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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Oct 22

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094

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Feeder Cattle receipts

476 head

▼ 146 vs last sale 622▼ 53 vs year ago 529 · −10.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

95 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 103▼ 40 vs year ago 135 · −29.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, boning type slaughter cows were 6.00 to 7.00 lower, while breaking type slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were 11.00 to 12.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 11.00 to 13.00 lower, while heifers were mostly 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was light; market activity and buyer interest were slow. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average. Two dairy steers, small 3, weighing 50 lbs. brought 20.00 per head; four dairy steers, large 3, weighing 60 lbs. brought 35.00 per head; and two dairy steers, large 3, weighing 65 lbs. brought 50.00 per head.

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 $95.33/cwt on 150 head.

Average price

$95.33

150 head · 465 lb average

Value per head Derived

$443

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$44.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.21

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	472	100.58	474	95
Medium 2	458	87.68	402	48
Small 1-2	414	80.13	332	6thin
Small 3	444	56.00	249	1thin

One grade step is worth $44.58/cwt here — about $226 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 sale150 hd

95.33

—

NC average8 barns · 1,281 hd

105.54

−10.21

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	1,305	66.41	866	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,139	50.18	572	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,461	47.11	688	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,058	38.15	403	48

Every lot

88 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 2	190	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	224	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	228	120.98/cwt	120.00–123.00	276	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	242	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	259	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	268	111.94/cwt	105.00–117.00	300	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	281	129.68/cwt	125.00–136.00	364	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	319	123.40/cwt	117.00–128.00	394	7
Steers	—	Medium 2	333	108.66/cwt	102.00–115.00	362	4
Steers	—	Small 1-2Fleshy	374	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	262	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	123.61/cwt	116.00–132.00	468	18
Steers	—	Small 1-2	379	86.90/cwt	80.00–92.00	329	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	380	105.63/cwt	94.00–116.00	401	13
Steers	—	Medium 2	415	104.41/cwt	100.00–110.00	433	4
Steers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	418	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	351	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	121.29/cwt	114.00–126.00	511	27
Steers	—	Small 1-2	422	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	350	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	116.99/cwt	116.00–118.00	605	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	526	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	526	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	552	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	607	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	559	116.67/cwt	114.00–118.00	652	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	115.18/cwt	111.00–117.00	713	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	114.03/cwt	103.00–117.00	764	15
Steers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	732	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	571	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	692	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	103.63/cwt	97.00–110.00	803	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	872	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 2	160	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	171	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	217	107.63/cwt	106.00–109.00	234	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	242	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	281	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	114.65/cwt	105.00–126.00	321	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	109.95/cwt	103.00–117.00	352	7
Heifers	—	Medium 2	329	98.46/cwt	94.00–100.00	324	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	106.64/cwt	100.00–119.00	398	17
Heifers	—	Medium 2	374	93.51/cwt	90.00–96.00	350	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	382	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	374	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	390	84.95/cwt	80.00–90.00	331	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	105.92/cwt	100.00–111.00	450	14
Heifers	—	Medium 2	426	87.31/cwt	80.00–94.00	372	6
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	426	82.62/cwt	78.00–86.00	352	3
Heifers	—	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	428	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	270	1
Heifers	—	Small 3	444	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	249	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	102.54/cwt	94.00–107.00	472	9
Heifers	—	Medium 2	479	86.40/cwt	80.00–96.00	414	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	514	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	442	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	520	82.47/cwt	78.00–88.00	429	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	94.98/cwt	88.00–102.00	497	11
Heifers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	558	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	385	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	571	81.79/cwt	79.00–84.00	467	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	95.31/cwt	89.00–108.00	550	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	92.05/cwt	81.00–101.00	569	11
Heifers	—	Medium 2	630	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	498	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	87.31/cwt	81.00–95.00	582	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	672	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	517	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2Fleshy	692	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	533	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	617	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	738	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	539	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	462	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	323	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	115.99/cwt	111.00–120.00	543	14
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	470	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	414	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	476	99.27/cwt	90.00–108.00	473	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	498	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	538	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	514	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	421	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	518	91.32/cwt	80.00–100.00	473	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	112.95/cwt	107.00–118.00	592	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	546	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	546	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	568	93.89/cwt	80.00–104.00	533	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	111.22/cwt	105.00–117.00	650	14
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	586	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	375	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	606	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	485	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	101.22/cwt	98.00–105.00	633	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	662	84.43/cwt	80.00–89.00	559	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	96.58/cwt	90.00–105.00	651	9
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	702	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	491	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	708	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	595	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	714	91.58/cwt	89.00–96.00	654	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	87.98/cwt	80.00–96.00	676	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	87.67/cwt	81.00–93.00	719	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	856	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	633	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	868	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	529	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	869	88.83/cwt	85.00–93.00	772	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	83.82/cwt	75.00–93.00	775	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	959	83.67/cwt	82.00–85.00	802	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,012	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	567	1
Bulls	—	—	1,334	67.45/cwt	61.00–72.00	900	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	31.81/cwt	25.00–37.00	324	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,091	43.52/cwt	38.00–52.00	475	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,139	50.18/cwt	46.00–56.00	572	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,447	48.12/cwt	44.00–56.00	696	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,556	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	622	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 Oct 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 476Last week 622Year ago 529

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 103Year ago 135

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	584	105.00–117.00	111.22
6	—	820	81.00–93.00	87.67
14	—	468	111.00–120.00	115.99
9	—	674	90.00–105.00	96.58
2	—	925	75.00–93.00	83.82
6	—	869	85.00–93.00	88.83
4	—	625	98.00–105.00	101.22
3	—	959	82.00–85.00	83.67
7	—	768	80.00–96.00	87.98
13	—	524	107.00–118.00	112.95
5	—	714	89.00–96.00	91.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	586	64.00	64.00
1	—	868	61.00	61.00
1	—	702	70.00	70.00
1	—	470	88.00	88.00
1	—	514	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	80.00–104.00	93.89
8	—	518	80.00–100.00	91.32
10	—	476	90.00–108.00	99.27
2	—	662	80.00–89.00	84.43
1	—	708	84.00	84.00
1	—	606	80.00	80.00
1	—	856	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	462	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	498	108.00	108.00
1	—	546	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	726	85.00	85.00
9	—	460	94.00–107.00	102.54
11	—	618	81.00–101.00	92.05
6	—	280	105.00–126.00	114.65
7	—	320	103.00–117.00	109.95
17	—	373	100.00–119.00	106.64
11	—	523	88.00–102.00	94.98
8	—	577	89.00–108.00	95.31
1	—	242	116.00	116.00
6	—	667	81.00–95.00	87.31
14	—	425	100.00–111.00	105.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	672	77.00	77.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	428	63.00	63.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	80.00–90.00	84.95
3	—	426	78.00–86.00	82.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	444	56.00	56.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	692	77.00	77.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	79.00	79.00
1	—	160	107.00	107.00
6	—	426	80.00–94.00	87.31
4	—	329	94.00–100.00	98.46
3	—	217	106.00–109.00	107.63
11	—	520	78.00–88.00	82.47
4	—	374	90.00–96.00	93.51
6	—	571	79.00–84.00	81.79
10	—	479	80.00–96.00	86.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	558	69.00	69.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	382	98.00	98.00
1	—	738	73.00	73.00
1	—	514	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	619	111.00–117.00	115.18
18	—	379	116.00–132.00	123.61
15	—	670	103.00–117.00	114.03
27	—	421	114.00–126.00	121.29
1	—	830	105.00	105.00
3	—	517	116.00–118.00	116.99
2	—	775	97.00–110.00	103.63
3	—	228	120.00–123.00	120.98
1	—	744	93.00	93.00
5	—	281	125.00–136.00	129.68
7	—	319	117.00–128.00	123.40
12	—	559	114.00–118.00	116.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	379	80.00–92.00	86.90
1	—	422	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	374	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	190	118.00	118.00
13	—	380	94.00–116.00	105.63
2	—	526	100.00	100.00
1	—	242	107.00	107.00
3	—	268	105.00–117.00	111.94
1	—	552	110.00	110.00
4	—	415	100.00–110.00	104.41
4	—	333	102.00–115.00	108.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	418	84.00	84.00
1	—	732	78.00	78.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,556	40.00	40.00
7	—	1,447	44.00–56.00	48.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,018	25.00–37.00	31.81
26	—	1,091	38.00–52.00	43.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,139	46.00–56.00	50.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,012	56.00	56.00
10	—	1,334	61.00–72.00	67.45

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.