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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Apr 23

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094

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Feeder Cattle receipts

227 head

▲ 39 vs last sale 188▲ 227 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

39 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 36▲ 39 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 3.00 lower, while bulls were 6.00 to 7.00 higher on a fairly light test. There were too few comparable feeder steers the previous week to establish an adequate market comparison, however a higher undertone was noted; heifers were mixed, 3.00 lower to 2.00 higher; and feeder bulls were mostly 5.00 to 7.00 lower on a light test. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.98/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$134.98

84 head · 452 lb average

Value per head Derived

$610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$20.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.25

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	454	136.82	622	76
Medium 1-2	402	119.50	480	2thin
Medium 2	440	116.81	514	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.02/cwt here — about $108 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 sale84 hd

134.98

—

NC average8 barns · 864 hd

135.23

−0.25

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	—	Low	1,520	85.12	1,294	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,125	64.10	721	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,518	58.33	885	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,011	52.30	529	12

Every lot

66 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	236	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	345	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	269	136.40/cwt	131.00–142.00	367	2
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	306	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	398	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	333	133.82/cwt	128.00–144.00	446	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	338	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	399	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	141.88/cwt	130.00–159.00	531	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	143.17/cwt	134.00–152.00	608	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	429	124.03/cwt	120.00–129.00	532	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	430	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	430	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	468	120.71/cwt	115.00–126.00	565	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	140.19/cwt	129.00–145.00	677	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	492	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	590	1
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	498	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	543	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	134.88/cwt	125.00–140.00	692	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	570	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	650	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	632	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	670	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	762	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	770	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	902	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	839	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	277	130.34/cwt	130.00–131.00	361	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	127.02/cwt	126.00–128.00	413	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	120.46/cwt	113.00–128.00	458	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	393	111.34/cwt	110.00–112.00	438	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	117.82/cwt	111.00–125.00	494	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	422	107.46/cwt	105.00–110.00	453	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	440	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	440	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	454	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	454	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	112.97/cwt	105.00–126.00	535	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	109.75/cwt	102.00–118.00	576	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	536	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	531	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	540	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	470	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	566	88.01/cwt	86.00–90.00	498	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	104.53/cwt	99.00–109.00	607	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	106.24/cwt	105.00–110.00	651	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	101.96/cwt	99.00–105.00	686	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	90.98/cwt	87.00–96.00	661	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	769	88.71/cwt	86.00–92.00	682	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	138.36/cwt	136.00–141.00	650	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	478	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	449	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	482	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	603	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	126.57/cwt	120.00–136.00	658	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	535	116.04/cwt	114.00–119.00	621	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	540	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	616	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	558	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	569	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	122.70/cwt	119.00–129.00	692	7
Bulls	—	Medium 2	569	107.25/cwt	102.00–110.00	610	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	578	117.33/cwt	117.00–118.00	678	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	616	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	554	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	113.00/cwt	110.00–116.00	712	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	654	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	589	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	670	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	704	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	775	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	799	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	779	103.91/cwt	93.00–105.50	809	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	811	96.01/cwt	94.00–97.00	779	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	850	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	782	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	930	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	800	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,342	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	658	1
Bulls	—	—	1,532	88.15/cwt	78.00–93.00	1,350	8
Bulls	—	—	1,600	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,552	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	858	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	541	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,021	53.46/cwt	46.00–57.00	546	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,062	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	319	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,081	61.07/cwt	57.00–66.00	660	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	71.16/cwt	70.00–72.00	874	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,518	58.33/cwt	54.00–63.00	885	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 Apr 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 227Last week 188Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 36Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	478	94.00	94.00
1	—	616	90.00	90.00
1	—	654	90.00	90.00
1	—	850	92.00	92.00
3	—	569	102.00–110.00	107.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	114.00	114.00
1	—	558	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	674	115.00	115.00
1	—	726	110.00	110.00
1	—	930	86.00	86.00
2	—	630	110.00–116.00	113.00
3	—	470	136.00–141.00	138.36
3	—	811	94.00–97.00	96.01
7	—	564	119.00–129.00	122.70
8	—	779	93.00–105.50	103.91
9	—	520	120.00–136.00	126.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	482	125.00	125.00
1	—	670	105.00	105.00
3	—	535	114.00–119.00	116.04
3	—	578	117.00–118.00	117.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	87.00	87.00
2	—	566	86.00–90.00	88.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	100.00	100.00
1	—	454	100.00	100.00
1	—	536	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	126.00–128.00	127.02
3	—	277	130.00–131.00	130.34
3	—	673	99.00–105.00	101.96
3	—	727	87.00–96.00	90.98
3	—	769	86.00–92.00	88.71
4	—	613	105.00–110.00	106.24
5	—	380	113.00–128.00	120.46
7	—	581	99.00–109.00	104.53
9	—	525	102.00–118.00	109.75
10	—	474	105.00–126.00	112.97
15	—	419	111.00–125.00	117.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	422	105.00–110.00	107.46
3	—	393	110.00–112.00	111.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	306	130.00	130.00
1	—	498	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	338	118.00	118.00
1	—	430	100.00	100.00
4	—	468	115.00–126.00	120.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	492	120.00	120.00
1	—	570	114.00	114.00
2	—	632	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	236	146.00	146.00
1	—	640	119.00	119.00
1	—	664	116.00	116.00
1	—	902	93.00	93.00
2	—	269	131.00–142.00	136.40
4	—	333	128.00–144.00	133.82
6	—	513	125.00–140.00	134.88
12	—	374	130.00–159.00	141.88
13	—	425	134.00–152.00	143.17
28	—	483	129.00–145.00	140.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	429	120.00–129.00	124.03

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,342	49.00	49.00
8	—	1,532	78.00–93.00	88.15
1	—	1,600	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,021	46.00–57.00	53.46
1	—	1,062	30.00	30.00
1	—	858	63.00	63.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,518	54.00–63.00	58.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,081	57.00–66.00	61.07
3	—	1,228	70.00–72.00	71.16

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.