Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-13

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 moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $251.86/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −126.40 against this barn's trailing median of $378.27.

Average price

$251.86

28 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,371

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$546

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$116.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.20

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	276.14	1,481	16thin
Medium 1	550	234.82	1,292	5thin
Medium and Large 2	566	225.97	1,279	5thin
Small 1	502	170.00	853	1thin
Medium 2	584	160.00	934	1thin

One grade step is worth $116.14/cwt here — about $546 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 sale28 hd

251.86

—

NC average9 barns · 202 hd

281.07

−29.20

This barn, trailing median27 sales

378.27

−126.40

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	1,359	149.66	2,033	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,512	142.11	2,148	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,202	140.51	1,689	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,063	115.83	1,231	20

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)	958	$1,466	3thin

Every lot, as filed

111 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 2	600–650	600	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,230	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	386	257.56/cwt	255.00–260.00	994	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	305.18/cwt	300.00–320.00	967	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	301.07/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,400	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,646	1
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	340	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	816	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	476	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	768	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,210	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	372	243.65/cwt	225.00–262.50	906	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	244.08/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,511	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	307.91/cwt	297.50–320.00	850	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	309.96/cwt	295.00–350.00	1,169	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	248.83/cwt	220.00–285.00	1,647	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	694	211.71/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,469	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	810	1
Heifers	Small 1	200–250	210	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	536	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	336	207.13/cwt	195.00–220.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	343	284.96/cwt	280.00–290.00	977	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	736	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Small 2-3	300–350	317	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	507	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	838	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,299	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	259.61/cwt	255.00–272.50	1,472	5
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	656	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,443	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	284.95/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,248	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	245.05/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,296	2
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	514	224.73/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,155	2
Heifers	Medium 2	200–250	248	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	234	325.36/cwt	315.00–345.00	761	3
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	473	254.82/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,205	2
Steers	Small 2-3	300–350	338	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	532	7
Steers	Small 3	300–350	300	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	480	1
Steers	Small 3	500–550	542	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	288.03/cwt	286.00–290.00	1,552	2
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	626	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,252	1
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	513	192.48/cwt	180.00–205.00	987	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	311.96/cwt	305.00–314.00	1,728	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	331.12/cwt	300.00–365.00	1,563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	971	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	256	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	314.00/cwt	295.00–360.00	1,325	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	292.25/cwt	292.25–292.25	1,873	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,421	4
Steers	Small 3	550–600	574	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	660	1
Dairy Steers	Small 3	450–500	482	123.84/cwt	120.00–127.50	597	2
Steers	Small 2-3	450–500	452	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	274.96/cwt	270.00–280.00	982	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	900–950	906	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	785	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,335	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	710	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	808	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium 1Full	600–650	640	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,344	1
Bulls	Medium 2Full	550–600	584	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	934	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	140.51/cwt	130.00–152.50	1,689	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	95.17/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,036	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	122.72/cwt	112.50–132.50	1,293	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,718	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	143.81/cwt	130.00–155.00	2,183	13
Bulls	—	—	1,458	169.00/cwt	155.00–186.00	2,464	7
Bulls	—	—	1,305	139.24/cwt	115.00–150.00	1,817	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	914	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	1,523.32/head	1,500.00–1,550.00	1,523	2
Bulls	Small 1	250–300	290	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	188.60/cwt	175.00–210.00	1,481	4
Bulls	Medium 1	900–950	928	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,508	1
Bulls	Medium 1	750–800	790	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,343	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	502	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	853	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	495	254.99/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,262	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	281	338.17/cwt	315.00–375.00	950	7
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	658	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,053	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	320.88/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,354	10
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	464	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	946	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,741	1
Bulls	Medium 1	850–900	856	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	262.16/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,494	4
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	420	248.11/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,042	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	310.46/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,437	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	238	349.16/cwt	310.00–370.00	831	3
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	393	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	963	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	333.32/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,077	5
Heifers	Small 2-3	250–300	285	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	499	2
Bulls	Medium 2	300–350	338	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	811	1
Bulls	Medium 2	600–650	600	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Small 3	300–350	348	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	522	1
Heifers	Small 3	250–300	278	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	417	1
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	310	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	899	1
Bulls	Small 2	300–350	304	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	827	155.13/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,283	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	986	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,607	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	294.84/cwt	275.00–300.00	979	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	289.74/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,231	2
Bulls	Medium 1	250–300	283	306.01/cwt	300.00–312.50	866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,184	2
Bulls	Small 2	200–250	244	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	166.34/cwt	150.00–175.00	1,269	4
Bulls	Small 2	350–400	394	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	258.76/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,576	4
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	623	223.36/cwt	212.50–235.00	1,392	4
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	376	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,034	2
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	420	298.75/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,255	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	282	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	846	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	526	232.64/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,224	2
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	566	236.28/cwt	205.00–255.00	1,337	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	280.80/cwt	255.00–317.50	1,474	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	320.99/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,197	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	202.74/cwt	198.00–207.50	1,490	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	229.95/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,345	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,607	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 Nov 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 345Last week 341Year ago 290

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 77Year ago 112

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 15Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	248	265.00	265.00
1	300–350	340	240.00	240.00
1	450–500	476	200.00	200.00
2	500–550	513	180.00–205.00	192.48
1	600–650	600	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	280.00–290.00	284.96
2	350–400	386	255.00–260.00	257.56
1	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
2	450–500	473	250.00–260.00	254.82
2	500–550	514	215.00–235.00	224.73
1	600–650	626	200.00	200.00
1	650–700	656	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	234	315.00–345.00	325.36
7	250–300	276	297.50–320.00	307.91
9	300–350	317	300.00–320.00	305.18
20	350–400	377	295.00–350.00	309.96
11	400–450	422	295.00–360.00	314.00
9	450–500	465	280.00–325.00	301.07
2	500–550	539	286.00–290.00	288.03
5	550–600	567	255.00–272.50	259.61
5	600–650	619	240.00–260.00	244.08
7	650–700	662	220.00–285.00	248.83
1	700–750	748	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	786	190.00	190.00
1	850–900	860	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	736	180.00	180.00
1	750–800	768	157.50	157.50
1	800–850	838	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	255.00	255.00
2	300–350	336	195.00–220.00	207.13
2	350–400	372	225.00–262.50	243.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	256	275.00	275.00
1	300–350	324	250.00	250.00
2	350–400	357	270.00–280.00	274.96
2	400–450	438	280.00–290.00	284.95
2	500–550	529	240.00–250.00	245.05
3	650–700	694	200.00–220.00	211.71
Heifers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	175.00	175.00
3	300–350	317	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	278	150.00	150.00
Steers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	338	157.50	157.50
2	450–500	452	150.00	150.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	160.00	160.00
2	500–550	542	122.50	122.50
1	550–600	574	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	292	332.50	332.50
4	400–450	440	323.00	323.00
2	450–500	472	300.00–365.00	331.12
9	550–600	554	305.00–314.00	311.96
11	600–650	641	292.25	292.25
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	482	120.00–127.50	123.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	180.00	180.00
3	750–800	785	170.00	170.00
1	800–850	808	162.50	162.50
1	900–950	906	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	584	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	245.00	245.00
2	350–400	393	245.00	245.00
5	400–450	420	240.00–260.00	248.11
1	450–500	464	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	502	170.00	170.00
1	650–700	658	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	238	310.00–370.00	349.16
7	250–300	281	315.00–375.00	338.17
5	300–350	323	325.00–355.00	333.32
12	350–400	373	300.00–335.00	320.99
10	400–450	422	300.00–350.00	320.88
8	450–500	463	300.00–320.00	310.46
12	500–550	525	255.00–317.50	280.80
4	550–600	570	250.00–280.00	262.16
4	600–650	609	255.00–260.00	258.76
1	650–700	656	250.00	250.00
2	700–750	735	198.00–207.50	202.74
4	750–800	785	175.00–210.00	188.60
1	800–850	820	196.00	196.00
1	900–950	946	184.00	184.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	300.00–312.50	306.01
1	300–350	310	290.00	290.00
2	350–400	376	275.00	275.00
2	400–450	420	297.50–300.00	298.75
2	450–500	495	250.00–260.00	254.99
2	500–550	526	220.00–245.00	232.64
3	550–600	566	205.00–255.00	236.28
4	600–650	623	212.50–235.00	223.36
1	750–800	790	170.00	170.00
1	850–900	856	154.00	154.00
1	900–950	928	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	338	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	600	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	348	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	244	240.00	240.00
1	300–350	304	240.00	240.00
1	350–400	394	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	282	300.00	300.00
5	300–350	332	275.00–300.00	294.84
2	400–450	425	280.00–300.00	289.74
2	500–550	538	220.00	220.00
3	550–600	585	225.00–235.00	229.95
4	750–800	763	150.00–175.00	166.34
2	800–850	827	150.00–160.00	155.13
1	950–1000	986	163.00	163.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,202	130.00–152.50	140.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,089	90.00–100.00	95.17
15	—	1,054	112.50–132.50	122.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,432	120.00	120.00
13	—	1,518	130.00–155.00	143.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,458	155.00–186.00	169.00
13	—	1,305	115.00–150.00	139.24

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	914	1,350.00	1,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	980	1,500.00–1,550.00	1,523.32

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