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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Jan 5

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094

← Dec 15Jan 5Jan 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

249 head

▲ 106 vs last sale 143▲ 45 vs year ago 204 · +22.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

60 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 55▼ 2 vs year ago 62 · −3.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were no sale last week. Feeder cattle were no sale last week. 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 $129.64/cwt on 86 head.

Average price

$129.64

86 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$635

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$20.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.66

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	504	133.05	670	69
Medium 2	451	116.24	524	15thin
Small 1-2	307	112.50	345	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.55/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 sale86 hd

129.64

—

NC average7 barns · 625 hd

126.98

+2.66

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	—	Average	1,464	87.29	1,278	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,140	68.06	776	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,510	67.81	1,024	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	51.39	524	22

Every lot

77 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 2	245	140.52/cwt	136.00–145.00	344	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	269	152.14/cwt	150.00–156.00	409	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	274	128.28/cwt	126.00–131.00	351	2
Steers	—	Small 1-2	283	118.86/cwt	116.00–122.00	336	2
Steers	—	Small 1-2	316	101.19/cwt	100.00–102.50	320	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	166.49/cwt	156.00–173.00	538	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	326	138.03/cwt	131.00–143.00	450	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	338	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	493	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	369	105.92/cwt	100.00–112.00	391	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	371	159.87/cwt	149.00–180.00	593	9
Steers	—	Medium 2	384	135.43/cwt	130.00–144.00	520	11
Steers	—	Medium 2	418	133.33/cwt	124.00–142.00	557	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	162.37/cwt	150.00–174.00	697	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	434	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	595	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	437	111.99/cwt	110.00–114.00	489	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	456	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	734	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	481	134.33/cwt	131.00–138.00	646	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	152.52/cwt	151.00–154.00	789	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	149.52/cwt	140.00–152.50	927	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	640	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	838	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	1,078	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,240	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	198	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	263	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	223	142.76/cwt	129.00–152.00	318	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	274	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	337	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	290	135.53/cwt	130.00–141.00	393	4
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	298	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	343	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	316	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	348	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	331	137.56/cwt	132.00–143.00	455	7
Heifers	—	Medium 2	341	123.92/cwt	120.00–128.00	423	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	133.79/cwt	130.00–138.00	503	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	384	115.00/cwt	110.00–120.00	442	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	136.00/cwt	132.00–140.00	573	8
Heifers	—	Medium 2	430	122.12/cwt	114.00–128.00	525	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	141.24/cwt	132.00–151.00	662	10
Heifers	—	Medium 2	470	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	588	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	504	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	585	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	149.51/cwt	141.00–155.00	783	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	132.98/cwt	129.00–144.00	755	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	570	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	570	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	574	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	695	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	127.20/cwt	116.00–133.00	784	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	123.48/cwt	110.00–131.00	827	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	671	95.59/cwt	90.00–101.00	641	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	118.81/cwt	110.00–128.00	854	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	754	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	799	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	112.54/cwt	106.00–125.00	869	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	474	119.77/cwt	110.00–124.00	568	4
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	474	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	427	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	147.85/cwt	141.00–151.00	714	6
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	504	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	403	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	518	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	663	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	140.33/cwt	130.00–153.00	737	11
Bulls	—	Medium 2	534	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	678	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	535	128.35/cwt	127.00–129.00	687	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	134.16/cwt	128.00–142.00	761	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	567	117.51/cwt	111.00–124.00	666	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	632	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	683	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	815	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	126.47/cwt	118.00–136.00	846	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	710	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	692	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	712	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	498	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	718	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	646	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	766	120.45/cwt	118.00–123.00	923	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	788	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	709	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	820	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	689	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	882	96.00/cwt	91.00–101.00	847	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	180	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	158	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	230	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	207	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	320	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	264	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,128	60.43/cwt	50.00–70.00	682	2
Bulls	—	—	1,560	94.97/cwt	86.00–100.00	1,482	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	922	43.62/cwt	40.00–50.00	402	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,102	57.86/cwt	54.00–64.00	638	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,140	68.06/cwt	62.00–76.00	776	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,415	70.94/cwt	64.00–74.00	1,004	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,748	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	1,049	2

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 Jan 5, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 249Last week 143Year ago 204

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 55Year ago 62

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	766	118.00–123.00	120.45
11	—	525	130.00–153.00	140.33
6	—	483	141.00–151.00	147.85
6	—	567	128.00–142.00	134.16
1	—	642	127.00	127.00
2	—	882	91.00–101.00	96.00
5	—	669	118.00–136.00	126.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	97.50	97.50
3	—	535	127.00–129.00	128.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	504	80.00	80.00
1	—	712	70.00	70.00
1	—	474	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	84.00	84.00
1	—	718	90.00	90.00
1	—	534	127.00	127.00
4	—	474	110.00–124.00	119.77
1	—	788	90.00	90.00
1	—	632	108.00	108.00
2	—	567	111.00–124.00	117.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	518	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	298	115.00	115.00
1	—	316	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	772	106.00–125.00	112.54
1	—	198	133.00	133.00
3	—	223	129.00–152.00	142.76
4	—	290	130.00–141.00	135.53
10	—	469	132.00–151.00	141.24
7	—	331	132.00–143.00	137.56
8	—	421	132.00–140.00	136.00
7	—	719	110.00–128.00	118.81
8	—	616	116.00–133.00	127.20
6	—	524	141.00–155.00	149.51
3	—	670	110.00–131.00	123.48
2	—	376	130.00–138.00	133.79
5	—	568	129.00–144.00	132.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	100.00	100.00
2	—	384	110.00–120.00	115.00
1	—	274	123.00	123.00
2	—	671	90.00–101.00	95.59
5	—	430	114.00–128.00	122.12
2	—	341	120.00–128.00	123.92
1	—	470	125.00	125.00
1	—	504	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	574	121.00	121.00
1	—	754	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	131.00	131.00
1	—	1,078	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	434	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	274	126.00–131.00	128.28
11	—	384	130.00–144.00	135.43
1	—	730	110.00	110.00
5	—	326	131.00–143.00	138.03
4	—	481	131.00–138.00	134.33
2	—	245	136.00–145.00	140.52
9	—	418	124.00–142.00	133.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	283	116.00–122.00	118.86
2	—	316	100.00–102.50	101.19
2	—	437	110.00–114.00	111.99
2	—	369	100.00–112.00	105.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	338	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	620	140.00–152.50	149.52
3	—	323	156.00–173.00	166.49
9	—	371	149.00–180.00	159.87
8	—	429	150.00–174.00	162.37
3	—	269	150.00–156.00	152.14
1	—	456	161.00	161.00
2	—	517	151.00–154.00	152.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	180	87.50	87.50
1	—	230	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	82.50	82.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,560	86.00–100.00	94.97
2	—	1,128	50.00–70.00	60.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,102	54.00–64.00	57.86
10	—	922	40.00–50.00	43.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,140	62.00–76.00	68.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,748	60.00	60.00
5	—	1,415	64.00–74.00	70.94

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.