Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder cattle were 5.00 to 10.00 lower. 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 $376.80/cwt on 20 head, down $22.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 28 comparable sales and sits −0.73 against this barn's trailing median of $377.54.

Average price

$376.80

▼ 22.88 vs prior sale

20 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,028

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$82.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.47

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	382.56	2,039	18thin
Medium 1	570	350.00	1,995	1thin
Medium and Large 2	598	300.00	1,794	1thin

One grade step is worth $82.56/cwt here — about $245 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

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 sale20 hd

376.80

—

NC average6 barns · 139 hd

368.33

+8.47

This barn, trailing median28 sales

377.54

−0.73

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	1,439	190.39	2,740	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,046	173.75	1,817	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,342	151.29	2,030	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	893	136.01	1,215	10

Every lot, as filed

71 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 1	300–350	314	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	369	420.51/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,552	2
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium 1	250–300	271	420.28/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,139	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	848	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,399	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,342	151.29/cwt	150.00–152.50	2,030	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,101	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	410.87/cwt	407.50–417.50	2,210	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	435.21/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,654	2
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	434	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,649	1
Bulls	Medium 2	750–800	772	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,698	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,764	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	972	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,847	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	909	122.86/cwt	119.00–127.50	1,117	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	140.73/cwt	137.50–145.00	1,252	5
Bulls	—	—	1,239	161.08/cwt	132.00–185.00	1,996	3
Bulls	—	—	1,559	207.97/cwt	190.00–222.50	3,242	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,279	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	400.39/cwt	387.00–435.00	1,902	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	316.95/cwt	300.00–335.00	2,133	2
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	624	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,778	1
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	745	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,211	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	470.77/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,544	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	373.75/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,944	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	446.86/cwt	420.00–465.00	1,408	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	461.39/cwt	437.50–480.00	1,744	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	358.37/cwt	320.00–385.00	2,197	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	342.62/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,977	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	598	380.00/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,272	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	430.47/cwt	415.00–437.50	1,829	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	488.11/cwt	450.00–520.00	1,376	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	440.92/cwt	427.50–450.00	1,817	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	409.91/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,812	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,216	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,514	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	858	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	436.73/cwt	400.00–455.00	1,642	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,657	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	475.07/cwt	440.00–500.00	1,306	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	473.13/cwt	460.00–485.00	1,112	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	403.10/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,189	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	402.14/cwt	360.00–422.50	1,894	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	355.95/cwt	342.50–370.00	1,157	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	362.64/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,694	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	430.99/cwt	410.00–446.00	2,086	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,092	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	381.15/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,262	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	900–950	904	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,079	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,262	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	209.91/cwt	200.00–220.00	2,038	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	382.88/cwt	377.50–400.00	2,010	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	396.61/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	582	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,571	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,505	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	430	401.61/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,727	6

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 Jun 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 305Last week 237Year ago 353

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 68Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 13Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	271	415.00–425.00	420.28
1	300–350	314	430.00	430.00
2	350–400	369	410.00–430.00	420.51
6	400–450	430	390.00–410.00	401.61
1	550–600	570	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	434	380.00	380.00
1	750–800	772	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	282	450.00–520.00	488.11
6	300–350	328	450.00–490.00	470.77
19	350–400	378	437.50–480.00	461.39
11	400–450	425	415.00–437.50	430.47
16	450–500	475	387.00–435.00	400.39
16	500–550	525	377.50–400.00	382.88
2	550–600	598	375.00–385.00	380.00
8	600–650	613	320.00–385.00	358.37
2	650–700	673	300.00–335.00	316.95
1	750–800	754	300.00	300.00
2	950–1000	971	200.00–220.00	209.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	410.00	410.00
1	350–400	364	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	419	390.00–400.00	396.61
1	550–600	598	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	638	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	734	250.00	250.00
1	850–900	858	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	334	490.00	490.00
2	350–400	380	430.00–440.00	435.21
5	400–450	412	427.50–450.00	440.92
7	450–500	484	410.00–446.00	430.99
3	500–550	538	407.50–417.50	410.87
1	550–600	554	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	606	376.00	376.00
1	650–700	662	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	706	367.50	367.50
1	750–800	798	315.00	315.00
1	850–900	886	300.00	300.00
1	1000–1050	1,002	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	375.00	375.00
2	500–550	542	386.00	386.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	460.00–485.00	473.13
9	250–300	275	440.00–500.00	475.07
14	300–350	315	420.00–465.00	446.86
19	350–400	376	400.00–455.00	436.73
3	400–450	442	400.00–430.00	409.91
11	450–500	471	360.00–422.50	402.14
18	500–550	520	360.00–387.50	373.75
6	550–600	577	330.00–365.00	342.62
1	650–700	660	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	822	315.00	315.00
1	900–950	926	270.00	270.00
7	1050–1100	1,065	249.50	249.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	435.00	435.00
2	350–400	372	380.00–425.00	403.10
4	400–450	431	370.00–400.00	381.15
2	450–500	467	340.00–385.00	362.64
1	750–800	750	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	342.50–370.00	355.95
1	400–450	430	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	582	270.00	270.00
1	900–950	904	230.00	230.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	848	165.00	165.00
4	—	909	119.00–127.50	122.86
5	—	890	137.50–145.00	140.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,342	150.00–152.50	151.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	157.50	157.50
1	—	972	190.00	190.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,239	132.00–185.00	161.08
5	—	1,559	190.00–222.50	207.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	894	235.00	235.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	624	285.00	285.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	162.50	162.50

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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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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