122.88
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	444	104.00–111.00	107.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	303	155.00–158.00	156.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	522	125.00–135.00	128.91
13	—	625	120.00–126.00	122.16
5	—	284	136.00–142.00	139.21
11	—	375	130.00–140.00	133.83
8	—	568	125.00–133.00	128.61
2	—	683	120.00–121.00	120.50
11	—	471	128.00–135.00	131.86
13	—	409	128.00–135.00	130.63
5	—	330	135.00–142.00	138.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	411	122.00–127.00	123.62
2	—	281	119.00–120.00	119.47
7	—	325	120.00–128.00	123.83
3	—	229	120.00–129.00	123.40
2	—	373	120.00–125.00	122.39
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	90.00–94.00	92.05
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	106.00–110.00	108.30
2	—	423	110.00–115.00	112.59
3	—	676	110.00–111.00	110.33
2	—	725	106.00–109.00	107.45
2	—	522	100.00–110.00	104.92
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,118	87.00	87.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	424	83.00	83.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	104.00–116.00	110.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	512	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	569	140.00–154.00	147.22
5	—	619	130.00–137.00	132.21
3	—	483	170.00–171.00	170.34
12	—	522	162.00–171.00	167.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	480	184.00	184.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	150.00–161.00	157.37
2	—	572	136.00–139.00	137.50
2	—	512	150.00–158.00	153.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	180.00–185.00	182.77
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	464	125.00–131.00	127.95
4	—	515	124.00–132.00	127.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,252	88.00–89.00	88.48
6	—	1,110	74.00–79.00	76.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	849	48.00–50.00	49.57
12	—	895	63.00–70.00	68.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,367	74.00–79.00	76.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,832	109.00–115.00	113.05
7	—	1,375	86.00–90.00	88.33

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	944	700.00	700.00

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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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