Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers were 10.00 to 15.00 higher, while bulls were mixed. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. 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 $317.41/cwt on 56 head, up $7.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 29 comparable sales and sits −52.14 against this barn's trailing median of $369.55.

Average price

$317.41

▲ 7.56 vs prior sale

56 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$49.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.48

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	319.17	1,742	54
Medium and Large 2	560	270.00	1,512	1thin
Medium 1	548	270.00	1,480	1thin

One grade step is worth $49.17/cwt here — about $262 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

29 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $443.59, low $291.31, median $369.55 across 29 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 sale56 hd

317.41

—

NC average9 barns · 240 hd

328.89

−11.48

This barn, trailing median29 sales

369.55

−52.14

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	1,379	166.55	2,297	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,188	141.61	1,683	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,505	134.92	2,031	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,028	123.99	1,275	16

Every lot, as filed

88 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,052	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	322.53/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	330.82/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,601	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,102	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	398.90/cwt	390.00–435.00	1,312	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	300.54/cwt	287.50–325.00	1,839	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	303.93/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,769	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	310.79/cwt	290.00–322.50	1,930	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	201.93/cwt	180.00–220.00	1,676	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	401	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	266.21/cwt	255.00–277.50	1,943	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	436.74/cwt	400.00–470.00	952	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	379.14/cwt	357.50–405.00	1,645	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	424.15/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,395	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,067	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	249.47/cwt	220.00–280.00	1,779	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	421.46/cwt	380.00–445.00	1,580	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	303.13/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,473	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	272.19/cwt	225.00–305.00	1,845	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	461	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,786	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	319.89/cwt	300.00–337.50	1,814	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,034	1
Heifers	Small 1	250–300	284	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	880	1
Bulls	Small 1	250–300	267	318.35/cwt	310.00–325.00	850	3
Bulls	Small 1	200–250	229	323.49/cwt	290.00–355.00	741	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	476	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,071	1
Bulls	Small 2	300–350	326	224.54/cwt	200.00–250.00	732	2
Heifers	Small 2	200–250	202	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	495	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	320	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	928	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	376	274.34/cwt	250.00–300.00	1,032	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	440	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	332	298.70/cwt	290.00–305.00	992	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	113.70/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,285	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	127.42/cwt	120.00–140.00	1,267	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,253	108.83/cwt	100.00–120.00	1,364	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	142.38/cwt	130.00–160.00	2,245	7
Bulls	—	—	1,440	173.20/cwt	167.00–180.00	2,494	7
Bulls	—	—	954	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,145	1
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	504	234.94/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,184	2
Bulls	Medium 2	250–300	266	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	918	1
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	638	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,691	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	402	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,126	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,592	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,070	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	144.93/cwt	135.00–160.00	1,555	7
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	548	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,480	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	447	333.37/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,490	3
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	376	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,316	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	638	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,659	1
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	562	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,377	1
Bulls	Medium 2	600–650	634	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,268	1
Bulls	Medium 1	200–250	220	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	836	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	465	297.24/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,382	4
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	308	362.50/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,117	2
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	588	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,882	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	563	269.30/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,516	3
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	432	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,398	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,352	3
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	302	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	260	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	910	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	437	359.93/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	586	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,685	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	500	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	294.90/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	316.01/cwt	295.00–337.50	1,669	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	376.00/cwt	327.50–407.50	1,572	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	355.98/cwt	340.00–363.00	1,826	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	281	416.30/cwt	380.00–435.00	1,170	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	333.28/cwt	330.00–337.50	2,223	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	420.75/cwt	417.50–422.50	1,729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	319.09/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,666	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	334.43/cwt	300.00–362.50	1,602	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	365.36/cwt	340.00–382.50	1,765	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	273.13/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,863	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	392.61/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,044	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	394.49/cwt	360.00–415.00	1,460	7

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 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 430Last week 220Year ago 429

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 55Year ago 68

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	435.00	435.00
3	400–450	411	417.50–422.50	420.75
4	450–500	483	340.00–382.50	365.36
6	500–550	513	340.00–363.00	355.98
1	550–600	586	341.00	341.00
1	600–650	608	337.50	337.50
3	650–700	667	330.00–337.50	333.28
2	700–750	725	320.00–325.00	322.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	578	280.00–310.00	294.90
1	650–700	656	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	638	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	432	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	588	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	266	390.00–395.00	392.61
7	300–350	329	390.00–435.00	398.90
7	350–400	370	360.00–415.00	394.49
15	400–450	418	327.50–407.50	376.00
20	450–500	484	310.00–340.00	330.82
15	500–550	528	295.00–337.50	316.01
8	550–600	582	290.00–320.00	303.93
6	600–650	612	287.50–325.00	300.54
3	650–700	682	255.00–285.00	273.13
4	700–750	730	255.00–277.50	266.21
1	750–800	780	265.00	265.00
1	800–850	818	250.00	250.00
1	850–900	876	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	948	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	401	407.50	407.50
10	450–500	461	387.50	387.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	436	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	470	297.50	297.50
1	500–550	508	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	644	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	284	310.00	310.00
4	300–350	332	290.00–305.00	298.70
2	350–400	376	250.00–300.00	274.34
1	400–450	440	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	202	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	402	280.00	280.00
2	500–550	504	220.00–250.00	234.94
1	550–600	562	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	302	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	376	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	447	320.00–340.00	333.37
3	550–600	563	260.00–280.00	269.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	586	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	218	400.00–470.00	436.74
8	250–300	281	380.00–435.00	416.30
17	300–350	329	400.00–440.00	424.15
28	350–400	375	380.00–445.00	421.46
13	400–450	434	357.50–405.00	379.14
19	450–500	479	300.00–362.50	334.43
24	500–550	522	300.00–340.00	319.09
29	550–600	567	300.00–337.50	319.89
17	600–650	621	290.00–322.50	310.79
6	650–700	678	225.00–305.00	272.19
7	700–750	713	220.00–280.00	249.47
1	750–800	778	217.50	217.50
6	800–850	830	180.00–220.00	201.93
2	850–900	869	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	358	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	418	320.00	320.00
3	450–500	486	295.00–315.00	303.13
1	550–600	560	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	790	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	229	290.00–355.00	323.49
3	250–300	267	310.00–325.00	318.35
1	300–350	320	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	476	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	326	200.00–250.00	224.54
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	266	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	634	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	380.00	380.00
2	300–350	308	350.00–375.00	362.50
2	400–450	437	350.00–370.00	359.93
4	450–500	465	275.00–310.00	297.24
1	500–550	548	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	638	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	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
4	—	1,130	110.00–120.00	113.70
12	—	994	120.00–140.00	127.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,253	100.00–120.00	108.83
7	—	1,577	130.00–160.00	142.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,592	130.00	130.00
7	—	1,073	135.00–160.00	144.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,440	167.00–180.00	173.20
1	—	954	120.00	120.00

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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