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

Smithfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Nov 11
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094
Feeder Cattle receipts
583 head
▲ 200 vs last sale 383▲ 433 vs year ago 150 · +288.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 110▲ 84 vs year ago 32 · +262.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 4.00 to 7.00 higher, while heifers were unevenly steady. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly heavy. 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 $110.70/cwt on 132 head.
Average price
$110.70
132 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$502
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$317
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$26.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.83
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2492115.9157198
Medium 2385100.9238919thin
Small 1-228589.0125315thin
One grade step is worth $26.90/cwt here — about $317 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 sale132 hd
110.70
—
NC average8 barns · 1,183 hd
111.53
−0.83
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—Average1,44883.681,2124thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52359.6390813
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,10257.5263421
CowsLean 85-90%High99647.4447226

Every lot

72 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1-2228103.97/cwt103.00–105.002372
Steers—Medium 2244122.03/cwt120.00–124.002982
Steers—Medium 2271119.00/cwt118.00–120.003222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2282141.09/cwt137.00–145.003982
Steers—Small 1-231793.53/cwt90.00–98.002964
Steers—Medium 2320120.62/cwt118.00–123.003865
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2322136.16/cwt130.00–142.004389
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372143.55/cwt138.00–147.005344
Steers—Medium 2372119.83/cwt115.00–123.004468
Steers—Small 1-2381101.76/cwt100.00–104.003884
Steers—Medium 2423113.56/cwt110.00–117.004808
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426134.87/cwt130.00–140.005759
Steers—Small 1-2428100.96/cwt100.00–102.004322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471138.16/cwt134.00–140.006516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522127.29/cwt122.00–132.006646
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589125.00/cwt125.00–125.007362
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy607145.00/cwt145.00–145.008803
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619121.69/cwt120.00–125.007533
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2857117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0032
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-217898.38/cwt97.00–100.001752
Heifers—Medium 2185106.48/cwt106.00–107.001972
Heifers—Small 1-222092.13/cwt90.00–94.002032
Heifers—Medium 2238108.47/cwt107.00–110.002582
Heifers—Small 1-2265101.01/cwt100.00–103.002683
Heifers—Medium 2280110.61/cwt107.00–115.003105
Heifers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed28177.47/cwt77.00–78.002182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2288118.02/cwt115.00–121.003405
Heifers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed31775.06/cwt74.00–77.002383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2331123.71/cwt119.00–127.004098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368122.01/cwt119.00–124.004498
Heifers—Medium 2377104.89/cwt100.00–110.003954
Heifers—Small 1-238890.33/cwt90.00–91.003503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427125.60/cwt122.00–130.0053614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475121.53/cwt116.00–126.0057721
Heifers—Medium 247696.48/cwt96.00–97.004592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517117.40/cwt113.00–119.0060710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577106.90/cwt105.00–110.0061720
Heifers—Medium 262481.04/cwt80.00–82.005062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2634110.00/cwt110.00–110.006972
Heifers—Medium 268180.00/cwt80.00–80.005452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683107.65/cwt104.00–111.007353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-272891.02/cwt89.00–92.006634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-277491.32/cwt91.00–92.007073
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2469130.13/cwt124.00–133.0061017
Bulls—Medium 2471101.44/cwt100.00–107.004786
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed528106.32/cwt105.00–108.005613
Bulls—Medium 252999.05/cwt97.00–101.005242
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2530115.47/cwt111.00–120.0061219
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2569114.68/cwt110.00–119.0065312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy57097.41/cwt95.00–100.005552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed583102.51/cwt100.00–106.005984
Bulls—Medium 2583101.01/cwt100.00–102.005892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-261797.81/cwt94.00–101.006036
Bulls—Medium 263885.64/cwt82.00–88.005463
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed66172.01/cwt70.00–74.004762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2683103.38/cwt100.00–107.0070611
Bulls—Medium 268385.69/cwt84.00–88.005853
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed69784.50/cwt84.00–85.005892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2723103.24/cwt103.00–104.007464
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed73180.50/cwt80.00–81.005882
Bulls—Medium 273771.99/cwt71.00–73.005312
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed76671.01/cwt70.00–72.005442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282290.41/cwt87.00–94.007432
Bulls—Medium 283172.50/cwt72.00–73.006022
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34175.86/cwt74.00–78.001,0172
Bulls——1,55591.49/cwt90.00–93.001,4232
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83859.48/cwt59.00–60.004982
Cows—Lean 85-90%91934.53/cwt33.00–36.003174
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02748.82/cwt46.00–52.0050120
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03167.24/cwt65.00–69.006933
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11455.90/cwt54.00–60.0062318
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52359.63/cwt57.00–62.0090813

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.