Sale reports / North Carolina / Smithfield Livestock Auction / 2022-09-01

Smithfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Sep 1
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094
Feeder Cattle receipts
190 head
▼ 176 vs last sale 366▼ 49 vs year ago 239 · −20.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 50▲ 9 vs year ago 25 · +36.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder cattle were steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offering of cattle were light. Cattle quality was average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.95/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −72.29 against this barn's trailing median of $201.23.
Average price
$128.95
60 head · 578 lb average
Value per head Derived
$745
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$313
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$37.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.49
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2580134.9378347
Medium 2583109.0963611thin
Small 1-248297.504702thin
One grade step is worth $37.43/cwt here — about $313 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 sale60 hd
128.95
—
NC average8 barns · 554 hd
139.44
−10.49
This barn, trailing median9 sales
201.23
−72.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

9 sales
229201174147median 201.2303/1904/0204/1604/3010/01
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $214.68, low $160.66, median $201.23 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,54399.081,5294thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15977.6189910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51376.231,1538thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96561.7359611

Every lot

76 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2238167.48/cwt167.00–168.003992
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2262160.00/cwt160.00–160.004191
Steers—Small 1-2300100.00/cwt100.00–100.003001
Steers—Medium 2318131.03/cwt129.00–133.004172
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320164.27/cwt150.00–174.005264
Steers—Medium 2369132.39/cwt119.00–145.004892
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373158.55/cwt157.00–160.005912
Steers—Small 1-2382105.00/cwt105.00–105.004011
Steers—Medium 2412127.01/cwt119.00–140.005234
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427160.12/cwt150.00–170.006846
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full446140.00/cwt140.00–140.006241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488154.00/cwt154.00–154.007521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2504140.00/cwt140.00–140.007061
Steers—Medium 2550130.00/cwt130.00–130.007151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added551167.00/cwt167.00–167.0092011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570156.42/cwt136.00–160.008927
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622160.00/cwt160.00–160.009952
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2654150.00/cwt150.00–150.009811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,076122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3131
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2198102.00/cwt102.00–102.002021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2233143.27/cwt140.00–147.003344
Heifers—Small 1-226895.00/cwt95.00–95.002551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2270151.00/cwt151.00–151.004081
Heifers—Medium 2278129.00/cwt129.00–129.003591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2306140.00/cwt140.00–140.004281
Heifers—Small 1-2316110.00/cwt110.00–110.003481
Heifers—Medium 2322120.00/cwt120.00–120.003862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379142.43/cwt131.00–148.005405
Heifers—Medium 2381122.34/cwt120.00–124.004663
Heifers—Small 1-2418100.00/cwt100.00–100.004181
Heifers—Medium 2421112.36/cwt109.00–118.004736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2441129.50/cwt128.00–131.005712
Heifers—Medium 2468111.00/cwt111.00–111.005191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482131.54/cwt127.00–136.006342
Heifers—Medium 2514110.02/cwt105.00–112.005666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full526115.51/cwt114.00–117.006082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530128.06/cwt120.00–140.006793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full562114.00/cwt114.00–114.006411
Heifers—Medium 2563103.51/cwt103.00–104.005832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572124.00/cwt124.00–124.007091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619121.93/cwt116.00–130.007554
Heifers—Medium 2652102.00/cwt102.00–102.006651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full660112.00/cwt112.00–112.007391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671119.87/cwt116.00–124.008042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy686107.00/cwt107.00–107.007341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2732112.03/cwt109.00–115.008202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2862112.00/cwt112.00–112.009651
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1-2450106.00/cwt106.00–106.004771
Bulls—Medium 2477120.64/cwt120.00–122.005753
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2487151.48/cwt141.00–157.007387
Bulls—Small 1-251489.00/cwt89.00–89.004571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy518124.00/cwt124.00–124.006421
Bulls—Medium 2522117.65/cwt111.00–124.006142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2526141.07/cwt130.00–160.0074214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy552120.00/cwt120.00–120.006621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Full572125.00/cwt125.00–125.007151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2582139.85/cwt134.00–146.008147
Bulls—Medium 2614100.44/cwt96.00–104.006174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy620111.00/cwt111.00–111.006881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625129.58/cwt120.00–139.008108
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Full654115.00/cwt115.00–115.007521
Bulls—Medium 2656112.00/cwt112.00–112.007351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2676122.49/cwt122.00–123.008282
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2772106.93/cwt104.00–110.008252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2811118.50/cwt118.00–119.009612
Bulls—Medium 282889.00/cwt89.00–89.007371
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Small 367666.00/cwt66.00–66.004461
Dairy Heifers—Large 380060.00/cwt60.00–60.004801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,54399.08/cwt89.00–105.001,5294
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86851.99/cwt50.00–54.004512
Cows—Boner 80-85%94288.00/cwt88.00–88.008291
Cows—Lean 85-90%97862.51/cwt56.00–68.006118
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05475.00/cwt75.00–75.007911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18376.46/cwt73.00–81.009059
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51376.23/cwt72.00–86.001,1538

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.