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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Oct 27

● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094

← Oct 20Oct 27Nov 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

503 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 499▼ 4 vs year ago 507 · −0.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

69 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 72▼ 22 vs year ago 91 · −24.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were 4 to 8 cents lower. Feeder cattle were 4 to 10 cents lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate Offering of cattle was heavy. Cattle quality was very plain. .

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.03/cwt on 146 head.

Average price

$120.03

146 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$366

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$47.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.71

vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	526	128.54	675	93
Medium 2	447	110.55	494	37
Small 1-2	367	94.17	346	14thin
Medium and Large 3	383	80.81	310	2thin

One grade step is worth $47.73/cwt here — about $366 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 sale146 hd

120.03

—

NC average8 barns · 1,190 hd

124.74

−4.71

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,207	80.79	975	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,382	62.35	862	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,008	51.24	516	9thin

Every lot

93 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 1-2	198	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	226	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	204	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	199	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	216	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	294	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	252	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	252	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	272	126.13/cwt	120.00–132.00	343	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	292	144.00/cwt	141.00–147.00	420	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	154.68/cwt	146.00–167.00	503	12
Steers	—	Small 1-2	328	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	361	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	331	125.23/cwt	121.00–133.00	415	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	151.48/cwt	144.00–159.00	564	9
Steers	—	Medium 2	372	127.43/cwt	117.00–140.00	474	8
Steers	—	Small 1-2	379	110.74/cwt	106.00–116.00	420	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	412	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	569	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	416	146.82/cwt	140.00–152.00	611	11
Steers	—	Small 1-2	425	104.45/cwt	97.00–111.00	444	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	431	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	668	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	433	127.15/cwt	116.00–140.00	551	14
Steers	—	Medium 2Fleshy	444	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	488	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	484	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	496	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	486	121.95/cwt	120.00–124.00	593	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	148.58/cwt	135.00–150.00	798	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	585	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	883	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	136.92/cwt	130.00–140.00	808	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	132.57/cwt	127.00–142.00	815	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	702	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,018	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	818	125.72/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,028	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	236	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	260	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	243	118.04/cwt	115.00–120.00	287	3
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	266	108.73/cwt	100.00–115.00	289	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	350	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	280	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	330	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	304	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	251	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	306	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	404	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	327	119.06/cwt	116.00–121.00	389	3
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	337	96.80/cwt	91.00–102.50	326	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	352	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	290	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	372	120.76/cwt	119.00–122.00	449	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	131.55/cwt	125.00–135.00	504	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	383	80.81/cwt	72.50–89.00	310	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	384	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	476	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	394	104.95/cwt	100.00–110.00	414	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	424	84.81/cwt	82.00–87.50	360	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	431	113.87/cwt	110.00–120.00	491	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	131.03/cwt	125.00–141.00	570	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2	471	113.79/cwt	110.00–122.00	536	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	132.38/cwt	125.00–138.00	627	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	486	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	693	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	121.92/cwt	117.00–129.00	647	8
Heifers	—	Medium 2	535	103.35/cwt	90.00–120.00	553	6
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	552	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	408	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	570	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	638	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	570	96.54/cwt	90.00–104.00	550	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	576	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	755	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	126.79/cwt	120.00–129.00	732	12
Heifers	—	Small 1-2Full	586	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	410	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	610	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	610	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	120.56/cwt	115.00–124.00	741	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	652	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	652	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	665	92.46/cwt	90.00–95.00	615	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	688	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	757	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	115.39/cwt	113.00–116.00	834	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	754	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	754	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	818	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	851	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,128	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,162	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	469	109.06/cwt	100.00–124.00	511	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	136.83/cwt	130.00–142.00	649	9
Bulls	—	Medium 2	526	110.74/cwt	100.00–114.00	582	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	128.67/cwt	120.00–136.00	679	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	699	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	574	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	431	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	577	105.57/cwt	94.00–114.00	609	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	579	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	695	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	624	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	624	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	625	92.34/cwt	85.00–100.00	577	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	631	102.50/cwt	101.00–104.00	647	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	706	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	650	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	527	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	109.50/cwt	109.00–110.00	715	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	661	91.27/cwt	90.00–92.50	603	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	677	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	677	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	107.02/cwt	104.00–110.00	769	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	725	85.00/cwt	84.00–86.00	616	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	756	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	771	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2Full	778	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	545	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	826	81.52/cwt	80.00–83.00	673	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	780	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	852	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	639	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	858	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	704	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,174	72.86/cwt	70.00–76.00	855	2
Bulls	—	—	1,229	86.08/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,058	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	996	54.51/cwt	50.00–60.00	543	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	39.79/cwt	36.00–44.00	418	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,382	62.35/cwt	60.00–64.00	862	3

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Powell Livestock Market - Smithfield, NC

Thu Oct 27, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 503Last week 499Year ago 507

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 72Year ago 91

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	236	110.00	110.00
2	—	424	82.00–87.50	84.81
2	—	337	91.00–102.50	96.80
3	—	266	100.00–115.00	108.73
1	—	552	74.00	74.00
2	—	394	100.00–110.00	104.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	435	125.00–141.00	131.03
5	—	723	113.00–116.00	115.39
2	—	306	132.00	132.00
7	—	383	125.00–135.00	131.55
1	—	754	100.00	100.00
1	—	688	110.00	110.00
5	—	615	115.00–124.00	120.56
14	—	474	125.00–138.00	132.38
12	—	577	120.00–129.00	126.79
8	—	531	117.00–129.00	121.92
1	—	1,128	103.00	103.00
1	—	818	104.00	104.00
1	—	280	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	327	116.00–121.00	119.06
3	—	243	115.00–120.00	118.04
6	—	570	90.00–104.00	96.54
6	—	535	90.00–120.00	103.35
1	—	280	118.00	118.00
8	—	372	119.00–122.00	120.76
4	—	431	110.00–120.00	113.87
4	—	471	110.00–122.00	113.79
2	—	665	90.00–95.00	92.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	576	131.00	131.00
18	—	486	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	352	82.50	82.50
1	—	304	82.50	82.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	586	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	384	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	652	100.00	100.00
1	—	610	100.00	100.00
1	—	570	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	72.50–89.00	80.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	97.00–111.00	104.45
1	—	204	97.50	97.50
3	—	379	106.00–116.00	110.74
1	—	328	110.00	110.00
1	—	252	100.00	100.00
1	—	484	102.50	102.50
1	—	198	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	151.00	151.00
1	—	702	145.00	145.00
4	—	431	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	325	146.00–167.00	154.68
3	—	615	127.00–142.00	132.57
2	—	292	141.00–147.00	144.00
1	—	216	136.00	136.00
9	—	372	144.00–159.00	151.48
3	—	818	124.00–129.00	125.72
6	—	590	130.00–140.00	136.92
11	—	416	140.00–152.00	146.82
10	—	537	135.00–150.00	148.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	372	117.00–140.00	127.43
5	—	331	121.00–133.00	125.23
2	—	486	120.00–124.00	121.95
2	—	272	120.00–132.00	126.13
14	—	433	116.00–140.00	127.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	444	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	412	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	852	75.00	75.00
1	—	650	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	631	101.00–104.00	102.50
2	—	677	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	624	100.00	100.00
3	—	579	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	778	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	85.00–100.00	92.34
9	—	469	100.00–124.00	109.06
2	—	661	90.00–92.50	91.27
8	—	526	100.00–114.00	110.74
7	—	577	94.00–114.00	105.57
2	—	826	80.00–83.00	81.52
2	—	725	84.00–86.00	85.00
1	—	858	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	574	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	756	102.00	102.00
1	—	830	94.00	94.00
1	—	550	127.00	127.00
1	—	642	110.00	110.00
2	—	653	109.00–110.00	109.50
13	—	528	120.00–136.00	128.67
9	—	474	130.00–142.00	136.83
2	—	719	104.00–110.00	107.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,382	60.00–64.00	62.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	36.00–44.00	39.79
7	—	996	50.00–60.00	54.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,174	70.00–76.00	72.86
3	—	1,229	83.00–90.00	86.08

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.