Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady. Feeder cattle were 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.56/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −122.45 against this barn's trailing median of $363.01.

Average price

$240.56

45 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,356

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$512

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$83.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.97

vs NC average

−36.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	246.26	1,393	40
Medium and Large 2	549	203.00	1,114	4thin
Medium 2	542	162.50	881	1thin

One grade step is worth $83.76/cwt here — about $512 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $397.67, low $298.94, median $363.01 across 26 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 sale45 hd

240.56

—

NC average9 barns · 446 hd

247.52

−6.97

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−36.66

This barn, trailing median26 sales

363.01

−122.45

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	1,669	134.57	2,246	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,434	124.93	1,791	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,165	123.78	1,442	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	981	101.19	992	14

Every lot, as filed

75 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 1Fleshy	450–500	458	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,168	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	614	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,305	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	440	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,122	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	679	211.22/cwt	210.00–212.50	1,434	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	304.66/cwt	285.00–335.00	1,139	10
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	400	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	317.53/cwt	300.00–326.00	1,340	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	293.03/cwt	267.50–295.00	1,644	14
Dairy Steers	Small 3	550–600	562	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,076	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	225.15/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,198	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,262	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	229.24/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,107	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	237.21/cwt	225.00–251.00	1,471	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	276	260.84/cwt	230.00–280.00	720	7
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	381	203.86/cwt	200.00–207.50	777	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	702	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	948	1
Bulls	—	—	1,680	127.44/cwt	120.00–135.00	2,141	6
Bulls	—	—	1,652	145.27/cwt	141.00–149.00	2,400	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,074	134.35/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,443	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	122.19/cwt	110.00–131.00	1,441	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	122.32/cwt	114.00–133.00	1,764	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	104.30/cwt	97.00–110.00	1,022	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	82.52/cwt	80.00–85.00	812	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,324	137.42/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,819	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,686	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	199.71/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	268.72/cwt	240.00–287.50	1,284	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,215	1
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	310	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	206.29/cwt	205.00–207.50	1,199	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	262.75/cwt	245.00–275.00	1,111	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	270.30/cwt	242.50–280.00	1,024	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	245.87/cwt	232.50–253.00	1,433	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	224.88/cwt	207.50–240.00	832	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	237.50/cwt	235.00–240.00	793	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	232.97/cwt	217.50–247.50	1,447	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	247.30/cwt	227.50–267.50	1,286	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	248.52/cwt	240.00–255.00	681	5
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	378	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,134	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	874	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,792	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	212	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	583	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	905	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	301.09/cwt	285.00–312.50	957	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	290.84/cwt	275.00–332.50	1,390	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,557	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,195	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	277.54/cwt	275.00–280.00	991	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,014	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	196.88/cwt	180.00–210.00	1,238	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	278.28/cwt	240.00–320.00	1,469	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	204.05/cwt	192.50–220.00	1,053	3
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	532	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	918	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	431	157.73/cwt	150.00–165.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	274.31/cwt	263.00–283.00	919	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	296.48/cwt	280.00–317.50	1,245	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	248	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	234.54/cwt	220.00–257.50	1,576	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,042	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	221.77/cwt	215.00–230.00	960	3
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	542	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	881	1
Heifers	Small 1	250–300	294	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	492	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	253.23/cwt	240.00–300.00	1,448	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	303.33/cwt	300.00–310.00	849	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	197.58/cwt	180.00–215.00	1,235	2
Heifers	Small 1	200–250	228	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	382	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,348	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 Mar 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 321Last week 394Year ago 480

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 77Year ago 62

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	458	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	614	212.50	212.50
2	650–700	679	210.00–212.50	211.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	248	305.00	305.00
3	250–300	280	300.00–310.00	303.33
5	300–350	318	285.00–312.50	301.09
10	350–400	374	285.00–335.00	304.66
10	400–450	420	280.00–317.50	296.48
10	450–500	478	275.00–332.50	290.84
8	500–550	528	240.00–320.00	278.28
8	550–600	572	240.00–300.00	253.23
3	600–650	620	225.00–251.00	237.21
6	650–700	672	220.00–257.50	234.54
1	700–750	716	217.50	217.50
1	750–800	762	177.00	177.00
1	800–850	816	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	381	200.00–207.50	203.86
1	400–450	400	220.00	220.00
1	500–550	532	172.50	172.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	212	275.00	275.00
7	250–300	276	230.00–280.00	260.84
1	300–350	348	260.00	260.00
2	350–400	357	275.00–280.00	277.54
1	400–450	434	240.00	240.00
3	450–500	483	225.00–232.50	229.24
3	500–550	516	192.50–220.00	204.05
1	550–600	576	207.50	207.50
3	600–650	629	180.00–210.00	196.88
1	650–700	676	150.00	150.00
1	700–750	702	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	326.00	326.00
6	350–400	379	333.00	333.00
6	400–450	422	300.00–326.00	317.53
14	550–600	561	267.50–295.00	293.03
1	600–650	600	260.00	260.00
7	650–700	680	263.50	263.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	532	220.00–230.00	225.15
1	700–750	738	187.50	187.50
1	850–900	874	185.00	185.00
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	562	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	334	235.00–240.00	237.50
5	350–400	370	207.50–240.00	224.88
3	400–450	433	215.00–230.00	221.77
1	450–500	468	220.00	220.00
2	500–550	517	190.00–210.00	199.71
2	550–600	581	205.00–207.50	206.29
2	600–650	625	180.00–215.00	197.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	260.00	260.00
5	250–300	274	240.00–255.00	248.52
14	300–350	335	263.00–283.00	274.31
13	350–400	379	242.50–280.00	270.30
12	400–450	423	245.00–275.00	262.75
39	450–500	478	240.00–287.50	268.72
11	500–550	520	227.50–267.50	247.30
29	550–600	583	232.50–253.00	245.87
4	600–650	621	217.50–247.50	232.97
1	650–700	674	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	720	157.50	157.50
1	800–850	810	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	185.00	185.00
1	500–550	542	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	228	167.50	167.50
1	250–300	294	167.50	167.50
1	350–400	378	165.00	165.00
2	400–450	431	150.00–165.00	157.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,680	120.00–135.00	127.44
4	—	1,652	141.00–149.00	145.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,074	134.00–135.00	134.35
20	—	1,179	110.00–131.00	122.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,442	114.00–133.00	122.32
3	—	1,324	135.00–140.00	137.42
1	—	1,686	111.00	111.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	980	97.00–110.00	104.30
2	—	984	80.00–85.00	82.52

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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