Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

6 head baby calves; 50.00-95.00

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $240.66/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −137.60 against this barn's trailing median of $378.27.

Average price

$240.66

21 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,313

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$437

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$94.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.11

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	256.81	1,386	14thin
Medium and Large 2	533	220.00	1,173	3thin
Medium 1	573	212.01	1,215	3thin
Medium 3	584	162.50	949	1thin

One grade step is worth $94.31/cwt here — about $437 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 sale21 hd

240.66

—

NC average9 barns · 230 hd

223.55

+17.11

This barn, trailing median27 sales

378.27

−137.60

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	1,452	142.86	2,075	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,186	125.72	1,491	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,594	122.60	1,954	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	93.69	963	24

Every lot, as filed

98 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 2	300–350	305	221.24/cwt	220.00–222.50	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	193.46/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,014	3
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	374	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	757	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	242.46/cwt	232.50–255.00	1,021	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium 2	250–300	290	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	558	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	442	190.05/cwt	180.00–200.00	840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	215.02/cwt	207.50–222.50	1,454	2
Heifers	Small 1Full	400–450	430	148.73/cwt	147.50–150.00	640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	364	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	446	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,182	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	181.65/cwt	177.50–190.00	1,404	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	232.53/cwt	230.00–235.00	867	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,551	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,106	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,576	1
Bulls	—	—	1,246	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,068	2
Bulls	—	—	1,562	138.95/cwt	128.00–155.00	2,170	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	106.00/cwt	93.00–119.00	1,116	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	50.52/cwt	40.00–60.00	477	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,247	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	766	1
Bulls	—	—	1,208	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,450	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	120.26/cwt	114.00–130.00	1,437	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	138.47/cwt	133.00–142.50	1,613	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	136.23/cwt	133.00–140.00	2,068	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	104.43/cwt	97.50–110.00	1,770	3
Bulls	Medium 1Fleshy	350–400	380	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	470	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,081	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	702	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,123	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	750–800	752	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,038	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	850–900	862	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,142	1
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	325	223.09/cwt	220.00–230.00	725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	237.47/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	680	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,547	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	337	311.58/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,050	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	270.46/cwt	262.50–276.00	1,582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,608	1
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	588	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,044	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	461	267.48/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,233	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	328	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	886	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	217.50/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,198	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	219.92/cwt	215.00–225.00	814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	243.46/cwt	240.00–250.00	784	10
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	422	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	928	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,027	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	268.78/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,427	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,152	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	244.94/cwt	240.00–250.00	683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	240.27/cwt	232.50–250.00	899	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	231.62/cwt	215.00–249.00	1,311	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	225.04/cwt	215.00–248.00	1,195	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	296	216.33/cwt	205.00–227.50	640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	216.68/cwt	210.00–220.00	919	3
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	324	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	235.18/cwt	230.00–240.00	776	2
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	518	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,036	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	236.23/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,127	6
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	468	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	212.47/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,324	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	550–600	578	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,040	2
Bulls	Medium 3	350–400	384	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	614	1
Bulls	Medium 3	550–600	584	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	949	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	262.06/cwt	245.00–275.00	1,373	9
Bulls	Medium 1	750–800	776	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	393	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium 2	750–800	770	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,136	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,281	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	234.63/cwt	225.00–245.00	629	2
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	454	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,010	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	245.57/cwt	237.50–252.50	1,527	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	190.34/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,190	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,228	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	456	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	741	1
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	668	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,436	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	634	206.16/cwt	192.50–220.00	1,307	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	258.05/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,102	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	263.40/cwt	255.00–275.00	969	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	247.37/cwt	232.50–260.00	1,405	5
Bulls	Medium 3	450–500	462	180.00/cwt	175.00–185.00	832	2
Bulls	Medium 1	900–950	934	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,214	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	229.84/cwt	220.00–240.00	981	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	240.23/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,629	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	176.25/cwt	175.00–177.50	1,324	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	359	197.47/cwt	195.00–200.00	709	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,146	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	253.89/cwt	240.00–278.00	1,216	11
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	416	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	998	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	423	185.56/cwt	170.00–200.00	785	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	281	273.78/cwt	265.00–280.00	769	4
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	573	212.01/cwt	190.00–225.00	1,215	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	572	1
Bulls	Medium 1	250–300	250	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	277.14/cwt	260.00–295.00	903	4
Bulls	Medium 3	400–450	442	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	829	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	964	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 Nov 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 307Last week 290Year ago 406

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 112Year ago 69

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 1

6 head baby calves; 50.00-95.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	296	205.00–227.50	216.33
2	300–350	305	220.00–222.50	221.24
2	350–400	370	215.00–225.00	219.92
3	400–450	424	210.00–220.00	216.68
3	450–500	467	220.00	220.00
3	500–550	524	180.00–200.00	193.46
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	324	220.00	220.00
1	350–400	374	202.50	202.50
4	400–450	422	220.00	220.00
1	450–500	468	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	518	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	279	240.00–250.00	244.94
10	300–350	322	240.00–250.00	243.46
9	350–400	374	232.50–250.00	240.27
6	400–450	421	232.50–255.00	242.46
6	450–500	477	230.00–247.00	236.23
8	500–550	531	215.00–248.00	225.04
6	550–600	566	215.00–249.00	231.62
2	600–650	623	210.00–215.00	212.47
2	650–700	676	207.50–222.50	215.02
1	700–750	704	187.50	187.50
3	750–800	773	177.50–190.00	181.65
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	192.50	192.50
2	400–450	442	180.00–200.00	190.05
2	550–600	588	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Small 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	147.50–150.00	148.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	328	270.00	270.00
1	350–400	364	267.50	267.50
2	400–450	446	265.00	265.00
4	450–500	461	265.00–270.00	267.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	578	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	225.00–245.00	234.63
2	300–350	330	230.00–240.00	235.18
2	350–400	373	230.00–235.00	232.53
2	400–450	427	220.00–240.00	229.84
1	450–500	482	200.00	200.00
2	500–550	521	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	558	220.00	220.00
2	600–650	625	180.00–200.00	190.34
Bulls — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	702	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	752	138.00	138.00
1	850–900	862	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	245.00	245.00
3	300–350	325	220.00–230.00	223.09
2	400–450	416	240.00	240.00
1	450–500	454	222.50	222.50
3	550–600	573	190.00–225.00	212.01
2	600–650	634	192.50–220.00	206.16
1	650–700	668	215.00	215.00
1	750–800	776	167.50	167.50
1	900–950	934	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	384	160.00	160.00
3	400–450	442	187.50	187.50
2	450–500	462	175.00–185.00	180.00
1	550–600	584	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	272.50	272.50
4	250–300	281	265.00–280.00	273.78
4	300–350	326	260.00–295.00	277.14
9	350–400	368	255.00–275.00	263.40
8	400–450	427	250.00–260.00	258.05
11	450–500	479	240.00–278.00	253.89
9	500–550	524	245.00–275.00	262.06
5	550–600	568	232.50–260.00	247.37
4	600–650	622	237.50–252.50	245.57
5	650–700	678	235.00–247.00	240.23
1	700–750	732	175.00	175.00
2	750–800	751	175.00–177.50	176.25
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	393	180.00	180.00
1	750–800	770	147.50	147.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	359	195.00–200.00	197.47
5	400–450	423	170.00–200.00	185.56
1	450–500	456	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	392	294.00	294.00
2	500–550	531	267.50–270.00	268.78
3	550–600	585	262.50–276.00	270.46
2	600–650	625	235.00–240.00	237.47
1	650–700	676	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	780	202.50	202.50
1	800–850	804	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	310.00–315.00	311.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	551	215.00–220.00	217.50
1	600–650	612	220.00	220.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	940	165.00	165.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,106	142.50	142.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,246	166.00	166.00
6	—	1,562	128.00–155.00	138.95
1	—	1,208	120.00	120.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,053	93.00–119.00	106.00
5	—	944	40.00–60.00	50.52
1	—	1,094	114.00	114.00
1	—	958	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,195	114.00–130.00	120.26
3	—	1,165	133.00–142.50	138.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,518	133.00–140.00	136.23
3	—	1,695	97.50–110.00	104.43

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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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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Powell Livestock Market - Smithfield, NC

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Replacement Cattle

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