Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week , slaughter cattle were 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder cattle were 8.00 to 15.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. 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 $140.30/cwt on 117 head.

Average price

$140.30

117 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$689

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$425

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

$41.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.99

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	516	145.53	751	91
Medium 2	410	123.52	506	24
Small 1-2	315	103.62	326	2thin

One grade step is worth $41.91/cwt here — about $425 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 sale117 hd

140.30

—

NC average8 barns · 1,051 hd

136.31

+3.99

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	1,607	87.44	1,405	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,154	74.05	855	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,520	72.87	1,107	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	905	47.51	430	14

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)	872	$927	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,166	$825	1thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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
Steers	Medium 2	—	327	152.81/cwt	140.00–164.00	500	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	475	139.37/cwt	132.00–150.00	662	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	142.25/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,011	7
Steers	Small 1-2	—	275	106.02/cwt	100.00–112.00	292	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	368	155.07/cwt	141.00–166.00	571	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	418	153.98/cwt	141.00–166.00	644	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	980	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	862	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	278	141.23/cwt	131.00–154.00	393	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	173.81/cwt	159.00–181.00	728	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	144.25/cwt	143.00–146.00	756	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	315	103.62/cwt	98.00–109.00	326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	158.80/cwt	148.00–168.00	597	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	244	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	361	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	352	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	163.59/cwt	161.00–164.75	1,086	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	152.19/cwt	140.00–163.00	641	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	999	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	116.51/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	151.25/cwt	144.00–157.00	496	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	151.00/cwt	146.00–158.00	725	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	184	133.27/cwt	132.50–134.00	245	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	236	149.20/cwt	137.50–160.00	352	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	574	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	162.67/cwt	156.00–169.00	862	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	340	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	422	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	534	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	758	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	676	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	602	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	177.54/cwt	169.00–193.00	655	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	178.78/cwt	166.00–191.00	579	11
Steers	Small 1-2	—	445	111.02/cwt	101.00–121.00	494	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	995	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	906	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	779	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,146	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	179.38/cwt	174.00–185.00	502	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	694	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	893	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	154.24/cwt	150.00–158.00	871	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	162.29/cwt	158.00–179.00	790	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	103.50/cwt	101.00–106.00	858	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	936	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	576	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	778	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	892	39.70/cwt	30.00–54.00	354	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	929	61.58/cwt	57.00–65.00	572	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,906	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,239	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	81.34/cwt	79.00–86.00	1,021	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	70.41/cwt	64.00–76.00	777	14
Bulls	—	—	1,430	68.33/cwt	60.00–77.00	977	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,502	73.23/cwt	70.00–81.00	1,100	22
Bulls	—	—	1,539	81.25/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,250	4
Bulls	—	—	1,816	108.44/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,969	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	927.39/head	925.00–930.00	927	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,166	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	155.51/cwt	151.00–160.00	809	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	758	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	614	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	826	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	134.18/cwt	123.00–142.00	904	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	93.00/cwt	90.00–96.00	899	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	520	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	671	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	718	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	668	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	569	122.86/cwt	117.00–129.00	699	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	473	132.25/cwt	120.00–143.00	626	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	143.27/cwt	140.00–151.00	901	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	566	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	149.01/cwt	137.00–157.00	848	15
Heifers	Medium 2	—	325	130.51/cwt	126.00–135.00	424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	133.64/cwt	126.00–139.00	915	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	188	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	136.94/cwt	124.00–146.00	849	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	515	110.98/cwt	108.00–114.00	572	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	274	125.53/cwt	125.00–126.00	344	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	428	123.32/cwt	111.00–135.00	528	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	382	128.97/cwt	124.00–134.00	493	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	207	130.49/cwt	130.00–131.00	270	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	656	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	565	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	757	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	396	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	408	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	563	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	522	123.37/cwt	110.00–131.00	644	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	830	70.49/cwt	70.00–71.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	111.88/cwt	106.00–118.00	875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	274	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	796	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	939	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	467	121.82/cwt	100.00–134.00	569	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	810	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 Jan 12, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 314Last week 249Year ago 299

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 60Year ago 106

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	327	140.00–164.00	152.81
4	—	475	132.00–150.00	139.37
7	—	368	141.00–166.00	155.07
9	—	418	141.00–166.00	153.98
1	—	980	88.00	88.00
3	—	278	131.00–154.00	141.23
2	—	184	132.50–134.00	133.27
2	—	236	137.50–160.00	149.20
1	—	574	139.00	139.00
1	—	534	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	711	135.00–146.00	142.25
9	—	419	159.00–181.00	173.81
17	—	664	161.00–164.75	163.59
2	—	530	156.00–169.00	162.67
13	—	369	169.00–193.00	177.54
11	—	324	166.00–191.00	178.78
1	—	622	160.00	160.00
2	—	813	141.00	141.00
1	—	750	141.00	141.00
4	—	280	174.00–185.00	179.38
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	100.00–112.00	106.02
1	—	352	119.00	119.00
1	—	340	124.00	124.00
2	—	445	101.00–121.00	111.02
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	906	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	524	143.00–146.00	144.25
12	—	376	148.00–168.00	158.80
1	—	244	148.00	148.00
14	—	421	140.00–163.00	152.19
1	—	704	131.00	131.00
1	—	908	110.00	110.00
2	—	871	116.00–117.00	116.51
4	—	328	144.00–157.00	151.25
11	—	480	146.00–158.00	151.00
15	—	569	137.00–157.00	149.01
5	—	685	126.00–139.00	133.64
12	—	620	124.00–146.00	136.94
1	—	274	152.00	152.00
2	—	796	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	98.00–109.00	103.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	129.00	129.00
3	—	565	134.00	134.00
1	—	396	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	566	120.00	120.00
2	—	325	126.00–135.00	130.51
1	—	188	135.00	135.00
2	—	515	108.00–114.00	110.98
2	—	274	125.00–126.00	125.53
3	—	428	111.00–135.00	123.32
2	—	382	124.00–134.00	128.97
2	—	207	130.00–131.00	130.49
1	—	656	112.00	112.00
8	—	467	100.00–134.00	121.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	408	138.00	138.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	676	89.00	89.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	694	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	744	120.00	120.00
4	—	565	150.00–158.00	154.24
12	—	487	158.00–179.00	162.29
2	—	829	101.00–106.00	103.50
6	—	520	151.00–160.00	155.51
3	—	674	123.00–142.00	134.18
2	—	967	90.00–96.00	93.00
6	—	629	140.00–151.00	143.27
2	—	782	106.00–118.00	111.88
1	—	900	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	936	80.00	80.00
1	—	576	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	758	101.00	101.00
1	—	614	110.00	110.00
1	—	826	82.00	82.00
1	—	718	93.00	93.00
2	—	569	117.00–129.00	122.86
5	—	473	120.00–143.00	132.25
3	—	522	110.00–131.00	123.37
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	830	70.00–71.00	70.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	892	30.00–54.00	39.70
5	—	929	57.00–65.00	61.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,906	65.00	65.00
22	—	1,502	70.00–81.00	73.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,255	79.00–86.00	81.34
14	—	1,104	64.00–76.00	70.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,430	60.00–77.00	68.33
4	—	1,539	79.00–82.00	81.25
3	—	1,816	107.00–110.00	108.44

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	2	—	872	925.00–930.00	927.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,166	825.00	825.00

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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