Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $398.08/cwt on 24 head, up $18.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 28 comparable sales and sits +20.54 against this barn's trailing median of $377.54.

Average price

$398.08

▲ 18.66 vs prior sale

24 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,150

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$987

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$194.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+30.51

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	419.47	2,243	20
Medium 1	587	319.69	1,877	2thin
Medium and Large 2	540	300.00	1,620	1thin
Small 1	558	225.00	1,256	1thin

One grade step is worth $194.47/cwt here — about $987 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

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 sale24 hd

398.08

—

NC average9 barns · 187 hd

367.56

+30.51

This barn, trailing median28 sales

377.54

+20.54

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	1,736	203.48	3,532	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,567	182.17	2,855	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,543	176.99	2,731	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,199	168.36	2,018	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,007	146.11	1,472	5thin

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)	776	$1,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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 2	750–800	754	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,357	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,033	1
Heifers	Small 1	250–300	258	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	276	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	938	1
Heifers	Small 1	200–250	208	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	414	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,532	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,978	1
Heifers	Small 2	350–400	394	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	867	1
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	324	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	419.66/cwt	392.50–442.50	1,792	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	359.63/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,158	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	399.04/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,879	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	606	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,394	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	374.75/cwt	355.00–405.00	1,934	10
Heifers	Small 2	400–450	414	242.54/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,004	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,569	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	378	367.78/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	384.13/cwt	377.50–390.00	1,129	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,223	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,246	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,951	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	389.98/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,235	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	410.18/cwt	395.00–445.00	1,559	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	689	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,563	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,028	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,285	1
Steers	Medium 1	800–850	800	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,959	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	389.11/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,284	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	375.49/cwt	375.00–376.00	2,343	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,915	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	398.33/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,255	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,229	2
Bulls	Small 2	400–450	402	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,005	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	446	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,873	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,150	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	176.99/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,731	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	168.89/cwt	164.00–175.00	1,981	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,192	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,081	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,567	182.17/cwt	182.00–182.50	2,855	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	151.39/cwt	140.00–160.00	1,558	4
Bulls	—	—	1,513	196.06/cwt	185.00–205.00	2,966	4
Bulls	—	—	2,182	218.32/cwt	216.00–221.00	4,764	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	776	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	320	335.94/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,075	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	479.45/cwt	430.00–500.00	2,009	13
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	416	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	341.74/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,143	3
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	558	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	429.85/cwt	390.00–445.00	2,252	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	456.22/cwt	450.00–462.50	1,118	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	434.14/cwt	350.00–490.00	2,123	17
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	331	385.51/cwt	377.00–400.00	1,276	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	377.97/cwt	335.00–425.00	2,181	4
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	432	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,771	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	371	395.70/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,468	3
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	369	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,292	3
Bulls	Medium 2	750–800	760	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	462.50/cwt	435.00–490.00	1,295	2
Bulls	Small 2	350–400	352	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	463.07/cwt	430.00–500.00	1,727	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	240.11/cwt	200.00–280.00	1,782	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	587	319.69/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,877	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	896	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,684	1
Bulls	Medium 2	300–350	348	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,218	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,113	1
Heifers	Small 2	250–300	260	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,302	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	966	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,652	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,353	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 Jan 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 215Last week 305Year ago 17

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 75Year ago 5

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 4Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	350.00	350.00
2	300–350	315	380.00–415.00	398.33
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	462	395.00	395.00
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	742	200.00–280.00	240.11
1	750–800	754	180.00	180.00
1	850–900	896	188.00	188.00
1	950–1000	966	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	628	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	352	255.00	255.00
1	400–450	402	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	446	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	320.00–350.00	335.94
1	550–600	558	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	450.00–462.50	456.22
2	250–300	280	435.00–490.00	462.50
11	350–400	373	430.00–500.00	463.07
13	400–450	419	430.00–500.00	479.45
17	450–500	489	350.00–490.00	434.14
16	500–550	524	390.00–445.00	429.85
4	550–600	577	335.00–425.00	377.97
3	600–650	627	335.00–350.00	341.74
1	650–700	692	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	784	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	348	350.00	350.00
3	350–400	369	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	416	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	760	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	331	377.00–400.00	385.51
3	350–400	371	370.00–420.00	395.70
1	400–450	432	410.00	410.00
2	550–600	587	300.00–340.00	319.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	294	377.50–390.00	384.13
4	300–350	330	380.00–405.00	389.11
9	350–400	380	395.00–445.00	410.18
12	400–450	427	392.50–442.50	419.66
7	450–500	471	380.00–420.00	399.04
10	500–550	516	355.00–405.00	374.75
1	550–600	556	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	628	315.00	315.00
1	950–1000	968	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	208	300.00	300.00
1	250–300	258	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	276	340.00	340.00
1	300–350	324	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	378	360.00–375.00	367.78
1	400–450	414	370.00	370.00
1	650–700	650	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	235.00	235.00
1	350–400	394	220.00	220.00
2	400–450	414	240.00–245.00	242.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	322	350.00–370.00	359.63
1	350–400	352	370.00	370.00
1	650–700	682	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	606	395.00	395.00
6	650–700	689	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	404	485.00	485.00
1	450–500	494	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	504	380.00	380.00
2	550–600	573	380.00–400.00	389.98
2	600–650	624	375.00–376.00	375.49
1	650–700	672	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	702	320.00	320.00
1	900–950	940	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	800	240.00	240.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,028	177.50	177.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	125.00	125.00
4	—	1,029	140.00–160.00	151.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,543	170.00–180.00	176.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,173	164.00–175.00	168.89
1	—	1,218	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,360	153.00	153.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,567	182.00–182.50	182.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,513	185.00–205.00	196.06
2	—	2,182	216.00–221.00	218.32

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	776	1,050.00	1,050.00

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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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · 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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