Sale reports / North Carolina / Smithfield Livestock Auction / 2020-02-06

Smithfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Feb 6
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094
Feeder Cattle receipts
111 head
▼ 442 vs last sale 553▲ 111 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 109▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few head to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were light due to severe inclement weather. Cattle quality was average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.61/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$106.61
41 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$500
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$289
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$22.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.40
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527111.6758821
Medium 2420103.5043417thin
Small 1-233788.833003thin
One grade step is worth $22.84/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 sale41 hd
106.61
—
NC average8 barns · 996 hd
116.02
−9.40
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—Average1,12276.458582thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18267.487988thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48453.507942thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02149.2350311

Every lot

60 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2285125.04/cwt124.00–126.003562
Steers—Small 1-2286110.00/cwt110.00–110.003152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290136.00/cwt136.00–136.003941
Steers—Small 1-2Fleshy29879.00/cwt79.00–79.002351
Steers—Small 1-231390.10/cwt80.00–100.002822
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320146.00/cwt146.00–146.004671
Steers—Medium 2321124.61/cwt114.00–131.004004
Steers—Medium 2370128.03/cwt116.00–133.004745
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377141.00/cwt137.00–143.005323
Steers—Medium 2Full422114.00/cwt114.00–114.004811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440135.65/cwt132.00–139.005973
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466140.00/cwt140.00–140.006521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593127.99/cwt124.00–132.007592
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-226193.75/cwt88.00–100.002452
Heifers—Medium 2264112.11/cwt110.00–114.002962
Heifers—Medium 2346109.00/cwt109.00–109.003772
Heifers—Medium 2377107.75/cwt100.00–112.004063
Heifers—Medium 2409104.90/cwt94.00–113.004293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421116.86/cwt114.00–120.004926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy456110.00/cwt110.00–110.005021
Heifers—Medium 2476104.82/cwt94.00–111.004993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485116.52/cwt113.00–120.005652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed490116.00/cwt116.00–116.005681
Heifers—Small 1-249079.00/cwt79.00–79.003871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515112.99/cwt110.00–116.005825
Heifers—Medium 253291.21/cwt86.00–97.004854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562110.00/cwt110.00–110.006181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed574103.00/cwt103.00–103.005911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618107.00/cwt107.00–107.006611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2726100.00/cwt100.00–100.007261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2768106.00/cwt106.00–106.008141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-280094.00/cwt94.00–94.007521
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1-245095.00/cwt95.00–95.004281
Bulls—Medium and Large 345280.00/cwt80.00–80.003621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed469124.89/cwt122.00–128.005862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473131.00/cwt129.00–132.006204
Bulls—Medium 2477107.30/cwt100.00–115.005122
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed480108.00/cwt108.00–108.005181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2516127.36/cwt123.00–130.006573
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed53490.00/cwt90.00–90.004811
Bulls—Medium 2558114.00/cwt114.00–114.006361
Bulls—Small 1-256783.51/cwt78.00–89.004742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2574120.51/cwt120.00–121.006922
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed58681.00/cwt81.00–81.004751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed594108.00/cwt108.00–108.006421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed604106.00/cwt106.00–106.006401
Bulls—Medium 264697.00/cwt97.00–97.006271
Bulls—Small 1-264689.00/cwt89.00–89.005751
Bulls—Medium 271688.00/cwt88.00–88.006301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2918103.00/cwt103.00–103.009461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed92270.00/cwt70.00–70.006451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed99070.00/cwt70.00–70.006931
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,12276.45/cwt71.00–83.008582
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80061.00/cwt61.00–61.004881
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03450.84/cwt47.00–57.005269
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10463.84/cwt60.00–66.007056
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12423.00/cwt23.00–23.002591
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26050.00/cwt50.00–50.006301
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41678.38/cwt77.00–80.001,1102
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,70857.00/cwt57.00–57.009741

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.