Sale reports / North Carolina / Smithfield Livestock Auction / 2021-01-07

Smithfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Jan 7
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094
Feeder Cattle receipts
339 head
▲ 181 vs last sale 158▼ 81 vs year ago 420 · −19.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 23▼ 92 vs year ago 137 · −67.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▼ 14 vs year ago 17 · −82.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparison available due to the market being closed the previous two weeks in observance of the Christmas Day and News Year's Day holidays. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.19/cwt on 115 head.
Average price
$128.19
115 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$576
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$422
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$31.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.32
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2486134.5065484
Medium 2393113.9544823
Small 1-2225102.902318thin
One grade step is worth $31.59/cwt here — about $422 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 sale115 hd
128.19
—
NC average8 barns · 537 hd
128.51
−0.32
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,36978.781,0785thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31561.6081014
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42558.718373thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98048.7647814

Every lot

79 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2124106.00/cwt106.00–106.001311
Steers—Small 1-2172104.59/cwt100.00–108.001803
Steers—Medium 2204103.00/cwt103.00–103.002101
Steers—Small 1-2211101.72/cwt100.00–105.002153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2240126.00/cwt126.00–126.003021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2273132.66/cwt131.00–135.003625
Steers—Medium 2273118.47/cwt110.00–122.003235
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2319137.11/cwt130.00–152.004378
Steers—Medium 2321117.64/cwt110.00–126.003784
Steers—Small 1-2325102.14/cwt100.00–104.003322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy356127.00/cwt127.00–127.004521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375144.80/cwt130.00–155.0054312
Steers—Medium 2375119.66/cwt119.00–120.004493
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy418127.50/cwt127.00–128.005332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427149.32/cwt130.00–160.0063813
Steers—Medium 2443114.99/cwt110.00–120.005092
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469139.46/cwt127.00–154.006549
Steers—Medium 2478117.63/cwt116.00–120.005623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521141.17/cwt140.00–143.007355
Steers—Medium 2562105.50/cwt101.00–110.005932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573126.35/cwt118.00–138.007248
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626118.34/cwt114.00–123.007412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2652120.03/cwt117.00–135.007836
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720120.00/cwt120.00–120.0086411
Steers—Medium 275098.00/cwt98.00–98.007352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2936102.00/cwt102.00–102.009551
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-218494.00/cwt94.00–94.001731
Heifers—Medium 2218110.00/cwt110.00–110.002401
Heifers—Small 1-223293.21/cwt90.00–96.002162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2244119.02/cwt117.00–121.002902
Heifers—Medium and Large 325685.00/cwt85.00–85.002181
Heifers—Small 1-2Gaunt26082.00/cwt82.00–82.002131
Heifers—Medium 2274107.19/cwt100.00–110.002946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2284115.34/cwt112.00–120.003283
Heifers—Small 1-2Full29677.00/cwt77.00–77.002281
Heifers—Medium 2313103.69/cwt100.00–107.003253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy321110.00/cwt110.00–110.003532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323120.14/cwt112.00–129.003888
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378118.28/cwt112.00–128.004474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419120.85/cwt111.00–127.0050616
Heifers—Medium 243997.35/cwt90.00–105.004272
Heifers—Medium 2467101.00/cwt100.00–102.004722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474120.06/cwt110.00–124.0056922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527114.70/cwt106.00–120.006047
Heifers—Medium 254090.00/cwt90.00–90.004861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564105.99/cwt105.00–109.005984
Heifers—Medium 257385.28/cwt80.00–92.004893
Heifers—Medium 260084.00/cwt84.00–84.005041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616104.21/cwt100.00–108.006429
Heifers—Medium 265691.00/cwt91.00–91.005971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670103.96/cwt101.00–107.006972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-271293.49/cwt92.00–95.006662
Heifers—Medium 277870.00/cwt70.00–70.005451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2474142.95/cwt139.00–146.006789
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy476121.00/cwt121.00–121.005761
Bulls—Medium 2489110.30/cwt106.00–115.005393
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy530119.00/cwt119.00–119.006311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2536135.58/cwt124.00–143.007279
Bulls—Medium 2540105.00/cwt105.00–105.005671
Bulls—Medium 255795.04/cwt90.00–100.005292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577132.57/cwt122.00–139.007656
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy592117.00/cwt117.00–117.006931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2608117.00/cwt117.00–117.007112
Bulls—Medium 266480.00/cwt80.00–80.005311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2672111.21/cwt109.00–114.0074710
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-273099.60/cwt90.00–106.007277
Bulls—Medium 278288.00/cwt88.00–88.006881
Bulls—Medium 282680.00/cwt80.00–80.006611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-292679.50/cwt74.00–85.007362
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 312167.00/cwt67.00–67.00812
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,36978.78/cwt70.00–89.001,0785
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84939.96/cwt31.00–43.003394
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03252.28/cwt46.00–57.0054010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31561.60/cwt56.00–66.0081014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36363.07/cwt61.00–65.008602
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55050.00/cwt50.00–50.007751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2838275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,3051
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2990775.00/cwt775.00–775.007,6731
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,096550.00/cwt550.00–550.006,0281

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.