Powell Livestock Market Report

Smithfield, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 27, 2025

356 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $410.20/cwt +13.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,382/hd at 337 lb · 26 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $357.97/cwt +4.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,684/hd at 470 lb · 19 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $279.17/cwt +17.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,482/hd at 531 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	356	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294 value added	294	2	425.00	$425.00	$1,250	—
316–346	331	2	400.00–415.00	$407.84	$1,350	—
510	510	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,734	-26.22
638	638	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,882	+4.32
702	702	3	268.00	$268.00	$1,881	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,090	—
572	572	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,144	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502–522	512	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,434	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606	606	1	162.50	$162.50	$985	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258–298	278	9	331.00–370.00	$350.80	$975	+46.12
315 value added	315	2	391.00	$391.00	$1,232	+16.00
308–348	329	12	320.00–395.00	$354.34	$1,166	+47.03
350–392	376	11	340.00–380.00	$358.68	$1,349	+58.75
404–448	428	15	295.00–370.00	$335.94	$1,438	+45.98
452–486	467	13	290.00–350.00	$317.41	$1,482	+39.06
510–548	531	16	245.00–305.00	$279.17	$1,482	+17.26
554	554	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,163	-55.64
558–598	574	7	245.00–280.00	$260.44	$1,495	-5.20
632	632	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,612	+8.75
676–680	678	2	235.00–245.00	$239.99	$1,627	-1.01
734	734	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,725	-1.87
750	750	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,688	—
827	827	2	232.50	$232.50	$1,923	—
872–894	887	3	201.00–214.00	$205.26	$1,821	—
953	953	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,811	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
242	242	1	290.00	$290.00	$702	—
290	290	1	300.00	$300.00	$870	+30.00
360–396	384	4	300.00	$300.00	$1,152	+23.92
436	436	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,068	-14.16
450	450	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,035	-8.73
534	534	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,175	—
576	576	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,267	-10.00
624	624	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,248	-20.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	260.00	$260.00	$520	—
300–310	305	2	260.00–265.00	$262.54	$801	—
402–438	420	2	240.00–250.00	$245.21	$1,030	+8.90
466–498	482	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,060	-5.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	1	280.00	$280.00	$694	—
302	302	1	300.00	$300.00	$906	—
484	484	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,210	—
566–590	578	2	220.00–230.00	$224.90	$1,300	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	2	230.00	$230.00	$805	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–396	388	2	200.00	$200.00	$776	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
234	234	1	240.00	$240.00	$562	—
368	368	1	260.00	$260.00	$957	+55.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	235.00	$235.00	$634	—
382	382	1	220.00	$220.00	$840	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	1	350.00	$350.00	$868	—
256–298	286	10	350.00–410.00	$377.58	$1,080	-12.79
302–349	337	26	360.00–425.00	$410.20	$1,382	+13.85
360–394	378	8	375.00–415.00	$388.48	$1,468	+12.68
378 value added	378	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,588	—
404–444	417	13	365.00–405.00	$389.42	$1,624	+44.42
450–492	469	17	335.00–385.00	$363.33	$1,704	+63.33
476–488	482	2	305.00–320.00	$312.41	$1,506	-35.96
507–540	526	8	295.00–350.00	$324.19	$1,705	+9.36
552–594	577	9	280.00–335.00	$305.62	$1,763	+17.12
600–624	614	5	250.00–295.00	$282.08	$1,732	+33.32
608–624	616	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,417	-18.76
658–680	667	3	245.00–250.00	$246.70	$1,645	-1.41
752–758	755	2	216.00–240.00	$228.05	$1,722	—
828	828	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,615	-17.50
1008	1008	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,966	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288–296	292	2	330.00–350.00	$340.14	$993	—
380–398	389	4	290.00–350.00	$323.20	$1,257	+6.89
452–498	470	4	280.00–307.50	$294.00	$1,382	+13.96
508–526	517	2	285.00–300.00	$292.37	$1,512	+36.12
572	572	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,659	+30.00
740	740	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,369	+8.00
900	900	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,440	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
222–234	228	2	305.00	$305.00	$695	—
258	258	1	320.00	$320.00	$826	—
330–342	336	2	320.00–335.00	$327.63	$1,101	+15.13
366	366	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,153	—
404–414	409	3	270.00–350.00	$323.03	$1,321	+3.03
576	576	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,382	+30.00
576–586	581	3	230.00–270.00	$251.70	$1,462	+41.70

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
204	204	1	295.00	$295.00	$602	—
350–382	365	3	275.00–280.00	$276.60	$1,010	—
522	522	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,070	—
570–592	581	2	220.00–235.00	$227.64	$1,323	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	1	260.00	$260.00	$926	+11.10
578	578	1	155.00	$155.00	$896	—
662	662	1	150.00	$150.00	$993	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
264	264	1	265.00	$265.00	$700	+22.45
354–356	355	2	245.00–250.00	$247.49	$879	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
256	256	3	230.00	$230.00	$589	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416	416	1	220.00	$220.00	$915	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
868–944	906	85-90%	2	137.50–141.00	$139.32	$1,262	+72.86
790–1080	955	85-90%	4	80.00–102.50	$93.42	$892	-26.80
840–1382	1129	85-90%	8	110.00–135.00	$126.02	$1,423	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1008–1204	1093	80-85%	3	148.00–151.00	$149.10	$1,630	—
986–1290	1132	80-85%	9	137.00–147.50	$141.24	$1,599	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1242–1446	1322	75-80%	4	138.00–157.50	$145.46	$1,923	+5.42

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1648	1418	8	90.00–130.00	$114.81	$1,628	-43.85
1332–1908	1641	4	159.00–175.00	$166.34	$2,730	—
1690–2128	1909	2	182.50–185.00	$183.61	$3,505	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,088
728–780	754	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	150.00–170.00	$160.34	$1,209
740–844	792	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	160.00–165.00	$162.66	$1,288

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
772	772	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,158
920	920	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,334

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880	880	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,144

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,554

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Beef/Dairy Steers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	1	212.50	$212.50	$697	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
912	912	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,975.00	$2,975.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	1	169.00	$169.00	$750	—

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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.