Sale reports / North Carolina / Smithfield Livestock Auction / 2022-10-13

Smithfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Oct 13
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094
Feeder Cattle receipts
373 head
▲ 218 vs last sale 155▼ 223 vs year ago 596 · −37.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 38▼ 17 vs year ago 91 · −18.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago all classes of slaughter and feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Trade was moderate with moderate offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.85/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −69.38 against this barn's trailing median of $201.23.
Average price
$131.85
93 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$602
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$0
per head · Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$30.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.46
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1-2396140.6955729
Medium and Large 1-2472137.6665041
Medium and Large 2-3505110.3455723
One grade step is worth $30.35/cwt here — about $0 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 sale93 hd
131.85
—
NC average7 barns · 661 hd
117.39
+14.46
This barn, trailing median9 sales
201.23
−69.38
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—Average1,794105.001,8841thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19371.2085012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38965.8191420
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07053.825764thin

Every lot

69 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2228149.02/cwt146.00–151.003403
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2286156.03/cwt154.00–158.004462
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2338148.00/cwt148.00–148.005001
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3344113.00/cwt113.00–113.003891
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3368125.00/cwt125.00–125.004601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390149.77/cwt148.00–152.005844
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3435119.74/cwt110.00–129.005212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438146.71/cwt135.00–152.006437
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464151.00/cwt151.00–151.007011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2506152.77/cwt141.00–157.007736
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy520122.00/cwt122.00–122.006341
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3544119.43/cwt110.00–129.006502
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2557146.38/cwt136.00–149.508157
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3570127.00/cwt127.00–127.007241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626141.06/cwt130.00–142.0088314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681130.00/cwt130.00–130.008852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2707137.00/cwt137.00–137.009692
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0691
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3244128.00/cwt128.00–128.003121
Heifers—Large 1-2272135.00/cwt135.00–135.003671
Heifers—Large 1-2306124.00/cwt124.00–124.003795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323132.41/cwt125.00–137.004283
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3342114.00/cwt114.00–114.003901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2366131.98/cwt121.00–137.004838
Heifers—Large 1-2389138.00/cwt138.00–138.005378
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3422112.51/cwt110.00–115.004752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423135.11/cwt124.00–142.0057211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3470113.03/cwt110.00–116.005312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477124.77/cwt120.00–130.005954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy485145.00/cwt145.00–145.007037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516123.76/cwt118.00–131.006399
Heifers—Large 1-2528110.26/cwt110.00–111.005824
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3538111.40/cwt105.00–118.005992
Heifers—Large 1-2555111.00/cwt111.00–111.006167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578118.17/cwt113.00–120.006835
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3578103.00/cwt103.00–103.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619110.00/cwt110.00–110.006812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3632110.00/cwt110.00–110.006951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660115.00/cwt115.00–115.007591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2756103.00/cwt103.00–103.007791
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Large 1-2228142.98/cwt141.00–145.003262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2282148.00/cwt148.00–148.004171
Bulls—Large 1-2314147.80/cwt147.00–148.004645
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2334129.66/cwt129.00–130.004333
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3336110.00/cwt110.00–110.003701
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3374116.51/cwt112.00–120.004364
Bulls—Large 1-2377149.00/cwt149.00–149.0056214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2387146.95/cwt140.00–157.005696
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3422114.21/cwt110.00–118.004822
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423131.59/cwt124.00–142.005573
Bulls—Large 1-2458129.00/cwt129.00–129.005911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468136.23/cwt124.00–145.006389
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3469113.06/cwt110.00–119.005303
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy499152.00/cwt152.00–152.007587
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2508143.63/cwt140.00–154.007305
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3526112.68/cwt107.50–120.005935
Bulls—Large 1-2532120.00/cwt120.00–120.006387
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573122.52/cwt110.00–136.007023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3584107.46/cwt100.00–110.006284
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2611113.29/cwt110.00–120.006923
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3623100.48/cwt100.00–101.006262
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3659100.00/cwt100.00–100.006592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2690115.00/cwt115.00–115.007941
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,794105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,8841
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00054.00/cwt54.00–54.005401
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07053.82/cwt50.00–61.005764
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21172.76/cwt68.00–78.0088111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29771.59/cwt70.00–73.009293
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40564.79/cwt60.00–70.0091017

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.