Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 9.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder steers were sharply lower; heifers were mostly 10.00 to 16.00 lower; and feeder bulls were mostly 16.00 to 20.00 lower. Demand was good for value added cattle, but moderate at best for other cattle; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.30/cwt on 123 head.

Average price

$151.30

123 head · 409 lb average

Value per head Derived

$618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$453

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

$61.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.03

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	448	167.86	752	81
Medium 2	358	125.64	450	28
Small 1-2	281	106.81	300	14thin

One grade step is worth $61.05/cwt here — about $453 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 sale123 hd

151.30

—

NC average8 barns · 873 hd

151.34

−0.03

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	1,723	104.95	1,808	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,222	79.65	974	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	74.83	1,107	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	958	57.42	550	7thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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 2Fancy	—	262	131.61/cwt	128.00–135.00	345	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	475	91.31/cwt	90.00–92.00	434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	474	118.63/cwt	117.00–120.00	562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	500	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	770	18
Steers	Medium 2	—	322	122.14/cwt	119.00–128.00	393	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	429	121.06/cwt	119.00–126.00	519	4
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	278	96.93/cwt	95.00–99.00	269	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	120.99/cwt	120.00–122.00	570	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	185	113.36/cwt	110.00–115.00	210	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	154.13/cwt	147.00–161.00	737	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	149.02/cwt	144.00–156.00	639	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	129.17/cwt	127.00–131.00	428	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	469	110.70/cwt	107.00–115.00	519	8
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	366	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	344	2
Steers	Medium 2Fancy	—	415	131.32/cwt	129.00–133.00	545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	148.73/cwt	148.00–150.00	556	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	381	131.41/cwt	129.00–135.00	501	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	386	159.03/cwt	158.00–160.00	614	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	323	101.95/cwt	101.00–103.00	329	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	374	108.38/cwt	104.00–113.00	405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	508	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	940	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	149.64/cwt	147.00–151.00	413	3
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	332	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	375	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	387	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	130.34/cwt	130.00–131.00	882	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	279	119.02/cwt	118.00–120.00	332	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	196	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	225	1
Dairy Steers	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	233	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	186	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	145.69/cwt	144.00–152.00	500	7
Steers	Small 1-2	—	231	117.58/cwt	116.00–120.00	272	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	401	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	770	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	586	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	996	4
Dairy Steers	Small 3Fancy	—	239	102.49/cwt	99.00–106.00	245	2
Dairy Steers	Small 3	—	269	87.97/cwt	87.00–90.00	237	5
Dairy Steers	Small 3	—	243	89.68/cwt	89.00–91.00	218	6
Dairy Steers	Small 3	—	189	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	170	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	318	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	315	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	238	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	292	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	112.02/cwt	111.00–113.00	739	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	686	103.25/cwt	101.00–106.00	708	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	720	95.98/cwt	93.00–99.00	691	3
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	467	110.51/cwt	110.00–111.00	516	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	578	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	676	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	479	130.13/cwt	130.00–132.00	623	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	76.18/cwt	73.00–79.00	931	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	65.22/cwt	62.00–69.00	678	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	47.02/cwt	45.00–49.00	400	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	74.83/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,107	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	86.00/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,052	6
Bulls	—	—	1,835	112.77/cwt	110.00–115.00	2,069	11
Bulls	—	—	1,477	102.65/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,516	2
Bulls	—	—	1,351	64.22/cwt	63.00–65.00	868	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,038	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	7,007	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,036	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	10,619	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,176	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,936	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	826.76/cwt	750.00–875.00	8,210	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,262	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	13,251	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	14,196	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	689	611.28/cwt	525.00–650.00	4,212	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,480	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,288	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	14,490	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	574	108.69/cwt	105.00–114.00	624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	150.38/cwt	149.00–155.00	696	11
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	476	90.97/cwt	90.00–92.00	433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	130.64/cwt	125.00–134.00	688	11
Bulls	Medium 2Fancy	—	479	126.49/cwt	125.00–128.00	606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	524	121.50/cwt	121.00–122.00	637	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	187	105.56/cwt	101.00–110.00	197	2
Heifers	Medium 2Fancy	—	392	122.48/cwt	121.00–124.00	480	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	130.00/cwt	125.00–132.00	749	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	430	146.03/cwt	140.00–152.00	628	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	520	112.36/cwt	110.00–117.00	584	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	110.80/cwt	110.00–113.00	698	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	376	112.14/cwt	110.00–117.00	422	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	523	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	544	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	573	100.51/cwt	100.00–101.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	429	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	429	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	115.29/cwt	114.00–117.00	654	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	479	112.01/cwt	110.00–115.00	537	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	127.40/cwt	124.00–130.00	485	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	126.63/cwt	125.00–130.00	531	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	100.50/cwt	100.00–101.00	716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	565	129.02/cwt	128.00–130.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	129.55/cwt	128.00–131.00	341	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	411	107.03/cwt	106.00–108.00	440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	418	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	694	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	109.99/cwt	107.00–114.00	684	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	118.95/cwt	114.00–124.00	623	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	326	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	359	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 Mar 10, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 513Last week 271Year ago 507

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 64Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 15Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	262	128.00–135.00	131.61
3	—	415	129.00–133.00	131.32
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	322	119.00–128.00	122.14
4	—	429	119.00–126.00	121.06
9	—	381	129.00–135.00	131.41
3	—	279	118.00–120.00	119.02
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	278	95.00–99.00	96.93
2	—	366	94.00	94.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	185	110.00–115.00	113.36
2	—	323	101.00–103.00	101.95
2	—	374	104.00–113.00	108.38
3	—	231	116.00–120.00	117.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	478	147.00–161.00	154.13
11	—	429	144.00–156.00	149.02
4	—	374	148.00–150.00	148.73
3	—	276	147.00–151.00	149.64
3	—	677	130.00–131.00	130.34
7	—	343	144.00–152.00	145.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	386	158.00–160.00	159.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	508	185.00	185.00
16	—	401	192.00	192.00
4	—	586	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	332	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	387	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	90.00–92.00	91.31
2	—	187	101.00–110.00	105.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	474	117.00–120.00	118.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	500	154.00	154.00
17	—	418	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	120.00–122.00	120.99
4	—	331	127.00–131.00	129.17
7	—	567	114.00–117.00	115.29
7	—	381	124.00–130.00	127.40
5	—	419	125.00–130.00	126.63
2	—	712	100.00–101.00	100.50
2	—	263	128.00–131.00	129.55
5	—	622	107.00–114.00	109.99
10	—	524	114.00–124.00	118.95
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	469	107.00–115.00	110.70
5	—	376	110.00–117.00	112.14
2	—	523	104.00	104.00
2	—	573	100.00–101.00	100.51
2	—	411	106.00–108.00	107.03
2	—	326	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	392	121.00–124.00	122.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	140.00–152.00	146.03
2	—	565	128.00–130.00	129.02
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	429	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	110.00–115.00	112.01
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	196	115.00	115.00
1	—	318	99.00	99.00
1	—	238	122.50	122.50
Dairy Steers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	233	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Small 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	239	99.00–106.00	102.49
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	269	87.00–90.00	87.97
6	—	243	89.00–91.00	89.68
3	—	189	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	111.00–113.00	112.02
11	—	463	149.00–155.00	150.38
11	—	527	125.00–134.00	130.64
5	—	576	125.00–132.00	130.00
5	—	630	110.00–113.00	110.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	686	101.00–106.00	103.25
3	—	720	93.00–99.00	95.98
4	—	578	117.00	117.00
14	—	479	130.00–132.00	130.13
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	467	110.00–111.00	110.51
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	574	105.00–114.00	108.69
6	—	520	110.00–117.00	112.36
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	476	90.00–92.00	90.97
Bulls — Medium 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	479	125.00–128.00	126.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	524	121.00–122.00	121.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,222	73.00–79.00	76.18
6	—	1,223	83.00–90.00	86.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,039	62.00–69.00	65.22
3	—	850	45.00–49.00	47.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,480	70.00–80.00	74.83
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,835	110.00–115.00	112.77
2	—	1,477	100.00–105.00	102.65
2	—	1,351	63.00–65.00	64.22

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,038	675.00	675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,036	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,176	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	993	750.00–875.00	826.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,262	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,092	1,300.00	1,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,288	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	689	525.00–650.00	611.28

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

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