Sale reports / North Carolina / Smithfield Livestock Auction / 2021-11-04

Smithfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Nov 4
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094
Feeder Cattle receipts
383 head
▼ 124 vs last sale 507▲ 16 vs year ago 367 · +4.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 91▲ 15 vs year ago 95 · +15.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▼ 5 vs year ago 6 · −83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower, while slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 lower, while feeder heifers were mostly 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.46/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$116.46
87 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$521
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$17.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.27
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2457119.7154771
Medium 2408102.0141616thin
One grade step is worth $17.71/cwt here — about $131 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 sale87 hd
116.46
—
NC average8 barns · 1,097 hd
110.18
+6.27
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—Average1,41178.021,1013thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43560.478682thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11357.5464029
CowsLean 85-90%Low97146.6745328

Every lot

50 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2220116.46/cwt115.00–118.002562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2228127.05/cwt122.00–131.002906
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2285130.25/cwt127.00–135.003714
Steers—Medium 2320117.27/cwt115.00–120.003754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2322132.30/cwt128.00–138.0042610
Steers—Medium 2370116.04/cwt114.00–118.004292
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed379121.76/cwt121.00–123.004614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380137.57/cwt133.00–142.005239
Steers—Medium 2410113.52/cwt110.00–117.004652
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424129.00/cwt124.00–135.0054715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added439162.00/cwt162.00–162.007114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464133.51/cwt131.00–136.006192
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571128.62/cwt125.00–131.007343
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670110.98/cwt110.00–112.007442
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2231118.08/cwt116.00–120.002732
Heifers—Medium 2322106.60/cwt103.00–110.003434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330116.53/cwt115.00–122.003856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377120.38/cwt115.00–125.0045415
Heifers—Medium 2377106.49/cwt105.00–110.004014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423122.96/cwt117.00–127.0052011
Heifers—Medium 2431104.20/cwt101.00–109.004494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2458123.99/cwt120.00–129.005689
Heifers—Medium 248391.52/cwt90.00–93.004422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed51796.52/cwt95.00–98.004992
Heifers—Medium 251889.95/cwt88.00–92.004662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526109.80/cwt107.00–111.005785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added541127.00/cwt127.00–127.0068713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565111.77/cwt110.00–114.006324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added637121.00/cwt121.00–121.007712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660104.03/cwt102.00–106.006872
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478127.59/cwt122.00–131.0061011
Bulls—Medium 2481109.49/cwt108.00–111.005272
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed512102.02/cwt101.00–103.005222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2526111.19/cwt108.00–116.0058513
Bulls—Medium 253193.36/cwt91.00–96.004963
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571109.29/cwt104.00–112.0062410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed57295.52/cwt94.00–97.005462
Bulls—Medium 257293.07/cwt91.00–95.005322
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed58480.99/cwt80.00–82.004732
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2621101.79/cwt97.00–105.006328
Bulls—Medium 262488.47/cwt87.00–90.005522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-266797.17/cwt93.00–100.006485
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-281985.49/cwt84.00–87.007002
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed88770.00/cwt70.00–70.006212
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,41178.02/cwt77.00–79.001,1013
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90539.26/cwt36.00–41.0035510
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00750.78/cwt47.00–53.0051118
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11357.54/cwt55.00–61.0064029
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43560.47/cwt60.00–61.008682
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2922800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,3761

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.