Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offering of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.71/cwt on 102 head.

Average price

$149.71

102 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$474

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

$51.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.33

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	513	164.07	842	62
Medium 2	414	137.62	570	24
Small 1-2	327	112.22	367	16thin

One grade step is worth $51.85/cwt here — about $474 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 sale102 hd

149.71

—

NC average7 barns · 539 hd

158.05

−8.33

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	1,469	97.95	1,439	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,423	80.00	1,138	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,225	78.74	965	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	927	59.34	550	25

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	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	700	$631	2thin

Every lot, as filed

96 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 1-2	—	326	169.55/cwt	164.00–176.00	553	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	456	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	465	1
Dairy Steers	Small 3	—	364	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	319	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	171.49/cwt	165.00–179.00	815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	172.48/cwt	160.00–187.00	638	12
Steers	Medium 2	—	369	142.88/cwt	132.00–150.00	527	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	327	137.20/cwt	130.00–145.00	449	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	522	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	574	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	540	136.99/cwt	136.00–140.00	740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	169.52/cwt	159.00–180.00	709	8
Steers	Small 1-2	—	295	113.52/cwt	109.00–118.00	335	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	374	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	374	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	231	122.34/cwt	109.00–135.00	283	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	420	139.46/cwt	130.00–154.00	586	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	246	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	634	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	837	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	674	168.44/cwt	163.00–170.00	1,135	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	630	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	869	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	416	111.78/cwt	93.00–123.00	465	5
Steers	Medium 2Full	—	388	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	732	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,003	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	135.67/cwt	134.00–138.00	442	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	126.84/cwt	118.00–132.00	854	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	911	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	414	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	323	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	144.38/cwt	140.00–150.00	680	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	911	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	264	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	370	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	464	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,056	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	983	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	956	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,147	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	186	105.13/cwt	93.00–117.00	196	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,198	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	604	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,054	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	792	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,180	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	166.23/cwt	157.00–177.00	959	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	164.40/cwt	160.00–167.00	858	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	234	157.90/cwt	152.00–164.00	369	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	162.71/cwt	150.00–172.00	766	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	120.77/cwt	112.00–130.00	815	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	151.74/cwt	140.00–163.00	792	10
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	842	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	472	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	606	111.51/cwt	110.00–113.00	676	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	50.69/cwt	40.00–58.00	451	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	67.32/cwt	60.00–74.00	648	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,138	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	78.74/cwt	74.00–83.00	965	15
Bulls	—	—	970	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	757	1
Bulls	—	—	2,070	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	2,318	1
Bulls	—	—	1,418	100.90/cwt	90.00–107.00	1,431	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	700	631.43/head	550.00–700.00	631	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	750	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	600	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Full	—	816	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	604	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	502	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	653	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	467	127.71/cwt	120.00–132.00	596	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	592	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium 2Full	—	519	109.48/cwt	109.00–110.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	664	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	129.55/cwt	120.00–138.00	806	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	474	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	427	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	587	122.52/cwt	121.00–124.00	719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	142.70/cwt	134.00–165.00	816	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	618	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	378	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	401	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	533	122.97/cwt	121.00–125.00	655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	473	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	143.87/cwt	135.00–151.00	544	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	141.35/cwt	130.00–149.00	732	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	139.69/cwt	134.00–145.00	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	108.52/cwt	107.00–110.00	795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	406	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	467	119.88/cwt	114.00–126.00	560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	136.15/cwt	124.00–147.00	782	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	188	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	259	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	448	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	132.88/cwt	128.00–138.00	828	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	338	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	406	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	594	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	628	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	697	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	658	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	537	116.31/cwt	114.00–119.00	625	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	429	123.11/cwt	120.00–130.00	528	3
Heifers	Small 1-2Gaunt	—	310	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	229	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	494	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	764	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	642	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	828	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	298	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	343	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	350	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	679	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	910	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	684	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	746	1

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 15, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 292Last week 246Year ago 392

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 37Year ago 81

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 3Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	326	164.00–176.00	169.55
4	—	475	165.00–179.00	171.49
12	—	370	160.00–187.00	172.48
8	—	418	159.00–180.00	169.52
1	—	754	140.00	140.00
1	—	622	158.00	158.00
1	—	956	120.00	120.00
1	—	862	139.00	139.00
3	—	577	157.00–177.00	166.23
3	—	522	160.00–167.00	164.40
2	—	234	152.00–164.00	157.90
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	369	132.00–150.00	142.88
3	—	327	130.00–145.00	137.20
4	—	540	136.00–140.00	136.99
8	—	420	130.00–154.00	139.46
1	—	246	130.00	130.00
1	—	264	140.00	140.00
1	—	464	140.00	140.00
1	—	604	126.00	126.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	522	110.00	110.00
2	—	295	109.00–118.00	113.52
2	—	374	100.00	100.00
4	—	231	109.00–135.00	122.34
5	—	416	93.00–123.00	111.78
2	—	186	93.00–117.00	105.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	634	132.00	132.00
1	—	414	156.00	156.00
2	—	323	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	674	163.00–170.00	168.44
1	—	620	170.00	170.00
1	—	792	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	138.00	138.00
1	—	732	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	388	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	456	102.00	102.00
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	364	87.50	87.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	326	134.00–138.00	135.67
7	—	673	118.00–132.00	126.84
9	—	471	140.00–150.00	144.38
1	—	828	110.00	110.00
7	—	378	135.00–151.00	143.87
6	—	518	130.00–149.00	141.35
2	—	429	134.00–145.00	139.69
2	—	733	107.00–110.00	108.52
1	—	290	140.00	140.00
6	—	574	124.00–147.00	136.15
8	—	623	128.00–138.00	132.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	157.00	157.00
1	—	718	137.00	137.00
3	—	679	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	664	112.00	112.00
1	—	618	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	378	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	121.00–125.00	122.97
2	—	473	130.00	130.00
1	—	684	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	114.00–126.00	119.88
1	—	188	138.00	138.00
1	—	338	120.00	120.00
1	—	594	110.00	110.00
1	—	628	111.00	111.00
1	—	658	93.00	93.00
3	—	537	114.00–119.00	116.31
3	—	429	120.00–130.00	123.11
1	—	764	84.00	84.00
1	—	828	85.00	85.00
1	—	298	115.00	115.00
1	—	350	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	448	103.00	103.00
1	—	494	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	74.00	74.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	471	150.00–172.00	162.71
2	—	675	112.00–130.00	120.77
10	—	522	140.00–163.00	151.74
3	—	622	120.00–138.00	129.55
5	—	572	134.00–165.00	142.70
1	—	706	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	842	82.00	82.00
1	—	750	80.00	80.00
1	—	474	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	472	134.00	134.00
2	—	606	110.00–113.00	111.51
1	—	592	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	816	74.00	74.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	502	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	467	120.00–132.00	127.71
2	—	587	121.00–124.00	122.52
Bulls — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	519	109.00–110.00	109.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	890	40.00–58.00	50.69
13	—	962	60.00–74.00	67.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,423	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,225	74.00–83.00	78.74
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	78.00	78.00
1	—	2,070	112.00	112.00
2	—	1,418	90.00–107.00	100.90

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	700	550.00–700.00	631.43

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