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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Oct 28

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094

← Oct 21Oct 28Nov 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

507 head

▲ 64 vs last sale 443▲ 86 vs year ago 421 · +20.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

91 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 65▲ 38 vs year ago 53 · +71.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher, while slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. There were too few comparable feeder steers to establish an adequate market comparison; heifers were mostly 6.00 to 10.00 lower; and feeder bulls were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 lower with some as much as 16.00 lower. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average. Baby calves ranged 50.00 to 55.00 per head.

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 $108.70/cwt on 138 head.

Average price

$108.70

138 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$523

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$26.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.07

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	500	113.41	567	99
Medium 2	448	98.52	442	33
Small 1-2	358	86.93	311	6thin

One grade step is worth $26.48/cwt here — about $256 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 sale138 hd

108.70

—

NC average8 barns · 1,234 hd

113.77

−5.07

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	1,538	81.02	1,246	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,257	60.94	766	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,065	58.83	627	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	917	46.24	424	16

Every lot

67 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	230	123.48/cwt	123.00–124.00	284	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	281	132.35/cwt	127.00–136.00	372	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	139.72/cwt	135.00–143.00	461	8
Steers	—	Small 1-2	368	100.50/cwt	99.00–102.00	370	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	371	135.57/cwt	129.00–140.00	503	13
Steers	—	Medium 2	384	112.74/cwt	110.00–114.00	433	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	390	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	659	6
Steers	—	Small 1-2	416	91.53/cwt	90.00–93.00	381	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	421	112.91/cwt	110.00–117.00	475	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	423	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	499	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	126.33/cwt	121.00–132.00	536	13
Steers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	426	103.43/cwt	100.00–107.00	441	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	433	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	693	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	140.93/cwt	139.00–143.00	674	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	519	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	836	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	534	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	630	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	535	102.56/cwt	100.00–105.00	549	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	571	103.99/cwt	100.00–108.00	594	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	573	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	894	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	769	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	117.46/cwt	114.00–120.00	382	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2Value Added	330	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	370	7
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	332	86.89/cwt	83.00–89.00	288	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	335	101.22/cwt	99.00–106.00	339	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	116.36/cwt	114.00–121.00	431	10
Heifers	—	Medium 2	378	103.93/cwt	100.00–108.00	393	4
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	410	87.01/cwt	86.00–88.00	357	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	116.44/cwt	114.00–120.00	496	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	428	126.70/cwt	126.00–129.00	542	29
Heifers	—	Medium 2	431	101.36/cwt	99.00–104.00	437	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	436	87.47/cwt	85.00–90.00	381	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	460	98.34/cwt	97.00–100.00	452	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	114.29/cwt	111.00–117.00	538	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	497	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	611	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	109.61/cwt	106.00–111.00	572	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	100.75/cwt	100.00–101.00	567	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	572	88.65/cwt	85.00–92.00	507	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	103.03/cwt	99.00–106.00	642	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	627	87.04/cwt	84.00–89.00	546	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	663	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	577	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	664	87.47/cwt	85.00–90.00	581	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	671	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	564	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	99.68/cwt	97.00–101.00	670	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	686	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	775	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	709	83.51/cwt	82.00–85.00	592	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	771	82.99/cwt	82.00–85.00	640	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	804	84.00/cwt	83.00–85.00	675	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	460	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	501	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	468	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	515	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	118.69/cwt	115.00–123.00	560	19
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	525	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	420	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	115.51/cwt	110.00–120.00	609	10
Bulls	—	Medium 2	527	96.82/cwt	94.00–99.00	510	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	551	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	551	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	112.09/cwt	108.00–116.00	630	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	111.14/cwt	110.00–115.00	690	7
Bulls	—	Medium 2	622	87.96/cwt	84.00–90.00	547	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2	674	84.99/cwt	84.00–86.00	573	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	688	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	674	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	94.68/cwt	91.00–98.00	696	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,469	76.17/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,119	7
Bulls	—	—	1,700	92.34/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,570	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	837	36.31/cwt	35.00–38.00	304	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	936	48.53/cwt	46.00–51.00	454	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,058	57.91/cwt	55.00–61.00	613	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,138	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	774	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,257	60.94/cwt	60.00–62.00	766	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 Oct 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 507Last week 443Year ago 421

Slaughter CattleReceipts 91Last week 65Year ago 53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	471	111.00–117.00	114.29
9	—	426	114.00–120.00	116.44
5	—	522	106.00–111.00	109.61
4	—	623	99.00–106.00	103.03
2	—	804	83.00–85.00	84.00
3	—	771	82.00–85.00	82.99
6	—	672	97.00–101.00	99.68
6	—	325	114.00–120.00	117.46
4	—	563	100.00–101.00	100.75
10	—	370	114.00–121.00	116.36
2	—	709	82.00–85.00	83.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	497	123.00	123.00
29	—	428	126.00–129.00	126.70
5	—	686	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	330	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	664	85.00–90.00	87.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	84.00–89.00	87.04
4	—	378	100.00–108.00	103.93
4	—	335	99.00–106.00	101.22
5	—	572	85.00–92.00	88.65
3	—	431	99.00–104.00	101.36
3	—	460	97.00–100.00	98.34
2	—	671	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	332	83.00–89.00	86.89
2	—	410	86.00–88.00	87.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	436	85.00–90.00	87.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	416	90.00–93.00	91.53
2	—	368	99.00–102.00	100.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	100.00–105.00	102.56
4	—	384	110.00–114.00	112.74
2	—	571	100.00–108.00	103.99
10	—	421	110.00–117.00	112.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	156.00	156.00
7	—	519	161.00	161.00
6	—	390	169.00	169.00
7	—	433	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	230	123.00–124.00	123.48
13	—	424	121.00–132.00	126.33
3	—	281	127.00–136.00	132.35
1	—	574	134.00	134.00
13	—	371	129.00–140.00	135.57
2	—	478	139.00–143.00	140.93
8	—	330	135.00–143.00	139.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	426	100.00–107.00	103.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	534	118.00	118.00
2	—	423	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	688	98.00	98.00
3	—	735	91.00–98.00	94.68
10	—	527	110.00–120.00	115.51
11	—	562	108.00–116.00	112.09
7	—	621	110.00–115.00	111.14
19	—	472	115.00–123.00	118.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	551	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	108.00–110.00	109.00
5	—	622	84.00–90.00	87.96
2	—	674	84.00–86.00	84.99
5	—	527	94.00–99.00	96.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	837	35.00–38.00	36.31
13	—	936	46.00–51.00	48.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	68.00	68.00
20	—	1,058	55.00–61.00	57.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,257	60.00–62.00	60.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,469	74.00–79.00	76.17
3	—	1,700	91.00–94.00	92.34

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.