Sale reports / North Carolina / Smithfield Livestock Auction / 2023-08-31

Smithfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Aug 31
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094
Feeder Cattle receipts
23 head
23 vs last sale 0 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
7 vs last sale 0 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to inclement weather we had to few of cattle to create a trend

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $177.09/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 24.70 against this barn's trailing median of $201.79.
Average price
$177.09
11 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$900
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$51.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.92
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476181.8086610thin
Medium and Large 3830130.001,0791thin
One grade step is worth $51.80/cwt here — about −$213 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

11 sales
229209190171median 201.7901/0802/1904/0204/2305/14
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $214.68, low $185.11, median $201.79 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale11 hd
177.09
NC average8 barns · 717 hd
185.01
−7.92
This barn, trailing median11 sales
201.79
−24.70
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,31393.821,2322thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,210106.071,2833thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07982.668922thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1640192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,2321
HeifersMedium and Large 1270194.63/cwt185.00–205.005262
HeifersMedium and Large 1311189.93/cwt187.50–192.505912
SteersMedium and Large 1634211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3381
Bulls1,31393.82/cwt90.00–100.001,2322
CowsBoner 80-85%1,210106.07/cwt100.00–112.001,2833
CowsLean 85-90%1,07982.66/cwt80.00–85.008922
BullsMedium and Large 1214197.50/cwt197.50–197.504231
BullsMedium and Large 1360220.00/cwt220.00–220.007921
BullsMedium and Large 1736150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1041
BullsMedium and Large 1261198.30/cwt195.00–202.505183
BullsMedium and Large 1667163.90/cwt155.00–176.001,0934
BullsMedium and Large 3830130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0791
HeifersMedium and Large 1542188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0191
HeifersMedium and Large 1570196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,1171

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.