Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $322.52/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 4 of 28 comparable sales and sits −55.01 against this barn's trailing median of $377.54.

Average price

$322.52

23 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$27.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.03

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	327.26	1,764	19thin
Medium 1	531	300.03	1,594	3thin
Medium and Large 2	566	300.00	1,698	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.26/cwt here — about $66 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

28 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $443.59, low $309.66, median $377.54 across 28 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 sale23 hd

322.52

—

NC average9 barns · 266 hd

322.49

+0.03

This barn, trailing median28 sales

377.54

−55.01

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	1,426	192.22	2,740	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,032	160.91	1,661	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,431	157.60	2,255	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,014	125.87	1,276	11

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	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	743	$2,118	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	888	$1,700	2thin

Every lot, as filed

105 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 1	500–550	524	328.87/cwt	315.00–347.50	1,723	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	353.14/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,706	13
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	468	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,521	1
Bulls	Medium 1	700–750	732	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,903	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	323.77/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,852	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	201.40/cwt	193.00–210.00	1,851	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	381.03/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,052	7
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	331	362.00/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,198	3
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	558	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	395.38/cwt	370.00–417.50	1,325	13
Bulls	Small 2	350–400	385	238.93/cwt	207.50–268.00	920	3
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	634	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,854	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	425	359.07/cwt	340.00–377.50	1,526	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	388.16/cwt	380.00–397.50	1,452	7
Bulls	Medium 1	250–300	285	335.58/cwt	320.00–350.00	956	2
Bulls	Small 2	250–300	276	245.73/cwt	222.50–280.00	678	3
Bulls	Medium 2	200–250	244	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,289	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,338	1
Heifers	Medium 1Full	550–600	578	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,272	1
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	500–550	504	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,348	1
Bulls	Medium 2	150–200	180	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	373	341.44/cwt	315.00–365.00	1,274	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,035	1
Heifers	Small 2	300–350	322	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,197	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	309.48/cwt	300.00–332.00	1,916	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	379.49/cwt	360.00–401.00	1,624	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	266.33/cwt	250.00–282.50	2,056	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	237	371.91/cwt	350.00–387.50	881	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	297.29/cwt	280.00–315.00	2,010	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	629	1,821.63/head	1,600.00–2,150.00	1,822	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	854	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	972	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	672	175.68/cwt	165.00–185.00	1,181	2
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	790	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,363	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	719	212.62/cwt	207.50–217.50	1,529	2
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	864	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,296	1
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	710	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,136	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	700	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,076	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	712	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,264	1
Bulls	—	—	1,458	203.99/cwt	199.00–212.00	2,974	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	140.00/cwt	130.00–150.00	1,378	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	999	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	114.87/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,244	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,431	157.60/cwt	150.00–170.50	2,255	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	999	174.97/cwt	171.00–179.00	1,748	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,054	151.54/cwt	145.00–160.00	1,597	3
Bulls	—	—	1,519	194.39/cwt	190.00–199.00	2,953	3
Bulls	—	—	1,204	159.56/cwt	159.00–160.00	1,921	2
Bulls	Small 3	400–450	420	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	893	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	966	1
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	687	225.71/cwt	207.50–247.50	1,551	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,698	1
Bulls	Medium 2	250–300	284	302.59/cwt	300.00–305.00	859	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,660	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	388	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	329.35/cwt	305.00–335.00	2,230	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,565	1
Steers	Small 2	400–450	434	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,125	1
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	415	302.57/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,256	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	372.19/cwt	362.50–379.50	1,783	25
Steers	Small 1	400–450	434	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,302	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	422.60/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	346.72/cwt	332.50–357.00	2,025	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	467	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,821	4
Heifers	Small 2	200–250	246	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	627	1
Heifers	Small 2	350–400	370	226.08/cwt	200.00–250.00	836	2
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	440	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,386	1
Steers	Small 2	450–500	488	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,220	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,404	6
Heifers	Small 2	250–300	284	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	746	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	333.75/cwt	290.00–345.00	1,575	23
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	436	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,308	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	531	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,805	2
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	308	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	289.13/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,981	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	316.50/cwt	300.00–333.00	1,810	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	362.16/cwt	355.00–370.00	797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	357.56/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	316.03/cwt	300.00–328.50	1,634	13
Heifers	Small 1	250–300	274	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,023	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	308.35/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,977	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	340.25/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,443	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	351.51/cwt	327.50–367.50	1,132	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	188	344.23/cwt	332.50–355.00	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	324	378.91/cwt	370.00–387.50	1,228	2
Heifers	Medium 1	200–250	219	307.07/cwt	292.50–320.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	959	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	518	301.29/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,561	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	326.28/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	254.43/cwt	239.00–280.00	1,819	3
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	264	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	851	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 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 388Last week 294Year ago 420

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 32Year ago 64

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 3Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	237	350.00–387.50	371.91
7	250–300	276	360.00–387.50	381.03
13	300–350	335	370.00–417.50	395.38
7	350–400	374	380.00–397.50	388.16
19	400–450	428	360.00–401.00	379.49
13	450–500	483	340.00–380.00	353.14
13	500–550	524	315.00–347.50	328.87
6	550–600	572	300.00–335.00	323.77
6	600–650	619	300.00–332.00	309.48
2	650–700	676	280.00–315.00	297.29
3	700–750	715	239.00–280.00	254.43
2	750–800	772	250.00–282.50	266.33
1	800–850	848	240.00	240.00
2	900–950	919	193.00–210.00	201.40
1	950–1000	974	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	320.00–350.00	335.58
3	300–350	331	350.00–375.00	362.00
6	350–400	373	315.00–365.00	341.44
8	400–450	425	340.00–377.50	359.07
1	450–500	468	325.00	325.00
2	500–550	518	300.00–302.50	301.29
1	550–600	558	297.50	297.50
1	600–650	634	292.50	292.50
3	650–700	687	207.50–247.50	225.71
1	700–750	732	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	276	222.50–280.00	245.73
3	350–400	385	207.50–268.00	238.93
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	180	300.00	300.00
1	200–250	244	300.00	300.00
2	250–300	284	300.00–305.00	302.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	345.00	345.00
1	350–400	358	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	463	300.00–340.00	326.28
1	550–600	566	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	664	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	374	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	446	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	480	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	578	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	504	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	246	255.00	255.00
1	250–300	284	262.50	262.50
1	300–350	322	215.00	215.00
2	350–400	370	200.00–250.00	226.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	324	370.00–387.50	378.91
4	450–500	467	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	531	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	219	292.50–320.00	307.07
1	250–300	264	322.50	322.50
1	400–450	440	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	188	332.50–355.00	344.23
2	200–250	220	355.00–370.00	362.16
1	250–300	274	350.00	350.00
13	300–350	322	327.50–367.50	351.51
2	350–400	386	355.00–360.00	357.56
11	400–450	424	320.00–365.00	340.25
23	450–500	472	290.00–345.00	333.75
13	500–550	517	300.00–328.50	316.03
10	550–600	572	300.00–333.00	316.50
3	600–650	641	305.00–310.00	308.35
3	650–700	685	280.00–295.00	289.13
1	700–750	716	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	436	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	274	272.50	272.50
1	300–350	308	250.00	250.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	388	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	346	405.00–440.00	422.60
1	350–400	398	380.00	380.00
25	450–500	479	362.50–379.50	372.19
1	500–550	542	330.00	330.00
15	550–600	584	332.50–357.00	346.72
1	600–650	616	345.00	345.00
7	650–700	677	305.00–335.00	329.35
1	750–800	750	300.00	300.00
1	900–950	924	271.00	271.00
1	1000–1050	1,014	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	372	377.50	377.50
1	450–500	488	287.50	287.50
1	500–550	528	300.00	300.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	434	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	488	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	300.00–305.00	302.57
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	434	300.00	300.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	629	1,600.00–2,150.00	1,821.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	1,750.00	1,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	854	1,825.00	1,825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	972	3,300.00	3,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,076	1,650.00	1,650.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	672	165.00–185.00	175.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	160.00	160.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	172.50	172.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	712	177.50	177.50
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	719	207.50–217.50	212.62
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	864	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,458	199.00–212.00	203.99
3	—	1,519	190.00–199.00	194.39
2	—	1,204	159.00–160.00	159.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	984	130.00–150.00	140.00
2	—	999	100.00	100.00
3	—	1,083	110.00–120.00	114.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,431	150.00–170.50	157.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	999	171.00–179.00	174.97
3	—	1,054	145.00–160.00	151.54

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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How this sale compares

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