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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Mar 2

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094

← Feb 23Mar 2Mar 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

329 head

▼ 139 vs last sale 468▲ 58 vs year ago 271 · +21.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 54▼ 34 vs year ago 64 · −53.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 0▼ 8 vs year ago 15 · −53.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle were sharply higher. Demand was very good ; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offering of cattle were moderate. 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 $147.10/cwt on 117 head.

Average price

$147.10

117 head · 474 lb average

Value per head Derived

$697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$419

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

$49.90/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	502	158.20	794	84
Medium 2	430	124.09	534	22
Small 1-2	347	108.30	375	11thin

One grade step is worth $49.90/cwt here — about $419 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 sale117 hd

147.10

—

NC average8 barns · 1,214 hd

151.81

−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	—	Average	1,367	105.75	1,446	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,404	101.00	1,418	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,195	97.33	1,163	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	873	52.11	455	15

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	732	$746	7

Every lot

76 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 2	212	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	356	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	268	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	382	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	271	161.29/cwt	141.00–177.00	437	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	286	190.08/cwt	188.00–194.00	544	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	193.97/cwt	181.00–212.50	611	9
Steers	—	Small 1-2	324	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	454	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	377	174.77/cwt	164.00–184.00	659	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	216.29/cwt	195.00–230.00	818	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	412	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	717	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	414	155.78/cwt	148.00–170.00	645	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	216.79/cwt	190.00–230.00	915	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	227.34/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,089	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	223.88/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,178	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	526	143.42/cwt	140.00–150.00	754	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	556	212.56/cwt	180.00–221.00	1,182	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	167.98/cwt	166.00–170.00	1,062	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	792	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,156	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	1,010	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,192	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	1,086	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,260	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	1,160	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,311	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,248	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,510	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 2	226	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	294	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	242	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	351	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	277	108.70/cwt	100.00–120.00	301	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	278	157.89/cwt	153.00–166.00	439	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	283	139.95/cwt	138.00–142.00	396	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	315	113.09/cwt	112.00–115.00	356	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	162.96/cwt	150.00–167.00	523	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2	321	131.84/cwt	120.00–140.00	423	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	353	139.00/cwt	138.00–140.00	491	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	371	162.88/cwt	147.00–175.00	604	8
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	391	101.97/cwt	94.00–111.00	399	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	408	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	583	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	414	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	455	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	168.77/cwt	154.00–179.00	704	10
Heifers	—	Medium 2	444	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	595	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	450	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	495	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	185.88/cwt	159.00–190.00	851	17
Heifers	—	Medium 2	467	120.13/cwt	111.00–131.00	561	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	486	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	695	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	155.64/cwt	140.00–166.00	822	11
Heifers	—	Medium 2	571	111.23/cwt	101.00–120.00	635	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	136.78/cwt	130.00–143.00	791	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	610	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	994	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	139.63/cwt	130.00–146.00	888	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	129.89/cwt	120.00–140.00	872	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	722	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	664	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	886	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	890	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	790	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	814	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	840	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	781	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	980	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,122	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,156	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	215.51/cwt	180.00–228.00	1,037	8
Bulls	—	Medium 2	483	125.01/cwt	120.00–130.00	604	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	519	144.82/cwt	140.00–150.00	752	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	211.94/cwt	180.00–220.00	1,136	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	187.71/cwt	165.00–207.00	1,061	10
Bulls	—	Medium 2	590	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	720	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	610	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	744	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	160.60/cwt	150.00–178.00	1,010	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	892	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	132.42/cwt	127.00–140.00	951	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	977	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	912	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,094	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	962	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,068	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Small 3	590	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	378	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Small 3	635	74.69/cwt	70.00–79.00	474	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	984	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	925	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,367	105.75/cwt	90.00–111.00	1,446	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	834	49.82/cwt	40.00–60.00	415	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,125	66.99/cwt	64.00–70.00	754	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,172	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	984	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,254	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,404	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,418	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 3	732	745.54/head	600.00–875.00	746	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 Mar 2, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 329Last week 468Year ago 271

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 54Year ago 64

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 0Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	578	130.00–143.00	136.78
17	—	458	159.00–190.00	185.88
1	—	242	145.00	145.00
1	—	1,122	103.00	103.00
6	—	321	150.00–167.00	162.96
8	—	371	147.00–175.00	162.88
3	—	671	120.00–140.00	129.89
4	—	636	130.00–146.00	139.63
1	—	788	113.00	113.00
10	—	417	154.00–179.00	168.77
3	—	278	153.00–166.00	157.89
1	—	726	122.00	122.00
11	—	528	140.00–166.00	155.64
1	—	980	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	722	92.00	92.00
1	—	444	134.00	134.00
5	—	321	120.00–140.00	131.84
1	—	226	130.00	130.00
2	—	283	138.00–142.00	139.95
5	—	467	111.00–131.00	120.13
2	—	353	138.00–140.00	139.00
5	—	571	101.00–120.00	111.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	110.00	110.00
3	—	315	112.00–115.00	113.09
1	—	414	110.00	110.00
3	—	277	100.00–120.00	108.70
3	—	391	94.00–111.00	101.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	610	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	486	143.00	143.00
1	—	408	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	93.00	93.00
1	—	790	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	268	142.50	142.50
1	—	324	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	422	190.00–230.00	216.79
13	—	556	180.00–221.00	212.56
1	—	1,248	121.00	121.00
3	—	286	188.00–194.00	190.08
3	—	479	226.00–230.00	227.34
1	—	792	146.00	146.00
9	—	315	181.00–212.50	193.97
2	—	632	166.00–170.00	167.98
12	—	378	195.00–230.00	216.29
4	—	526	220.00–228.00	223.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,086	116.00	116.00
1	—	1,010	118.00	118.00
1	—	1,160	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	414	148.00–170.00	155.78
3	—	271	141.00–177.00	161.29
3	—	526	140.00–150.00	143.42
1	—	212	168.00	168.00
6	—	377	164.00–184.00	174.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	412	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	70.00–79.00	74.69
1	—	590	64.00	64.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	984	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	686	130.00	130.00
16	—	536	180.00–220.00	211.94
10	—	565	165.00–207.00	187.71
3	—	718	127.00–140.00	132.42
1	—	788	124.00	124.00
1	—	962	111.00	111.00
1	—	912	120.00	120.00
8	—	481	180.00–228.00	215.51
6	—	629	150.00–178.00	160.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	120.00–130.00	125.01
1	—	610	122.00	122.00
1	—	590	122.00	122.00
2	—	519	140.00–150.00	144.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,206	104.00	104.00
1	—	1,172	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	834	40.00–60.00	49.82
2	—	1,125	64.00–70.00	66.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,404	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,367	90.00–111.00	105.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	732	600.00–875.00	745.54

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.