Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $303.15/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 2 of 26 comparable sales and sits −59.85 against this barn's trailing median of $363.01.

Average price

$303.15

33 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$506

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$93.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.26

vs NC average

−62.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	315.59	1,712	28
Medium and Large 2	530	280.00	1,484	1thin
Medium 2	544	221.88	1,206	4thin

One grade step is worth $93.72/cwt here — about $506 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 sale33 hd

303.15

—

NC average10 barns · 477 hd

331.42

−28.26

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−62.70

This barn, trailing median26 sales

363.01

−59.85

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	—	Low	1,323	168.24	2,226	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,132	158.62	1,796	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,432	146.44	2,096	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	964	117.77	1,135	23

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	Aged (>8 yrs)	856	$1,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

109 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 2	400–450	417	325.02/cwt	317.50–332.50	1,355	2
Heifers	Small 2	650–700	654	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	266	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	670	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,077	1
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	356	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,095	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	446	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,427	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	229	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	779	2
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	468	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,322	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	301.11/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,885	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	316.10/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	354.08/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,689	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	298.33/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,733	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,992	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	291.99/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,956	5
Heifers	Medium 2	200–250	224	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	554	227.50/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,260	2
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	318	318.38/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,012	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	374.58/cwt	340.00–400.00	1,420	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	274.28/cwt	260.00–282.50	1,961	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	367.80/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,210	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	374.80/cwt	335.00–385.00	1,608	55
Heifers	Medium 2Full	600–650	638	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	320.30/cwt	297.50–350.00	1,704	22
Heifers	Medium 2Full	550–600	564	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2Full	650–700	652	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,337	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	836	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,006	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	342.48/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,010	3
Heifers	Small 2	300–350	321	239.46/cwt	200.00–265.00	769	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,845	4
Steers	Small 1	300–350	308	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	317.22/cwt	307.50–322.00	2,455	3
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	356	369.07/cwt	350.00–387.50	1,314	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	627	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,006	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	406.78/cwt	402.50–422.50	1,285	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,100	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	380	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,216	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,126	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,446	1
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	416	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,477	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	411.08/cwt	397.50–412.50	1,714	26
Steers	Small 2	500–550	544	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,088	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	381.94/cwt	378.00–400.00	1,856	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	403.86/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,502	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	335.10/cwt	327.50–340.00	2,101	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,188	2
Bulls	Small 2	300–350	334	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	284	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	396	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,680	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	912	73.20/cwt	40.00–100.00	668	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	961	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	898	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,347	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,374	132.45/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,820	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,066	173.23/cwt	167.50–177.50	1,847	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	152.28/cwt	145.00–162.00	1,753	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	135.20/cwt	120.00–143.00	1,336	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,734	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	150.44/cwt	145.00–159.00	2,178	7
Bulls	—	—	1,193	153.01/cwt	140.00–160.00	1,825	7
Bulls	—	—	1,644	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,288	1
Bulls	—	—	1,382	175.72/cwt	165.00–190.00	2,428	10
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	848	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,442	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	767	191.82/cwt	175.00–207.50	1,471	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,240	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	856	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	780	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,502	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	318.74/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,734	2
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	475	358.69/cwt	357.50–360.00	1,704	2
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	440	344.22/cwt	300.00–370.00	1,515	4
Bulls	Small 3	200–250	230	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	414	1
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	654	270.12/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,767	2
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	516	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,355	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	612	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	311.85/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,927	5
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	532	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	502	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,130	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	592	289.90/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,716	2
Bulls	Medium 2	700–750	720	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Small 2Full	400–450	434	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium 1	200–250	230	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	782	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	386	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	366	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,272	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	392.69/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,681	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	394.02/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,489	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	393.00/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,285	5
Bulls	Small 2	350–400	390	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	878	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	213.94/cwt	205.00–223.00	2,007	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	267.60/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,948	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	290.75/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,963	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	368.20/cwt	335.00–400.00	1,742	15
Bulls	Medium 1	150–200	172	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	516	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,029	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	319.33/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,846	4
Bulls	Small 1	800–850	806	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	373.77/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,013	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,014	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	552	288.75/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	334.16/cwt	317.50–360.00	1,721	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,047	1
Bulls	Small 1	200–250	224	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	616	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 Sep 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 429Last week 479Year ago 260

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 68Year ago 49

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 10Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	266	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	417	317.50–332.50	325.02
2	450–500	469	312.50–320.00	316.10
1	500–550	530	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	200.00–265.00	239.46
1	650–700	654	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	224	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	356	307.50	307.50
1	450–500	468	282.50	282.50
1	500–550	502	225.00	225.00
2	550–600	554	220.00–235.00	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	229	340.00	340.00
11	300–350	329	340.00–385.00	367.80
10	350–400	379	340.00–400.00	374.58
55	400–450	429	335.00–385.00	374.80
14	450–500	477	330.00–375.00	354.08
22	500–550	532	297.50–350.00	320.30
6	550–600	581	290.00–315.00	298.33
11	600–650	626	300.00–310.00	301.11
5	650–700	670	280.00–310.00	291.99
3	700–750	715	260.00–282.50	274.28
1	750–800	766	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	300.00–335.00	318.38
1	350–400	386	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	564	207.50	207.50
1	600–650	638	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	652	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	836	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Small 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	434	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	627	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	670	310.00	310.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	308	270.00	270.00
1	350–400	380	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	446	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	316	402.50–422.50	406.78
5	350–400	372	380.00–425.00	403.86
26	400–450	417	397.50–412.50	411.08
7	450–500	486	378.00–400.00	381.94
4	500–550	516	357.50	357.50
3	550–600	587	337.50–350.00	342.48
11	600–650	627	327.50–340.00	335.10
1	650–700	654	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	700	300.00	300.00
3	750–800	774	307.50–322.00	317.22
1	800–850	802	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	468	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	524	332.50	332.50
1	600–650	620	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	356	350.00–387.50	369.07
1	400–450	416	355.00	355.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	544	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	284	345.00	345.00
2	300–350	330	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	396	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	410	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	476	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	544	317.50–320.00	318.74
2	550–600	592	280.00–300.00	289.90
1	700–750	700	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	334	230.00	230.00
1	350–400	390	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	172	300.00	300.00
1	200–250	230	340.00	340.00
1	350–400	366	347.50	347.50
4	400–450	440	300.00–370.00	344.22
2	450–500	475	357.50–360.00	358.69
2	550–600	552	282.50–295.00	288.75
1	600–650	612	280.00	280.00
2	650–700	654	250.00–290.00	270.12
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	516	262.50	262.50
1	700–750	720	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	271	350.00–390.00	373.77
5	300–350	327	380.00–405.00	393.00
7	350–400	378	380.00–420.00	394.02
5	400–450	428	380.00–400.00	392.69
15	450–500	473	335.00–400.00	368.20
9	500–550	515	317.50–360.00	334.16
4	550–600	578	315.00–322.50	319.33
5	600–650	618	300.00–320.00	311.85
6	650–700	675	280.00–302.50	290.75
3	700–750	728	250.00–280.00	267.60
1	750–800	760	265.00	265.00
1	800–850	828	200.00	200.00
1	850–900	862	237.50	237.50
2	900–950	938	205.00–223.00	213.94
1	950–1000	966	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	224	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	430	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	532	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	806	167.50	167.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	912	40.00–100.00	73.20
3	—	961	100.00	100.00
1	—	898	150.00	150.00
14	—	988	120.00–143.00	135.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,374	130.00–135.00	132.45
7	—	1,448	145.00–159.00	150.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,066	167.50–177.50	173.23
7	—	1,151	145.00–162.00	152.28
1	—	1,334	130.00	130.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,193	140.00–160.00	153.01
1	—	1,644	200.00	200.00
10	—	1,382	165.00–190.00	175.72

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	848	170.00	170.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	767	175.00–207.50	191.82
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,018	220.00	220.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	786	212.50	212.50
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	192.50	192.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	856	1,900.00	1,900.00

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

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