Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offering of cattle were heavy. Cattle quality was some of all.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.08/cwt on 188 head.

Average price

$120.08

188 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$336

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

$30.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.74

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	506	124.58	631	139
Medium 2	452	109.81	496	41
Small 1-2	313	94.40	295	8thin

One grade step is worth $30.18/cwt here — about $336 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 sale188 hd

120.08

—

NC average6 barns · 1,012 hd

125.81

−5.74

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	1,244	83.24	1,035	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,174	66.73	783	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,639	60.67	994	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	972	52.58	511	22

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)	925	$600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

103 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	Small 1-2	—	484	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	714	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	433	137.95/cwt	133.00–140.00	597	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	176	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	167	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	690	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	192	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	232	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	587	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	646	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	310	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	119.63/cwt	108.00–125.00	758	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	112.67/cwt	100.00–126.00	752	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	135.18/cwt	128.00–141.00	500	13
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	294	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	134.91/cwt	129.00–140.00	433	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	377	132.17/cwt	123.00–141.00	498	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	125.40/cwt	117.00–133.00	651	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	101.00/cwt	100.00–102.00	888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	124.09/cwt	110.00–131.00	710	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	134.89/cwt	130.00–141.00	380	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	129.97/cwt	124.00–138.00	558	16
Steers	Medium 2	—	218	128.90/cwt	124.00–138.00	281	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	324	114.98/cwt	110.00–121.00	373	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	106.16/cwt	90.00–117.00	814	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	924	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	841	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	338	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	308	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	113.05/cwt	110.00–119.00	804	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	268	134.37/cwt	130.00–139.00	360	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	433	127.35/cwt	118.00–135.00	551	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	466	130.30/cwt	124.00–132.00	607	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	332	134.97/cwt	129.00–140.00	448	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	157.71/cwt	143.00–174.00	588	20
Steers	Small 1-2	—	380	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	353	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	284	107.72/cwt	100.00–113.00	306	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	574	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	551	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	602	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	638	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	522	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	574	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	155.11/cwt	143.00–162.00	510	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	133.19/cwt	130.00–134.00	827	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	137.82/cwt	125.00–142.00	907	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	151.88/cwt	142.00–163.00	642	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	921	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	430	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	291	149.69/cwt	140.00–160.00	436	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	243	150.51/cwt	150.00–151.00	366	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	123.16/cwt	123.00–124.00	919	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	135.75/cwt	130.00–147.00	646	19
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	518	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	111.31/cwt	108.00–120.00	695	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	127.21/cwt	120.00–138.00	668	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	942	43.59/cwt	40.00–50.00	411	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,691	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	930	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,534	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,104	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	779	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	67.21/cwt	61.00–75.00	783	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	56.77/cwt	50.00–63.00	560	15
Bulls	—	—	1,044	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,044	1
Bulls	—	—	1,262	81.72/cwt	70.00–91.00	1,031	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	925	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	630	96.19/cwt	90.00–100.00	606	5
Bulls	Medium 2Fleshy	—	892	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	687	1
Bulls	Medium 2Fleshy	—	484	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	637	103.98/cwt	100.00–108.00	662	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	731	72.02/cwt	70.00–75.00	526	3
Bulls	Small 1-2Full	—	692	66.48/cwt	64.00–69.00	460	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	481	96.73/cwt	92.00–101.00	465	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	666	91.89/cwt	80.00–100.00	612	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	763	85.96/cwt	80.00–90.00	656	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	920	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	576	103.80/cwt	96.00–111.00	598	8
Bulls	Medium 2	—	737	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	811	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	517	109.27/cwt	100.00–116.00	565	9
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	846	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	643	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	872	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	483	116.00/cwt	109.00–121.00	560	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	394	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	556	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	232	118.51/cwt	118.00–119.00	275	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	659	89.03/cwt	81.00–94.00	587	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	470	111.49/cwt	97.00–123.00	524	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	454	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	409	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	426	113.89/cwt	109.00–122.00	485	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	128.84/cwt	119.00–141.00	608	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	552	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	629	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	368	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	372	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	514	109.90/cwt	102.00–120.00	565	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	575	101.69/cwt	90.00–110.00	585	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	632	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	537	108.00/cwt	106.00–110.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	419	120.25/cwt	120.00–121.00	504	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	376	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	677	97.36/cwt	96.00–98.00	659	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	275	96.73/cwt	90.00–100.00	266	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	376	117.79/cwt	112.00–121.00	443	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	95.20/cwt	91.00–105.00	685	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	124.11/cwt	120.00–127.00	709	7
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	562	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	450	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	776	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	574	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	222	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	235	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	266	116.72/cwt	110.00–120.00	310	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	119.59/cwt	110.00–129.00	793	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 Oct 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 499Last week 373Year ago 443

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 74Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	484	107.00	107.00
1	—	176	95.00	95.00
1	—	310	89.00	89.00
1	—	380	93.00	93.00
3	—	284	100.00–113.00	107.72
1	—	574	96.00	96.00
1	—	430	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	510	140.00	140.00
1	—	476	145.00	145.00
20	—	373	143.00–174.00	157.71
6	—	329	143.00–162.00	155.11
5	—	621	130.00–134.00	133.19
5	—	658	125.00–142.00	137.82
13	—	423	142.00–163.00	151.88
1	—	794	116.00	116.00
8	—	291	140.00–160.00	149.69
2	—	243	150.00–151.00	150.51
1	—	594	141.00	141.00
6	—	746	123.00–124.00	123.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	433	133.00–140.00	137.95
1	—	394	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	192	121.00	121.00
2	—	587	110.00	110.00
8	—	377	123.00–141.00	132.17
5	—	218	124.00–138.00	128.90
2	—	268	130.00–139.00	134.37
7	—	433	118.00–135.00	127.35
5	—	466	124.00–132.00	130.30
5	—	332	129.00–140.00	134.97
1	—	602	106.00	106.00
1	—	522	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	634	108.00–125.00	119.63
9	—	667	100.00–126.00	112.67
13	—	370	128.00–141.00	135.18
11	—	321	129.00–140.00	134.91
14	—	519	117.00–133.00	125.40
2	—	879	100.00–102.00	101.00
19	—	572	110.00–131.00	124.09
5	—	282	130.00–141.00	134.89
16	—	429	124.00–138.00	129.97
3	—	767	90.00–117.00	106.16
1	—	924	91.00	91.00
3	—	711	110.00–119.00	113.05
21	—	472	119.00–141.00	128.84
1	—	814	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	294	77.00	77.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	324	110.00–121.00	114.98
2	—	232	118.00–119.00	118.51
3	—	659	81.00–94.00	89.03
9	—	470	97.00–123.00	111.49
6	—	426	109.00–122.00	113.89
5	—	514	102.00–120.00	109.90
5	—	575	90.00–110.00	101.69
1	—	632	90.00	90.00
3	—	376	112.00–121.00	117.79
3	—	266	110.00–120.00	116.72
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	338	91.00	91.00
1	—	454	90.00	90.00
1	—	368	101.00	101.00
3	—	275	90.00–100.00	96.73
1	—	222	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	552	114.00	114.00
2	—	537	106.00–110.00	108.00
4	—	419	120.00–121.00	120.25
2	—	376	126.00	126.00
3	—	677	96.00–98.00	97.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	752	90.00	90.00
19	—	476	130.00–147.00	135.75
12	—	624	108.00–120.00	111.31
1	—	862	90.00	90.00
13	—	525	120.00–138.00	127.21
1	—	828	98.00	98.00
5	—	720	91.00–105.00	95.20
7	—	571	120.00–127.00	124.11
2	—	663	110.00–129.00	119.59
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	518	70.00	70.00
3	—	731	70.00–75.00	72.02
3	—	481	92.00–101.00	96.73
1	—	846	76.00	76.00
1	—	562	80.00	80.00
1	—	776	74.00	74.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	630	90.00–100.00	96.19
6	—	666	80.00–100.00	91.89
3	—	763	80.00–90.00	85.96
1	—	920	70.00	70.00
8	—	576	96.00–111.00	103.80
2	—	737	85.00	85.00
9	—	517	100.00–116.00	109.27
1	—	872	86.00	86.00
7	—	483	109.00–121.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	892	77.00	77.00
1	—	484	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	637	100.00–108.00	103.98
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	692	64.00–69.00	66.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	942	40.00–50.00	43.59
15	—	986	50.00–63.00	56.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,691	55.00	55.00
1	—	1,534	72.00	72.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,298	60.00	60.00
14	—	1,165	61.00–75.00	67.21
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,044	100.00	100.00
11	—	1,262	70.00–91.00	81.72

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	1	—	925	600.00	600.00

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

Heifers · 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