Powell Livestock Market Report, Smithfield, NC

Smithfield, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 24, 2025

303 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $288.08/cwt -9.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,504/hd at 522 lb · 19 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $318.84/cwt -8.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,365/hd at 428 lb · 18 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $254.33/cwt -2.00 vs last sale · ≈ $2,136/hd at 840 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	303	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404–416	408	3	365.00–395.00	$384.80	$1,570	+17.03
486–489	488	10	342.50–357.50	$351.23	$1,714	+8.71
506	506	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,720	+10.00
576–588	582	7	300.00–341.00	$325.15	$1,892	—
720	720	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,926	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	4	300.00	$300.00	$1,455	—
544	544	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,387	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,626	—
1022	1022	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,983	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
734	734	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,505	—
988	988	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,174	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,257	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
232–248	239	3	330.00–335.00	$331.62	$793	-6.75
250–282	266	4	300.00–350.00	$330.53	$879	-23.31
334–348	344	4	320.00–350.00	$338.62	$1,165	-17.99
350–390	374	8	300.00–355.00	$334.66	$1,252	-11.18
400–448	427	17	300.00–340.00	$321.07	$1,371	-6.48
446	446	1	281.00	$281.00	$1,253	-46.55
456–484	477	7	280.00–320.00	$306.01	$1,460	-12.70
501–545	522	19	277.50–301.00	$288.08	$1,504	-9.31
566–594	580	2	250.00–280.00	$264.64	$1,535	-2.15
614–646	630	5	250.00–267.50	$259.42	$1,634	+0.64
690	690	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,760	+2.50
702–748	719	7	245.00–262.50	$247.94	$1,783	+10.39
774	774	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,896	—
786	786	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,808	—
810	810	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,984	-4.00
842 value added	842	14	255.00	$255.00	$2,147	-5.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	1	300.00	$300.00	$936	±0.00
368	368	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,104	—
440	440	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,232	—
450	450	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,282	—
580	580	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,508	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	1	280.00	$280.00	$902	—
422–432	427	2	270.00–290.00	$280.12	$1,196	—
470–472	471	2	266.00–277.50	$271.76	$1,280	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
188	188	1	217.00	$217.00	$408	—
392	392	1	250.00	$250.00	$980	—
428–440	434	2	220.00–255.00	$237.74	$1,032	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,177	—
532	532	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,197	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	1	205.00	$205.00	$787	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
198	198	1	330.00	$330.00	$653	—
266–296	279	3	340.00–400.00	$373.83	$1,043	+8.12
312–340	326	8	350.00–395.00	$373.26	$1,217	-12.11
360–396	380	9	345.00–400.00	$379.82	$1,443	+10.56
402–446	425	12	349.00–405.00	$374.38	$1,591	+17.56
464–498	482	9	300.00–355.00	$331.20	$1,596	+5.80
500–546	525	11	280.00–312.50	$293.02	$1,538	-7.32
550–584	575	9	270.00–302.50	$289.57	$1,665	+0.55
604–646	622	10	250.00–287.50	$270.75	$1,684	+1.50
656–698	669	4	240.00–280.00	$259.69	$1,737	-5.51
706–742	717	7	230.00–267.50	$258.07	$1,850	+3.60
774–798	786	2	235.00–260.00	$247.69	$1,947	+0.19
816	816	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,122	+27.34

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
264	264	1	315.00	$315.00	$832	-11.23
358–398	383	3	300.00–320.00	$306.23	$1,173	+6.23
426–442	431	3	320.00–330.00	$324.94	$1,400	—
452–490	466	4	265.00–337.50	$305.53	$1,424	—
524	524	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,362	-20.00
566	566	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,387	-35.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	1	320.00	$320.00	$954	—
315	315	1	315.00	$315.00	$992	-15.00
370–390	380	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,235	+35.00
440	440	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,496	—
498	498	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,245	-64.97
550–568	559	2	260.00–267.50	$263.69	$1,474	+13.69
796	796	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,242	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	1	265.00	$265.00	$737	—
336–348	342	2	245.00–302.50	$274.25	$938	—
386	386	1	250.00	$250.00	$965	—
436	436	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,046	—
450	450	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,125	—
558	558	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,116	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	1	280.00	$280.00	$885	—
468	468	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,147	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	2	265.00	$265.00	$975	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369	369	2	245.00	$245.00	$904	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
988–1592	1216	80-85%	9	127.50–145.00	$133.42	$1,622	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1396–1696	1552	75-80%	9	127.50–144.00	$135.54	$2,104	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900	900	85-90%	1	93.00	$93.00	$837	—
924–1176	1078	85-90%	5	120.00–122.50	$120.49	$1,299	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1246	1246	2	128.00–145.00	$136.50	$1,701	—
1224–2180	1618	9	150.00–176.00	$163.58	$2,647	—

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Dairy Steers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
193	193	2	185.00	$185.00	$357	—
236	236	1	200.00	$200.00	$472	—

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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.