Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle were 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was good; market activity was active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $322.98/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 4 of 26 comparable sales and sits −40.03 against this barn's trailing median of $363.01.

Average price

$322.98

24 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$47.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.87

vs NC average

−27.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	324.95	1,746	23
Medium and Large 2	580	277.50	1,610	1thin

One grade step is worth $47.45/cwt here — about $137 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale24 hd

322.98

—

NC average10 barns · 432 hd

328.85

−5.87

National average152 barns · 8,349 hd

350.81

−27.83

This barn, trailing median26 sales

363.01

−40.03

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	1,820	180.00	3,276	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,091	160.45	1,750	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	156.67	2,287	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	980	129.66	1,271	12

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
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,026	$2,825	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	812	$2,950	2thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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	Small 1	600–650	612	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,438	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	460	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	361.85/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,183	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	335.76/cwt	320.00–352.50	1,568	19
Bulls	Small 2	300–350	344	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	350.81/cwt	342.50–360.00	1,663	2
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	410	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,374	1
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	376	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,241	1
Bulls	Small 3	400–450	438	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	322.42/cwt	300.00–342.50	1,799	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	410.46/cwt	397.50–432.50	1,547	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	406.80/cwt	400.00–412.50	1,115	2
Bulls	Small 2	350–400	359	265.04/cwt	250.00–280.00	951	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,296	1
Bulls	Small 3	350–400	370	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,295	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	320.17/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,988	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	392.91/cwt	360.00–432.50	1,862	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	238.44/cwt	210.00–267.50	1,996	2
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	344	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,316	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	306	362.25/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,108	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	342.43/cwt	322.50–362.50	1,798	12
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	603	290.02/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,749	2
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	546	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,652	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	403.69/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,296	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	335.07/cwt	322.50–345.00	1,943	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	316.59/cwt	302.50–327.50	2,099	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	398.57/cwt	382.50–412.50	1,758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,288	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	396	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	292.51/cwt	285.00–302.50	2,235	5
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	558	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,395	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	432	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,858	1
Bulls	Medium 1	750–800	770	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,540	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	483	305.09/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,474	2
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	320	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	976	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	446	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,561	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	866	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,026	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	758	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bulls	—	—	1,820	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,276	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	143.03/cwt	130.00–153.00	1,456	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	966	87.95/cwt	80.00–95.00	850	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	154.45/cwt	151.00–160.00	1,676	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	178.45/cwt	177.00–180.00	1,977	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	156.67/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,287	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	844	117.90/cwt	110.00–127.50	995	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	288	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,371	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	316	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	806	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium 2	850–900	850	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,383	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	400	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,551	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,128	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,294	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,507	1
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	538	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	378	441.58/cwt	437.50–447.50	1,669	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	311.34/cwt	309.00–314.00	2,618	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	384.04/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,805	6
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	332	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,162	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,890	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	402	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,286	1
Heifers	Small 2	400–450	406	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	381	386.30/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,472	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	602	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	309.93/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,915	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	292.55/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,109	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	349.74/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,490	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	363.70/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,349	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	300.86/cwt	287.50–310.00	1,977	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	364.86/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,065	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	238	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	440	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	472	289.47/cwt	277.50–302.50	1,366	2
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	346	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,107	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,002	1
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	286	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	330	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	420	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,239	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,322	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	352	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,126	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	327.72/cwt	312.50–337.50	1,688	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	472	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,011	3
Steers	Small 2	300–350	306	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	826	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	344	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,505	2
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	608	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,398	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 Aug 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 294Last week 277Year ago 387

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 32Year ago 182

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	305.00	305.00
1	400–450	432	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	460	275.00	275.00
1	550–600	558	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	612	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	344	277.50	277.50
2	350–400	359	250.00–280.00	265.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	288	350.00	350.00
2	300–350	306	350.00–375.00	362.25
1	350–400	356	385.00	385.00
2	450–500	474	342.50–360.00	350.81
1	500–550	522	315.00	315.00
1	550–600	560	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	652	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	720	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	376	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	410	335.00	335.00
1	850–900	850	207.00	207.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	438	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	274	400.00–412.50	406.80
4	300–350	321	400.00–415.00	403.69
9	350–400	377	397.50–432.50	410.46
3	400–450	441	382.50–412.50	398.57
7	450–500	474	360.00–432.50	392.91
12	500–550	525	322.50–362.50	342.43
6	550–600	580	322.50–345.00	335.07
6	600–650	621	295.00–330.00	320.17
3	650–700	663	302.50–327.50	316.59
2	700–750	721	290.00–295.00	292.55
5	750–800	764	285.00–302.50	292.51
2	800–850	837	210.00–267.50	238.44
1	850–900	850	270.00	270.00
1	950–1000	984	232.50	232.50
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	344	382.50	382.50
1	350–400	396	375.00	375.00
2	400–450	446	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	483	300.00–310.00	305.09
1	500–550	546	302.50	302.50
2	600–650	603	280.00–300.00	290.02
1	750–800	770	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	316	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	238	385.00	385.00
2	250–300	292	355.00–375.00	364.86
8	300–350	327	350.00–375.00	361.85
6	350–400	371	350.00–380.00	363.70
6	400–450	426	340.00–370.00	349.74
19	450–500	467	320.00–352.50	335.76
11	500–550	515	312.50–337.50	327.72
12	550–600	558	300.00–342.50	322.42
7	600–650	618	300.00–320.00	309.93
4	650–700	657	287.50–310.00	300.86
1	750–800	770	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	402	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	464	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	580	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	406	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	385.00	385.00
13	350–400	381	385.00–390.00	386.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	602	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	286	320.00	320.00
1	300–350	346	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	352	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	440	322.50	322.50
2	450–500	472	277.50–302.50	289.47
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	608	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	364	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	494	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	590	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	344	437.50	437.50
17	350–400	378	437.50–447.50	441.58
1	400–450	400	447.50	447.50
3	450–500	472	426.00	426.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	258	430.00	430.00
1	350–400	376	412.50	412.50
6	450–500	470	375.00–387.50	384.04
3	500–550	531	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	556	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	626	340.00	340.00
3	650–700	689	333.00	333.00
1	700–750	720	333.00	333.00
3	800–850	841	309.00–314.00	311.34
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	538	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	332	350.00	350.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	306	270.00	270.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	866	3,500.00	3,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	758	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,026	2,825.00	2,825.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,820	180.00	180.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,018	130.00–153.00	143.03
2	—	966	80.00–95.00	87.95
2	—	844	110.00–127.50	117.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,085	151.00–160.00	154.45
2	—	1,108	177.00–180.00	178.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,460	150.00–160.00	156.67

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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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Powell Livestock Market - Smithfield, NC

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