Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 7.00 to 8.00 lower and boning type slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower; there were too few comparable slaughter bulls to establish an adequate market comparison. Feeder cattle were mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand for feeder cattle was fairly good; market activity and buyer interest were fairly active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.78/cwt on 97 head.

Average price

$153.78

97 head · 460 lb average

Value per head Derived

$708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$48.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.49

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	465	159.11	740	78
Medium 2	449	134.41	604	17thin
Small 1-2	375	110.53	414	2thin

One grade step is worth $48.58/cwt here — about $325 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 sale97 hd

153.78

—

NC average8 barns · 738 hd

159.27

−5.49

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	1,609	95.90	1,543	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,534	76.67	1,176	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,213	76.41	927	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	924	65.53	605	25

Every lot, as filed

65 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 1-2Value Added	—	660	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,023	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	437	125.46/cwt	122.00–129.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	367	149.74/cwt	149.00–150.00	550	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	275	127.13/cwt	125.00–129.00	350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	126.50/cwt	126.00–127.00	719	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	141.33/cwt	137.00–146.00	591	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	134.00/cwt	131.00–137.00	373	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	315	152.03/cwt	151.00–153.00	479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	358	170.97/cwt	168.00–174.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	139.83/cwt	138.00–143.00	315	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	764	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	575	134.02/cwt	133.00–135.00	771	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	434	154.82/cwt	149.00–158.00	672	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	157.51/cwt	150.00–160.00	825	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	156.28/cwt	154.00–160.00	739	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	160.04/cwt	154.00–167.00	611	17
Steers	Medium 2	—	391	133.27/cwt	130.00–135.00	521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	151.35/cwt	144.00–157.00	884	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	425	173.21/cwt	171.00–175.00	736	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	527	140.56/cwt	135.00–144.00	741	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	314	142.39/cwt	138.00–148.00	447	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	163.70/cwt	158.00–170.00	532	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	160.19/cwt	155.00–166.00	686	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	830	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	996	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	375	110.53/cwt	110.00–111.00	414	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	247	131.66/cwt	127.50–135.00	325	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	141.99/cwt	140.00–145.00	738	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	558	121.99/cwt	120.00–125.00	681	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	870	90.50/cwt	90.00–91.00	787	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	477	138.75/cwt	134.00–141.00	662	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	475	160.05/cwt	157.00–161.00	760	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	511	153.99/cwt	153.00–155.00	787	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	864	40.93/cwt	40.00–43.00	354	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	81.83/cwt	81.00–83.00	1,334	6
Bulls	—	—	1,341	83.99/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,126	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	934	77.37/cwt	74.00–80.00	723	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	68.56/cwt	65.00–71.00	663	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	871	60.95/cwt	59.00–63.00	531	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	77.09/cwt	72.00–80.00	1,191	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	69.06/cwt	65.00–70.00	953	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	66.51/cwt	65.00–69.00	804	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	83.05/cwt	81.00–86.00	1,023	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	76.69/cwt	72.00–80.00	926	23
Bulls	—	—	1,877	107.81/cwt	105.00–110.00	2,024	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	818	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,340	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	874	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,429	1
Bulls	Medium 2Fleshy	—	495	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	634	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	130.99/cwt	128.00–135.00	904	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	712	123.99/cwt	123.00–125.00	883	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	773	117.32/cwt	116.00–118.00	907	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	139.29/cwt	135.00–144.00	804	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	133.78/cwt	131.00–136.00	840	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	362	122.50/cwt	122.00–123.00	443	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Full	—	680	97.78/cwt	94.00–101.00	665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	—	481	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	481	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	—	680	110.02/cwt	109.00–111.00	748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	147.74/cwt	143.00–153.00	706	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	741	102.50/cwt	102.00–103.00	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	126.10/cwt	121.00–131.00	658	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	138.41/cwt	134.00–144.00	462	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	115.50/cwt	115.00–116.00	627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	134.30/cwt	129.00–138.00	642	11
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	565	103.24/cwt	100.00–107.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	136.63/cwt	131.00–140.00	510	4

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 Apr 7, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 325Last week 272Year ago 402

Slaughter CattleReceipts 117Last week 76Year ago 68

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 10Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	660	155.00	155.00
5	—	425	171.00–175.00	173.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	151.00–153.00	152.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	168.00–174.00	170.97
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	133.00–135.00	134.02
4	—	391	130.00–135.00	133.27
3	—	527	135.00–144.00	140.56
3	—	314	138.00–148.00	142.39
2	—	830	120.00	120.00
3	—	247	127.50–135.00	131.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	524	150.00–160.00	157.51
3	—	473	154.00–160.00	156.28
17	—	382	154.00–167.00	160.04
12	—	584	144.00–157.00	151.35
11	—	325	158.00–170.00	163.70
10	—	428	155.00–166.00	160.19
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	110.00–111.00	110.53
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	437	122.00–129.00	125.46
3	—	275	125.00–129.00	127.13
2	—	362	122.00–123.00	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	367	149.00–150.00	149.74
8	—	434	149.00–158.00	154.82
4	—	481	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	126.00–127.00	126.50
8	—	418	137.00–146.00	141.33
2	—	278	131.00–137.00	134.00
3	—	225	138.00–143.00	139.83
5	—	606	126.00	126.00
14	—	522	121.00–131.00	126.10
6	—	334	134.00–144.00	138.41
11	—	478	129.00–138.00	134.30
4	—	373	131.00–140.00	136.63
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	680	94.00–101.00	97.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	481	110.00	110.00
2	—	680	109.00–111.00	110.02
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	741	102.00–103.00	102.50
4	—	565	100.00–107.00	103.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	115.00–116.00	115.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	520	140.00–145.00	141.99
3	—	690	128.00–135.00	130.99
10	—	577	135.00–144.00	139.29
4	—	628	131.00–136.00	133.78
9	—	478	143.00–153.00	147.74
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	558	120.00–125.00	121.99
2	—	712	123.00–125.00	123.99
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	870	90.00–91.00	90.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	477	134.00–141.00	138.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	475	157.00–161.00	160.05
2	—	511	153.00–155.00	153.99
Bulls — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	773	116.00–118.00	117.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	864	40.00–43.00	40.93
6	—	934	74.00–80.00	77.37
10	—	967	65.00–71.00	68.56
6	—	871	59.00–63.00	60.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,630	81.00–83.00	81.83
17	—	1,545	72.00–80.00	77.09
5	—	1,380	65.00–70.00	69.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,209	65.00–69.00	66.51
8	—	1,232	81.00–86.00	83.05
23	—	1,208	72.00–80.00	76.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,341	80.00–89.00	83.99
2	—	1,877	105.00–110.00	107.81

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	818	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	874	850.00	850.00

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

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