Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

18 head baby calves from 50.00-350.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.85/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −128.27 against this barn's trailing median of $362.13.

Average price

$233.85

18 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,276

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

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

$46.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.85

vs NC average

−24.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	236.43	1,287	17thin
Medium and Large 2	570	190.00	1,083	1thin

One grade step is worth $46.43/cwt here — about $204 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

27 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $397.67, low $291.28, 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 sale18 hd

233.85

—

NC average9 barns · 275 hd

223.00

+10.85

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

−24.61

This barn, trailing median27 sales

362.13

−128.27

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	1,269	145.83	1,851	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,128	132.66	1,497	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,377	130.56	1,798	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,056	107.66	1,137	34

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)	698	$1,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	260.14/cwt	247.50–272.50	1,119	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	178	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	212.48/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,154	2
Bulls	Small 3	200–250	234	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	415	1
Bulls	Large 3	550–600	574	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	230.27/cwt	222.50–232.50	1,441	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	572	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	510	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	775	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	313.97/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,102	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,471	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	234.86/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,348	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	772	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,698	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,247	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,044	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,078	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	276.27/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	272.34/cwt	265.00–280.00	896	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	208.33/cwt	197.50–220.00	994	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	254.02/cwt	237.50–267.50	1,196	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,486	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	241.14/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,242	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	225.07/cwt	210.00–237.50	1,395	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	251.15/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,329	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	878	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	263.77/cwt	260.00–267.50	960	2
Bulls	Large 3	600–650	616	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	209	271.27/cwt	270.00–272.50	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	264.75/cwt	240.00–277.50	982	9
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	486	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	295.50/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,238	12
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	592	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,066	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	268.13/cwt	245.00–290.00	1,276	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	306.15/cwt	290.00–312.50	974	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	256.81/cwt	245.00–267.50	832	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	256.92/cwt	232.50–275.00	1,459	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	232.43/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	296.93/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,122	7
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	358	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	223.37/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,490	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	698	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bulls	—	—	1,019	121.30/cwt	120.00–122.50	1,236	2
Bulls	—	—	1,394	158.09/cwt	135.00–169.00	2,204	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	95.07/cwt	90.00–100.00	969	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,108	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	134.30/cwt	123.00–227.50	1,515	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,656	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	111.53/cwt	100.00–121.00	1,190	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,377	130.56/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,798	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	434	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,083	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	231.14/cwt	217.50–236.00	1,334	8

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 Aug 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 239Last week 223Year ago 344

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 65Year ago 53

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 10Year ago 0

18 head baby calves from 50.00-350.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	178	267.50	267.50
2	200–250	209	270.00–272.50	271.27
2	300–350	329	265.00–280.00	272.34
9	350–400	371	240.00–277.50	264.75
8	400–450	430	247.50–272.50	260.14
20	450–500	471	237.50–267.50	254.02
9	500–550	515	230.00–250.00	241.14
8	550–600	577	217.50–236.00	231.14
8	600–650	620	210.00–237.50	225.07
1	650–700	664	216.00	216.00
4	700–750	732	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	358	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	424	230.00	230.00
3	450–500	477	197.50–220.00	208.33
1	550–600	570	190.00	190.00
1	600–650	620	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	434	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	272.50	272.50
1	250–300	268	280.00	280.00
5	300–350	318	290.00–312.50	306.15
7	350–400	378	280.00–325.00	296.93
12	400–450	419	280.00–320.00	295.50
4	450–500	476	245.00–290.00	268.13
4	500–550	529	240.00–265.00	251.15
6	550–600	568	232.50–275.00	256.92
5	600–650	626	222.50–232.50	230.27
3	650–700	667	220.00–227.50	223.37
2	700–750	714	220.00–245.00	232.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	324	245.00–267.50	256.81
2	350–400	364	260.00–267.50	263.77
1	400–450	448	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	498	217.50	217.50
2	500–550	543	210.00–215.00	212.48
1	850–900	878	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	234	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	574	148.00	148.00
1	600–650	616	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	358	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	486	170.00	170.00
1	550–600	592	180.00	180.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	351	300.00–317.50	313.97
7	450–500	467	315.00	315.00
3	600–650	614	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	736	232.50	232.50
1	1000–1050	1,044	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	280.00	280.00
2	350–400	372	275.00–277.50	276.27
1	400–450	430	260.00	260.00
2	450–500	475	262.50	262.50
2	550–600	574	230.00–240.00	234.86
1	650–700	678	232.50	232.50
1	750–800	772	220.00	220.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	698	1,300.00	1,300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,019	120.00–122.50	121.30
4	—	1,394	135.00–169.00	158.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,019	90.00–100.00	95.07
26	—	1,067	100.00–121.00	111.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,108	100.00	100.00
13	—	1,128	123.00–227.50	134.30
1	—	1,150	144.00	144.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,377	125.00–137.00	130.56

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

Heifers · 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