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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Dec 19

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094

← Dec 12Dec 19Jan 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

153 head

▼ 255 vs last sale 408▲ 153 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

37 head

▼ 77 vs last sale 114▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 4 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 steady to 4.00 higher and bulls 7.00 to 8.00 higher on a light test. Feeder steers and bulls were sharply higher; and heifers mostly 5.00 to 7.00 higher, all on a light test. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were light. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.48/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$110.48

58 head · 449 lb average

Value per head Derived

$496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$337

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

$42.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.99

vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	440	119.63	526	41
Medium 1-2	543	91.84	498	13thin
Small 1-2	245	77.25	189	4thin

One grade step is worth $42.38/cwt here — about $337 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 sale58 hd

110.48

—

NC average7 barns · 679 hd

105.49

+4.99

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	1,648	84.37	1,391	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,268	53.13	674	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,544	50.71	783	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,060	42.32	448	12

Every lot

61 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	216	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	238	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	218	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	185	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	235	148.30/cwt	142.00–152.00	349	3
Steers	—	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	254	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	178	1
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	279	109.79/cwt	96.00–123.00	306	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	287	146.63/cwt	129.00–156.00	421	3
Steers	—	Small 1-2	300	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	240	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2Fleshy	302	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	211	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	322	148.75/cwt	134.00–161.00	479	7
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	328	120.27/cwt	111.00–127.00	394	5
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	361	119.82/cwt	110.00–129.00	433	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	364	138.46/cwt	132.00–145.00	504	2
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	418	112.55/cwt	107.00–116.00	470	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	144.51/cwt	131.00–148.00	614	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	456	143.99/cwt	143.00–145.00	657	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	696	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	134.94/cwt	129.00–138.00	780	3
Steers	—	Small 3	702	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	344	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	188	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	165	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	240	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	326	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	248	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	171	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	256	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	154	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	273	131.63/cwt	128.00–135.00	359	3
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	284	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	312	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	288	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	265	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	316	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	373	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	125.97/cwt	117.00–139.00	404	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	126.29/cwt	120.00–131.00	463	5
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	420	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	420	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	119.46/cwt	115.00–124.00	512	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	122.24/cwt	115.00–127.00	581	8
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	488	91.00/cwt	90.00–92.00	444	2
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	112.03/cwt	109.00–118.00	594	6
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	578	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	520	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2Full	586	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	416	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	663	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	105.18/cwt	96.00–111.00	645	3
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	628	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	502	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	92.96/cwt	90.00–96.00	618	2
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	736	76.97/cwt	74.00–80.00	566	2
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	756	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	673	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	478	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	497	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	130.86/cwt	125.00–139.00	629	4
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	507	100.50/cwt	100.00–101.00	510	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	134.89/cwt	130.00–140.00	715	2
Bulls	—	Small 1-2Fleshy	560	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	370	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	131.35/cwt	129.00–135.00	770	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	125.63/cwt	110.00–134.00	771	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	120.79/cwt	115.00–127.00	801	4
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	826	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	413	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	894	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	787	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	902	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	848	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,174	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	763	1
Bulls	—	—	1,404	80.28/cwt	70.00–87.00	1,127	4
Bulls	—	—	2,132	96.28/cwt	92.00–99.00	2,053	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,042	32.53/cwt	30.00–35.00	339	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,063	44.28/cwt	39.00–49.00	471	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,268	53.13/cwt	50.00–62.00	674	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,544	50.71/cwt	45.00–56.00	783	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,111	78.79/cwt	75.00–80.00	875	4

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Powell Livestock Market - Smithfield, NC

Thu Dec 19, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 153Last week 408Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 114Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	66.00	66.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	586	129.00–135.00	131.35
5	—	614	110.00–134.00	125.63
1	—	894	88.00	88.00
1	—	902	94.00	94.00
2	—	530	130.00–140.00	134.89
4	—	481	125.00–139.00	130.86
4	—	663	115.00–127.00	120.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	478	104.00	104.00
2	—	507	100.00–101.00	100.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	826	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	302	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	702	49.00	49.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	107.00–116.00	112.55
5	—	328	111.00–127.00	120.27
1	—	216	110.00	110.00
3	—	279	96.00–123.00	109.79
3	—	361	110.00–129.00	119.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	512	136.00	136.00
4	—	456	143.00–145.00	143.99
7	—	322	134.00–161.00	148.75
9	—	425	131.00–148.00	144.51
2	—	364	132.00–145.00	138.46
3	—	235	142.00–152.00	148.30
3	—	287	129.00–156.00	146.63
3	—	578	129.00–138.00	134.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	218	85.00	85.00
1	—	300	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	254	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	586	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	578	90.00	90.00
1	—	628	80.00	80.00
1	—	756	89.00	89.00
1	—	284	110.00	110.00
1	—	316	118.00	118.00
1	—	420	100.00	100.00
2	—	488	90.00–92.00	91.00
2	—	520	100.00	100.00
2	—	736	74.00–80.00	76.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	136.00	136.00
1	—	592	112.00	112.00
2	—	665	90.00–96.00	92.96
5	—	429	115.00–124.00	119.46
6	—	530	109.00–118.00	112.03
7	—	321	117.00–139.00	125.97
3	—	273	128.00–135.00	131.63
3	—	613	96.00–111.00	105.18
5	—	367	120.00–131.00	126.29
8	—	475	115.00–127.00	122.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	188	88.00	88.00
1	—	248	69.00	69.00
1	—	288	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	256	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,132	92.00–99.00	96.28
1	—	1,174	65.00	65.00
4	—	1,404	70.00–87.00	80.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,268	50.00–62.00	53.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,544	45.00–56.00	50.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,042	30.00–35.00	32.53
10	—	1,063	39.00–49.00	44.28

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,111	75.00–80.00	78.79

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.