Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-08

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 moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.11/cwt on 136 head.

Average price

$118.11

136 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$379

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

$36.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.65

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	522	127.57	666	85
Medium 2	484	106.84	517	36
Small 1-2	313	91.54	287	15thin

One grade step is worth $36.03/cwt here — about $379 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 sale136 hd

118.11

—

NC average8 barns · 1,286 hd

120.76

−2.65

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	1,243	89.78	1,116	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,121	71.25	799	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,399	68.35	956	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,026	51.88	533	39

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)	694	$575	2thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	217	84.69/cwt	81.00–89.00	184	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	427	128.11/cwt	116.00–140.00	547	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	161.92/cwt	160.00–164.00	771	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	192	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	227	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	332	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	438	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	718	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	833	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	138.54/cwt	131.00–147.00	860	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	382	106.10/cwt	102.00–110.00	405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	126.18/cwt	120.00–130.00	666	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	134.83/cwt	120.00–141.00	658	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	378	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	278	128.32/cwt	122.00–136.00	357	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	683	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	905	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	165	95.09/cwt	90.00–100.00	157	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	532	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	134.00/cwt	129.00–137.00	450	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	233	93.99/cwt	90.00–97.50	219	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	120.35/cwt	110.00–125.00	744	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	208	102.52/cwt	102.00–103.00	213	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	380	113.69/cwt	110.00–117.00	432	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	422	111.61/cwt	100.00–122.00	471	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	380	138.21/cwt	137.00–140.00	525	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	220	127.29/cwt	121.00–135.00	280	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	314	130.40/cwt	123.00–140.00	409	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	157.71/cwt	144.00–164.00	658	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	151.60/cwt	148.00–158.00	582	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	147.66/cwt	144.00–150.00	433	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	290	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	264	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	809	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	170	109.28/cwt	100.00–117.00	186	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	814	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	895	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	120.49/cwt	120.00–121.00	943	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	214	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	135	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	508	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	203	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	999	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	151.40/cwt	144.00–161.00	504	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	155.81/cwt	140.00–160.00	837	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,016	13
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	416	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	478	1
Steers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	408	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	343	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	896	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	124.55/cwt	115.00–129.00	772	8
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	724	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	565	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	594	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	654	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	706	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	41.12/cwt	30.00–52.00	401	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	69.18/cwt	64.00–76.00	967	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	70.78/cwt	64.00–77.00	798	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	944	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	793	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	59.36/cwt	54.00–65.00	631	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	848	1
Bulls	—	—	972	71.40/cwt	64.00–76.00	694	3
Bulls	—	—	1,532	114.31/cwt	106.00–138.00	1,751	4
Bulls	—	—	1,223	87.25/cwt	79.00–100.00	1,067	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	658	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	730	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	831	82.48/cwt	81.00–84.00	685	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	584	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	477	112.52/cwt	110.00–115.00	537	4
Bulls	Small 1-2Full	—	486	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	394	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	666	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	790	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	863	85.51/cwt	84.00–87.00	738	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	539	110.33/cwt	110.00–111.00	595	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	474	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	460	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	796	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	138.78/cwt	125.00–150.00	715	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	119.34/cwt	115.00–121.00	797	9
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	634	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	507	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	872	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	131.51/cwt	128.00–135.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	133.87/cwt	127.00–137.00	560	13
Heifers	Medium 2	—	476	111.52/cwt	106.00–118.00	531	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	258	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	281	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	566	101.31/cwt	88.00–112.00	573	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	290	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	126.75/cwt	126.00–127.00	706	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	612	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	630	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	491	1
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	674	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	526	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	319	98.90/cwt	90.00–107.00	315	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	414	85.88/cwt	80.00–94.00	356	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	527	108.67/cwt	101.00–113.00	573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	634	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	754	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	423	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	536	112.53/cwt	110.00–115.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	526	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	600	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	488	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	103.39/cwt	97.00–110.00	793	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	146.95/cwt	134.00–164.00	692	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	130.11/cwt	122.00–134.00	762	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	581	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	783	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	733	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	674	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 Dec 8, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 375Last week 361Year ago 231

Slaughter CattleReceipts 127Last week 74Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 2Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	217	81.00–89.00	84.69
1	—	332	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	528	120.00–130.00	126.18
18	—	488	120.00–141.00	134.83
1	—	688	98.00	98.00
1	—	272	139.00	139.00
1	—	700	98.00	98.00
4	—	336	129.00–137.00	134.00
9	—	618	110.00–125.00	120.35
2	—	391	128.00–135.00	131.51
13	—	418	127.00–137.00	133.87
4	—	557	126.00–127.00	126.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	683	132.50	132.50
7	—	581	134.75	134.75
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	165	90.00–100.00	95.09
1	—	532	85.00	85.00
2	—	208	102.00–103.00	102.52
1	—	290	97.00	97.00
2	—	319	90.00–107.00	98.90
3	—	414	80.00–94.00	85.88
1	—	488	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	380	110.00–117.00	113.69
11	—	422	100.00–122.00	111.61
1	—	872	82.00	82.00
8	—	476	106.00–118.00	111.52
1	—	258	109.00	109.00
5	—	566	88.00–112.00	101.31
1	—	612	92.00	92.00
3	—	527	101.00–113.00	108.67
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	78.00	78.00
1	—	674	78.00	78.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	634	106.00	106.00
1	—	754	81.00	81.00
1	—	526	114.00	114.00
2	—	733	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	124.00	124.00
2	—	536	110.00–115.00	112.53
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	427	116.00–140.00	128.11
1	—	192	118.00	118.00
6	—	278	122.00–136.00	128.32
5	—	380	137.00–140.00	138.21
4	—	220	121.00–135.00	127.29
7	—	314	123.00–140.00	130.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	476	160.00–164.00	161.92
3	—	621	131.00–147.00	138.54
12	—	417	144.00–164.00	157.71
5	—	384	148.00–158.00	151.60
3	—	293	144.00–150.00	147.66
1	—	558	145.00	145.00
2	—	783	120.00–121.00	120.49
1	—	812	123.00	123.00
7	—	333	144.00–161.00	151.40
19	—	537	140.00–160.00	155.81
13	—	695	146.25	146.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	438	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	718	116.00	116.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	382	102.00–110.00	106.10
2	—	233	90.00–97.50	93.99
1	—	290	91.00	91.00
3	—	170	100.00–117.00	109.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	814	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	416	115.00	115.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	408	84.00	84.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	214	63.00	63.00
1	—	508	40.00	40.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	896	97.00	97.00
1	—	802	101.00	101.00
8	—	620	115.00–129.00	124.55
18	—	515	125.00–150.00	138.78
9	—	668	115.00–121.00	119.34
2	—	767	97.00–110.00	103.39
7	—	471	134.00–164.00	146.95
9	—	586	122.00–134.00	130.11
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	724	78.00	78.00
1	—	594	86.00	86.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	654	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	831	81.00–84.00	82.48
1	—	584	108.00	108.00
4	—	477	110.00–115.00	112.52
1	—	666	103.00	103.00
1	—	790	85.00	85.00
2	—	863	84.00–87.00	85.51
3	—	539	110.00–111.00	110.33
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	486	81.00	81.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	474	97.00	97.00
1	—	796	76.00	76.00
1	—	634	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	974	30.00–52.00	41.12
23	—	1,063	54.00–65.00	59.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,398	64.00–76.00	69.18
1	—	1,414	60.00	60.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,128	64.00–77.00	70.78
1	—	944	84.00	84.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	972	64.00–76.00	71.40
4	—	1,532	106.00–138.00	114.31
17	—	1,223	79.00–100.00	87.25

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	658	500.00	500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	650.00	650.00

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