Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder cattle were steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offering of cattle were light. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.95/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −72.85 against this barn's trailing median of $201.79.

Average price

$128.95

60 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$745

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$313

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

$37.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.49

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	580	134.93	783	47
Medium 2	583	109.09	636	11thin
Small 1-2	482	97.50	470	2thin

One grade step is worth $37.43/cwt here — about $313 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

11 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $214.68, low $185.11, median $201.79 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale60 hd

128.95

—

NC average8 barns · 554 hd

139.44

−10.49

This barn, trailing median11 sales

201.79

−72.85

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	1,543	99.08	1,529	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,159	77.61	899	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,513	76.23	1,153	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	965	61.73	596	11

Every lot, as filed

76 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 1-2	—	530	128.06/cwt	120.00–140.00	679	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	468	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	381	122.34/cwt	120.00–124.00	466	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	322	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	167.48/cwt	167.00–168.00	399	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	160.12/cwt	150.00–170.00	684	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	995	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	652	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	665	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	418	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	143.27/cwt	140.00–147.00	334	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	412	127.01/cwt	119.00–140.00	523	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	550	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	715	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	369	132.39/cwt	119.00–145.00	489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	142.43/cwt	131.00–148.00	540	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	382	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	401	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	981	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,076	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	551	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	920	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	446	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,071	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	800	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	262	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	158.55/cwt	157.00–160.00	591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	752	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	318	131.03/cwt	129.00–133.00	417	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	300	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	164.27/cwt	150.00–174.00	526	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	156.42/cwt	136.00–160.00	892	7
Dairy Heifers	Small 3	—	676	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	118.50/cwt	118.00–119.00	961	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	106.93/cwt	104.00–110.00	825	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	572	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	518	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	642	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	552	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	620	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	688	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	62.51/cwt	56.00–68.00	611	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	76.23/cwt	72.00–86.00	1,153	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	51.99/cwt	50.00–54.00	451	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	791	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	942	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	829	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	76.46/cwt	73.00–81.00	905	9
Bulls	—	—	1,543	99.08/cwt	89.00–105.00	1,529	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	450	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	477	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	151.48/cwt	141.00–157.00	738	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	477	120.64/cwt	120.00–122.00	575	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	514	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	457	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	522	117.65/cwt	111.00–124.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	656	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	686	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	734	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	614	100.44/cwt	96.00–104.00	617	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	828	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	654	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	129.58/cwt	120.00–139.00	810	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	122.49/cwt	122.00–123.00	828	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	563	103.51/cwt	103.00–104.00	583	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	141.07/cwt	130.00–160.00	742	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	139.85/cwt	134.00–146.00	814	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	562	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	526	115.51/cwt	114.00–117.00	608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	306	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	428	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	198	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	202	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	965	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	514	110.02/cwt	105.00–112.00	566	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	268	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	255	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	316	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	348	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	278	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	359	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	121.93/cwt	116.00–130.00	755	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	112.03/cwt	109.00–115.00	820	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	129.50/cwt	128.00–131.00	571	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	131.54/cwt	127.00–136.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	660	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	739	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	421	112.36/cwt	109.00–118.00	473	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	119.87/cwt	116.00–124.00	804	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 Sep 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 190Last week 366Year ago 239

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 50Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	120.00–140.00	128.06
1	—	572	124.00	124.00
4	—	233	140.00–147.00	143.27
1	—	270	151.00	151.00
5	—	379	131.00–148.00	142.43
1	—	306	140.00	140.00
1	—	862	112.00	112.00
4	—	619	116.00–130.00	121.93
2	—	732	109.00–115.00	112.03
2	—	441	128.00–131.00	129.50
2	—	482	127.00–136.00	131.54
2	—	671	116.00–124.00	119.87
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	468	111.00	111.00
3	—	381	120.00–124.00	122.34
2	—	322	120.00	120.00
1	—	652	102.00	102.00
2	—	563	103.00–104.00	103.51
6	—	514	105.00–112.00	110.02
1	—	278	129.00	129.00
6	—	421	109.00–118.00	112.36
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	418	100.00	100.00
1	—	198	102.00	102.00
1	—	268	95.00	95.00
1	—	316	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	686	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	562	114.00	114.00
2	—	526	114.00–117.00	115.51
1	—	660	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	238	167.00–168.00	167.48
6	—	427	150.00–170.00	160.12
1	—	504	140.00	140.00
1	—	654	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,076	122.00	122.00
3	—	776	138.00	138.00
1	—	262	160.00	160.00
2	—	373	157.00–160.00	158.55
1	—	488	154.00	154.00
4	—	320	150.00–174.00	164.27
7	—	570	136.00–160.00	156.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	622	160.00	160.00
11	—	551	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	412	119.00–140.00	127.01
1	—	550	130.00	130.00
2	—	369	119.00–145.00	132.39
2	—	318	129.00–133.00	131.03
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	382	105.00	105.00
1	—	300	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	446	140.00	140.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	60.00	60.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	676	66.00	66.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	811	118.00–119.00	118.50
2	—	772	104.00–110.00	106.93
7	—	487	141.00–157.00	151.48
8	—	625	120.00–139.00	129.58
2	—	676	122.00–123.00	122.49
14	—	526	130.00–160.00	141.07
7	—	582	134.00–146.00	139.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	572	125.00	125.00
1	—	654	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	518	124.00	124.00
1	—	552	120.00	120.00
1	—	620	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	106.00	106.00
1	—	514	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	120.00–122.00	120.64
2	—	522	111.00–124.00	117.65
1	—	656	112.00	112.00
4	—	614	96.00–104.00	100.44
1	—	828	89.00	89.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	978	56.00–68.00	62.51
2	—	868	50.00–54.00	51.99
1	—	1,054	75.00	75.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,513	72.00–86.00	76.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	942	88.00	88.00
9	—	1,183	73.00–81.00	76.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,543	89.00–105.00	99.08

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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