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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Dec 17

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094

← Dec 10Dec 17Jan 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

158 head

▼ 194 vs last sale 352▲ 5 vs year ago 153 · +3.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 58 vs last sale 81▼ 14 vs year ago 37 · −37.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There were too few head to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand was light; market activity and buyer interest were slow. Offerings of cattle were light due to inclement weather throughout the trade week. Cattle quality was 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 $89.10/cwt on 55 head.

Average price

$89.10

55 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$441

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

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

$33.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.52

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	493	100.82	497	23
Medium 3	240	92.50	222	1thin
Medium 2	517	82.26	426	27
Small 1-2	410	67.01	274	4thin

One grade step is worth $33.82/cwt here — about $223 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 sale55 hd

89.10

—

NC average8 barns · 1,020 hd

107.62

−18.52

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	—	Average	1,271	83.50	1,061	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	57.67	723	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,345	49.50	666	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,009	48.19	486	9thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 2	214	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	235	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	236	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	290	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	288	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	372	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	292	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	301	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	124.21/cwt	117.00–129.00	404	6
Steers	—	Small 1-2	348	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	282	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	370	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	292	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	371	110.34/cwt	106.00–115.00	409	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	121.71/cwt	117.00–127.00	455	8
Steers	—	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	390	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	250	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	424	86.55/cwt	85.00–88.00	367	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	119.94/cwt	117.00–124.00	510	7
Steers	—	Medium 2	440	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	484	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	448	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	403	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	470	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	508	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	588	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	528	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	470	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	118.47/cwt	115.00–122.00	635	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	824	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	692	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 3	240	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	222	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	308	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	280	102.55/cwt	101.00–104.00	287	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	107.90/cwt	106.00–110.00	340	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	338	96.56/cwt	90.00–101.00	326	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	366	95.14/cwt	90.00–100.00	348	3
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	372	78.02/cwt	75.00–81.00	290	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	110.16/cwt	105.00–117.00	411	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	107.87/cwt	100.00–112.00	458	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	426	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	302	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	447	55.99/cwt	52.00–60.00	250	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	105.75/cwt	101.00–110.00	502	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	476	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	428	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	476	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	352	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	514	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	535	80.66/cwt	78.00–84.00	432	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	570	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	462	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2Full	610	67.01/cwt	65.00–69.00	409	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	628	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	490	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	645	77.24/cwt	72.00–85.00	498	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	675	75.30/cwt	71.00–84.00	508	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2Full	692	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	450	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	539	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2Full	754	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	445	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	826	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	487	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	846	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	592	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	1,030	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	989	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	464	117.18/cwt	113.00–120.00	544	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	464	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	399	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	464	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	325	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	472	99.37/cwt	92.00–105.00	469	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	507	111.42/cwt	105.00–119.00	565	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2	512	90.52/cwt	88.00–93.00	463	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	590	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	568	87.54/cwt	84.00–91.00	497	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	613	85.62/cwt	80.00–90.00	525	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	648	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	719	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	666	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	446	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	694	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	638	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	724	89.00/cwt	88.00–90.00	644	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	99.01/cwt	97.00–101.00	719	2
Bulls	—	Medium 3	744	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	580	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	695	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	82.98/cwt	81.00–85.00	697	2
Bulls	—	Medium 3	898	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	629	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,271	83.50/cwt	79.00–90.00	1,061	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	941	42.10/cwt	33.00–50.00	396	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,043	51.24/cwt	46.00–57.00	534	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	57.67/cwt	51.00–66.00	723	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,322	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	516	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,368	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	821	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 Dec 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 158Last week 352Year ago 153

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 81Year ago 37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	425	117.00–124.00	119.94
6	—	325	117.00–129.00	124.21
1	—	288	129.00	129.00
1	—	478	123.00	123.00
2	—	536	115.00–122.00	118.47
1	—	236	123.00	123.00
8	—	374	117.00–127.00	121.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	424	85.00–88.00	86.55
1	—	348	81.00	81.00
1	—	370	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	64.00	64.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	528	89.00	89.00
1	—	448	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	371	106.00–115.00	110.34
1	—	292	103.00	103.00
1	—	470	108.00	108.00
1	—	440	110.00	110.00
1	—	214	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	824	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	447	52.00–60.00	55.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	373	105.00–117.00	110.16
5	—	425	100.00–112.00	107.87
2	—	315	106.00–110.00	107.90
4	—	475	101.00–110.00	105.75
1	—	514	100.00	100.00
1	—	280	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	846	70.00	70.00
1	—	628	78.00	78.00
1	—	700	77.00	77.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	65.00–69.00	67.01
1	—	692	65.00	65.00
1	—	754	59.00	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	90.00–101.00	96.56
3	—	675	71.00–84.00	75.30
1	—	570	81.00	81.00
3	—	366	90.00–100.00	95.14
2	—	476	90.00	90.00
2	—	280	101.00–104.00	102.55
3	—	535	78.00–84.00	80.66
4	—	645	72.00–85.00	77.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	92.50	92.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	826	59.00	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	426	71.00	71.00
1	—	476	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	372	75.00–81.00	78.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	764	91.00	91.00
2	—	726	97.00–101.00	99.01
1	—	648	111.00	111.00
5	—	507	105.00–119.00	111.42
6	—	464	113.00–120.00	117.18
1	—	562	105.00	105.00
2	—	840	81.00–85.00	82.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	464	70.00	70.00
1	—	666	67.00	67.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	464	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	92.00–105.00	99.37
1	—	694	92.00	92.00
2	—	568	84.00–91.00	87.54
6	—	613	80.00–90.00	85.62
6	—	512	88.00–93.00	90.52
2	—	724	88.00–90.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	744	78.00	78.00
1	—	898	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,271	79.00–90.00	83.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,253	51.00–66.00	57.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,368	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,322	39.00	39.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,043	46.00–57.00	51.24
3	—	941	33.00–50.00	42.10

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.