Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were 4 to 8 cents lower. Feeder cattle were 4 to 10 cents lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate Offering of cattle was heavy. Cattle quality was very plain. .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.03/cwt on 146 head.

Average price

$120.03

146 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$366

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$47.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.71

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	526	128.54	675	93
Medium 2	447	110.55	494	37
Small 1-2	367	94.17	346	14thin
Medium and Large 3	383	80.81	310	2thin

One grade step is worth $47.73/cwt here — about $366 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 sale146 hd

120.03

—

NC average8 barns · 1,190 hd

124.74

−4.71

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	1,207	80.79	975	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,382	62.35	862	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,008	51.24	516	9thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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	Small 1-2	—	236	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	260	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	424	84.81/cwt	82.00–87.50	360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	131.03/cwt	125.00–141.00	570	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	115.39/cwt	113.00–116.00	834	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	306	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	404	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	327	119.06/cwt	116.00–121.00	389	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	425	104.45/cwt	97.00–111.00	444	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	585	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	883	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	337	96.80/cwt	91.00–102.50	326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	131.55/cwt	125.00–135.00	504	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	243	118.04/cwt	115.00–120.00	287	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	576	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	755	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	154.68/cwt	146.00–167.00	503	12
Steers	Medium 2	—	372	127.43/cwt	117.00–140.00	474	8
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	352	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	290	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	304	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	754	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	204	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	132.57/cwt	127.00–142.00	815	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	144.00/cwt	141.00–147.00	420	2
Steers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	444	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	412	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	757	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	331	125.23/cwt	121.00–133.00	415	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	216	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	294	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	379	110.74/cwt	106.00–116.00	420	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	486	121.95/cwt	120.00–124.00	593	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	272	126.13/cwt	120.00–132.00	343	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	433	127.15/cwt	116.00–140.00	551	14
Steers	Small 1-2	—	328	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	361	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	151.48/cwt	144.00–159.00	564	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	702	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,018	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	125.72/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,028	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	136.92/cwt	130.00–140.00	808	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	146.82/cwt	140.00–152.00	611	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	431	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	668	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	148.58/cwt	135.00–150.00	798	10
Steers	Small 1-2	—	252	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	252	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	484	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	496	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	198	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	226	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	852	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	639	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	650	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	631	102.50/cwt	101.00–104.00	647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	677	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	677	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	624	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	579	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	695	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,382	62.35/cwt	60.00–64.00	862	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	39.79/cwt	36.00–44.00	418	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	54.51/cwt	50.00–60.00	543	7
Bulls	—	—	1,174	72.86/cwt	70.00–76.00	855	2
Bulls	—	—	1,229	86.08/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,058	3
Bulls	Small 1-2Full	—	778	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	625	92.34/cwt	85.00–100.00	577	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	469	109.06/cwt	100.00–124.00	511	9
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	574	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	431	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	661	91.27/cwt	90.00–92.50	603	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	526	110.74/cwt	100.00–114.00	582	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	109.50/cwt	109.00–110.00	715	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	577	105.57/cwt	94.00–114.00	609	7
Heifers	Small 1-2Full	—	586	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	128.67/cwt	120.00–136.00	679	13
Bulls	Medium 2	—	826	81.52/cwt	80.00–83.00	673	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	725	85.00/cwt	84.00–86.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	384	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	476	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	858	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	120.56/cwt	115.00–124.00	741	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	570	96.54/cwt	90.00–104.00	550	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	136.83/cwt	130.00–142.00	649	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	107.02/cwt	104.00–110.00	769	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	266	108.73/cwt	100.00–115.00	289	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	132.38/cwt	125.00–138.00	627	14
Heifers	Medium 2	—	535	103.35/cwt	90.00–120.00	553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	126.79/cwt	120.00–129.00	732	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	652	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	652	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	486	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	693	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	610	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	80.81/cwt	72.50–89.00	310	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	121.92/cwt	117.00–129.00	647	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,162	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	570	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	280	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	372	120.76/cwt	119.00–122.00	449	8
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	552	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	408	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	394	104.95/cwt	100.00–110.00	414	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	431	113.87/cwt	110.00–120.00	491	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	471	113.79/cwt	110.00–122.00	536	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	665	92.46/cwt	90.00–95.00	615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	350	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 Oct 27, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 503Last week 499Year ago 507

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 72Year ago 91

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	236	110.00	110.00
2	—	424	82.00–87.50	84.81
2	—	337	91.00–102.50	96.80
3	—	266	100.00–115.00	108.73
1	—	552	74.00	74.00
2	—	394	100.00–110.00	104.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	435	125.00–141.00	131.03
5	—	723	113.00–116.00	115.39
2	—	306	132.00	132.00
7	—	383	125.00–135.00	131.55
1	—	754	100.00	100.00
1	—	688	110.00	110.00
5	—	615	115.00–124.00	120.56
14	—	474	125.00–138.00	132.38
12	—	577	120.00–129.00	126.79
8	—	531	117.00–129.00	121.92
1	—	1,128	103.00	103.00
1	—	818	104.00	104.00
1	—	280	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	327	116.00–121.00	119.06
3	—	243	115.00–120.00	118.04
6	—	570	90.00–104.00	96.54
6	—	535	90.00–120.00	103.35
1	—	280	118.00	118.00
8	—	372	119.00–122.00	120.76
4	—	431	110.00–120.00	113.87
4	—	471	110.00–122.00	113.79
2	—	665	90.00–95.00	92.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	576	131.00	131.00
18	—	486	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	352	82.50	82.50
1	—	304	82.50	82.50
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	586	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	384	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	652	100.00	100.00
1	—	610	100.00	100.00
1	—	570	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	72.50–89.00	80.81
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	97.00–111.00	104.45
1	—	204	97.50	97.50
3	—	379	106.00–116.00	110.74
1	—	328	110.00	110.00
1	—	252	100.00	100.00
1	—	484	102.50	102.50
1	—	198	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	151.00	151.00
1	—	702	145.00	145.00
4	—	431	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	325	146.00–167.00	154.68
3	—	615	127.00–142.00	132.57
2	—	292	141.00–147.00	144.00
1	—	216	136.00	136.00
9	—	372	144.00–159.00	151.48
3	—	818	124.00–129.00	125.72
6	—	590	130.00–140.00	136.92
11	—	416	140.00–152.00	146.82
10	—	537	135.00–150.00	148.58
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	372	117.00–140.00	127.43
5	—	331	121.00–133.00	125.23
2	—	486	120.00–124.00	121.95
2	—	272	120.00–132.00	126.13
14	—	433	116.00–140.00	127.15
Steers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	444	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	412	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	852	75.00	75.00
1	—	650	81.00	81.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	631	101.00–104.00	102.50
2	—	677	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	624	100.00	100.00
3	—	579	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	778	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	85.00–100.00	92.34
9	—	469	100.00–124.00	109.06
2	—	661	90.00–92.50	91.27
8	—	526	100.00–114.00	110.74
7	—	577	94.00–114.00	105.57
2	—	826	80.00–83.00	81.52
2	—	725	84.00–86.00	85.00
1	—	858	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	574	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	756	102.00	102.00
1	—	830	94.00	94.00
1	—	550	127.00	127.00
1	—	642	110.00	110.00
2	—	653	109.00–110.00	109.50
13	—	528	120.00–136.00	128.67
9	—	474	130.00–142.00	136.83
2	—	719	104.00–110.00	107.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,382	60.00–64.00	62.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	36.00–44.00	39.79
7	—	996	50.00–60.00	54.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,174	70.00–76.00	72.86
3	—	1,229	83.00–90.00	86.08

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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