Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder cattle were 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

4 head baby calves from 100.00-230.00

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $234.90/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −142.63 against this barn's trailing median of $377.54.

Average price

$234.90

24 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,284

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$327

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

$59.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.97

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	252.18	1,380	17thin
Medium and Large 2	546	192.95	1,053	7thin

One grade step is worth $59.23/cwt here — about $327 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $443.59, low $309.66, median $377.54 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale24 hd

234.90

—

NC average8 barns · 234 hd

254.88

−19.97

This barn, trailing median28 sales

377.54

−142.63

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	1,541	134.01	2,065	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,408	131.68	1,854	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,156	124.51	1,439	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	955	94.60	903	20

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)	748	$725	1thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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	400–450	425	293.51/cwt	280.00–312.50	1,247	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	218.43/cwt	200.00–235.00	1,356	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	303.84/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,133	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,145	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	227	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	681	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	274.86/cwt	245.00–295.00	1,292	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	246.43/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,402	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	207.07/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,394	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	260.39/cwt	240.00–272.50	1,344	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	894	144.99/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,296	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	194.65/cwt	180.00–205.00	1,006	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	748	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	256	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	258.47/cwt	247.50–270.00	825	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	262.61/cwt	250.00–270.00	993	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	171.00/cwt	170.00–172.00	1,123	2
Bulls	Medium 2	200–250	226	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	492	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	162.45/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,353	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	227	253.48/cwt	245.00–262.50	575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	306.53/cwt	303.00–310.00	1,465	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,101	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	208.50/cwt	200.00–217.50	1,005	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	216.60/cwt	202.50–230.00	804	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	255.93/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,080	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,318	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	251.00/cwt	240.00–262.50	1,180	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	313.89/cwt	303.00–316.00	1,290	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,096	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	718	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,149	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	208.38/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,319	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	237.62/cwt	233.00–250.00	1,267	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	212.25/cwt	202.50–220.00	900	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	204.06/cwt	190.00–220.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	246	206.14/cwt	192.50–220.00	507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	192.44/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,031	2
Bulls	Medium 2	300–350	330	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	239.80/cwt	220.00–255.00	1,127	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	271.01/cwt	247.50–295.00	748	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	265.89/cwt	242.50–290.00	872	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	262.08/cwt	240.00–283.00	1,006	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	308.32/cwt	280.00–325.00	977	16
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	422	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	844	2
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	377	210.95/cwt	195.00–227.50	795	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	253.80/cwt	217.50–270.00	1,094	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	508	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,105	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	215.33/cwt	197.50–232.50	588	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	182.74/cwt	165.00–200.00	1,327	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	794	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,171	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	802	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,203	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	191.67/cwt	180.00–205.00	1,087	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	139.16/cwt	137.50–140.00	1,348	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	302.33/cwt	290.00–317.50	847	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	185.19/cwt	170.00–200.00	1,433	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	141.90/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,789	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	121.61/cwt	110.00–132.50	1,384	24
Bulls	—	—	1,608	103.24/cwt	94.00–111.00	1,660	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	879	77.47/cwt	70.00–81.00	681	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	98.88/cwt	90.00–110.00	963	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	131.68/cwt	127.00–142.00	1,854	5
Bulls	—	—	1,854	151.27/cwt	146.00–156.00	2,805	5
Bulls	—	—	1,247	135.00/cwt	127.00–142.50	1,683	6

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 Mar 14, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 394Last week 265Year ago 345

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 29Year ago 53

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 1Year ago 1

4 head baby calves from 100.00-230.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	227	300.00	300.00
11	250–300	280	290.00–317.50	302.33
16	300–350	317	280.00–325.00	308.32
29	350–400	373	275.00–320.00	303.84
10	400–450	425	280.00–312.50	293.51
23	450–500	470	245.00–295.00	274.86
7	500–550	516	240.00–272.50	260.39
10	550–600	569	240.00–250.00	246.43
3	600–650	621	200.00–235.00	218.43
5	650–700	673	200.00–215.00	207.07
2	700–750	726	165.00–200.00	182.74
2	750–800	774	170.00–200.00	185.19
2	800–850	833	160.00–165.00	162.45
3	950–1000	969	137.50–140.00	139.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	256	272.50	272.50
4	300–350	319	247.50–270.00	258.47
6	350–400	378	250.00–270.00	262.61
8	400–450	431	217.50–270.00	253.80
5	450–500	470	220.00–255.00	239.80
3	500–550	517	180.00–205.00	194.65
4	550–600	567	180.00–205.00	191.67
1	600–650	636	180.00	180.00
2	650–700	657	170.00–172.00	171.00
1	750–800	794	147.50	147.50
1	800–850	802	150.00	150.00
2	850–900	894	140.00–150.00	144.99
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	226	217.50	217.50
1	300–350	330	245.00	245.00
4	350–400	377	195.00–227.50	210.95
2	400–450	422	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	227	245.00–262.50	253.48
14	250–300	276	247.50–295.00	271.01
20	300–350	328	242.50–290.00	265.89
24	350–400	384	240.00–283.00	262.08
27	400–450	422	240.00–275.00	255.93
13	450–500	470	240.00–262.50	251.00
13	500–550	533	233.00–250.00	237.62
2	550–600	599	220.00	220.00
3	600–650	633	205.00–210.00	208.38
1	750–800	762	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	246	192.50–220.00	206.14
4	250–300	273	197.50–232.50	215.33
3	300–350	321	190.00–220.00	204.06
5	350–400	371	202.50–230.00	216.60
3	400–450	424	202.50–220.00	212.25
2	450–500	482	200.00–217.50	208.50
2	500–550	536	190.00–195.00	192.44
1	550–600	562	185.00	185.00
1	600–650	626	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	508	217.50	217.50
1	700–750	718	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	345	319.00	319.00
6	400–450	411	303.00–316.00	313.89
6	450–500	478	303.00–310.00	306.53

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	—	748	725.00	725.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,261	135.00–147.00	141.90
24	—	1,138	110.00–132.50	121.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	879	70.00–81.00	77.47
16	—	974	90.00–110.00	98.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,408	127.00–142.00	131.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,608	94.00–111.00	103.24
5	—	1,854	146.00–156.00	151.27
6	—	1,247	127.00–142.50	135.00

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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Powell Livestock Market - Smithfield, NC

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle