Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle were 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $196.10/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −182.16 against this barn's trailing median of $378.27.

Average price

$196.10

32 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,053

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$300

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$56.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.72

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	208.99	1,108	22
Medium and Large 2	558	171.56	958	8thin
Medium 2	530	152.50	808	2thin

One grade step is worth $56.49/cwt here — about $300 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

27 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $443.59, low $309.66, median $378.27 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 sale32 hd

196.10

—

NC average9 barns · 243 hd

203.82

−7.72

This barn, trailing median27 sales

378.27

−182.16

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	1,256	121.88	1,530	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,191	119.05	1,418	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	922	95.77	883	14

Every lot, as filed

64 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	410	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,136	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,062	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	224.18/cwt	217.50–236.00	1,074	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	229.61/cwt	220.00–240.00	859	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	519	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,318	12
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	468	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	237.31/cwt	222.50–254.00	636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,232	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	937	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,627	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	237.21/cwt	230.00–245.00	557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	200.09/cwt	180.00–220.00	1,044	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	443	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,105	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	226.60/cwt	215.00–237.50	940	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	203.90/cwt	192.50–215.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	167.54/cwt	165.00–170.00	957	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	189.20/cwt	180.00–200.00	808	8
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	570	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	238.16/cwt	230.00–242.50	788	8
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	365	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	198.75/cwt	187.50–206.00	1,143	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	199.95/cwt	197.50–202.50	640	2
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	418	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	448	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	600–650	602	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	893	1
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	474	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	171.99/cwt	152.50–180.00	996	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	188.47/cwt	182.50–205.00	1,187	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	450–500	470	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	846	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	552	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	649	1
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	500	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	171.95/cwt	164.00–180.00	1,217	2
Bulls	Medium 2	250–300	296	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,037	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	716	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,002	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	896	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	896	1
Bulls	Small 3	350–400	382	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	468	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	772	121.08/cwt	120.00–122.00	935	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	103.28/cwt	95.00–109.00	986	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	931	68.09/cwt	60.00–73.00	634	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	119.05/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,418	7
Bulls	—	—	1,451	117.58/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,706	2
Bulls	—	—	1,060	126.18/cwt	125.00–127.50	1,338	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	175.61/cwt	175.00–177.50	1,379	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,111	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	209.71/cwt	190.00–220.00	1,084	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	246.28/cwt	245.00–247.50	800	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,286	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	246.46/cwt	237.50–262.50	663	3
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	530	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	808	2
Bulls	Medium 2	600–650	640	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	232.11/cwt	227.50–240.00	982	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	193.25/cwt	184.00–202.50	1,264	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	410	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	241.68/cwt	237.50–255.00	916	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	207.08/cwt	200.00–212.50	1,170	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	212.06/cwt	210.00–215.00	901	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	170.84/cwt	170.00–172.50	895	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	195.67/cwt	180.00–210.00	941	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	220.80/cwt	210.00–227.50	1,064	7

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 Sep 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 260Last week 308Year ago 325

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 90Year ago 125

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	277.00	277.00
12	500–550	519	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	768	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	806	192.50	192.50
5	850–900	861	189.00	189.00
1	1050–1100	1,062	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	426	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	230.00–245.00	237.21
2	250–300	268	222.50–254.00	237.31
8	300–350	331	230.00–242.50	238.16
10	350–400	374	220.00–240.00	229.61
6	400–450	415	215.00–237.50	226.60
9	450–500	479	217.50–236.00	224.18
8	500–550	522	180.00–220.00	200.09
7	550–600	575	187.50–206.00	198.75
4	650–700	666	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	160.00	160.00
1	550–600	570	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	197.50–202.50	199.95
2	350–400	373	192.50–215.00	203.90
8	400–450	427	180.00–200.00	189.20
1	450–500	496	180.00	180.00
1	500–550	542	160.00	160.00
2	550–600	571	165.00–170.00	167.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	443	249.50	249.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	448	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	602	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	296	177.50	177.50
1	400–450	418	197.50	197.50
1	450–500	474	180.00	180.00
2	500–550	530	152.50	152.50
1	600–650	640	137.50	137.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	210.00–215.00	212.06
7	450–500	481	180.00–210.00	195.67
3	500–550	524	170.00–172.50	170.84
5	550–600	579	152.50–180.00	171.99
1	700–750	716	140.00	140.00
1	750–800	768	135.00	135.00
1	850–900	896	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	269	237.50–262.50	246.46
2	300–350	325	245.00–247.50	246.28
13	350–400	379	237.50–255.00	241.68
8	400–450	423	227.50–240.00	232.11
7	450–500	482	210.00–227.50	220.80
16	500–550	517	190.00–220.00	209.71
6	550–600	565	200.00–212.50	207.08
10	600–650	630	182.50–205.00	188.47
2	650–700	654	184.00–202.50	193.25
2	700–750	708	164.00–180.00	171.95
4	750–800	785	175.00–177.50	175.61
1	800–850	804	160.00	160.00
1	900–950	926	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	382	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	170.00	170.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	552	117.50	117.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	772	120.00–122.00	121.08
8	—	955	95.00–109.00	103.28
4	—	931	60.00–73.00	68.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,191	110.00–125.00	119.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,451	115.00–120.00	117.58
2	—	1,060	125.00–127.50	126.18

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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