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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Dec 15

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094

← Dec 8Dec 15Jan 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

143 head

▼ 232 vs last sale 375▼ 166 vs year ago 309 · −53.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

55 head

▼ 72 vs last sale 127▲ 15 vs year ago 40 · +37.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder bulls and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, steers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offering of cattle were light. Cattle quality was average.

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 $113.94/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$113.94

57 head · 446 lb average

Value per head Derived

$508

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$36.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.44

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	471	131.80	621	23
Medium 2	467	105.50	493	22
Small 1-2	359	95.20	342	12thin

One grade step is worth $36.60/cwt here — about $279 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 sale57 hd

113.94

—

NC average8 barns · 825 hd

117.38

−3.44

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	—	High	1,640	96.69	1,585	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,408	75.25	1,060	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,109	71.02	788	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,021	59.39	606	20

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 2	164	125.07/cwt	123.00–131.00	205	4
Steers	—	Small 1-2	165	101.09/cwt	92.50–110.00	167	2
Steers	—	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	188	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	167	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	219	111.15/cwt	104.00–120.00	243	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	238	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	314	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	246	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	349	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	252	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	252	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	280	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	347	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	293	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	519	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	332	131.61/cwt	120.00–143.00	437	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	337	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	593	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	356	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	596	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	376	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	451	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	406	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	455	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	410	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	590	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	411	127.88/cwt	121.00–142.00	526	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	164.79/cwt	154.00–170.00	702	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	473	132.60/cwt	130.00–135.00	627	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	876	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	882	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	750	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	174	103.43/cwt	92.50–116.00	180	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	194	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	239	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	228	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	276	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	284	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	344	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	320	106.28/cwt	103.00–110.00	340	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	328	141.92/cwt	129.00–148.00	465	6
Heifers	—	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	382	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	306	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	383	118.56/cwt	115.00–123.00	454	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	137.02/cwt	128.00–143.00	528	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	411	131.02/cwt	124.00–138.00	538	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	438	94.81/cwt	92.00–97.50	415	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	441	116.03/cwt	112.00–120.00	512	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	482	106.21/cwt	99.00–116.00	512	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	135.71/cwt	124.00–140.00	658	5
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	490	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	453	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	508	128.57/cwt	124.00–133.00	653	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	528	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	475	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	546	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	437	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	710	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	575	99.02/cwt	88.00–110.00	569	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	584	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	648	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	612	82.50/cwt	82.00–83.00	505	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	122.53/cwt	121.00–124.00	762	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	668	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	514	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	680	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	503	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2Full	800	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	560	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,060	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	954	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	471	121.94/cwt	110.00–135.00	574	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	138.97/cwt	137.00–140.00	734	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	540	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	545	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	770	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	572	104.14/cwt	90.00–116.00	596	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	608	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	486	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	610	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	500	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	112.23/cwt	101.00–121.00	797	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	874	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	743	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,027	65.90/cwt	61.00–70.00	677	2
Bulls	—	—	1,678	96.67/cwt	80.00–106.00	1,622	14
Bulls	—	—	1,811	112.13/cwt	110.00–113.00	2,031	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	862	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	457	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,029	59.73/cwt	54.00–64.00	615	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,109	71.02/cwt	65.00–80.00	788	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,408	75.25/cwt	67.00–81.00	1,060	7

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 Dec 15, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 143Last week 375Year ago 309

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 127Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
1	—	874	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	82.00	82.00
1	—	540	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	710	101.00–121.00	112.23
1	—	570	135.00	135.00
3	—	528	137.00–140.00	138.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
3	—	572	90.00–116.00	104.14
2	—	471	110.00–135.00	121.94
1	—	608	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	356	167.50	167.50
3	—	293	177.00	177.00
1	—	630	139.00	139.00
1	—	246	142.00	142.00
2	—	337	176.00	176.00
4	—	426	154.00–170.00	164.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	406	112.00	112.00
2	—	165	92.50–110.00	101.09
1	—	882	85.00	85.00
1	—	252	100.00	100.00
3	—	219	104.00–120.00	111.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	411	121.00–142.00	127.88
3	—	473	130.00–135.00	132.60
3	—	332	120.00–143.00	131.61
1	—	280	124.00	124.00
1	—	376	120.00	120.00
4	—	164	123.00–131.00	125.07
1	—	238	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	188	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	90.00	90.00
1	—	568	125.00	125.00
5	—	485	124.00–140.00	135.71
3	—	385	128.00–143.00	137.02
6	—	328	129.00–148.00	141.92
2	—	411	124.00–138.00	131.02
2	—	622	121.00–124.00	122.53
2	—	508	124.00–133.00	128.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	174	92.50–116.00	103.43
2	—	438	92.00–97.50	94.81
1	—	680	74.00	74.00
1	—	546	80.00	80.00
1	—	490	92.50	92.50
2	—	320	103.00–110.00	106.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	668	77.00	77.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	528	90.00	90.00
2	—	612	82.00–83.00	82.50
2	—	575	88.00–110.00	99.02
1	—	284	121.00	121.00
1	—	228	121.00	121.00
1	—	194	123.00	123.00
5	—	482	99.00–116.00	106.21
5	—	383	115.00–123.00	118.56
2	—	441	112.00–120.00	116.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	382	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	584	111.00	111.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,811	110.00–113.00	112.13
14	—	1,678	80.00–106.00	96.67
2	—	1,027	61.00–70.00	65.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	862	53.00	53.00
19	—	1,029	54.00–64.00	59.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,408	67.00–81.00	75.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,109	65.00–80.00	71.02

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.