Sale reports / North Carolina / Smithfield Livestock Auction / 2022-04-07

Smithfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Apr 7
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094
Feeder Cattle receipts
325 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 272▼ 77 vs year ago 402 · −19.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
117 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 76▲ 49 vs year ago 68 · +72.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 10▲ 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 7.00 to 8.00 lower and boning type slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower; there were too few comparable slaughter bulls to establish an adequate market comparison. Feeder cattle were mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand for feeder cattle was fairly good; market activity and buyer interest were fairly active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.78/cwt on 97 head.
Average price
$153.78
97 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$708
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$325
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$48.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.49
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2465159.1174078
Medium 2449134.4160417thin
Small 1-2375110.534142thin
One grade step is worth $48.58/cwt here — about $325 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 sale97 hd
153.78
—
NC average8 barns · 738 hd
159.27
−5.49
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—Low1,60995.901,5434thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,53476.671,17628
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21376.4192737
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low92465.5360525

Every lot

65 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2247131.66/cwt127.50–135.003253
Steers—Medium 2314142.39/cwt138.00–148.004473
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy315152.03/cwt151.00–153.004792
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325163.70/cwt158.00–170.0053211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy358170.97/cwt168.00–174.006122
Steers—Small 1-2375110.53/cwt110.00–111.004142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2382160.04/cwt154.00–167.0061117
Steers—Medium 2391133.27/cwt130.00–135.005214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added425173.21/cwt171.00–175.007365
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428160.19/cwt155.00–166.0068610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473156.28/cwt154.00–160.007393
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524157.51/cwt150.00–160.008254
Steers—Medium 2527140.56/cwt135.00–144.007413
Steers—Medium 2575134.02/cwt133.00–135.007712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584151.35/cwt144.00–157.0088412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,02312
Steers—Medium 2830120.00/cwt120.00–120.009962
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2225139.83/cwt138.00–143.003153
Heifers—Medium 2275127.13/cwt125.00–129.003503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2278134.00/cwt131.00–137.003732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2334138.41/cwt134.00–144.004626
Heifers—Medium 2362122.50/cwt122.00–123.004432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added367149.74/cwt149.00–150.005504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373136.63/cwt131.00–140.005104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418141.33/cwt137.00–146.005918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added434154.82/cwt149.00–158.006728
Heifers—Medium 2437125.46/cwt122.00–129.005482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478134.30/cwt129.00–138.0064211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added481151.00/cwt151.00–151.007264
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Fleshy481110.00/cwt110.00–110.005292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522126.10/cwt121.00–131.0065814
Heifers—Medium and Large 3543115.50/cwt115.00–116.006272
Heifers—Small 1-2565103.24/cwt100.00–107.005834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568126.50/cwt126.00–127.007192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2606126.00/cwt126.00–126.007645
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Fleshy680110.02/cwt109.00–111.007482
Heifers—Small 1-2Full68097.78/cwt94.00–101.006654
Heifers—Small 1-2741102.50/cwt102.00–103.007602
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475160.05/cwt157.00–161.007605
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy477138.75/cwt134.00–141.006624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478147.74/cwt143.00–153.007069
Bulls—Medium 2Fleshy495128.00/cwt128.00–128.006342
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy511153.99/cwt153.00–155.007872
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520141.99/cwt140.00–145.007385
Bulls—Medium 2558121.99/cwt120.00–125.006814
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577139.29/cwt135.00–144.0080410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628133.78/cwt131.00–136.008404
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2690130.99/cwt128.00–135.009043
Bulls—Medium 2712123.99/cwt123.00–125.008832
Bulls—Medium and Large 3773117.32/cwt116.00–118.009073
Bulls—Small 1-287090.50/cwt90.00–91.007872
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34183.99/cwt80.00–89.001,1262
Bulls——1,877107.81/cwt105.00–110.002,0242
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86440.93/cwt40.00–43.003543
Cows—Lean 85-90%87160.95/cwt59.00–63.005316
Cows—Lean 85-90%93477.37/cwt74.00–80.007236
Cows—Lean 85-90%96768.56/cwt65.00–71.0066310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20876.69/cwt72.00–80.0092623
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20966.51/cwt65.00–69.008046
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23283.05/cwt81.00–86.001,0238
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38069.06/cwt65.00–70.009535
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54577.09/cwt72.00–80.001,19117
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63081.83/cwt81.00–83.001,3346
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2818775.00/cwt775.00–775.006,3401
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2874850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,4291

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.