Sale reports / North Carolina / Smithfield Livestock Auction / 2024-12-12

Smithfield Livestock Auction

Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Dec 12

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094

← Dec 5Dec 12Dec 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

230 head

▼ 126 vs last sale 356▲ 30 vs year ago 200 · +15.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

59 head

▼ 42 vs last sale 101▼ 25 vs year ago 84 · −29.8%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.32/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −107.56 against this barn's trailing median of $337.88.

Average price

$230.32

17 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$542

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$111.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.54

vs NC average

−49.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	241.42	1,301	12thin
Medium and Large 2	552	222.10	1,225	4thin
Small 1	584	130.00	759	1thin

One grade step is worth $111.42/cwt here — about $542 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale17 hd

230.32

—

NC average8 barns · 198 hd

229.78

+0.54

National average188 barns · 25,726 hd

280.30

−49.98

This barn, trailing median30 sales

337.88

−107.56

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 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $397.67, low $284.44, median $337.88 across 30 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	—	Low	1,554	119.20	1,852	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,268	112.47	1,426	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,437	112.00	1,609	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,067	81.19	866	30

Every lot

69 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,188	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	401	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,293	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,474	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	512	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,242	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	269.90/cwt	268.50–280.00	1,474	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,394	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,656	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,752	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Small 1	200	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	400	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	217	228.84/cwt	222.50–235.00	497	2
Heifers	200–250	Medium 2	234	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	497	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	279	277.67/cwt	267.50–290.00	775	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	296	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	681	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium 2	306	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	620	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	239.33/cwt	232.50–242.50	766	3
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	325	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	585	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	280.72/cwt	262.50–295.00	918	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	276.33/cwt	268.00–297.50	1,033	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	374	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	785	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	845	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	264.51/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,122	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	241.22/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,035	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	224.96/cwt	215.00–240.00	1,062	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	248.07/cwt	240.00–252.50	1,196	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	243.69/cwt	235.00–257.50	1,270	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	216.19/cwt	210.00–222.50	1,139	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	236.88/cwt	232.50–240.00	1,362	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,313	2
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	584	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	759	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	226.63/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,385	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	696	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,514	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	212.23/cwt	207.00–217.50	1,526	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	208	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	551	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	228	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	536	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	258	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	516	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	268	278.43/cwt	275.00–280.00	746	3
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	299.93/cwt	290.00–310.00	855	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	311.92/cwt	280.00–330.00	1,004	8
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	266.74/cwt	235.00–287.50	875	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	310.34/cwt	285.00–325.00	1,154	14
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,031	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	408	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,153	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	304.02/cwt	292.50–312.50	1,280	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	255.65/cwt	220.00–275.00	1,104	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium 2	436	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	894	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	265.19/cwt	255.00–282.00	1,270	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,235	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	508	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,219	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	261.17/cwt	245.00–299.00	1,366	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,228	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	226.29/cwt	225.00–227.50	1,401	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	619	195.12/cwt	176.00–210.00	1,208	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	248.33/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,661	3
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	686	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	840	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	706	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,165	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,577	1
Bulls	750–800	Small 1	762	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	876	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	400–450	Small 3	401	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	481	2
Dairy Heifers	500–550	Small 3	504	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	743	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,380	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	1,001	1
Bulls	—	—	1,390	103.81/cwt	92.50–110.00	1,443	3
Bulls	—	—	1,649	132.46/cwt	120.00–142.50	2,184	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	764	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	879	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	995	57.08/cwt	50.00–65.00	568	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,086	75.70/cwt	70.00–89.00	822	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,130	100.64/cwt	90.00–107.00	1,137	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,268	112.47/cwt	105.00–121.00	1,426	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,362	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,566	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,512	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,648	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 Dec 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 230Last week 356Year ago 200

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 101Year ago 84

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	217	222.50–235.00	228.84
1	250–300	296	230.00	230.00
3	300–350	320	232.50–242.50	239.33
1	350–400	384	220.00	220.00
10	400–450	429	240.00–247.50	241.22
6	450–500	472	215.00–240.00	224.96
2	500–550	527	210.00–222.50	216.19
2	550–600	576	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	279	267.50–290.00	277.67
13	300–350	327	262.50–295.00	280.72
18	350–400	374	268.00–297.50	276.33
10	400–450	424	250.00–280.00	264.51
4	450–500	482	240.00–252.50	248.07
8	500–550	521	235.00–257.50	243.69
4	550–600	575	232.50–240.00	236.88
3	600–650	611	220.00–235.00	226.63
1	650–700	696	217.50	217.50
2	700–750	719	207.00–217.50	212.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	200.00	200.00
2	300–350	325	180.00	180.00
1	550–600	584	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	234	212.50	212.50
1	300–350	306	202.50	202.50
1	350–400	374	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	303.00	303.00
2	400–450	401	322.50	322.50
2	450–500	477	309.00	309.00
8	500–550	546	268.50–280.00	269.90
2	550–600	552	252.50	252.50
5	650–700	661	250.50	250.50
6	700–750	730	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	512	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	401	120.00	120.00
1	500–550	504	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	235.00	235.00
3	250–300	268	275.00–280.00	278.43
4	300–350	328	235.00–287.50	266.74
1	350–400	382	270.00	270.00
4	400–450	432	220.00–275.00	255.65
5	450–500	494	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	508	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	558	220.00	220.00
3	600–650	619	176.00–210.00	195.12
1	700–750	706	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	258	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	686	122.50	122.50
1	750–800	762	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	208	265.00	265.00
6	250–300	285	290.00–310.00	299.93
8	300–350	322	280.00–330.00	311.92
14	350–400	372	285.00–325.00	310.34
5	400–450	421	292.50–312.50	304.02
5	450–500	479	255.00–282.00	265.19
7	500–550	523	245.00–299.00	261.17
2	600–650	619	225.00–227.50	226.29
3	650–700	669	245.00–250.00	248.33
1	700–750	730	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	408	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	436	205.00	205.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	72.50	72.50
7	—	1,649	120.00–142.50	132.46
3	—	1,390	92.50–110.00	103.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,268	105.00–121.00	112.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	764	115.00	115.00
11	—	1,130	90.00–107.00	100.64
10	—	1,086	70.00–89.00	75.70
8	—	995	50.00–65.00	57.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,512	109.00	109.00
1	—	1,362	115.00	115.00

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.