Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 3 to 6 cents higher. Feeder cattle were mixed. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were heavy. Cattle quality was also mixed ranging from plain to average to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.55/cwt on 172 head.

Average price

$118.55

172 head · 473 lb average

Value per head Derived

$561

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$346

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

$32.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.17

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	536	126.01	675	103
Medium 2	395	115.36	455	44
Small 1-2	352	93.43	329	25

One grade step is worth $32.58/cwt here — about $346 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 sale172 hd

118.55

—

NC average8 barns · 1,002 hd

122.72

−4.17

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	1,347	88.07	1,187	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,165	66.56	775	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,402	62.33	873	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	999	55.10	550	23

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)	1,138	$825	1thin

Every lot, as filed

102 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	893	1
Bulls	—	—	1,106	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	708	2
Bulls	—	—	1,226	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,324	2
Bulls	—	—	1,438	89.11/cwt	79.00–96.00	1,281	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	125.72/cwt	118.00–131.00	786	12
Steers	Medium 2	—	462	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	610	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	522	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	663	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	241	127.66/cwt	121.00–134.00	308	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	286	130.38/cwt	118.00–140.00	373	10
Steers	Small 1-2	—	468	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	445	1
Steers	Small 1-2Full	—	410	78.87/cwt	70.00–88.00	323	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	652	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	717	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	418	98.77/cwt	90.00–107.00	413	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	151.78/cwt	146.00–158.00	560	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	618	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	754	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	374	125.40/cwt	120.00–140.00	469	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	612	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	438	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	634	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	384	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	520	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	666	1
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	374	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	322	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	863	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	442	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	309	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	322	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	128.23/cwt	120.00–132.00	678	22
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	484	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	585	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	772	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	440	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	128.19/cwt	124.00–135.00	483	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	323	130.86/cwt	121.00–138.00	423	10
Steers	Small 1-2	—	136	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	134.77/cwt	128.00–140.00	837	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	186	121.42/cwt	120.00–123.00	226	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	421	127.30/cwt	120.00–137.00	536	13
Steers	Small 1-2	—	322	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	290	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	220	107.62/cwt	101.00–114.00	237	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	140.37/cwt	134.00–148.00	821	13
Steers	Small 1-2	—	354	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	145.40/cwt	134.00–155.00	746	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,030	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	188	103.75/cwt	97.50–110.00	195	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	661	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	945	5
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	546	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	772	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	143.84/cwt	140.00–149.00	469	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	273	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	300	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	954	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	147.08/cwt	140.00–155.00	616	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	134.78/cwt	130.00–147.00	642	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	106.42/cwt	90.00–112.00	818	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	109.23/cwt	100.00–113.00	800	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	120.07/cwt	116.00–129.00	807	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	129.01/cwt	124.00–134.00	675	16
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	618	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	494	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	859	46.21/cwt	40.00–50.00	397	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	58.24/cwt	52.00–64.00	610	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,313	56.85/cwt	54.00–60.00	746	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,431	64.15/cwt	62.00–68.00	918	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	66.52/cwt	64.00–71.00	749	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	796	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	479	121.48/cwt	110.00–129.00	582	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	619	93.88/cwt	90.00–98.00	581	2
Bulls	Medium 2Full	—	688	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	760	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	602	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	562	118.00/cwt	117.00–119.00	663	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	814	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	733	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	510	110.67/cwt	108.00–114.00	564	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	126.56/cwt	119.00–133.00	730	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	527	114.00/cwt	112.00–116.00	601	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	577	112.31/cwt	110.00–114.00	648	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	546	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	410	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	292	100.26/cwt	90.00–110.00	293	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	128.28/cwt	124.00–130.00	535	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	122.26/cwt	110.00–128.00	760	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	502	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	126.72/cwt	120.00–130.00	730	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	128.55/cwt	123.00–136.00	609	17
Heifers	Medium 2	—	281	120.48/cwt	117.00–124.00	339	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	330	102.65/cwt	94.00–111.00	339	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	861	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	218	103.92/cwt	100.00–110.00	227	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	484	81.37/cwt	80.00–84.00	394	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	377	117.80/cwt	111.00–121.00	444	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	463	110.44/cwt	103.00–116.00	511	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	127.30/cwt	125.00–128.00	918	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	417	118.35/cwt	111.00–121.00	494	10
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	370	105.08/cwt	100.00–112.00	389	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	188	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	199	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	988	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	760	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	676	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	574	107.45/cwt	104.00–111.00	617	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	327	116.14/cwt	110.00–120.00	380	9
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	402	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	281	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	302	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	342	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	422	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	515	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 Nov 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 497Last week 503Year ago 383

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 69Year ago 110

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 1

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,116	80.00	80.00
7	—	1,126	64.00–71.00	66.52
2	—	1,326	60.00	60.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	859	40.00–50.00	46.21
17	—	1,048	52.00–64.00	58.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	54.00–60.00	56.85
6	—	1,431	62.00–68.00	64.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,106	64.00	64.00
2	—	1,226	108.00	108.00
8	—	1,438	79.00–96.00	89.11

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,138	825.00	825.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	625	118.00–131.00	125.72
13	—	476	130.00–147.00	134.78
4	—	769	90.00–112.00	106.42
5	—	732	100.00–113.00	109.23
19	—	672	116.00–129.00	120.07
16	—	523	124.00–134.00	129.01
11	—	577	119.00–133.00	126.56
1	—	900	88.00	88.00
1	—	870	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	618	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	479	110.00–129.00	121.48
2	—	619	90.00–98.00	93.88
2	—	562	117.00–119.00	118.00
1	—	814	90.00	90.00
3	—	510	108.00–114.00	110.67
Bulls — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	688	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	90.00	90.00
1	—	602	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	462	132.00	132.00
1	—	522	127.00	127.00
4	—	241	121.00–134.00	127.66
10	—	286	118.00–140.00	130.38
8	—	374	120.00–140.00	125.40
10	—	323	121.00–138.00	130.86
2	—	186	120.00–123.00	121.42
13	—	421	120.00–137.00	127.30
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	468	95.00	95.00
4	—	418	90.00–107.00	98.77
1	—	136	110.00	110.00
2	—	322	90.00	90.00
2	—	220	101.00–114.00	107.62
1	—	354	117.00	117.00
2	—	188	97.50–110.00	103.75
3	—	273	110.00	110.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	70.00–88.00	78.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	652	110.00	110.00
1	—	438	138.00	138.00
1	—	634	124.00	124.00
1	—	384	140.00	140.00
1	—	520	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	369	146.00–158.00	151.78
4	—	621	128.00–140.00	134.77
1	—	288	141.00	141.00
13	—	585	134.00–148.00	140.37
3	—	513	134.00–155.00	145.40
1	—	752	137.00	137.00
7	—	498	155.00	155.00
4	—	326	140.00–149.00	143.84
1	—	734	130.00	130.00
16	—	419	140.00–155.00	147.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	618	122.00	122.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	374	86.00	86.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	661	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	546	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	612	130.00	130.00
5	—	585	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	908	95.00	95.00
22	—	529	120.00–132.00	128.23
11	—	377	124.00–135.00	128.19
7	—	417	124.00–130.00	128.28
9	—	622	110.00–128.00	122.26
13	—	576	120.00–130.00	126.72
17	—	474	123.00–136.00	128.55
1	—	694	124.00	124.00
7	—	721	125.00–128.00	127.30
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	442	70.00	70.00
1	—	322	80.00	80.00
1	—	484	76.00	76.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	84.00	84.00
1	—	546	75.00	75.00
3	—	292	90.00–110.00	100.26
3	—	330	94.00–111.00	102.65
4	—	218	100.00–110.00	103.92
3	—	484	80.00–84.00	81.37
4	—	370	100.00–112.00	105.08
1	—	188	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	527	112.00–116.00	114.00
3	—	577	110.00–114.00	112.31
1	—	342	120.00	120.00
1	—	422	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	502	102.00	102.00
7	—	281	117.00–124.00	120.48
7	—	377	111.00–121.00	117.80
7	—	463	103.00–116.00	110.44
10	—	417	111.00–121.00	118.35
1	—	760	89.00	89.00
2	—	574	104.00–111.00	107.45
9	—	327	110.00–120.00	116.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	988	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	402	70.00	70.00
1	—	302	86.00	86.00

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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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

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