Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-05

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $366.18/cwt on 5 head, down $9.05 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 17 of 27 comparable sales and sits +4.05 against this barn's trailing median of $362.13.

Average price

$366.18

▼ 9.05 vs prior sale

5 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$431

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$82.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+47.81

vs NC average

−65.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	382.73	2,105	4thin
Medium 2	558	300.00	1,674	1thin

One grade step is worth $82.73/cwt here — about $431 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $397.67, low $291.28, median $362.13 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 sale5 hd

366.18

—

NC average2 barns · 11 hd

318.37

+47.81

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

−65.36

This barn, trailing median27 sales

362.13

+4.05

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	177.50	2,556	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,440	175.00	2,520	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	984	169.00	1,663	1thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 2	500–550	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	234	487.56/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,141	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,142	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	387.00/cwt	385.00–389.00	2,221	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	378.56/cwt	367.50–387.50	1,825	3
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	558	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	378.45/cwt	367.50–389.00	1,991	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,991	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,345	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	423.72/cwt	417.50–440.00	2,212	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,663	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,440	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,520	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	2,556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	479.35/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,318	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,015	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,359	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 Feb 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 27Last week 78Year ago 372

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 14Year ago 47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	234	480.00–495.00	487.56
2	250–300	275	460.00–500.00	479.35
1	350–400	362	440.00	440.00
1	400–450	438	460.00	460.00
4	500–550	522	417.50–440.00	423.72
1	700–750	728	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	476	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	580	392.50	392.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	542	382.50	382.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	386	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	420	380.00	380.00
3	450–500	482	367.50–387.50	378.56
2	500–550	526	367.50–389.00	378.45
2	550–600	574	385.00–389.00	387.00
1	600–650	608	327.50	327.50
1	700–750	716	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	558	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	984	169.00	169.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	175.00	175.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	177.50	177.50

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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