Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. 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 $372.41/cwt on 24 head, up $13.27 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 27 comparable sales and sits −5.85 against this barn's trailing median of $378.27.

Average price

$372.41

▲ 13.27 vs prior sale

24 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,049

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$376

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$62.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.93

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	382.89	2,113	20
Medium 1	543	320.06	1,736	4thin

One grade step is worth $62.83/cwt here — about $376 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 sale24 hd

372.41

—

NC average9 barns · 233 hd

398.34

−25.93

This barn, trailing median27 sales

378.27

−5.85

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	1,470	189.14	2,780	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,568	151.69	2,379	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	151.45	1,873	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	953	126.28	1,204	12

Every lot, as filed

95 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 1Value Added	400–450	418	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,006	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	369	344.98/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,273	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	354.86/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	351.05/cwt	345.00–357.50	2,296	7
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	282	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	570	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,824	1
Bulls	Medium 2	650–700	675	274.90/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,856	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,254	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	310.03/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,201	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	471.82/cwt	410.00–510.00	1,765	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	456	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,143	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	527.33/cwt	470.00–545.00	1,714	12
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	370	337.70/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,249	2
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	692	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,903	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	630	297.82/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,876	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	908	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,952	1
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	364	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,383	2
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	560	320.11/cwt	290.00–350.00	1,793	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	247.47/cwt	245.00–250.00	2,183	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	366.59/cwt	340.00–410.00	2,101	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	287.35/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,198	2
Bulls	Medium 1	700–750	722	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	427.27/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,051	10
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	342	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,197	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	461.39/cwt	435.00–490.00	1,942	15
Bulls	Medium 2	750–800	794	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,906	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	613	213.81/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,311	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	499.09/cwt	465.00–530.00	1,407	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	413.07/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,541	2
Bulls	Medium 1	750–800	778	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,614	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	416	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,456	1
Bulls	Medium 1	200–250	228	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,343	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	407.33/cwt	370.00–430.00	2,118	8
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	758	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,213	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,285	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,093	1
Bulls	—	—	1,145	158.10/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,810	4
Bulls	—	—	1,612	197.90/cwt	177.50–211.00	3,190	6
Bulls	—	—	1,694	224.94/cwt	216.00–238.50	3,810	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	843	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	132.80/cwt	125.00–146.00	1,309	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	833	124.32/cwt	122.50–127.50	1,036	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	151.45/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,873	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,332	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,865	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	682	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,046	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	824	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,936	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	380	410.47/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,560	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	422.48/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,812	4
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	525	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,680	2
Bulls	Medium 2	800–850	838	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,578	1
Dairy Steers	Small 3	200–250	204	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	469	1
Dairy Steers	Small 3	850–900	864	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,555	1
Dairy Steers	Small 3	750–800	798	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	466.38/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,029	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	530	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,056	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	443.74/cwt	440.00–447.50	2,223	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	446.58/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,121	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	450	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	365	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,044	2
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	418	431.60/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	392.07/cwt	370.00–422.50	1,898	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	356.21/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	361.27/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,453	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	386.11/cwt	377.50–400.00	2,390	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,434	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	374	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	200–250	218	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,166	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	844	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	734	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,459	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	516	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	350.10/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,185	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	464.65/cwt	420.00–495.00	1,310	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	430.99/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,621	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	334.79/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,637	2
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	544	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,118	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	324	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	394	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,576	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	454	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,816	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	351.89/cwt	310.00–360.00	1,974	15
Heifers	Medium 1	750–800	764	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,254	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	478	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	956	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	442	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	410.98/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,763	9
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	414	393.66/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	365.98/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,910	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	453.85/cwt	420.00–545.00	1,421	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,663	156.36/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,600	5

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 Apr 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 291Last week 488Year ago 454

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 76Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 10Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	218	535.00	535.00
1	350–400	374	485.00	485.00
1	400–450	418	480.00	480.00
3	450–500	456	470.00	470.00
2	500–550	530	388.00	388.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	324	300.00	300.00
3	350–400	369	340.00–350.00	344.98
1	400–450	442	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	478	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	282	420.00–495.00	464.65
5	300–350	313	420.00–545.00	453.85
11	350–400	376	400.00–450.00	430.99
9	400–450	429	400.00–440.00	410.98
11	450–500	484	370.00–422.50	392.07
4	500–550	522	340.00–385.00	365.98
15	550–600	561	310.00–360.00	351.89
4	600–650	624	340.00–355.00	350.10
7	650–700	654	345.00–357.50	351.05
1	700–750	718	295.00	295.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	282	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	394	400.00	400.00
4	400–450	414	380.00–400.00	393.66
1	450–500	454	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	544	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	570	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	764	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	489	320.00–350.00	334.79
1	500–550	522	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	545.00	545.00
8	250–300	282	465.00–530.00	499.09
12	300–350	325	470.00–545.00	527.33
10	350–400	374	410.00–510.00	471.82
15	400–450	421	435.00–490.00	461.39
10	450–500	480	400.00–450.00	427.27
8	500–550	520	370.00–430.00	407.33
12	550–600	573	340.00–410.00	366.59
2	600–650	632	340.00–370.00	354.86
1	650–700	662	356.00	356.00
2	700–750	710	300.00–320.00	310.03
2	750–800	765	280.00–295.00	287.35
1	800–850	822	285.00	285.00
2	850–900	882	245.00–250.00	247.47
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	364	380.00	380.00
2	650–700	675	270.00–280.00	274.90
1	750–800	794	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	838	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	342	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	370	325.00–350.00	337.70
1	400–450	416	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	613	210.00–217.50	213.81
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	228	430.00	430.00
2	350–400	380	400.00–420.00	410.47
2	500–550	525	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	560	290.00–350.00	320.11
2	600–650	630	285.00–310.00	297.82
1	650–700	692	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	722	245.00	245.00
1	750–800	778	207.50	207.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	400.00–425.00	413.07
4	400–450	429	410.00–435.00	422.48
1	800–850	824	235.00	235.00
1	900–950	908	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	682	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	526	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	460.00–485.00	466.38
3	450–500	475	435.00–455.00	446.58
2	500–550	501	440.00–447.50	443.74
5	550–600	570	427.00	427.00
9	600–650	619	377.50–400.00	386.11
4	650–700	679	355.00–375.00	361.27
2	700–750	743	350.00–362.50	356.21
1	750–800	784	342.50	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	560.00	560.00
1	450–500	450	495.00	495.00
1	500–550	516	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	425.00–440.00	431.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	734	335.00	335.00
1	800–850	844	320.00	320.00
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	204	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	798	182.50	182.50
1	850–900	864	180.00	180.00

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	—	758	160.00	160.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	816	280.00	280.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	225.00	225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,145	150.00–165.00	158.10
6	—	1,612	177.50–211.00	197.90
2	—	1,694	216.00–238.50	224.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,054	80.00	80.00
8	—	986	125.00–146.00	132.80
3	—	833	122.50–127.50	124.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,237	150.00–155.00	151.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,332	140.00	140.00
5	—	1,663	150.00–165.00	156.36

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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Powell Livestock Market - Smithfield, NC

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle