Sale reports / North Carolina / Smithfield Livestock Auction / 2020-11-12

Smithfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Nov 12
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094
Feeder Cattle receipts
150 head
▼ 217 vs last sale 367▼ 150 vs year ago 300 · −50.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 95▼ 54 vs year ago 86 · −62.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few head to establish an adequate market comparison. Offerings of cattle were light due to inclement weather; flood warning in effect for the area until Monday, November 16.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $96.27/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −104.97 against this barn's trailing median of $201.23.
Average price
$96.27
48 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$566
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$211
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$38.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.65
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2590108.4164022
Medium 258189.8052221
Small 1-261270.004285thin
One grade step is worth $38.41/cwt here — about $211 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 sale48 hd
96.27
—
NC average8 barns · 980 hd
111.91
−15.65
This barn, trailing median9 sales
201.23
−104.97
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

9 sales
229201174147median 201.2303/1904/0204/1604/3010/01
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $214.68, low $160.66, median $201.23 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,27575.249598thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19556.646779thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91741.6738212

Every lot

70 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2186122.00/cwt122.00–122.002271
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2241133.09/cwt130.00–136.003212
Steers—Medium 2280115.48/cwt115.00–116.003232
Steers—Medium 2308115.00/cwt115.00–115.003541
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2324131.84/cwt126.00–140.004273
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370126.85/cwt121.00–139.004695
Steers—Small 1-238290.00/cwt90.00–90.003441
Steers—Small 1-242696.78/cwt86.00–104.004125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433121.70/cwt117.00–127.005273
Steers—Medium 2435106.72/cwt95.00–112.004644
Steers—Medium 254084.00/cwt84.00–84.004541
Steers—Medium 256297.00/cwt97.00–97.005451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567112.52/cwt110.00–122.006385
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy58095.00/cwt95.00–95.005511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full65089.00/cwt89.00–89.005791
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660119.00/cwt119.00–119.007851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2744117.00/cwt117.00–117.008701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2830105.00/cwt105.00–105.008721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2856109.00/cwt109.00–109.009331
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 2170100.00/cwt100.00–100.001701
Heifers—Small 1-223495.00/cwt95.00–95.002221
Heifers—Medium 2246109.00/cwt109.00–109.002681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2266121.00/cwt121.00–121.003221
Heifers—Medium 2333107.95/cwt106.00–109.003593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368114.11/cwt111.00–117.004202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2409112.03/cwt108.00–116.004583
Heifers—Medium 2Thin Fleshed41682.00/cwt82.00–82.003411
Heifers—Small 1-242491.00/cwt91.00–91.003861
Heifers—Medium 243493.00/cwt93.00–93.004041
Heifers—Small 1-245670.00/cwt70.00–70.003191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2458105.90/cwt100.00–116.004858
Heifers—Medium 250480.98/cwt79.00–83.004082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523108.30/cwt106.00–110.005663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590109.01/cwt106.00–112.006432
Heifers—Medium 260682.00/cwt82.00–82.004971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628105.63/cwt102.00–110.006633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675107.56/cwt105.00–110.007262
Heifers—Medium 267784.84/cwt80.00–90.005742
Heifers—Medium 2Thin Fleshed71474.00/cwt74.00–74.005281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-277792.97/cwt91.00–95.007222
Heifers—Medium 2Thin Fleshed77870.00/cwt70.00–70.005451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy78083.00/cwt83.00–83.006471
Heifers—Medium 278871.00/cwt71.00–71.005591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-280886.96/cwt83.00–91.007032
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1-247484.00/cwt84.00–84.003981
Bulls—Medium 2480105.61/cwt95.00–112.005077
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485117.73/cwt115.00–123.005713
Bulls—Small 1-251271.00/cwt71.00–71.003641
Bulls—Medium 252197.14/cwt90.00–105.005064
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2539119.67/cwt105.00–126.5064510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy56894.00/cwt94.00–94.005342
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed56977.32/cwt70.00–81.004403
Bulls—Medium 259486.00/cwt86.00–86.005111
Bulls—Medium 261481.00/cwt81.00–81.004972
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2622100.16/cwt91.00–110.006232
Bulls—Small 1-262670.00/cwt70.00–70.004381
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed65071.00/cwt71.00–71.004621
Bulls—Small 1-266865.00/cwt65.00–65.004341
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-267993.92/cwt90.00–101.006383
Bulls—Medium 268286.00/cwt86.00–86.005871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-272291.00/cwt91.00–91.006571
Bulls—Small 1-278060.00/cwt60.00–60.004681
Bulls—Medium 295060.50/cwt60.00–61.005752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-299474.00/cwt74.00–74.007361
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,22772.99/cwt66.00–79.008967
Bulls——1,61091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,4651
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82054.00/cwt54.00–54.004431
Cows—Lean 85-90%88035.69/cwt31.00–40.003144
Cows—Lean 85-90%95243.32/cwt41.00–47.004127
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19556.64/cwt51.00–62.006779

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.