Sale reports / North Carolina / Smithfield Livestock Auction / 2021-02-18

Smithfield Livestock Auction

Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Feb 18

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094

← Feb 11Feb 18Feb 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 240 vs last sale 246▼ 77 vs year ago 83 · −92.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

45 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 80▲ 31 vs year ago 14 · +221.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 5.00 to 7.00 lower and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower. There were too few feeder cattle to establish an adequate market comparison. Offerings of cattle were very light due to ongoing cold, wet weather. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $116.60/cwt on 5 head.

Average price

$116.60

5 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$729

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$437

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

$4.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.23

vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 2	314	120.00	377	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	703	115.75	814	4thin

One grade step is worth $4.25/cwt here — about −$437 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 sale5 hd

116.60

—

NC average8 barns · 141 hd

116.37

+0.23

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	—	High	1,619	89.96	1,457	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,213	71.84	872	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,513	64.60	977	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,045	57.01	596	13

Every lot

12 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 2	314	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	377	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	771	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	714	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	828	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	320	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	298	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,562	88.53/cwt	65.00–102.00	1,383	7
Bulls	—	—	2,018	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	2,018	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	912	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	401	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,056	58.09/cwt	50.00–64.00	613	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,161	69.00/cwt	65.00–73.00	801	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,370	80.37/cwt	77.00–85.00	1,101	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,494	67.56/cwt	63.00–75.00	1,009	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,544	59.66/cwt	59.00–60.00	921	3

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 Feb 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6Last week 246Year ago 83

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 80Year ago 14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,161	65.00–73.00	69.00
4	—	1,370	77.00–85.00	80.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,494	63.00–75.00	67.56
3	—	1,544	59.00–60.00	59.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,056	50.00–64.00	58.09
1	—	912	44.00	44.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,018	100.00	100.00
7	—	1,562	65.00–102.00	88.53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	115.00	115.00
3	—	714	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	314	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	93.00	93.00

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.