Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers 4.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder bulls 3.00 to 6.00 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 $138.37/cwt on 162 head.

Average price

$138.37

162 head · 442 lb average

Value per head Derived

$612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$343

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

$51.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.66

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	470	147.27	692	119
Medium 2	364	122.64	447	29
Small 1-2	366	95.28	349	14thin

One grade step is worth $51.99/cwt here — about $343 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 sale162 hd

138.37

—

NC average7 barns · 872 hd

139.02

−0.66

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	—	Average	1,452	96.59	1,402	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,123	81.77	918	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,410	75.47	1,064	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	956	54.51	521	18

Every lot, as filed

89 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	Small 1-2	—	333	115.31/cwt	110.00–121.00	384	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	197.82/cwt	183.00–205.00	1,044	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	471	143.60/cwt	130.00–160.00	676	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	149.21/cwt	137.00–163.00	566	16
Steers	Small 1-2	—	405	122.47/cwt	120.00–125.00	496	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	422	146.97/cwt	141.00–153.00	620	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	279	140.19/cwt	130.00–150.00	391	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	151.22/cwt	140.00–158.00	442	6
Steers	Small 1-2	—	366	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	443	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	848	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	789	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	596	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	500	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	820	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	151.60/cwt	136.00–168.00	647	21
Heifers	Medium 2	—	283	122.19/cwt	120.00–128.00	346	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	981	1
Steers	Medium 2Full	—	690	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	690	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	227	135.20/cwt	130.00–140.00	307	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	228	125.19/cwt	123.00–127.50	285	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	417	120.08/cwt	99.00–133.00	501	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	135.94/cwt	130.00–140.00	784	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	147.37/cwt	138.00–158.00	476	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	366	138.33/cwt	133.00–144.00	506	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	157.30/cwt	150.00–165.00	362	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,130	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	195.73/cwt	170.00–216.00	726	31
Steers	Medium 2	—	538	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	726	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	468	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	205.92/cwt	171.00–220.00	947	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	160.50/cwt	154.00–170.00	445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,161	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	185.52/cwt	184.00–187.00	614	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	319	150.33/cwt	140.00–160.00	480	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	203.83/cwt	180.00–215.00	872	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	158.50/cwt	158.00–160.00	976	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	231	120.89/cwt	119.00–123.00	279	2
Dairy Steers	Small 3	—	446	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	379	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	164.19/cwt	159.00–170.00	931	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	203.12/cwt	170.00–215.00	981	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	119.88/cwt	110.00–130.00	910	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	485	156.38/cwt	145.00–161.00	758	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	502	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	590	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	738	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	88.46/cwt	87.00–90.00	982	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	68.17/cwt	62.00–76.00	684	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,213	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	776	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	80.55/cwt	75.00–85.00	906	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	932	47.68/cwt	39.00–60.00	444	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,541	83.12/cwt	74.00–90.00	1,281	3
Bulls	—	—	1,450	98.66/cwt	85.00–110.00	1,431	8
Bulls	—	—	1,466	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,173	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	628	102.33/cwt	90.00–114.00	643	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	596	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	158.11/cwt	140.00–176.00	909	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	137.95/cwt	130.00–152.00	917	6
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	504	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	433	1
Bulls	Medium 2Gaunt	—	788	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	552	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	473	131.21/cwt	122.00–140.00	621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	966	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,111	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	903	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	658	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	188.21/cwt	161.00–204.00	988	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	139.09/cwt	130.00–145.00	878	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	439	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	781	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	484	163.74/cwt	160.00–169.00	793	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	148.98/cwt	131.00–160.00	702	13
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	484	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	114.01/cwt	109.00–124.00	847	3
Heifers	Small 1-2Gaunt	—	328	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	289	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	319	126.20/cwt	118.00–132.00	403	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	101.01/cwt	100.00–102.00	787	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	534	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	481	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	387	96.57/cwt	90.00–100.00	374	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	224	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	117.89/cwt	110.00–130.00	796	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	377	125.21/cwt	112.00–130.00	472	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	468	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	543	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	558	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	631	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	289	95.16/cwt	90.00–100.00	275	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	143.14/cwt	129.00–154.00	749	11
Heifers	Small 1-2Full	—	404	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	335	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Gaunt	—	372	85.94/cwt	83.00–89.00	320	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	527	113.54/cwt	107.00–120.00	598	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	335	105.49/cwt	102.00–109.00	353	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	540	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	648	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	446	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	792	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 Feb 16, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 399Last week 384Year ago 470

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 31Year ago 84

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	110.00–121.00	115.31
2	—	405	120.00–125.00	122.47
1	—	366	121.00	121.00
1	—	468	110.00	110.00
2	—	231	119.00–123.00	120.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	528	183.00–205.00	197.82
1	—	654	150.00	150.00
2	—	230	150.00–165.00	157.30
1	—	942	120.00	120.00
31	—	371	170.00–216.00	195.73
11	—	460	171.00–220.00	205.92
3	—	277	154.00–170.00	160.50
2	—	331	184.00–187.00	185.52
25	—	428	180.00–215.00	203.83
4	—	616	158.00–160.00	158.50
4	—	567	159.00–170.00	164.19
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	471	130.00–160.00	143.60
2	—	422	141.00–153.00	146.97
6	—	279	130.00–150.00	140.19
1	—	848	93.00	93.00
1	—	596	120.00	120.00
2	—	227	130.00–140.00	135.20
6	—	366	133.00–144.00	138.33
1	—	538	135.00	135.00
3	—	319	140.00–160.00	150.33
Steers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	530	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	379	137.00–163.00	149.21
6	—	292	140.00–158.00	151.22
21	—	427	136.00–168.00	151.60
2	—	611	126.00	126.00
7	—	577	130.00–140.00	135.94
8	—	323	138.00–158.00	147.37
13	—	471	131.00–160.00	148.98
3	—	743	109.00–124.00	114.01
3	—	779	100.00–102.00	101.01
4	—	675	110.00–130.00	117.89
11	—	523	129.00–154.00	143.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	500	164.00	164.00
5	—	439	178.00	178.00
10	—	484	160.00–169.00	163.74
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	283	120.00–128.00	122.19
2	—	228	123.00–127.50	125.19
5	—	417	99.00–133.00	120.08
8	—	319	118.00–132.00	126.20
6	—	377	112.00–130.00	125.21
1	—	468	116.00	116.00
1	—	558	113.00	113.00
2	—	527	107.00–120.00	113.54
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	484	93.00	93.00
1	—	534	90.00	90.00
3	—	387	90.00–100.00	96.57
1	—	224	117.00	117.00
2	—	289	90.00–100.00	95.16
2	—	335	102.00–109.00	105.49
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	328	88.00	88.00
2	—	372	83.00–89.00	85.94
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	404	83.00	83.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	114.00	114.00
1	—	648	113.00	113.00
1	—	446	134.00	134.00
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	446	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	483	170.00–215.00	203.12
2	—	759	110.00–130.00	119.88
1	—	923	111.00	111.00
8	—	575	140.00–176.00	158.11
6	—	665	130.00–152.00	137.95
1	—	966	115.00	115.00
1	—	852	106.00	106.00
22	—	525	161.00–204.00	188.21
6	—	631	130.00–145.00	139.09
1	—	720	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	485	145.00–161.00	156.38
1	—	502	138.00	138.00
1	—	590	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	628	90.00–114.00	102.33
1	—	596	120.00	120.00
2	—	473	122.00–140.00	131.21
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	504	86.00	86.00
1	—	658	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	788	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,110	87.00–90.00	88.46
11	—	1,125	75.00–85.00	80.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,004	62.00–76.00	68.17
12	—	932	39.00–60.00	47.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	64.00	64.00
3	—	1,541	74.00–90.00	83.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,450	85.00–110.00	98.66
1	—	1,466	80.00	80.00

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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