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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Oct 29

● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094

← Oct 22Oct 29Nov 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

421 head

▼ 55 vs last sale 476▼ 141 vs year ago 562 · −25.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

53 head

▼ 42 vs last sale 95▼ 76 vs year ago 129 · −58.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 2 · +50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 7.00 to 8.00 higher on a light test while boning type were 4.00 to 5.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 3.00 to 4.00 higher. There were too few comparable feeder steers to establish an adequate market comparison; feeder heifers were mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher; and feeder bulls were widely mixed. Demand was light to moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. 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 $96.68/cwt on 146 head.

Average price

$96.68

146 head · 475 lb average

Value per head Derived

$459

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$16.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.59

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	490	102.77	504	90
Medium 2	468	87.03	408	47
Small 1-2	354	86.19	305	9thin

One grade step is worth $16.58/cwt here — about $199 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 sale146 hd

96.68

—

NC average7 barns · 903 hd

103.27

−6.59

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	1,381	62.96	869	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,181	55.94	660	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,386	51.64	716	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	919	42.83	394	18

Every lot

89 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	180	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	220	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	198	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	193	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	228	125.98/cwt	119.00–133.00	287	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	274	129.61/cwt	123.00–139.00	355	5
Steers	—	Small 1-2	280	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	227	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	283	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	328	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	327	124.61/cwt	120.00–130.00	407	6
Steers	—	Medium 2	330	112.96/cwt	100.00–119.00	373	5
Steers	—	Small 1-2	363	90.15/cwt	80.00–96.00	327	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	373	112.71/cwt	104.00–117.00	420	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	126.66/cwt	120.00–136.00	475	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	129.28/cwt	120.00–135.00	548	21
Steers	—	Small 1-2	426	87.70/cwt	79.00–97.00	374	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	428	105.61/cwt	97.00–115.00	452	9
Steers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	430	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	344	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	130.46/cwt	129.00–132.00	603	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	496	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	570	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	116.49/cwt	115.00–118.00	614	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	111.53/cwt	105.00–116.00	641	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	602	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	656	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	706	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	812	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	216	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	225	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	220	114.99/cwt	114.00–116.00	253	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	225	106.47/cwt	104.00–111.00	240	3
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	250	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	208	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	277	116.71/cwt	112.00–123.00	323	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2	282	100.97/cwt	100.00–102.00	285	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	329	115.62/cwt	110.00–122.00	380	11
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	340	88.96/cwt	86.00–92.00	302	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	371	95.84/cwt	90.00–100.00	356	8
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	372	81.93/cwt	80.00–85.00	305	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	114.29/cwt	110.00–119.00	427	13
Heifers	—	Medium 2	418	92.20/cwt	89.00–95.00	385	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	108.25/cwt	105.00–114.00	460	11
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	434	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	369	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	452	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	339	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	104.66/cwt	100.00–109.00	491	12
Heifers	—	Medium 2	479	86.92/cwt	80.00–90.00	416	12
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	486	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	389	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	517	76.92/cwt	74.00–80.00	398	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	522	82.70/cwt	80.00–85.00	432	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	97.66/cwt	90.00–103.00	513	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	94.55/cwt	89.00–99.00	540	8
Heifers	—	Medium 2	576	78.31/cwt	72.00–84.00	451	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	598	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	466	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	88.99/cwt	87.00–92.00	553	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	628	79.55/cwt	77.00–82.00	500	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	91.34/cwt	84.00–95.00	616	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	661	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	730	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	511	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2Full	776	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	419	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	782	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	547	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	821	73.73/cwt	70.00–78.00	605	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	866	77.05/cwt	72.00–82.00	667	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	760	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	129.67/cwt	118.00–136.00	603	23
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	470	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	414	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	479	98.53/cwt	90.00–106.00	472	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	492	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	517	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	108.91/cwt	100.00–115.00	567	13
Bulls	—	Medium 2	523	91.03/cwt	80.00–100.00	476	8
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	531	73.10/cwt	70.00–76.00	388	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	555	73.01/cwt	70.00–76.00	405	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	569	88.41/cwt	86.00–92.00	503	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	102.28/cwt	90.00–110.00	586	8
Bulls	—	Medium 2	606	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	485	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	88.76/cwt	85.00–95.00	544	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2	660	76.99/cwt	74.00–80.00	508	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	84.64/cwt	79.00–90.00	567	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	678	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	542	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	708	73.68/cwt	70.00–77.00	522	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	717	82.61/cwt	80.00–88.00	592	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	78.50/cwt	78.00–79.00	601	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	790	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	537	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	81.53/cwt	80.00–83.00	716	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	926	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	685	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	958	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	719	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	488	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	337	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,347	70.58/cwt	64.00–75.00	951	2
Bulls	—	—	1,415	55.33/cwt	53.00–59.00	783	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	791	29.30/cwt	25.00–35.00	232	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	956	46.69/cwt	41.00–51.00	446	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,168	54.55/cwt	47.00–58.00	637	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,201	55.52/cwt	45.00–62.00	667	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,287	67.74/cwt	65.00–70.00	872	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,940	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	776	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,286	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,860	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,333	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	14,663	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 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 421Last week 476Year ago 562

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 95Year ago 129

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	486	80.00	80.00
1	—	250	83.00	83.00
2	—	340	86.00–92.00	88.96
1	—	434	85.00	85.00
3	—	372	80.00–85.00	81.93
1	—	216	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	469	100.00–109.00	104.66
8	—	571	89.00–99.00	94.55
2	—	866	72.00–82.00	77.05
1	—	950	80.00	80.00
2	—	719	92.00	92.00
6	—	277	112.00–123.00	116.71
13	—	374	110.00–119.00	114.29
5	—	525	90.00–103.00	97.66
4	—	821	70.00–78.00	73.73
4	—	621	87.00–92.00	88.99
8	—	674	84.00–95.00	91.34
11	—	329	110.00–122.00	115.62
11	—	425	105.00–114.00	108.25
2	—	220	114.00–116.00	114.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	77.00–82.00	79.55
3	—	225	104.00–111.00	106.47
12	—	479	80.00–90.00	86.92
8	—	371	90.00–100.00	95.84
4	—	522	80.00–85.00	82.70
1	—	730	70.00	70.00
2	—	282	100.00–102.00	100.97
4	—	418	89.00–95.00	92.20
6	—	576	72.00–84.00	78.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	776	54.00	54.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	452	75.00	75.00
2	—	517	74.00–80.00	76.92
1	—	598	78.00	78.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	782	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	575	105.00–116.00	111.53
16	—	375	120.00–136.00	126.66
5	—	228	119.00–133.00	125.98
5	—	274	123.00–139.00	129.61
21	—	424	120.00–135.00	129.28
1	—	650	105.00	105.00
1	—	602	109.00	109.00
1	—	180	122.00	122.00
4	—	462	129.00–132.00	130.46
2	—	527	115.00–118.00	116.49
1	—	706	115.00	115.00
6	—	327	120.00–130.00	124.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	426	79.00–97.00	87.70
1	—	198	97.50	97.50
3	—	363	80.00–96.00	90.15
1	—	280	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	283	115.00–117.00	116.00
1	—	496	115.00	115.00
9	—	428	97.00–115.00	105.61
5	—	330	100.00–119.00	112.96
9	—	373	104.00–117.00	112.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	492	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	465	118.00–136.00	129.67
1	—	958	75.00	75.00
5	—	613	85.00–95.00	88.76
11	—	670	79.00–90.00	84.64
2	—	878	80.00–83.00	81.53
3	—	717	80.00–88.00	82.61
2	—	765	78.00–79.00	78.50
8	—	573	90.00–110.00	102.28
1	—	926	74.00	74.00
13	—	521	100.00–115.00	108.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	678	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	606	80.00	80.00
8	—	523	80.00–100.00	91.03
3	—	708	70.00–77.00	73.68
2	—	660	74.00–80.00	76.99
7	—	569	86.00–92.00	88.41
9	—	479	90.00–106.00	98.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	531	70.00–76.00	73.10
1	—	790	68.00	68.00
2	—	555	70.00–76.00	73.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	488	69.00	69.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,940	40.00	40.00
3	—	1,201	45.00–62.00	55.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	791	25.00–35.00	29.30
14	—	956	41.00–51.00	46.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,287	65.00–70.00	67.74
17	—	1,168	47.00–58.00	54.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,415	53.00–59.00	55.33
2	—	1,347	64.00–75.00	70.58

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,286	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,333	1,100.00	1,100.00

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.