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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Oct 1

● Final115 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094

← Sep 24Oct 1Oct 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

682 head

▲ 95 vs last sale 587▲ 246 vs year ago 436 · +56.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

89 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 82▲ 19 vs year ago 70 · +27.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 9.00 to 11.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly steady to 3.00 lower, while heifers were mostly 7.00 to 11.00 lower. Demand was light to moderate; market activity and buyer interest were slow to moderate. Offerings of cattle were heavy. Cattle quality was plain to 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 $102.65/cwt on 226 head.

Average price

$102.65

226 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$36.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.72

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	509	106.51	542	169
Medium 2	426	95.74	408	42
Small 1-2	460	79.79	367	13thin
Medium and Large 3	438	70.00	307	2thin

One grade step is worth $36.51/cwt here — about $236 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 sale226 hd

102.65

—

NC average8 barns · 1,243 hd

112.36

−9.72

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	1,301	69.62	906	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,156	52.62	608	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,472	49.74	732	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	966	41.80	404	29

Every lot

115 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 1-2	214	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	193	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	225	127.96/cwt	124.00–135.00	288	8
Steers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	230	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	259	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	242	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	288	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	277	135.17/cwt	125.00–147.00	374	8
Steers	—	Medium 2	288	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	317	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	324	135.29/cwt	125.00–147.00	438	7
Steers	—	Medium 2	327	116.16/cwt	104.00–125.00	380	8
Steers	—	Small 1-2	369	91.36/cwt	90.00–94.00	337	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	375	115.47/cwt	100.00–125.00	433	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	136.83/cwt	126.00–143.00	514	14
Steers	—	Small 1-2	422	94.59/cwt	90.00–100.00	399	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	423	112.63/cwt	91.00–123.00	476	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	128.08/cwt	122.00–137.00	547	22
Steers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	432	103.38/cwt	100.00–105.00	447	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	132.41/cwt	127.00–134.00	628	11
Steers	—	Medium 2	483	105.65/cwt	100.00–111.00	510	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	531	101.84/cwt	97.00–107.00	541	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	129.97/cwt	129.00–132.00	695	4
Steers	—	Small 1-2	546	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	459	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	123.08/cwt	119.00–128.00	692	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	606	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	564	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	113.80/cwt	112.00–120.00	711	6
Steers	—	Medium 3	640	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	403	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	657	116.26/cwt	110.00–119.00	764	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	109.20/cwt	100.00–117.00	790	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	824	106.59/cwt	100.00–113.00	878	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	874	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	926	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	214	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	214	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	227	107.40/cwt	100.00–111.00	244	4
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	264	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	214	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	119.19/cwt	115.00–124.00	328	8
Heifers	—	Medium 2	279	107.19/cwt	101.00–113.00	299	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	326	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	359	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	331	120.37/cwt	115.00–129.00	398	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	332	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	266	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	333	104.07/cwt	90.00–110.00	347	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	116.63/cwt	110.00–120.00	440	11
Heifers	—	Medium 2	379	102.88/cwt	93.00–110.00	390	8
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	394	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	339	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	115.47/cwt	107.00–121.00	490	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	424	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	441	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	432	98.63/cwt	90.00–105.00	426	4
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	432	78.52/cwt	77.00–80.00	339	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	471	93.22/cwt	90.00–100.00	439	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	472	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	444	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	479	80.05/cwt	75.00–84.00	383	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	108.79/cwt	99.00–118.00	527	20
Heifers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	498	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	374	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	502	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	382	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	105.74/cwt	100.00–112.00	554	37
Heifers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	529	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	423	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	541	82.62/cwt	80.00–88.00	447	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	544	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	326	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	103.39/cwt	95.00–111.00	588	22
Heifers	—	Medium 2	570	90.18/cwt	84.00–93.00	514	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	571	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	428	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	573	75.49/cwt	74.00–77.00	433	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	581	93.49/cwt	90.00–97.00	543	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	612	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	545	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	97.56/cwt	90.00–107.00	607	15
Heifers	—	Medium 2	667	78.92/cwt	74.00–84.00	526	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	95.89/cwt	90.00–104.00	648	11
Heifers	—	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	680	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	449	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	88.46/cwt	84.00–93.00	643	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	836	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	610	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	838	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	679	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls38 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	468	102.47/cwt	90.00–116.00	480	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	124.95/cwt	116.00–128.00	597	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	490	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	392	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	510	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	357	1
Bulls	—	Large 2Thin Fleshed	512	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	420	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	518	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	337	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	520	98.24/cwt	90.00–105.00	511	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	122.76/cwt	114.00–131.00	641	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	552	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	580	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	569	96.57/cwt	86.00–110.00	549	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	118.08/cwt	107.00–127.00	675	17
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	598	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	454	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	608	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	377	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	630	90.25/cwt	90.00–91.00	569	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	102.51/cwt	96.00–110.00	649	13
Bulls	—	Medium 2	633	82.40/cwt	78.00–90.00	522	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	95.92/cwt	90.00–110.00	647	9
Bulls	—	Medium 2	674	81.72/cwt	77.00–88.00	551	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	684	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	588	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	692	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	471	1
Bulls	—	Large 3	700	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	420	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	710	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	469	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	720	78.03/cwt	76.00–80.00	562	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	85.34/cwt	80.00–100.00	624	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	771	85.00/cwt	80.00–95.00	655	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	772	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	510	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	774	74.23/cwt	71.00–76.00	575	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	810	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	591	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2Full	812	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	414	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	826	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	743	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	864	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	605	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	873	80.01/cwt	79.00–81.00	698	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	882	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	485	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	900	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	540	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	918	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	606	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	927	71.31/cwt	70.00–73.00	661	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	982	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	707	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,299	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	779	2
Bulls	—	—	1,302	72.82/cwt	66.00–76.00	948	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	762	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	419	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	907	33.35/cwt	28.00–39.00	302	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,004	45.11/cwt	40.00–51.00	453	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,066	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	682	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,157	52.48/cwt	47.00–62.00	607	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,224	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	551	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,406	52.13/cwt	47.00–58.00	733	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,670	42.56/cwt	40.00–45.00	711	2

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 Oct 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 682Last week 587Year ago 436

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 82Year ago 70

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	727	84.00–93.00	88.46
22	—	569	95.00–111.00	103.39
37	—	524	100.00–112.00	105.74
22	—	424	107.00–121.00	115.47
11	—	676	90.00–104.00	95.89
11	—	377	110.00–120.00	116.63
15	—	622	90.00–107.00	97.56
20	—	484	99.00–118.00	108.79
8	—	275	115.00–124.00	119.19
8	—	331	115.00–129.00	120.37
1	—	838	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	529	80.00	80.00
1	—	498	75.00	75.00
2	—	571	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	214	100.00	100.00
2	—	432	77.00–80.00	78.52
1	—	502	76.00	76.00
1	—	394	86.00	86.00
2	—	573	74.00–77.00	75.49
4	—	479	75.00–84.00	80.05
1	—	264	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	581	90.00–97.00	93.49
1	—	424	104.00	104.00
1	—	612	89.00	89.00
1	—	836	73.00	73.00
2	—	326	110.00	110.00
1	—	472	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	227	100.00–111.00	107.40
4	—	432	90.00–105.00	98.63
7	—	333	90.00–110.00	104.07
4	—	570	84.00–93.00	90.18
3	—	541	80.00–88.00	82.62
2	—	279	101.00–113.00	107.19
3	—	471	90.00–100.00	93.22
8	—	379	93.00–110.00	102.88
2	—	667	74.00–84.00	78.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	332	80.00	80.00
1	—	544	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	66.00	66.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	562	119.00–128.00	123.08
2	—	824	100.00–113.00	106.59
11	—	474	127.00–134.00	132.41
1	—	874	106.00	106.00
4	—	535	129.00–132.00	129.97
14	—	376	126.00–143.00	136.83
4	—	723	100.00–117.00	109.20
8	—	277	125.00–147.00	135.17
7	—	324	125.00–147.00	135.29
7	—	657	110.00–119.00	116.26
8	—	225	124.00–135.00	127.96
6	—	625	112.00–120.00	113.80
22	—	427	122.00–137.00	128.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	100.00–105.00	103.38
1	—	230	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	63.00	63.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	90.00–100.00	94.59
3	—	369	90.00–94.00	91.36
1	—	546	84.00	84.00
1	—	214	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	375	100.00–125.00	115.47
1	—	242	119.00	119.00
1	—	288	110.00	110.00
2	—	531	97.00–107.00	101.84
8	—	327	104.00–125.00	116.16
11	—	423	91.00–123.00	112.63
1	—	606	93.00	93.00
2	—	483	100.00–111.00	105.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	512	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	90.00–91.00	90.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	674	90.00–110.00	95.92
2	—	873	79.00–81.00	80.01
1	—	982	72.00	72.00
2	—	826	90.00	90.00
6	—	771	80.00–95.00	85.00
13	—	633	96.00–110.00	102.51
17	—	572	107.00–127.00	118.08
23	—	478	116.00–128.00	124.95
9	—	731	80.00–100.00	85.34
3	—	927	70.00–73.00	71.31
27	—	522	114.00–131.00	122.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	518	65.00	65.00
1	—	882	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	552	105.00	105.00
1	—	490	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	73.00	73.00
4	—	774	71.00–76.00	74.23
10	—	468	90.00–116.00	102.47
1	—	864	70.00	70.00
3	—	720	76.00–80.00	78.03
9	—	569	86.00–110.00	96.57
7	—	633	78.00–90.00	82.40
5	—	520	90.00–105.00	98.24
5	—	674	77.00–88.00	81.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	70.00	70.00
1	—	598	76.00	76.00
1	—	692	68.00	68.00
1	—	772	66.00	66.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	66.00	66.00
1	—	900	60.00	60.00
1	—	490	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	812	51.00	51.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	608	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	918	66.00	66.00
1	—	684	86.00	86.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	907	28.00–39.00	33.35
1	—	762	55.00	55.00
19	—	1,004	40.00–51.00	45.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,406	47.00–58.00	52.13
2	—	1,670	40.00–45.00	42.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,066	64.00	64.00
1	—	1,224	45.00	45.00
27	—	1,157	47.00–62.00	52.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,299	60.00	60.00
6	—	1,302	66.00–76.00	72.82

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.