Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 5.00 to 6.00 lower, while boning type slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers were mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower, while heifers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher and feeder bulls were mixed,

2.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Demand, 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 $128.90/cwt on 83 head.

Average price

$128.90

83 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$135

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

$31.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.28

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	478	134.87	645	50
Medium 2	412	127.29	524	17thin
Medium and Large 3	545	114.95	627	12thin
Small 1-2	757	103.04	779	4thin

One grade step is worth $31.84/cwt here — about −$135 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 sale83 hd

128.90

—

NC average8 barns · 1,099 hd

129.19

−0.28

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	1,550	97.25	1,507	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,185	71.21	844	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,431	67.56	967	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	978	58.25	570	19

Every lot, as filed

62 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	281	117.52/cwt	117.00–118.00	330	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	681	103.07/cwt	100.00–106.00	702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	125.75/cwt	123.00–127.00	781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	155.68/cwt	154.00–157.00	604	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	156.98/cwt	150.00–163.00	678	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	138.56/cwt	134.00–144.00	650	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	138.29/cwt	132.00–144.00	523	9
Steers	Small 1-2	—	428	113.76/cwt	110.00–120.00	487	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	383	145.63/cwt	141.00–150.00	558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	147.24/cwt	143.00–151.00	757	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	420	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	760	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	832	103.00/cwt	102.00–104.00	857	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	139.34/cwt	133.00–144.00	599	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	375	139.50/cwt	136.00–145.00	523	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	141.70/cwt	140.00–144.00	809	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	278	142.26/cwt	137.00–147.00	395	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	463	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	324	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	318	134.94/cwt	130.00–140.00	429	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	486	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	904	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	477	133.30/cwt	130.00–135.00	636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	513	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	893	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	154.39/cwt	150.00–161.00	746	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	960	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	960	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	564	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	496	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	422	135.87/cwt	132.00–140.00	573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	729	112.68/cwt	110.00–114.00	821	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	463	126.60/cwt	124.00–130.00	586	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	135.70/cwt	130.00–140.00	716	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	131.28/cwt	127.00–136.00	821	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	124.66/cwt	120.00–128.00	891	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	129.00/cwt	128.00–130.00	991	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	57.76/cwt	54.00–60.00	567	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	58.08/cwt	56.00–60.00	804	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	77.32/cwt	75.00–81.00	923	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	72.44/cwt	70.00–75.00	736	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	72.30/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,051	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	70.89/cwt	67.00–74.00	841	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	64.27/cwt	60.00–66.00	753	5
Bulls	—	—	1,531	106.43/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,629	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	65.10/cwt	62.00–68.00	646	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	39.90/cwt	35.00–46.00	370	4
Bulls	—	—	1,650	98.08/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,618	5
Bulls	—	—	1,438	89.32/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,284	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	909	866.53/cwt	850.00–875.00	7,877	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	790	869.87/cwt	775.00–975.00	6,872	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	148.06/cwt	141.00–154.00	705	13
Heifers	Medium 2	—	326	127.64/cwt	125.00–130.00	416	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	392	129.01/cwt	128.00–130.00	506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	790	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	873	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	127.22/cwt	124.00–129.00	861	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	135.08/cwt	129.00–140.00	769	19
Heifers	Medium 2	—	470	129.67/cwt	129.00–130.00	609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	114.96/cwt	113.00–117.00	604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	133.96/cwt	130.00–138.00	693	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	127.76/cwt	125.00–132.00	731	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	288	132.45/cwt	130.00–135.00	381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	567	114.02/cwt	111.00–116.00	646	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	419	128.22/cwt	124.00–131.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	531	121.78/cwt	120.00–125.00	647	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	433	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	364	168.93/cwt	166.00–172.50	615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	676	114.35/cwt	110.00–119.00	773	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 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 317Last week 305Year ago 423

Slaughter CattleReceipts 63Last week 63Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 6Year ago 3

2.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	281	117.00–118.00	117.52
3	—	525	113.00–117.00	114.96
3	—	567	111.00–116.00	114.02
4	—	676	110.00–119.00	114.35
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	681	100.00–106.00	103.07
2	—	832	102.00–104.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	621	123.00–127.00	125.75
11	—	469	134.00–144.00	138.56
9	—	378	132.00–144.00	138.29
9	—	430	133.00–144.00	139.34
7	—	517	130.00–138.00	133.96
8	—	572	125.00–132.00	127.76
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	326	125.00–130.00	127.64
3	—	470	129.00–130.00	129.67
2	—	288	130.00–135.00	132.45
3	—	419	124.00–131.00	128.22
4	—	531	120.00–125.00	121.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	392	128.00–130.00	129.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	388	154.00–157.00	155.68
9	—	432	150.00–163.00	156.98
4	—	514	143.00–151.00	147.24
3	—	571	140.00–144.00	141.70
6	—	483	150.00–161.00	154.39
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	110.00–120.00	113.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	141.00–150.00	145.63
2	—	433	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	181.00	181.00
7	—	486	186.00	186.00
2	—	513	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	375	136.00–145.00	139.50
5	—	278	137.00–147.00	142.26
6	—	318	130.00–140.00	134.94
3	—	477	130.00–135.00	133.30
2	—	422	132.00–140.00	135.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	364	166.00–172.50	168.93
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	463	70.00	70.00
1	—	564	88.00	88.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	960	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	729	110.00–114.00	112.68
2	—	790	110.00–111.00	110.50
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	124.00–130.00	126.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	528	130.00–140.00	135.70
10	—	625	127.00–136.00	131.28
3	—	715	120.00–128.00	124.66
2	—	768	128.00–130.00	129.00
13	—	476	141.00–154.00	148.06
9	—	677	124.00–129.00	127.22
19	—	569	129.00–140.00	135.08

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	981	54.00–60.00	57.76
2	—	1,016	70.00–75.00	72.44
7	—	993	62.00–68.00	65.10
4	—	928	35.00–46.00	39.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,384	56.00–60.00	58.08
4	—	1,454	70.00–74.00	72.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,194	75.00–81.00	77.32
6	—	1,186	67.00–74.00	70.89
5	—	1,172	60.00–66.00	64.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,531	103.00–109.00	106.43
5	—	1,650	95.00–100.00	98.08
4	—	1,438	88.00–90.00	89.32

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	909	850.00–875.00	866.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	790	775.00–975.00	869.87

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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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