Sale reports / North Carolina / Smithfield Livestock Auction / 2023-02-09

Smithfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Feb 9
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094
Feeder Cattle receipts
384 head
▲ 276 vs last sale 108▲ 66 vs year ago 318 · +20.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 18▼ 38 vs year ago 69 · −55.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were mostly steady. Feeder cattle were sharply higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.69/cwt on 151 head.
Average price
$145.69
151 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$654
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$383
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$58.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.20
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2460153.42706126
Medium 2435117.3851113thin
Small 1-234095.2332412thin
One grade step is worth $58.19/cwt here — about $383 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 sale151 hd
145.69
—
NC average8 barns · 1,091 hd
138.49
+7.20
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,41098.331,3868thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,10786.3295612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51384.221,2745thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98762.156134thin

Every lot

72 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1-2206104.00/cwt104.00–104.002141
Steers—Medium 2219131.12/cwt122.00–140.002873
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2244195.75/cwt172.50–219.004782
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2277194.33/cwt171.00–220.005386
Steers—Medium 2286140.00/cwt140.00–140.004001
Steers—Small 1-2296110.00/cwt110.00–110.003261
Steers—Medium 2331150.17/cwt140.00–162.004973
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2332207.80/cwt171.00–226.006909
Steers—Small 1-2333115.08/cwt104.00–133.003833
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy336163.00/cwt163.00–163.005481
Steers—Medium 2369156.61/cwt150.00–161.005784
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385203.73/cwt170.00–216.0078413
Steers—Small 1-2388130.00/cwt130.00–130.005041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy398164.00/cwt164.00–164.006531
Steers—Small 1-2419108.62/cwt100.00–126.004555
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426205.19/cwt170.00–220.0087427
Steers—Medium 2431152.99/cwt150.00–156.006592
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478205.58/cwt190.00–212.009839
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525188.29/cwt180.00–191.009895
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576170.00/cwt170.00–170.009791
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2614172.58/cwt154.00–191.001,0605
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2654152.00/cwt152.00–152.009941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 2220125.73/cwt123.00–128.002772
Heifers—Small 1-222095.99/cwt90.00–110.002114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2221152.18/cwt140.00–167.003365
Heifers—Medium 2254135.00/cwt135.00–135.003431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2282158.95/cwt141.00–171.004488
Heifers—Medium 2308130.00/cwt130.00–130.004001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328158.81/cwt140.00–175.005217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373165.57/cwt140.00–178.0061822
Heifers—Small 1-238397.56/cwt90.00–110.003744
Heifers—Medium 2386127.00/cwt127.00–127.004901
Heifers—Small 1-2Full40271.00/cwt71.00–71.002851
Heifers—Medium 2411126.62/cwt123.00–129.005203
Heifers—Small 1-242299.19/cwt90.00–105.004193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426163.21/cwt140.00–173.0069518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477160.61/cwt139.00–178.0076618
Heifers—Medium 2516115.55/cwt111.00–120.005962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527147.49/cwt130.00–159.0077719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575138.35/cwt130.00–150.0079612
Heifers—Medium 2596104.00/cwt104.00–104.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620134.18/cwt126.00–140.008329
Heifers—Medium 2Full65687.50/cwt87.50–87.505741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668130.58/cwt120.00–136.008727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730131.00/cwt131.00–131.009561
Heifers—Medium 2Full75280.00/cwt80.00–80.006021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 2473124.84/cwt120.00–130.005902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2483196.38/cwt177.00–210.0094919
Bulls—Small 1-2484103.00/cwt103.00–103.004991
Bulls—Medium 2517124.46/cwt110.00–138.006432
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518179.52/cwt157.00–196.0093010
Bulls—Medium 2Full546100.00/cwt100.00–100.005461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577162.29/cwt140.00–187.009369
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Full613120.00/cwt120.00–120.007362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2619141.07/cwt126.00–159.0087315
Bulls—Medium 2624110.00/cwt110.00–110.006861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2667137.79/cwt131.00–144.009196
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2713125.61/cwt120.00–130.008963
Bulls—Small 1-273470.00/cwt70.00–70.005141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Full758100.00/cwt100.00–100.007581
Bulls—Small 1-276870.00/cwt70.00–70.005381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-280097.00/cwt96.00–98.007762
Bulls—Medium 2Gaunt82682.00/cwt82.00–82.006771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-297196.47/cwt92.00–101.009374
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,20682.00/cwt82.00–82.009891
Bulls——1,439100.66/cwt90.00–107.001,4487
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97268.53/cwt66.00–70.006663
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03043.00/cwt43.00–43.004431
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09582.32/cwt77.00–86.009019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14498.34/cwt94.00–101.001,1253
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51384.22/cwt80.00–92.001,2745

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.