Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was light to moderate; market activity and buyer interest were slow to moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $102.53/cwt on 108 head.

Average price

$102.53

108 head · 447 lb average

Value per head Derived

$458

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$363

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

$54.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.14

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	510	115.53	589	35
Medium 2	429	104.58	449	50
Small 1-2	392	83.22	326	18thin
Small 3	373	60.61	226	5thin

One grade step is worth $54.92/cwt here — about $363 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 sale108 hd

102.53

—

NC average9 barns · 1,433 hd

125.67

−23.14

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	1,338	86.25	1,154	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,503	68.91	1,036	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,131	68.78	778	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,013	52.02	527	16

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)	971	$770	6

Every lot, as filed

95 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	—	430	122.79/cwt	118.00–131.00	528	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	328	110.96/cwt	100.00–118.00	364	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	682	85.02/cwt	84.00–86.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	410	104.46/cwt	90.00–114.00	428	9
Heifers	Small 3	—	378	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	302	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	115.68/cwt	108.00–124.00	605	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	433	85.66/cwt	83.00–89.00	371	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	128.67/cwt	120.00–134.00	628	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	378	110.65/cwt	98.00–118.00	418	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	439	131.29/cwt	127.00–134.00	576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	106.20/cwt	103.00–119.00	597	6
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	428	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	639	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	314	92.60/cwt	83.00–100.00	291	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	488	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	142.58/cwt	140.00–146.00	612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	642	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	467	100.88/cwt	95.00–107.00	471	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	348	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	773	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	273	122.23/cwt	117.00–133.00	334	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	230	104.87/cwt	100.00–110.00	241	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	568	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	670	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	425	120.58/cwt	110.00–136.00	512	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	323	129.14/cwt	120.00–137.00	417	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	472	80.48/cwt	80.00–81.00	380	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	145.52/cwt	138.00–150.00	553	13
Steers	Small 1-2	—	314	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	327	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	784	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	427	95.43/cwt	88.00–104.00	407	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	364	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	602	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	722	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	224	124.36/cwt	120.00–130.00	279	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	368	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	138.76/cwt	135.00–141.00	386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	135.99/cwt	135.00–137.00	896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	144.83/cwt	142.00–148.00	462	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	380	122.31/cwt	110.00–133.00	465	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	628	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	590	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	472	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	661	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	502	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	582	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	652	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	882	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	484	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	566	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	73.07/cwt	64.00–82.00	1,070	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	55.42/cwt	51.00–60.00	568	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	44.54/cwt	41.00–49.00	439	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	54.37/cwt	50.00–60.00	892	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	714	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	81.69/cwt	79.00–84.00	963	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,114	67.58/cwt	60.00–77.00	753	20
Bulls	—	—	1,735	99.39/cwt	98.00–100.00	1,724	3
Bulls	—	—	999	73.11/cwt	70.00–75.00	730	3
Bulls	—	—	1,324	86.25/cwt	80.00–93.00	1,142	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	770.43/head	625.00–875.00	770	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	117.30/cwt	115.00–125.00	677	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	478	107.94/cwt	100.00–116.00	516	11
Bulls	Medium 2	—	844	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	524	103.62/cwt	100.00–110.00	543	6
Bulls	Medium 2Full	—	564	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	508	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	496	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	412	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	122.22/cwt	119.00–125.00	633	9
Bulls	Medium 2	—	565	97.73/cwt	90.00–112.00	552	13
Bulls	Medium 2	—	623	92.91/cwt	90.00–96.00	579	2
Bulls	Medium 2Full	—	748	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	583	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	702	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	562	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	504	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	403	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	446	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	335	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	729	85.00/cwt	84.00–86.00	620	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	204	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	159	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	780	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	640	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	525	74.14/cwt	69.00–79.00	389	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	479	102.82/cwt	90.00–110.00	493	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	233	89.71/cwt	84.00–95.00	209	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	292	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	464	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	510	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	576	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	403	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	392	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	349	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	276	113.55/cwt	108.00–121.00	313	5
Heifers	Small 3	—	426	56.52/cwt	53.00–60.00	241	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	344	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	206	1
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	604	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	495	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	552	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	414	1
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	588	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	562	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	542	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	348	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	386	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	126.01/cwt	120.00–139.00	599	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	109.73/cwt	100.00–118.00	683	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	862	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	669	88.41/cwt	83.00–93.00	591	7

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 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 339Last week 400Year ago 465

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 107Year ago 103

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 1Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	118.00–131.00	122.79
1	—	302	131.00	131.00
1	—	650	115.00	115.00
9	—	523	108.00–124.00	115.68
7	—	488	120.00–134.00	128.67
6	—	562	103.00–119.00	106.20
1	—	284	127.00	127.00
1	—	620	103.00	103.00
1	—	758	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	328	100.00–118.00	110.96
2	—	682	84.00–86.00	85.02
9	—	410	90.00–114.00	104.46
15	—	378	98.00–118.00	110.65
2	—	729	84.00–86.00	85.00
1	—	780	82.00	82.00
7	—	479	90.00–110.00	102.82
5	—	276	108.00–121.00	113.55
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	378	70.00	70.00
1	—	292	60.00	60.00
2	—	426	53.00–60.00	56.52
1	—	344	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	83.00–89.00	85.66
4	—	314	83.00–100.00	92.60
2	—	472	80.00–81.00	80.48
2	—	525	69.00–79.00	74.14
2	—	233	84.00–95.00	89.71
1	—	576	70.00	70.00
1	—	392	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	428	70.00	70.00
1	—	204	78.00	78.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	446	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	464	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	604	82.00	82.00
2	—	588	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	562	93.00	93.00
2	—	542	102.00	102.00
1	—	348	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	439	127.00–134.00	131.29
1	—	348	137.00	137.00
1	—	602	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	116.00	116.00
4	—	273	117.00–133.00	122.23
1	—	568	118.00	118.00
10	—	425	110.00–136.00	120.58
6	—	323	120.00–137.00	129.14
5	—	224	120.00–130.00	124.36
7	—	380	110.00–133.00	122.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	429	140.00–146.00	142.58
1	—	462	139.00	139.00
13	—	380	138.00–150.00	145.52
1	—	706	111.00	111.00
3	—	278	135.00–141.00	138.76
2	—	659	135.00–137.00	135.99
3	—	319	142.00–148.00	144.83
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	467	95.00–107.00	100.88
2	—	230	100.00–110.00	104.87
1	—	314	104.00	104.00
5	—	427	88.00–104.00	95.43
1	—	364	107.00	107.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	69.00	69.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	698	90.00	90.00
10	—	577	115.00–125.00	117.30
9	—	518	119.00–125.00	122.22
12	—	475	120.00–139.00	126.01
8	—	622	100.00–118.00	109.73
1	—	700	100.00	100.00
1	—	958	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	80.00	80.00
2	—	661	76.00	76.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	582	112.00	112.00
1	—	882	87.00	87.00
1	—	484	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	478	100.00–116.00	107.94
1	—	844	84.00	84.00
6	—	524	100.00–110.00	103.62
13	—	565	90.00–112.00	97.73
2	—	623	90.00–96.00	92.91
1	—	702	80.00	80.00
7	—	669	83.00–93.00	88.41
Bulls — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	564	90.00	90.00
1	—	748	78.00	78.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	496	83.00	83.00
1	—	504	80.00	80.00
1	—	552	75.00	75.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,464	64.00–82.00	73.07
2	—	1,640	50.00–60.00	54.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,025	51.00–60.00	55.42
5	—	985	41.00–49.00	44.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,322	54.00	54.00
3	—	1,179	79.00–84.00	81.69
20	—	1,114	60.00–77.00	67.58
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,735	98.00–100.00	99.39
3	—	999	70.00–75.00	73.11
13	—	1,324	80.00–93.00	86.25

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	6	—	971	625.00–875.00	770.43

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

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