Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

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 light. Cattle quality was average.

1 head baby calves; 375.00

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $288.15/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −90.11 against this barn's trailing median of $378.27.

Average price

$288.15

14 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,530

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$670

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$113.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.26

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	303.33	1,620	11thin
Medium and Large 2	528	253.75	1,340	2thin
Medium and Large 3	500	190.00	950	1thin

One grade step is worth $113.33/cwt here — about $670 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $443.59, low $309.66, median $378.27 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale14 hd

288.15

—

NC average9 barns · 236 hd

274.89

+13.26

This barn, trailing median27 sales

378.27

−90.11

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	—	High	1,318	157.30	2,073	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	137.46	1,623	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,469	135.75	1,995	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	970	114.82	1,114	16

Every lot, as filed

74 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	242	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium 2	200–250	206	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	698	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	292.97/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,403	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	314.67/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,152	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	312.46/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,315	4
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	324	206.27/cwt	205.00–207.50	668	2
Heifers	Small 1	250–300	288	253.27/cwt	240.00–267.50	729	2
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	448	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	350.45/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,468	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	297.47/cwt	285.00–322.50	976	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	240.36/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,401	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	224.46/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,401	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	223.03/cwt	217.50–235.00	1,499	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	239	267.57/cwt	265.00–270.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	353.79/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,019	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	291.07/cwt	272.50–305.00	789	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	461	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,503	4
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	452	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,085	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	271.18/cwt	260.00–282.50	1,708	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	361.43/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,424	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	324.01/cwt	307.50–342.50	1,669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	464	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,670	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	454	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,317	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	502	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,242	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	341.23/cwt	322.50–355.00	1,457	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	675	1
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	487	209.98/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,023	2
Bulls	Medium 2	250–300	286	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	418	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,202	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	864	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,201	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	121.86/cwt	110.00–132.50	1,188	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,850	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,220	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	138.00/cwt	131.00–149.00	1,953	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	783	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	137.46/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,623	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	939	95.88/cwt	83.00–107.00	900	3
Bulls	—	—	1,738	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	2,911	1
Bulls	—	—	1,178	153.90/cwt	140.00–165.00	1,813	3
Bulls	Small 3	600–650	646	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,056	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,038	1
Bulls	Small 1	250–300	273	239.62/cwt	225.00–255.00	654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	329.17/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,086	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	190.41/cwt	180.00–201.00	1,571	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	344.61/cwt	335.00–370.00	961	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	237	345.33/cwt	320.00–365.00	818	5
Bulls	Small 1	200–250	212	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	207.35/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,586	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	772	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	996	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	330.15/cwt	322.50–352.50	1,588	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	290.67/cwt	270.00–302.50	1,660	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	275.14/cwt	240.00–295.00	1,733	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	342.76/cwt	315.00–355.00	1,258	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	314.95/cwt	287.50–327.50	1,635	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,494	1
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	550–600	560	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	225.08/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,542	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	221.01/cwt	200.00–242.50	1,616	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	259.81/cwt	240.00–280.00	1,343	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,985	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	266	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	785	1

How this sale compares

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 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 205Last week 246Year ago 265

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 50Year ago 29

1 head baby calves; 375.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	242	280.00	280.00
1	250–300	266	295.00	295.00
1	300–350	346	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	352	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	506	255.00	255.00
1	550–600	550	252.50	252.50
1	800–850	830	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	237	320.00–365.00	345.33
7	250–300	279	335.00–370.00	344.61
3	300–350	330	322.50–340.00	329.17
4	350–400	367	315.00–355.00	342.76
9	400–450	427	322.50–355.00	341.23
8	450–500	481	322.50–352.50	330.15
7	500–550	519	287.50–327.50	314.95
3	550–600	571	270.00–302.50	290.67
4	600–650	630	240.00–295.00	275.14
2	650–700	685	220.00–230.00	225.08
4	700–750	731	200.00–242.50	221.01
2	750–800	765	200.00–215.00	207.35
2	800–850	825	180.00–201.00	190.41
1	850–900	872	177.50	177.50
1	950–1000	964	187.50	187.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	182.50	182.50
1	500–550	500	190.00	190.00
1	750–800	772	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	286	237.50	237.50
2	450–500	487	200.00–220.00	209.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	418	287.50	287.50
1	500–550	530	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	646	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	212	255.00	255.00
2	250–300	273	225.00–255.00	239.62
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	206	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	448	230.00	230.00
3	450–500	452	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	271	272.50–305.00	291.07
5	300–350	328	285.00–322.50	297.47
7	350–400	366	300.00–320.00	314.67
4	400–450	421	305.00–317.50	312.46
3	450–500	479	280.00–310.00	292.97
7	500–550	517	240.00–280.00	259.81
7	550–600	583	240.00–242.50	240.36
5	600–650	624	220.00–235.00	224.46
4	650–700	672	217.50–235.00	223.03
1	700–750	746	202.50	202.50
3	750–800	750	224.00	224.00
1	850–900	892	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	461	326.00	326.00
2	550–600	560	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	239	265.00–270.00	267.57
1	350–400	364	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	512	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	552	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	698	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	240.00–267.50	253.27
2	300–350	324	205.00–207.50	206.27
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	394	360.00–367.50	361.43
2	400–450	419	340.00–360.00	350.45
4	450–500	481	350.00–355.00	353.79
3	500–550	515	307.50–342.50	324.01
2	600–650	630	260.00–282.50	271.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	454	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	502	247.50	247.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	864	139.00	139.00
11	—	975	110.00–132.50	121.86
1	—	1,118	70.00	70.00
3	—	939	83.00–107.00	95.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	120.00	120.00
7	—	1,415	131.00–149.00	138.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,181	130.00–145.00	137.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,738	167.50	167.50
3	—	1,178	140.00–165.00	153.90

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.

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