Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week ,slaughter cattle were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle were 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.02/cwt on 132 head.

Average price

$119.02

132 head · 458 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$391

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

$29.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.43

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	504	126.43	637	81
Medium 2	413	109.43	452	42
Small 1-2	253	97.07	246	9thin

One grade step is worth $29.36/cwt here — about $391 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 sale132 hd

119.02

—

NC average7 barns · 901 hd

123.45

−4.43

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	1,481	89.04	1,318	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,177	71.86	846	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,384	65.06	901	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,027	56.23	577	28

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)	964	$800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	800	$550	1thin

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	—	721	116.03/cwt	110.00–124.00	837	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	135.02/cwt	127.00–147.00	575	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	328	114.40/cwt	110.00–121.00	375	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	348	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	127.69/cwt	122.00–133.00	667	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	256	109.50/cwt	109.00–110.00	280	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	185	86.22/cwt	71.00–103.00	160	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	113.98/cwt	110.00–118.00	764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	132.00/cwt	130.00–134.00	797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	940	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	385	106.38/cwt	103.00–110.00	410	2
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	414	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	124.90/cwt	116.00–129.00	781	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	420	139.48/cwt	139.00–140.00	586	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	328	128.49/cwt	120.00–140.00	421	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	213	112.59/cwt	106.00–119.00	240	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	225	125.95/cwt	123.00–130.00	283	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	267	109.26/cwt	107.00–111.00	292	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	134.80/cwt	125.00–147.00	650	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	417	120.25/cwt	114.00–130.00	501	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	949	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	469	126.67/cwt	124.00–130.00	594	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	178	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	215	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	147.14/cwt	140.00–150.00	421	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	384	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	541	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	373	127.89/cwt	118.00–140.00	477	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	151.15/cwt	147.00–160.00	573	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	872	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	654	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	831	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	114.97/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,058	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	275	134.15/cwt	130.00–140.00	369	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	151.80/cwt	151.00–152.00	718	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	916	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,022	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	154.52/cwt	144.00–179.00	521	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	684	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	999	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	153.31/cwt	144.00–161.00	650	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	605	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	889	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	902	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	866	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	742	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	534	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	616	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	574	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	695	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	758	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	568	119.50/cwt	119.00–120.00	679	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	82.97/cwt	78.00–86.00	982	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,439	68.26/cwt	64.00–75.00	982	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	46.53/cwt	40.00–52.00	422	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	919	66.56/cwt	66.00–67.00	612	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	57.56/cwt	54.00–64.00	613	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,275	58.66/cwt	55.00–61.00	748	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	69.48/cwt	64.00–77.00	816	14
Bulls	—	—	998	74.34/cwt	74.00–75.00	742	3
Bulls	—	—	1,584	92.19/cwt	78.00–101.00	1,460	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	964	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	135.16/cwt	127.00–144.00	699	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	522	112.69/cwt	105.00–122.00	588	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	100.00/cwt	96.00–106.00	827	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	143.29/cwt	130.00–152.00	681	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	122.82/cwt	117.00–126.00	769	12
Bulls	Medium 2	—	760	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	669	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	898	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	772	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	117.55/cwt	113.00–121.00	791	7
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	484	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	436	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	614	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	602	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	105.73/cwt	101.00–110.00	775	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	556	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	629	111.65/cwt	110.00–113.00	702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	132.42/cwt	131.00–134.00	375	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	412	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	716	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	716	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	208	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	229	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	124.33/cwt	117.00–132.00	705	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	135.59/cwt	130.00–140.00	510	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	132.64/cwt	128.00–135.00	426	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	213	98.41/cwt	82.00–108.00	210	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	374	123.58/cwt	119.00–126.00	462	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	370	114.96/cwt	100.00–120.00	425	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	474	105.30/cwt	100.00–114.00	499	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	556	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	556	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	425	111.49/cwt	100.00–122.00	474	11
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	642	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,272	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,119	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	539	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	614	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	572	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	601	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	274	113.24/cwt	110.00–116.00	310	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	517	98.65/cwt	94.00–110.00	510	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	470	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	569	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	580	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	499	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	129.52/cwt	126.00–136.00	749	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	340	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	530	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	610	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 Dec 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 361Last week 339Year ago 387

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 80Year ago 91

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 6Year 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
4	—	721	110.00–124.00	116.03
1	—	238	129.00	129.00
10	—	426	127.00–147.00	135.02
1	—	870	93.00	93.00
1	—	752	120.00	120.00
6	—	522	122.00–133.00	127.69
2	—	670	110.00–118.00	113.98
6	—	625	116.00–129.00	124.90
6	—	482	125.00–147.00	134.80
2	—	283	131.00–134.00	132.42
11	—	567	117.00–132.00	124.33
14	—	376	130.00–140.00	135.59
4	—	321	128.00–135.00	132.64
1	—	1,272	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	328	110.00–121.00	114.40
1	—	208	110.00	110.00
10	—	370	100.00–120.00	114.96
7	—	474	100.00–114.00	105.30
1	—	556	100.00	100.00
11	—	425	100.00–122.00	111.49
2	—	274	110.00–116.00	113.24
4	—	517	94.00–110.00	98.65
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	348	90.00	90.00
2	—	256	109.00–110.00	109.50
2	—	185	71.00–103.00	86.22
1	—	412	97.00	97.00
3	—	213	82.00–108.00	98.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	629	110.00–113.00	111.65
1	—	716	100.00	100.00
1	—	539	114.00	114.00
1	—	572	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	374	119.00–126.00	123.58
1	—	340	120.00	120.00
1	—	530	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	642	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	604	130.00–134.00	132.00
1	—	712	132.00	132.00
1	—	818	116.00	116.00
4	—	286	140.00–150.00	147.14
8	—	379	147.00–160.00	151.15
6	—	589	148.00	148.00
3	—	920	111.00–118.00	114.97
5	—	473	151.00–152.00	151.80
1	—	694	132.00	132.00
1	—	866	118.00	118.00
9	—	337	144.00–179.00	154.52
12	—	424	144.00–161.00	153.31
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	103.00–110.00	106.38
2	—	213	106.00–119.00	112.59
3	—	267	107.00–111.00	109.26
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	414	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	139.00–140.00	139.48
1	—	384	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	328	120.00–140.00	128.49
4	—	225	123.00–130.00	125.95
3	—	417	114.00–130.00	120.25
3	—	469	124.00–130.00	126.67
2	—	178	120.00–121.00	120.51
7	—	373	118.00–140.00	127.89
5	—	275	130.00–140.00	134.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	654	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	684	146.00	146.00
2	—	605	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	902	96.00	96.00
6	—	517	127.00–144.00	135.16
4	—	827	96.00–106.00	100.00
18	—	475	130.00–152.00	143.29
12	—	626	117.00–126.00	122.82
7	—	673	113.00–121.00	117.55
4	—	733	101.00–110.00	105.73
12	—	578	126.00–136.00	129.52
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	742	72.00	72.00
1	—	484	90.00	90.00
1	—	580	86.00	86.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	616	114.00	114.00
1	—	574	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	758	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	119.00–120.00	119.50
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	522	105.00–122.00	112.69
1	—	760	88.00	88.00
1	—	898	86.00	86.00
1	—	614	98.00	98.00
1	—	556	119.00	119.00
1	—	470	121.00	121.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,184	78.00–86.00	82.97
14	—	1,175	64.00–77.00	69.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,439	64.00–75.00	68.26
3	—	1,275	55.00–61.00	58.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	908	40.00–52.00	46.53
2	—	919	66.00–67.00	66.56
21	—	1,065	54.00–64.00	57.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	998	74.00–75.00	74.34
14	—	1,584	78.00–101.00	92.19

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	964	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	550.00	550.00

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