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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Nov 9

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094

← Nov 2Nov 9Nov 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

382 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 374▼ 18 vs year ago 400 · −4.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

90 head

▲ 46 vs last sale 44▼ 17 vs year ago 107 · −15.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 19▲ 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were mostly steady. Feeder cattle were 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $171.16/cwt on 159 head. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −30.08 against this barn's trailing median of $201.23.

Average price

$171.16

159 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$834

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$393

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$54.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.53

vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	483	192.54	931	78
Medium and Large 2	524	153.89	807	58
Medium 2	419	144.58	605	14thin
Small 1	388	138.39	537	9thin

One grade step is worth $54.15/cwt here — about $393 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 sale159 hd

171.16

—

NC average8 barns · 1,041 hd

176.68

−5.53

This barn, trailing median9 sales

201.23

−30.08

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

9 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $214.68, low $160.66, median $201.23 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,368	105.80	1,447	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,373	94.77	1,301	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,142	91.09	1,040	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,002	66.43	666	36

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	Aged (>8 yrs)	884	$725	1thin

Every lot

85 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	677	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	506	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	987	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	191.79/cwt	185.00–196.00	1,122	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	695	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,251	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,403	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 2	198	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	297	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	206	172.57/cwt	170.00–175.00	355	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	208	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	395	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	218	155.28/cwt	150.00–160.00	339	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	265	190.43/cwt	187.50–192.50	505	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	275	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	495	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	279	134.30/cwt	122.50–147.50	375	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	322	187.48/cwt	185.00–190.00	604	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	325	150.03/cwt	140.00–160.00	488	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	326	176.52/cwt	170.00–180.00	575	10
Heifers	—	Small 1	338	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	406	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	727	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	379	156.06/cwt	152.50–160.00	591	2
Heifers	—	Small 1	394	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	512	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	420	156.55/cwt	145.00–160.00	658	5
Heifers	—	Small 1	429	115.13/cwt	110.00–120.00	494	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	167.49/cwt	160.00–175.00	729	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	464	145.88/cwt	132.00–160.00	677	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	164.43/cwt	160.00–173.00	770	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	188.61/cwt	177.50–195.00	890	19
Heifers	—	Small 1	473	113.33/cwt	97.50–122.50	536	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	180.20/cwt	165.00–192.50	930	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	146.75/cwt	120.00–160.00	770	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	546	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	764	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	167.54/cwt	158.00–170.00	943	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	154.30/cwt	150.00–159.00	872	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	160.60/cwt	157.50–162.50	993	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	629	135.07/cwt	130.00–140.00	850	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	636	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	890	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	654	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	850	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	732	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	897	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	774	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	774	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,073	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	800	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,096	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,218	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls35 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	221	201.23/cwt	200.00–202.50	445	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	264	151.22/cwt	147.50–155.00	399	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	267	206.81/cwt	200.00–212.50	552	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	274	161.62/cwt	155.00–170.00	443	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	275	186.29/cwt	180.00–188.00	512	5
Bulls	—	Small 1	322	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	483	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	330	209.58/cwt	202.50–215.00	692	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2	333	163.61/cwt	155.00–172.50	545	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	334	174.34/cwt	170.00–192.50	582	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	365	184.85/cwt	180.00–192.50	675	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	368	206.66/cwt	200.00–215.00	761	6
Bulls	—	Small 1	382	142.71/cwt	137.50–150.00	545	3
Bulls	—	Small 1	414	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	621	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	421	204.62/cwt	195.00–215.00	861	12
Bulls	—	Medium 2	424	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	710	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	433	175.74/cwt	167.50–180.00	761	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	473	199.76/cwt	187.50–212.50	945	13
Bulls	—	Medium 2	480	138.06/cwt	122.50–150.00	663	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	490	169.99/cwt	160.00–180.00	833	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	520	190.46/cwt	180.00–199.00	990	14
Bulls	—	Medium 2	525	125.59/cwt	115.00–132.50	659	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	526	151.21/cwt	134.00–160.00	795	7
Bulls	—	Small 1	542	107.47/cwt	105.00–110.00	582	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	572	152.57/cwt	143.00–160.00	873	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	577	180.32/cwt	172.50–185.00	1,040	7
Bulls	—	Medium 2	600	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	540	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	620	138.50/cwt	120.00–160.00	859	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	627	177.09/cwt	170.00–182.00	1,110	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	670	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,186	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	675	129.84/cwt	110.00–151.00	876	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	704	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	704	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	718	142.98/cwt	132.50–150.00	1,027	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	785	112.47/cwt	105.00–120.00	883	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	852	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	831	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	908	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	863	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	576	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	605	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	282	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	416	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,345	108.08/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,454	10
Bulls	—	—	1,596	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,325	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	943	57.60/cwt	54.00–67.50	543	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,076	77.47/cwt	70.00–84.00	834	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,092	100.95/cwt	97.00–107.00	1,102	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,160	87.57/cwt	83.00–93.00	1,016	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,373	94.77/cwt	89.00–103.00	1,301	8
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	884	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1

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 Nov 9, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 382Last week 374Year ago 400

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 44Year ago 107

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 19Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	429	110.00–120.00	115.13
5	—	279	122.50–147.50	134.30
3	—	473	97.50–122.50	113.33
1	—	394	130.00	130.00
1	—	338	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	326	170.00–180.00	176.52
4	—	435	160.00–175.00	167.49
3	—	275	180.00	180.00
1	—	774	100.00	100.00
7	—	468	160.00–173.00	164.43
1	—	732	122.50	122.50
2	—	629	130.00–140.00	135.07
1	—	654	130.00	130.00
3	—	525	120.00–160.00	146.75
2	—	206	170.00–175.00	172.57
4	—	565	150.00–159.00	154.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	218	150.00–160.00	155.28
2	—	464	132.00–160.00	145.88
2	—	379	152.50–160.00	156.06
2	—	325	140.00–160.00	150.03
5	—	420	145.00–160.00	156.55
1	—	198	150.00	150.00
1	—	546	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	373	195.00	195.00
19	—	472	177.50–195.00	188.61
1	—	780	137.50	137.50
4	—	618	157.50–162.50	160.60
3	—	208	190.00	190.00
2	—	923	132.00	132.00
10	—	516	165.00–192.50	180.20
6	—	265	187.50–192.50	190.43
5	—	563	158.00–170.00	167.54
5	—	322	185.00–190.00	187.48
1	—	800	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	636	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	695	180.00	180.00
1	—	330	205.00	205.00
1	—	920	152.50	152.50
1	—	506	195.00	195.00
4	—	585	185.00–196.00	191.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	576	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	282	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	785	105.00–120.00	112.47
9	—	620	120.00–160.00	138.50
7	—	675	110.00–151.00	129.84
1	—	908	95.00	95.00
1	—	852	97.50	97.50
1	—	704	100.00	100.00
5	—	275	180.00–188.00	186.29
5	—	365	180.00–192.50	184.85
5	—	490	160.00–180.00	169.99
6	—	572	143.00–160.00	152.57
6	—	334	170.00–192.50	174.34
3	—	433	167.50–180.00	175.74
7	—	526	134.00–160.00	151.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	520	180.00–199.00	190.46
4	—	718	132.50–150.00	142.98
12	—	421	195.00–215.00	204.62
13	—	473	187.50–212.50	199.76
4	—	267	200.00–212.50	206.81
10	—	627	170.00–182.00	177.09
7	—	577	172.50–185.00	180.32
6	—	368	200.00–215.00	206.66
5	—	330	202.50–215.00	209.58
2	—	221	200.00–202.50	201.23
1	—	670	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	137.50–150.00	142.71
2	—	542	105.00–110.00	107.47
1	—	322	150.00	150.00
2	—	264	147.50–155.00	151.22
1	—	414	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	155.00–172.50	163.61
3	—	480	122.50–150.00	138.06
1	—	600	90.00	90.00
3	—	525	115.00–132.50	125.59
1	—	424	167.50	167.50
3	—	274	155.00–170.00	161.62

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,092	97.00–107.00	100.95
14	—	1,160	83.00–93.00	87.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,076	70.00–84.00	77.47
20	—	943	54.00–67.50	57.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,373	89.00–103.00	94.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,345	100.00–115.00	108.08
1	—	1,596	83.00	83.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	884	725.00	725.00

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.