Powell Livestock Market Report, Smithfield, NC

Smithfield, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, June 5, 2025

361 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $310.97/cwt +21.19 vs last sale · ≈ $1,645/hd at 529 lb · 32 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $326.37/cwt -10.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,237/hd at 379 lb · 15 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $386.57/cwt +27.82 vs last sale · ≈ $1,832/hd at 474 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	361	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,368	-3.13
426	426	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,619	—
473 value added	473	10	396.00	$396.00	$1,873	—
454–486	476	5	355.00–384.00	$367.72	$1,750	+8.97
500–528 value added	515	3	382.50–383.00	$382.67	$1,971	—
504–540	515	5	335.00–362.00	$352.54	$1,816	—
558	558	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,953	—
599 value added	599	12	362.50	$362.50	$2,171	—
604	604	1	353.00	$353.00	$2,132	—
660–688	671	3	300.00–351.00	$325.81	$2,186	—
788–798	793	2	250.00–280.00	$264.91	$2,101	—
810	810	1	282.00	$282.00	$2,284	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490–498	494	2	310.00–350.00	$330.16	$1,631	—
544	544	1	297.50	$297.50	$1,618	—
618	618	4	330.00	$330.00	$2,039	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,617	—
504–532	518	2	290.00–335.00	$313.11	$1,622	—
722	722	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,805	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,383	—
476	476	3	297.50	$297.50	$1,416	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292	292	1	227.50	$227.50	$664	-102.82
310–346	322	6	322.50–347.50	$338.20	$1,089	-7.34
350–398	379	15	312.50–352.50	$326.37	$1,237	+13.87
400–448	428	12	312.50–342.50	$326.96	$1,399	-9.40
454–488	463	11	310.00–347.50	$323.42	$1,497	+5.60
502–548	529	32	290.00–335.00	$310.97	$1,645	+21.19
570–592	581	2	292.50–308.00	$300.40	$1,745	+31.01
604–640	617	6	269.00–320.00	$298.76	$1,843	+55.23
666–698	684	4	262.00–280.00	$270.14	$1,848	+22.64
710–734	721	4	250.00–277.50	$261.75	$1,887	+36.75
770–778	773	3	250.00–252.50	$250.84	$1,939	—
806	806	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,834	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326–344	332	5	300.00	$300.00	$996	—
354–386	369	7	295.00–305.00	$301.50	$1,113	—
400–440	422	3	280.00–302.50	$293.84	$1,240	—
464	464	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,299	+5.00
568	568	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,534	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
198	198	1	275.00	$275.00	$544	—
238	238	1	297.50	$297.50	$708	-9.86
316	316	1	307.50	$307.50	$972	—
360–398	378	6	300.00–307.50	$301.19	$1,138	-3.81
442	442	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,337	+1.21
586	586	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,480	—
630	630	1	268.00	$268.00	$1,688	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	1	215.00	$215.00	$671	—
415	415	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,048	+17.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
152	152	1	420.00	$420.00	$638	+52.50
206–228	217	2	332.50–345.00	$338.43	$734	-16.57
270–272	271	2	330.00–345.00	$337.47	$915	—
320–346	334	9	370.00–395.00	$382.54	$1,278	-3.26
334	334	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,169	-35.80
360	360	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,224	-40.45
366–398	381	7	360.00–380.00	$371.99	$1,417	-8.46
404	404	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,414	-12.76
406–448	425	7	365.00–387.50	$374.89	$1,593	+12.13
460–496	474	9	332.50–385.00	$357.08	$1,693	+3.87
502–546	519	12	320.00–382.50	$347.40	$1,803	+38.83
558–594	575	3	290.00–353.00	$319.00	$1,834	+5.69
600	600	1	339.00	$339.00	$2,034	+68.94
658	658	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,645	-2.45
656–698	673	3	270.00–325.00	$287.86	$1,937	+35.41
734–742	738	2	250.00–290.00	$270.11	$1,993	+47.61
768	768	1	262.50	$262.50	$2,016	+62.50
802	802	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,636	—
954	954	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,622	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,023	-1.07
360–398	384	5	320.00–350.00	$332.72	$1,278	+11.09
438–446	441	3	320.00–350.00	$334.98	$1,477	+37.93
466–478	472	2	300.00–342.50	$320.98	$1,515	+50.98
544	544	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,360	—
578	578	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,503	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–394	387	2	320.00–350.00	$335.27	$1,297	+0.12
412–448	436	5	320.00–345.00	$334.47	$1,458	-0.53
456	456	1	347.50	$347.50	$1,585	—
516	516	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,548	+31.10
638	638	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,276	-20.00
772	772	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,390	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	1	280.00	$280.00	$974	+13.46
350	350	2	250.00	$250.00	$875	-37.50
432	432	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,318	—
502	502	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,104	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
688	688	1	145.00	$145.00	$998	-16.37
716	716	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,146	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	2	175.00	$175.00	$606	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	1	250.00	$250.00	$855	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1324	1324	75-80%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,721	—
1350–1756	1473	75-80%	20	140.00–160.00	$147.63	$2,175	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1222	1150	80-85%	4	159.00–172.50	$163.54	$1,881	—
972–1298	1178	80-85%	16	135.00–155.00	$144.10	$1,697	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
884–1146	977	85-90%	5	110.00–130.00	$119.12	$1,164	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1248–1634	1441	2	132.50–140.00	$136.75	$1,971	—
1232–2160	1648	6	160.00–181.00	$174.52	$2,876	—
1898	1898	2	201.00	$201.00	$3,815	—

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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
940	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—
942–1354	1039	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,850.00–3,500.00	$3,085.85	—
982–1278	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,600.00–2,900.00	$2,768.01	—
1108	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–804	777	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,000.00–2,600.00	$2,289.58	—

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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.