Powell Livestock Market Report

Smithfield, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 8, 2020

667 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $105.99/cwt ≈ $704/hd at 664 lb · 47 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $113.30/cwt ≈ $607/hd at 536 lb · 37 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $120.25/cwt ≈ $748/hd at 622 lb · 30 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	667	771	940
Feeder cattle	601	—	763
Slaughter cattle	65	—	174
Replacement cattle	1	—	3

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, boning type slaughter cows were 5.00 to 6.00 higher, while breaking type and slaughter bulls were 8.00 to 9.00 higher. Four-weight feeder steers were 6.00 to 8.00 higher, five-weights were unevenly steady, and six-weights were mostly 4.00 to 5.00 higher; heifers were mostly 5.00 to 8.00 higher; and feeder bulls were mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly heavy. Cattle quality was average to attractive. Four dairy steers, Small 3, weighing 55 lbs. brought 90.00 per head.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
148	148	1	149.00	$149.00	$221
150–194	174	4	125.00–134.00	$129.27	$225
212–248	230	2	151.00–162.50	$156.30	$359
268–290	275	7	128.00–147.00	$139.24	$383
300–348	326	6	130.00–147.00	$133.76	$436
354–396	377	18	128.00–145.00	$137.03	$517
374–392	383	2	125.00	$125.00	$479
424	424	1	117.00	$117.00	$496
406–448	431	19	130.00–143.00	$135.43	$584
452–492	467	5	132.00–146.00	$138.69	$648
502–549	531	7	127.00–135.00	$129.66	$688
570–594	581	3	121.00–125.00	$123.35	$717
602–634	614	6	116.00–127.00	$123.33	$757
655–694	673	17	111.00–122.00	$120.51	$811
722–734	728	2	111.00–112.00	$111.50	$812
772	772	1	105.00	$105.00	$811
806	806	1	95.00	$95.00	$766
851	851	6	124.00	$124.00	$1,055
911	911	2	112.00	$112.00	$1,020

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
184	184	1	114.00	$114.00	$210
212–230	221	2	123.00–125.00	$124.04	$274
304–330	317	4	114.00–120.00	$118.56	$376
370 thin fleshed	370	1	98.00	$98.00	$363
358–396	378	10	110.00–124.00	$117.13	$443
424–446	435	2	117.00–123.00	$120.08	$522
466 thin fleshed	466	1	93.00	$93.00	$433

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
212	212	2	92.50–98.00	$95.25	$202
328–338	333	2	100.00–110.00	$105.08	$350
418	418	1	90.00	$90.00	$376

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
180	180	1	122.00	$122.00	$220
212–240	225	3	115.00–126.00	$118.45	$267
258–288	270	5	114.00–125.00	$118.84	$321
302–348	328	12	114.00–131.00	$122.19	$401
352–390	373	21	115.00–132.00	$125.25	$467
400–448	416	17	110.00–130.00	$121.55	$506
430–438	434	2	103.00–105.00	$103.99	$451
452–498	476	24	104.00–121.00	$114.22	$544
500–548	536	37	96.00–119.00	$113.30	$607
552–598	580	12	100.00–117.00	$109.99	$638
602–648	630	14	90.00–112.00	$98.51	$621
652–698	664	46	90.00–110.50	$106.45	$707
674	674	1	85.00	$85.00	$573
704–746	724	9	80.00–100.00	$87.16	$631
752	752	1	88.00	$88.00	$662
790	790	1	79.00	$79.00	$624
803–812	805	6	88.00–90.00	$88.67	$714
884	884	1	87.00	$87.00	$769
928	928	1	84.00	$84.00	$780
972	972	1	79.00	$79.00	$768

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
180	180	1	111.00	$111.00	$200
214–234	224	2	113.00–114.00	$113.48	$254
274–278	276	2	108.00–110.00	$109.01	$301
306–342	321	5	98.00–111.00	$105.51	$339
354–394	371	7	100.00–111.00	$105.61	$392
408–448	428	9	84.00–105.00	$96.18	$412
456–496	478	4	84.00–105.00	$96.88	$463
504 thin fleshed	504	1	70.00	$70.00	$353
520–548	529	6	80.00–97.00	$88.94	$470
572–578	575	2	80.00–99.00	$89.45	$514
606	606	1	82.00	$82.00	$497
650	650	1	80.00	$80.00	$520

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
192	192	1	106.00	$106.00	$204
332	332	1	90.00	$90.00	$299
468	468	1	83.00	$83.00	$388
478 thin fleshed	478	1	66.00	$66.00	$315

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
434	434	1	63.00	$63.00	$273
600	600	1	50.00	$50.00	$300

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
450–494	477	15	122.00–136.00	$127.30	$607
500–544	521	15	116.00–129.00	$124.32	$648
574	574	1	113.00	$113.00	$649
552–588	575	9	114.00–131.00	$120.59	$693
602–636	622	30	110.00–125.00	$120.25	$748
674	674	1	90.00	$90.00	$607
656–698	676	5	91.00–111.00	$103.07	$697
702–742	726	24	90.00–101.00	$98.64	$716
750–798	765	11	85.00–116.00	$94.28	$721
818–838	828	2	94.00–97.00	$95.52	$791
866–888	877	2	95.00–97.00	$95.99	$842
902–912	908	4	76.00–95.00	$83.49	$758
965 thin fleshed	965	1	66.00	$66.00	$637
986	986	1	74.00	$74.00	$730

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
470–498	485	6	93.00–120.00	$106.00	$514
512–522	516	3	101.00–114.00	$109.62	$566
556–596	579	6	88.00–103.00	$94.83	$549
616–628	622	3	80.00–99.00	$91.73	$571
730	730	1	84.00	$84.00	$613
770–776	773	2	70.00–81.00	$75.52	$584
836	836	1	70.00	$70.00	$585

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
460	460	1	80.00	$80.00	$368
664 thin fleshed	664	1	60.00	$60.00	$398
698	698	1	65.00	$65.00	$454
810	810	1	60.00	$60.00	$486

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
918–1536	1192	80-85%	27	51.00–65.00	$58.46	$697
1266–1494	1380	80-85%	2	67.00–70.00	$68.62	$947

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850	850	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$468
730–968	890	85-90%	6	29.00–39.00	$33.10	$295
838–1232	1059	85-90%	10	41.00–52.00	$45.83	$485

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1224–1798	1477	75-80%	6	57.00–65.00	$60.78	$898

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1076–1108	1088	3	54.00–58.00	$56.35	$613
1478–2044	1835	3	75.00–87.00	$81.20	$1,490
1988	1988	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,908

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1052	1052	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.