Sale reports / North Carolina / Smithfield Livestock Auction / 2019-10-03

Smithfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Oct 3
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094
Feeder Cattle receipts
436 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 473▲ 436 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 88 vs last sale 158▲ 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 12▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows were 1.00-3.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls had too few to compare. Feeder steers and bulls mostly 2.00-3.00 higher, heifers were mixed. Demand was good and market and buyer activity were moderate. Moderate offerings with quality of cattle plain to average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $112.62/cwt on 116 head.
Average price
$112.62
116 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$482
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$289
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 3
$66.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.08
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2458123.3756566
Medium 2390102.2639943
Small 1-236077.862806thin
Large 348457.002761thin
One grade step is worth $66.37/cwt here — about $289 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale116 hd
112.62
—
NC average8 barns · 816 hd
119.70
−7.08
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,15476.008772thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39552.917384thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11551.5657517
CowsLean 85-90%Average96241.523993thin

Every lot

90 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2156101.00/cwt101.00–101.001581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2186129.00/cwt129.00–129.002401
Steers—Medium 2226104.28/cwt101.00–108.002362
Steers—Small 1-223480.00/cwt80.00–80.001871
Steers—Medium 2267110.82/cwt95.00–134.002968
Steers—Medium 2Thin Fleshed27889.00/cwt89.00–89.002471
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2281131.04/cwt130.00–132.003682
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320130.95/cwt124.00–135.004196
Steers—Medium 2327103.22/cwt98.00–110.003386
Steers—Medium 2Thin Fleshed34690.00/cwt90.00–90.003111
Steers—Small 1-235980.33/cwt80.00–81.002883
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370126.80/cwt118.00–136.0046917
Steers—Medium 2390103.11/cwt96.00–108.004023
Steers—Medium 2Thin Fleshed39286.00/cwt86.00–86.003371
Steers—Small 1-242473.08/cwt70.00–76.003102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428125.81/cwt118.00–134.0053812
Steers—Medium 2434102.25/cwt90.00–111.0044412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480128.05/cwt126.00–131.006154
Steers—Large 348457.00/cwt57.00–57.002761
Steers—Medium 249196.04/cwt89.00–103.004722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536120.58/cwt110.00–130.0064610
Steers—Medium 2546100.00/cwt100.00–100.005461
Steers—Medium 256598.42/cwt95.00–102.005562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578115.12/cwt109.00–131.006657
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627113.32/cwt110.00–115.007113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661106.39/cwt100.00–113.007032
Steers—Medium 267797.21/cwt88.00–104.006583
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2734119.00/cwt119.00–119.008731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2888105.00/cwt105.00–105.009321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2200119.00/cwt119.00–119.002381
Heifers—Medium 2226102.18/cwt100.00–106.002313
Heifers—Small 1-226476.97/cwt73.00–81.002032
Heifers—Medium 227793.57/cwt86.00–104.002593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2279110.00/cwt110.00–110.003072
Heifers—Small 1-230075.00/cwt75.00–75.002251
Heifers—Medium 2Thin Fleshed31272.00/cwt72.00–72.002251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2319110.00/cwt110.00–110.003513
Heifers—Medium 232890.14/cwt83.00–98.002965
Heifers—Small 1-235873.98/cwt70.00–78.002652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367106.94/cwt104.00–110.003922
Heifers—Medium 237990.41/cwt84.00–105.003438
Heifers—Medium 2Thin Fleshed41677.00/cwt77.00–77.003201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426107.92/cwt97.00–113.004607
Heifers—Medium 242787.07/cwt78.00–100.003729
Heifers—Small 1-243772.98/cwt70.00–76.003192
Heifers—Medium 247585.25/cwt80.00–91.004056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476102.97/cwt91.00–110.0049018
Heifers—Medium 250492.00/cwt92.00–92.004641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527100.99/cwt91.00–107.005327
Heifers—Medium and Large 353259.05/cwt53.00–65.003142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571101.13/cwt92.00–113.0057710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy57491.00/cwt91.00–91.005221
Heifers—Medium 257678.00/cwt78.00–78.004491
Heifers—Medium 262270.00/cwt70.00–70.004351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625104.99/cwt104.00–106.006562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674102.00/cwt102.00–102.006872
Heifers—Medium 268476.00/cwt76.00–76.005201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-273192.04/cwt90.00–94.006732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-277093.02/cwt89.00–96.007163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-282381.61/cwt76.00–87.006722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full94669.00/cwt69.00–69.006531
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 245796.31/cwt92.00–100.004403
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470121.37/cwt109.00–126.0057013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525111.80/cwt104.00–123.005879
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed53865.00/cwt65.00–65.003501
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed56572.28/cwt67.00–76.004083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2574108.02/cwt100.00–122.006207
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy57889.00/cwt89.00–89.005141
Bulls—Medium 258094.63/cwt90.00–100.005493
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2603100.99/cwt94.00–106.006093
Bulls—Medium 262976.53/cwt75.00–78.004812
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed64066.00/cwt66.00–66.004221
Bulls—Medium 267485.50/cwt85.00–86.005762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-267696.16/cwt90.00–100.006504
Bulls—Medium 271678.57/cwt72.00–85.005632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-272993.65/cwt88.00–97.006833
Bulls—Medium 277087.00/cwt87.00–87.006701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-277392.34/cwt90.00–97.007143
Bulls—Large 377360.25/cwt53.00–70.004663
Bulls—Medium 286172.02/cwt70.00–74.006202
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy89676.00/cwt76.00–76.006811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-297277.00/cwt77.00–77.007481
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 319450.00/cwt50.00–50.00971
Dairy Steers—Large 324071.00/cwt71.00–71.001701
Dairy Steers—Large 344074.00/cwt74.00–74.003261
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,15476.00/cwt76.00–76.008772
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96241.52/cwt39.00–46.003993
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11551.56/cwt46.00–57.0057517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39552.91/cwt49.00–55.007384
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,204800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,6321

This sale against other markets

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.