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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Feb 27

● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094

← Feb 20Feb 27Mar 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

595 head

▲ 512 vs last sale 83▲ 595 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

103 head

▲ 89 vs last sale 14▲ 103 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 1▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Correction to feeder cattle records with removal of high weight feeder cattle record.*

Too few head the previous week to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly heavy. 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 $112.81/cwt on 179 head.

Average price

$112.81

179 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$37.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.89

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	492	117.31	578	137
Medium 2	412	100.92	416	36
Small 1-2	304	85.00	258	2thin
Medium and Large 3	415	79.77	331	4thin

One grade step is worth $37.54/cwt here — about $247 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 sale179 hd

112.81

—

NC average8 barns · 839 hd

121.70

−8.89

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	1,270	74.87	951	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,237	65.82	814	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,481	60.49	896	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	965	43.77	422	35

Every lot

96 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 1-2	144	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	144	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	194	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	268	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	220	121.97/cwt	119.00–125.00	268	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	240	144.68/cwt	132.00–154.00	347	5
Steers	—	Small 1-2	252	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	252	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	272	139.71/cwt	130.00–152.00	380	10
Steers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	276	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	304	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	288	121.00/cwt	120.00–122.00	348	2
Steers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	300	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	342	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	304	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	337	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	324	125.40/cwt	121.00–128.00	406	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	329	143.69/cwt	137.00–152.00	473	9
Steers	—	Small 1-2	354	101.49/cwt	100.00–103.00	359	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	370	127.00/cwt	117.00–131.00	470	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	151.28/cwt	140.00–164.00	572	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	380	132.98/cwt	130.00–136.00	505	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	417	124.43/cwt	114.00–130.00	519	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	425	130.22/cwt	129.00–132.00	553	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	156.80/cwt	137.00–167.00	673	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	159.77/cwt	150.00–165.00	762	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	150.44/cwt	140.00–160.00	790	7
Steers	—	Medium 2	530	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	663	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	150.44/cwt	144.00–153.00	864	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	576	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	743	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	133.34/cwt	127.00–138.00	821	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	126.25/cwt	120.00–131.00	837	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	120.57/cwt	116.00–121.50	862	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	876	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	834	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	942	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 2	182	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	206	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	224	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	184	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	270	126.88/cwt	120.00–133.00	343	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	281	94.98/cwt	94.00–96.00	267	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	287	108.76/cwt	100.00–114.00	312	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	319	104.22/cwt	94.00–115.00	332	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	128.63/cwt	124.00–136.00	412	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	340	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	272	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	122.37/cwt	116.00–130.00	453	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	372	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	409	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	377	108.31/cwt	100.00–115.00	408	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	377	81.03/cwt	80.00–82.00	305	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	384	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	338	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	416	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	449	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	421	101.71/cwt	94.00–110.00	428	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	123.52/cwt	116.00–130.00	525	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	123.74/cwt	114.00–128.00	583	21
Heifers	—	Medium 2	480	98.97/cwt	94.00–104.00	475	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	518	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	549	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	120.12/cwt	110.00–127.00	626	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	562	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	562	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	566	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	436	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	113.59/cwt	109.00–116.00	650	17
Heifers	—	Medium 2	586	102.03/cwt	100.00–104.00	598	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2Full	604	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	465	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	100.84/cwt	94.00–108.00	624	7
Heifers	—	Medium 2	622	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	516	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	585	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	652	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	469	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	101.13/cwt	93.00–108.00	683	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	732	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	739	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	769	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	723	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	794	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	651	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	472	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	529	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	151.55/cwt	140.00–165.00	717	30
Bulls	—	Medium 2	477	119.12/cwt	110.00–130.00	568	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	483	121.77/cwt	100.00–134.00	588	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	504	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	630	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	143.86/cwt	130.00–157.00	758	30
Bulls	—	Medium 2	528	119.35/cwt	110.00–126.00	630	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	566	112.47/cwt	104.00–120.00	637	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	142.47/cwt	129.00–155.00	811	15
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	584	84.98/cwt	80.00–90.00	496	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	592	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	740	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	119.01/cwt	110.00–130.00	738	10
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	666	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	466	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	116.57/cwt	104.00–120.00	789	8
Bulls	—	Medium 2	702	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	618	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	110.83/cwt	101.00–116.00	798	12
Bulls	—	Medium 2	784	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	627	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	798	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	750	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	804	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	732	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	844	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	625	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	854	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	897	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	892	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	660	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	904	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	615	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	966	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	657	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,048	59.97/cwt	56.00–66.00	628	5
Bulls	—	—	1,338	79.99/cwt	70.00–85.00	1,070	11
Bulls	—	—	1,630	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,516	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	904	34.96/cwt	25.00–42.00	316	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	50.37/cwt	45.00–56.00	509	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	63.48/cwt	54.00–71.00	765	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,379	76.37/cwt	72.00–80.50	1,053	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,481	60.49/cwt	55.00–66.00	896	9
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	626	547.52/cwt	525.00–575.00	3,427	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,214	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	6,374	1

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 Feb 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 595Last week 83Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 14Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 1Year ago 0

*Correction to feeder cattle records with removal of high weight feeder cattle record.*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	377	80.00–82.00	81.03
1	—	566	77.00	77.00
1	—	340	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	224	82.00	82.00
1	—	384	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	372	110.00	110.00
1	—	650	90.00	90.00
1	—	562	100.00	100.00
1	—	518	106.00	106.00
1	—	416	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	521	110.00–127.00	120.12
22	—	425	116.00–130.00	123.52
21	—	471	114.00–128.00	123.74
17	—	572	109.00–116.00	113.59
17	—	370	116.00–130.00	122.37
12	—	675	93.00–108.00	101.13
7	—	619	94.00–108.00	100.84
5	—	270	120.00–133.00	126.88
4	—	320	124.00–136.00	128.63
2	—	769	94.00	94.00
1	—	732	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	281	94.00–96.00	94.98
1	—	652	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	377	100.00–115.00	108.31
5	—	480	94.00–104.00	98.97
5	—	421	94.00–110.00	101.71
5	—	319	94.00–115.00	104.22
3	—	287	100.00–114.00	108.76
2	—	586	100.00–104.00	102.03
1	—	794	82.00	82.00
1	—	622	83.00	83.00
1	—	182	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	604	77.00	77.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	125.00	125.00
2	—	220	119.00–125.00	121.97
2	—	288	120.00–122.00	121.00
5	—	324	121.00–128.00	125.40
6	—	417	114.00–130.00	124.43
13	—	370	117.00–131.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	276	110.00	110.00
1	—	300	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	194	138.00	138.00
1	—	768	114.00	114.00
1	—	834	113.00	113.00
42	—	429	137.00–167.00	156.80
14	—	378	140.00–164.00	151.28
10	—	272	130.00–152.00	139.71
9	—	329	137.00–152.00	143.69
7	—	663	120.00–131.00	126.25
7	—	616	127.00–138.00	133.34
7	—	525	140.00–160.00	150.44
6	—	715	116.00–121.50	120.57
6	—	477	150.00–165.00	159.77
5	—	240	132.00–154.00	144.68
4	—	574	144.00–153.00	150.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	354	100.00–103.00	101.49
1	—	304	111.00	111.00
1	—	252	100.00	100.00
1	—	144	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	129.00–132.00	130.22
2	—	380	130.00–136.00	132.98
1	—	576	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	483	100.00–134.00	121.77
1	—	966	68.00	68.00
1	—	904	68.00	68.00
1	—	892	74.00	74.00
1	—	798	94.00	94.00
1	—	592	125.00	125.00
1	—	504	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	527	130.00–157.00	143.86
30	—	473	140.00–165.00	151.55
15	—	569	129.00–155.00	142.47
12	—	720	101.00–116.00	110.83
10	—	620	110.00–130.00	119.01
8	—	677	104.00–120.00	116.57
1	—	854	105.00	105.00
1	—	804	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	584	80.00–90.00	84.98
1	—	666	70.00	70.00
1	—	472	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	566	104.00–120.00	112.47
4	—	528	110.00–126.00	119.35
4	—	477	110.00–130.00	119.12
1	—	844	74.00	74.00
1	—	784	80.00	80.00
1	—	702	88.00	88.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	93.00	93.00
5	—	1,048	56.00–66.00	59.97
11	—	1,338	70.00–85.00	79.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,379	72.00–80.50	76.37
18	—	1,205	54.00–71.00	63.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,481	55.00–66.00	60.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	904	25.00–42.00	34.96
20	—	1,010	45.00–56.00	50.37

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	626	525.00–575.00	547.52

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,214	525.00	525.00

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.