Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle were 4.00 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 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $237.36/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −124.77 against this barn's trailing median of $362.13.

Average price

$237.36

52 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,260

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$396

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$84.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.76

vs NC average

−32.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	244.42	1,282	46
Medium and Large 2	583	187.84	1,095	5thin
Small 1	554	160.00	886	1thin

One grade step is worth $84.42/cwt here — about $396 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $397.67, low $298.87, median $362.13 across 27 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 sale52 hd

237.36

—

NC average7 barns · 294 hd

228.60

+8.76

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−32.83

This barn, trailing median27 sales

362.13

−124.77

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	—	High	1,598	139.45	2,229	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,164	121.73	1,417	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,547	113.80	1,760	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	990	92.74	918	22

Every lot, as filed

74 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,608	109.11/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,754	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	118.48/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,759	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	118.41/cwt	113.00–123.00	1,395	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	134.99/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,496	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	72.82/cwt	65.00–83.00	717	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	102.03/cwt	90.00–111.00	1,013	15
Bulls	—	—	1,931	147.30/cwt	146.00–149.00	2,844	2
Bulls	—	—	1,503	137.21/cwt	125.00–142.50	2,062	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	222.50/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,128	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	254.26/cwt	225.00–275.00	844	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	252.00/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,081	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	209.97/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,222	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	208	284.42/cwt	270.00–300.00	592	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	292.48/cwt	280.00–305.00	951	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	306.84/cwt	292.50–320.00	832	10
Bulls	Medium 2	700–750	714	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	893	1
Bulls	Medium 2	300–350	346	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	866	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,083	1
Bulls	Medium 2	200–250	200	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	232.19/cwt	215.00–250.00	1,465	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	210.04/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,008	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	237	254.15/cwt	232.50–277.50	602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	438	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,051	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	277.82/cwt	260.00–287.50	1,328	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,363	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	157.45/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,449	2
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	424	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	912	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	986	1
Dairy Heifers	Small 3	800–850	818	133.73/cwt	132.50–135.00	1,094	2
Dairy Heifers	Small 3	600–650	624	133.73/cwt	132.50–135.00	834	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,101	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	307.74/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,206	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	305.57/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,290	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	288.79/cwt	280.00–289.00	1,421	40
Dairy Heifers	Small 3	650–700	685	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	252.60/cwt	245.00–260.00	993	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	290.54/cwt	282.50–300.00	1,258	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	272	259.45/cwt	250.00–277.50	706	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,277	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	500	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,345	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	248.44/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,406	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	297.64/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,131	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	676	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,217	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	187.84/cwt	180.00–207.00	1,095	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	207.80/cwt	200.00–215.00	879	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	211.67/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,441	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	261.53/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,347	8
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	518	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	209.32/cwt	200.00–220.00	678	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	554	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	204	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	181.67/cwt	165.00–190.00	1,330	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	394	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	867	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	468	170.26/cwt	160.00–180.00	797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	262	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	233.95/cwt	200.00–250.00	1,238	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	213.54/cwt	200.00–227.50	997	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	246.39/cwt	235.00–257.00	1,188	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	234	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	279.77/cwt	255.00–295.00	890	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	260.73/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,103	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	270.23/cwt	247.50–295.00	738	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	227	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,230	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	225.14/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,295	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	261.69/cwt	240.00–290.00	968	24

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 Apr 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 401Last week 238Year ago 284

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 54Year ago 26

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,608	107.00–111.00	109.11
2	—	1,485	117.00–120.00	118.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,178	113.00–123.00	118.41
3	—	1,108	130.00–140.00	134.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	984	65.00–83.00	72.82
15	—	993	90.00–111.00	102.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,931	146.00–149.00	147.30
7	—	1,503	125.00–142.50	137.21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	237	232.50–277.50	254.15
5	250–300	272	250.00–277.50	259.45
5	300–350	332	225.00–275.00	254.26
2	350–400	393	245.00–260.00	252.60
2	400–450	429	240.00–265.00	252.00
2	450–500	480	200.00–220.00	210.04
2	500–550	507	220.00–225.00	222.50
2	550–600	582	200.00–220.00	209.97
1	600–650	636	155.00	155.00
1	700–750	734	145.00	145.00
1	850–900	866	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	208	270.00–300.00	284.42
10	250–300	271	292.50–320.00	306.84
16	300–350	325	280.00–305.00	292.48
13	350–400	380	280.00–315.00	297.64
6	400–450	433	282.50–300.00	290.54
10	450–500	478	260.00–287.50	277.82
8	500–550	515	240.00–275.00	261.53
6	550–600	566	235.00–260.00	248.44
2	600–650	631	215.00–250.00	232.19
3	650–700	681	205.00–220.00	211.67
1	700–750	720	200.00	200.00
2	750–800	757	180.00	180.00
2	900–950	920	150.00–165.00	157.45
1	1000–1050	1,024	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	200.00	200.00
1	300–350	346	205.00	205.00
1	400–450	424	215.00	215.00
1	500–550	518	155.00	155.00
1	700–750	714	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	438	240.00	240.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	624	132.50–135.00	133.73
1	650–700	685	117.50	117.50
2	800–850	818	132.50–135.00	133.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	227	290.00	290.00
12	300–350	345	319.00	319.00
4	350–400	392	300.00–313.00	307.74
24	400–450	422	300.00–310.00	305.57
40	450–500	492	280.00–289.00	288.79
1	500–550	524	307.50	307.50
1	550–600	550	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	746	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	464	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	234	255.00	255.00
9	250–300	273	247.50–295.00	270.23
15	300–350	318	255.00–295.00	279.77
24	350–400	370	240.00–290.00	261.69
14	400–450	423	240.00–270.00	260.73
15	450–500	482	235.00–257.00	246.39
26	500–550	529	200.00–250.00	233.95
5	550–600	575	220.00–230.00	225.14
4	600–650	605	211.00	211.00
1	650–700	654	185.00	185.00
3	700–750	732	165.00–190.00	181.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	500	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	676	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	204	240.00	240.00
1	250–300	262	215.00	215.00
2	300–350	324	200.00–220.00	209.32
1	350–400	394	220.00	220.00
2	400–450	423	200.00–215.00	207.80
2	450–500	467	200.00–227.50	213.54
5	550–600	583	180.00–207.00	187.84
1	600–650	648	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	554	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	160.00–180.00	170.26

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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