Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 7.00 to 10.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 5.00 to 11.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.93/cwt on 131 head.

Average price

$153.93

131 head · 458 lb average

Value per head Derived

$705

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$420

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

$41.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.90

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	485	158.68	770	110
Medium and Large 3	319	131.88	421	17thin
Small 1-2	299	117.08	349	4thin

One grade step is worth $41.61/cwt here — about $420 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 sale131 hd

153.93

—

NC average7 barns · 726 hd

151.04

+2.90

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	—	Average	1,321	96.09	1,269	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,534	81.01	1,243	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,209	78.90	954	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,012	67.99	688	10

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	912	$875	4thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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 1-2Fleshy	—	372	141.00/cwt	135.00–147.00	525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	334	142.36/cwt	140.00–146.00	475	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	134.84/cwt	131.00–140.00	506	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	307	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	129.98/cwt	126.00–132.00	860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	133.49/cwt	130.00–138.00	424	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	884	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	229	134.64/cwt	131.00–137.00	308	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	421	128.96/cwt	126.00–130.00	543	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	153.79/cwt	149.00–161.00	660	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	154.33/cwt	154.00–155.00	721	3
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	323	107.14/cwt	104.00–110.00	346	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	277	138.06/cwt	135.00–140.00	382	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	156.01/cwt	150.00–162.00	510	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	124.10/cwt	120.00–128.00	450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	144.56/cwt	140.00–149.00	782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	331	129.02/cwt	127.00–130.00	427	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	127.47/cwt	125.00–130.00	993	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	427	172.73/cwt	169.00–173.00	738	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	857	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	591	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	969	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	696	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,086	15
Steers	Small 1-2	—	274	127.01/cwt	126.00–128.00	348	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	305	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	522	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	439	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	303	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	154.97/cwt	149.00–161.00	578	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	663	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	736	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	571	121.56/cwt	118.00–125.00	694	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	141.87/cwt	137.00–145.00	671	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	467	125.99/cwt	124.00–130.00	588	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	626	112.72/cwt	110.00–115.00	706	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	521	123.21/cwt	120.00–127.00	642	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	71.49/cwt	71.00–72.00	881	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	61.23/cwt	60.00–64.00	643	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	75.58/cwt	74.00–78.00	891	3
Bulls	—	—	1,565	99.53/cwt	94.00–102.00	1,558	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	72.50/cwt	68.00–75.00	716	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	87.72/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,315	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	76.99/cwt	74.00–81.00	1,197	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	83.85/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,020	5
Bulls	—	—	1,078	86.07/cwt	80.00–90.00	928	4
Bulls	—	—	1,074	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,278	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	944	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	880	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	411	132.00/cwt	130.00–134.00	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	380	128.39/cwt	125.00–130.00	488	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	396	148.67/cwt	147.00–150.00	589	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	135.92/cwt	130.00–140.00	841	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Full	—	477	115.51/cwt	115.00–116.00	551	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	136.26/cwt	130.00–141.00	706	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	271	121.10/cwt	116.00–123.00	328	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	121.50/cwt	121.00–122.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Full	—	417	112.05/cwt	111.00–114.00	467	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Full	—	475	111.39/cwt	109.00–114.00	529	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	137.68/cwt	134.00–140.00	781	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	129.96/cwt	128.00–133.00	806	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	576	126.67/cwt	124.00–130.00	730	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	142.41/cwt	137.00–145.00	625	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	137.88/cwt	132.00–141.00	805	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	256	130.00/cwt	129.00–131.00	333	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	122.58/cwt	118.00–126.00	450	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	138.62/cwt	133.00–145.00	647	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	137.16/cwt	135.00–139.00	701	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	123.04/cwt	118.00–126.00	400	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 Jul 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 357Last week 207Year ago 280

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 37Year ago 59

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 6Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	372	135.00–147.00	141.00
3	—	334	140.00–146.00	142.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	627	141.00	141.00
17	—	429	149.00–161.00	153.79
3	—	467	154.00–155.00	154.33
6	—	327	150.00–162.00	156.01
2	—	541	140.00–149.00	144.56
2	—	779	125.00–130.00	127.47
15	—	373	149.00–161.00	154.97
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	229	131.00–137.00	134.64
4	—	421	126.00–130.00	128.96
4	—	277	135.00–140.00	138.06
2	—	363	120.00–128.00	124.10
3	—	331	127.00–130.00	129.02
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	104.00–110.00	107.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	427	169.00–173.00	172.73
6	—	510	168.00	168.00
17	—	591	164.00	164.00
15	—	696	156.00	156.00
5	—	305	171.00	171.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	274	126.00–128.00	127.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	375	131.00–140.00	134.84
2	—	240	128.00	128.00
3	—	662	126.00–132.00	129.98
4	—	318	130.00–138.00	133.49
3	—	620	128.00–133.00	129.96
11	—	439	137.00–145.00	142.41
7	—	584	132.00–141.00	137.88
2	—	256	129.00–131.00	130.00
7	—	467	133.00–145.00	138.62
6	—	511	135.00–139.00	137.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	411	130.00–134.00	132.00
5	—	380	125.00–130.00	128.39
3	—	576	124.00–130.00	126.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	396	147.00–150.00	148.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	271	116.00–123.00	121.10
2	—	477	121.00–122.00	121.50
5	—	367	118.00–126.00	122.58
6	—	325	118.00–126.00	123.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	111.00–114.00	112.05
2	—	475	109.00–114.00	111.39
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	439	69.00	69.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	663	111.00	111.00
2	—	571	118.00–125.00	121.56
3	—	467	124.00–130.00	125.99
4	—	626	110.00–115.00	112.72
4	—	521	120.00–127.00	123.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	473	137.00–145.00	141.87
3	—	619	130.00–140.00	135.92
4	—	518	130.00–141.00	136.26
3	—	567	134.00–140.00	137.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	477	115.00–116.00	115.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,232	71.00–72.00	71.49
3	—	1,179	74.00–78.00	75.58
5	—	1,217	82.00–86.00	83.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,050	60.00–64.00	61.23
6	—	987	68.00–75.00	72.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,499	85.00–90.00	87.72
5	—	1,555	74.00–81.00	76.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,565	94.00–102.00	99.53
4	—	1,078	80.00–90.00	86.07
1	—	1,074	119.00	119.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	944	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	880	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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Powell Livestock Market - Smithfield, NC

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle