Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder bulls and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, steers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offering of cattle were light. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.94/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$113.94

57 head · 446 lb average

Value per head Derived

$508

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$36.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.44

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	471	131.80	621	23
Medium 2	467	105.50	493	22
Small 1-2	359	95.20	342	12thin

One grade step is worth $36.60/cwt here — about $279 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 sale57 hd

113.94

—

NC average8 barns · 825 hd

117.38

−3.44

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	1,640	96.69	1,585	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,408	75.25	1,060	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,109	71.02	788	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,021	59.39	606	20

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	874	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	743	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	610	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	540	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	112.23/cwt	101.00–121.00	797	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	519	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	876	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	406	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	455	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	411	127.88/cwt	121.00–142.00	526	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	473	132.60/cwt	130.00–135.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	246	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	349	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	165	101.09/cwt	92.50–110.00	167	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	882	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	750	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	252	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	252	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	219	111.15/cwt	104.00–120.00	243	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	593	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	332	131.61/cwt	120.00–143.00	437	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	954	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	164.79/cwt	154.00–170.00	702	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	280	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	347	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	410	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	590	1
Steers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	188	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	167	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	376	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	451	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	174	103.43/cwt	92.50–116.00	180	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	164	125.07/cwt	123.00–131.00	205	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	238	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	710	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	438	94.81/cwt	92.00–97.50	415	2
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	668	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	528	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	475	1
Bulls	—	—	1,811	112.13/cwt	110.00–113.00	2,031	4
Bulls	—	—	1,678	96.67/cwt	80.00–106.00	1,622	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	862	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	457	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	59.73/cwt	54.00–64.00	615	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	75.25/cwt	67.00–81.00	1,060	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	71.02/cwt	65.00–80.00	788	8
Bulls	—	—	1,027	65.90/cwt	61.00–70.00	677	2
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	800	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	560	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	572	104.14/cwt	90.00–116.00	596	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	471	121.94/cwt	110.00–135.00	574	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	608	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	138.97/cwt	137.00–140.00	734	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	612	82.50/cwt	82.00–83.00	505	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	575	99.02/cwt	88.00–110.00	569	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	680	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	503	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	546	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	437	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	382	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	306	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	490	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	453	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	284	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	344	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	228	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	584	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	194	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	239	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	482	106.21/cwt	99.00–116.00	512	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	383	118.56/cwt	115.00–123.00	454	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	135.71/cwt	124.00–140.00	658	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	137.02/cwt	128.00–143.00	528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	141.92/cwt	129.00–148.00	465	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	131.02/cwt	124.00–138.00	538	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	320	106.28/cwt	103.00–110.00	340	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	441	116.03/cwt	112.00–120.00	512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	122.53/cwt	121.00–124.00	762	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	128.57/cwt	124.00–133.00	653	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 15, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 143Last week 375Year ago 309

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 127Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
1	—	874	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	82.00	82.00
1	—	540	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	710	101.00–121.00	112.23
1	—	570	135.00	135.00
3	—	528	137.00–140.00	138.97
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
3	—	572	90.00–116.00	104.14
2	—	471	110.00–135.00	121.94
1	—	608	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	356	167.50	167.50
3	—	293	177.00	177.00
1	—	630	139.00	139.00
1	—	246	142.00	142.00
2	—	337	176.00	176.00
4	—	426	154.00–170.00	164.79
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	406	112.00	112.00
2	—	165	92.50–110.00	101.09
1	—	882	85.00	85.00
1	—	252	100.00	100.00
3	—	219	104.00–120.00	111.15
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	411	121.00–142.00	127.88
3	—	473	130.00–135.00	132.60
3	—	332	120.00–143.00	131.61
1	—	280	124.00	124.00
1	—	376	120.00	120.00
4	—	164	123.00–131.00	125.07
1	—	238	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	144.00	144.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	188	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	90.00	90.00
1	—	568	125.00	125.00
5	—	485	124.00–140.00	135.71
3	—	385	128.00–143.00	137.02
6	—	328	129.00–148.00	141.92
2	—	411	124.00–138.00	131.02
2	—	622	121.00–124.00	122.53
2	—	508	124.00–133.00	128.57
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	174	92.50–116.00	103.43
2	—	438	92.00–97.50	94.81
1	—	680	74.00	74.00
1	—	546	80.00	80.00
1	—	490	92.50	92.50
2	—	320	103.00–110.00	106.28
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	668	77.00	77.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	528	90.00	90.00
2	—	612	82.00–83.00	82.50
2	—	575	88.00–110.00	99.02
1	—	284	121.00	121.00
1	—	228	121.00	121.00
1	—	194	123.00	123.00
5	—	482	99.00–116.00	106.21
5	—	383	115.00–123.00	118.56
2	—	441	112.00–120.00	116.03
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	382	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	584	111.00	111.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,811	110.00–113.00	112.13
14	—	1,678	80.00–106.00	96.67
2	—	1,027	61.00–70.00	65.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	862	53.00	53.00
19	—	1,029	54.00–64.00	59.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,408	67.00–81.00	75.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,109	65.00–80.00	71.02

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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