Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were heavy. Cattle quality was average.

2 head baby calves; 500.00-525.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.75/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −106.25 against this barn's trailing median of $363.01.

Average price

$256.75

33 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,401

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$527

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$107.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.97

vs NC average

−64.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	267.65	1,446	25
Medium and Large 2	560	231.67	1,298	7thin
Medium 2	574	160.00	918	1thin

One grade step is worth $107.65/cwt here — about $527 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

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $397.67, low $298.94, median $363.01 across 26 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 sale33 hd

256.75

—

NC average9 barns · 306 hd

280.72

−23.97

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−64.63

This barn, trailing median26 sales

363.01

−106.25

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	1,270	170.48	2,166	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,150	138.90	1,597	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,402	132.55	1,858	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	945	100.21	947	20

Every lot, as filed

103 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	200–250	236	390.85/cwt	389.00–400.00	922	11
Heifers	Small 2	350–400	358	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	261.67/cwt	245.00–290.00	1,499	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	162	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	429	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	526	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,867	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	404	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,131	1
Heifers	Small 2	400–450	400	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	238.13/cwt	212.50–250.00	1,860	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	338.90/cwt	320.00–370.00	935	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	342.03/cwt	320.00–370.00	1,471	10
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	574	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	918	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	442	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,149	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	235.02/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,699	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	304.29/cwt	255.00–335.00	1,451	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	266.34/cwt	240.00–295.00	1,390	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	347.48/cwt	320.00–387.50	1,105	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	237.39/cwt	232.50–250.00	1,372	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,717	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	189.93/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,846	2
Heifers	Small 1	250–300	264	249.70/cwt	240.00–260.00	659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	237	337.41/cwt	335.00–340.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	363.24/cwt	300.00–395.00	1,351	19
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	324	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	520	303.68/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,579	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	419.38/cwt	412.50–430.00	1,615	5
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	478	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	224.05/cwt	220.00–232.50	1,203	3
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	374	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	400	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	960	1
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	322	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,191	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	310.17/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,331	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	294.77/cwt	290.00–300.00	976	2
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	382	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,031	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	336.45/cwt	320.00–352.50	1,649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	568	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,988	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	389.43/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,651	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1	700–750	718	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,420	1
Steers	Medium 1	250–300	266	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	931	1
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	710	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,349	1
Bulls	Small 2	200–250	226	245.96/cwt	230.00–262.50	556	2
Bulls	Small 2	300–350	333	229.80/cwt	225.00–240.00	765	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	200–250	236	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	979	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	666	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	422	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,435	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	70.57/cwt	70.00–72.50	660	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,511	117.15/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,770	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,353	139.40/cwt	130.00–149.00	1,886	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	138.90/cwt	127.50–145.00	1,597	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	872	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,177	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	116.77/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,142	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	902	83.85/cwt	77.50–90.00	756	5
Bulls	—	—	1,174	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,207	1
Bulls	—	—	1,388	178.13/cwt	177.50–179.00	2,472	3
Bulls	—	—	1,014	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	246	377.50/cwt	365.00–390.00	929	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	395.82/cwt	375.00–420.00	1,670	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	189.79/cwt	170.00–210.00	1,266	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	354.06/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,172	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	384.41/cwt	355.00–407.50	1,038	10
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	419	338.09/cwt	280.00–360.00	1,417	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	400.33/cwt	370.00–435.00	1,293	17
Bulls	Small 2	250–300	276	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	559	1
Bulls	Medium 1	750–800	764	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	254.94/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	217.20/cwt	200.00–235.00	1,772	2
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	321	351.89/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,130	6
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	480	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	280.23/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,334	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	279.69/cwt	260.00–295.00	1,603	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,474	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,845	1
Bulls	Medium 1	200–250	225	300.06/cwt	280.00–320.00	675	3
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	626	225.13/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,409	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	182	364.78/cwt	355.00–375.00	664	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	346.63/cwt	300.00–390.00	1,646	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	252.89/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,613	9
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	518	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,295	2
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	579	252.54/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,462	2
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	390	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,053	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	736	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,472	1
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	460	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	376	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,316	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	407.89/cwt	375.00–432.50	1,521	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	854	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,366	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	766	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	244.01/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,637	8
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	430	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,075	1
Bulls	Medium 1	250–300	277	320.54/cwt	290.00–350.00	888	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	294.36/cwt	252.50–327.70	1,542	17
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	380	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,064	2
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	300	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	258.73/cwt	227.50–280.00	1,586	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	380	388.94/cwt	387.50–392.50	1,478	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	294.52/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,137	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	260.09/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,212	2

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 Apr 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 454Last week 350Year ago 343

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 52Year ago 69

2 head baby calves; 500.00-525.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	200–250	236	389.00–400.00	390.85
7	350–400	380	387.50–392.50	388.94
2	500–550	520	300.00–307.50	303.68
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	358	220.00	220.00
2	400–450	400	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	162	265.00	265.00
2	200–250	237	335.00–340.00	337.41
9	250–300	276	320.00–370.00	338.90
22	300–350	318	320.00–387.50	347.48
19	350–400	372	300.00–395.00	363.24
10	400–450	430	320.00–370.00	342.03
11	450–500	477	255.00–335.00	304.29
14	500–550	522	240.00–295.00	266.34
9	550–600	573	245.00–290.00	261.67
11	600–650	613	227.50–280.00	258.73
8	650–700	671	230.00–250.00	244.01
6	700–750	723	220.00–240.00	235.02
6	750–800	781	212.50–250.00	238.13
1	800–850	828	232.50	232.50
1	850–900	850	202.00	202.00
2	950–1000	972	185.00–195.00	189.93
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	380	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	404	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	382	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	442	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	478	200.00	200.00
1	550–600	574	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	331	290.00–300.00	294.77
5	350–400	386	270.00–305.00	294.52
3	400–450	429	300.00–315.00	310.17
2	450–500	466	250.00–270.00	260.09
3	500–550	537	220.00–232.50	224.05
4	550–600	578	232.50–250.00	237.39
1	600–650	600	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	264	240.00–260.00	249.70
1	300–350	324	235.00	235.00
1	400–450	430	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	374	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	766	190.00	190.00
1	850–900	854	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	526	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	568	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	302	400.00	400.00
5	350–400	385	412.50–430.00	419.38
2	400–450	424	380.00–400.00	389.43
2	450–500	490	320.00–352.50	336.45
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	266	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	322	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	374	365.00	365.00
1	700–750	710	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	412	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	546	260.00	260.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	718	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	226	230.00–262.50	245.96
1	250–300	276	202.50	202.50
3	300–350	333	225.00–240.00	229.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	350.00–370.00	354.06
1	400–450	448	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	476	275.00–285.00	280.23
2	650–700	667	170.00–210.00	189.79
1	700–750	736	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	236	415.00	415.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	422	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	666	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	182	355.00–375.00	364.78
2	200–250	246	365.00–390.00	377.50
10	250–300	270	355.00–407.50	384.41
17	300–350	323	370.00–435.00	400.33
19	350–400	373	375.00–432.50	407.89
17	400–450	422	375.00–420.00	395.82
13	450–500	475	300.00–390.00	346.63
17	500–550	524	252.50–327.70	294.36
10	550–600	573	260.00–295.00	279.69
9	600–650	638	240.00–270.00	252.89
2	650–700	674	245.00–265.00	254.94
1	700–750	702	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	772	239.00	239.00
2	800–850	816	200.00–235.00	217.20
1	900–950	924	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	280.00–320.00	300.06
2	250–300	277	290.00–350.00	320.54
6	300–350	321	330.00–370.00	351.89
1	350–400	376	350.00	350.00
5	400–450	419	280.00–360.00	338.09
1	450–500	480	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	518	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	579	250.00–255.00	252.54
2	600–650	626	215.00–235.00	225.13
1	750–800	764	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	460	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	935	70.00–72.50	70.57
1	—	872	135.00	135.00
10	—	978	110.00–125.00	116.77
5	—	902	77.50–90.00	83.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,511	110.00–120.00	117.15
9	—	1,353	130.00–149.00	139.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,150	127.50–145.00	138.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,174	188.00	188.00
3	—	1,388	177.50–179.00	178.13
1	—	1,014	130.00	130.00

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.

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