Powell Livestock Market Report

Smithfield, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, September 4, 2025

468 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $358.61/cwt -5.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,499/hd at 418 lb · 26 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $345.54/cwt +5.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,641/hd at 475 lb · 25 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $383.01/cwt +19.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,237/hd at 323 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	468	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–344	334	4	415.00–425.00	$417.28	$1,394	+17.28
361 value added	361	3	437.50	$437.50	$1,579	—
390–392	391	2	400.00–420.00	$410.03	$1,603	+10.03
400–432	421	10	380.00–420.00	$404.38	$1,702	+4.32
501–544	515	3	370.00–380.00	$376.48	$1,939	+10.59
518 value added	518	5	384.00	$384.00	$1,989	—
556 value added	556	1	385.00	$385.00	$2,141	—
564–568	566	2	355.00–360.00	$357.51	$2,024	-5.49
600–619 value added	615	5	357.50–375.00	$360.91	$2,220	—
680	680	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,176	—
748	748	2	329.00	$329.00	$2,461	—
760	760	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,546	—
812	812	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,436	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–442	430	3	350.00–375.00	$360.20	$1,549	-14.80

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,475	—
696	696	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,158	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	300.00	$300.00	$870	—
344	344	1	290.00	$290.00	$998	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
214–238	223	3	350.00–370.00	$361.99	$807	-8.01
260–296	274	7	345.00–380.00	$356.38	$976	+0.98
300–346	323	16	350.00–410.00	$383.01	$1,237	+19.85
352–398	379	9	360.00–405.00	$382.60	$1,450	+44.14
384 value added	384	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,536	+15.03
406–448	418	26	340.00–380.00	$358.61	$1,499	-1.39
452–498	475	25	327.50–380.00	$345.54	$1,641	+11.47
504–546	523	15	320.00–338.00	$329.37	$1,723	-13.87
562–590	570	5	300.00–332.50	$322.10	$1,836	-10.41
580 value added	580	6	338.00	$338.00	$1,960	—
620 value added	620	3	340.00	$340.00	$2,108	—
608–634	622	9	295.00–315.00	$306.56	$1,907	-13.16
664	664	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,859	-46.77
666–690	678	5	290.00–312.50	$299.91	$2,033	-26.86
732–746	741	3	285.00–300.00	$294.29	$2,181	+10.84
754–762	757	3	284.50–297.50	$291.33	$2,205	—
774	774	1	268.00	$268.00	$2,074	—
906	906	1	247.50	$247.50	$2,242	—
974	974	1	227.50	$227.50	$2,216	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286	286	1	320.00	$320.00	$915	—
340	340	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,156	—
360–388	379	3	330.00–340.00	$333.17	$1,263	—
418	418	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,379	+10.00
457–482	465	3	315.00–320.00	$316.73	$1,473	—
734	734	1	272.50	$272.50	$2,000	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
218	218	1	250.00	$250.00	$545	-25.00
296–298	297	2	260.00–270.00	$264.98	$787	—
324	324	1	240.00	$240.00	$778	-4.70

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
214	214	1	315.00	$315.00	$674	—
336	336	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,008	—
564	564	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,523	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,014	—
362	362	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,086	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,775	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
218–242	234	4	360.00–425.00	$385.97	$903	—
252–296	275	8	350.00–415.00	$384.76	$1,058	—
300–348	320	10	400.00–420.00	$410.59	$1,314	-0.51
354–396	375	14	380.00–412.50	$395.62	$1,484	+8.32
412–436	430	5	380.00–390.00	$383.51	$1,649	-11.00
454–498	474	10	330.00–390.00	$370.24	$1,755	+2.74
518–546 value added	523	6	385.00–392.50	$386.31	$2,020	—
508–546	531	7	320.00–385.00	$356.90	$1,895	+6.99
564 value added	564	1	387.50	$387.50	$2,186	—
572–598	583	6	320.00–355.00	$330.86	$1,929	-13.21
600–634	616	12	317.50–337.50	$326.29	$2,010	-10.54
650–674	656	4	317.50–352.50	$343.51	$2,253	+43.51
702–740	728	7	275.00–302.50	$290.53	$2,115	-5.72
752–760	756	4	282.50–302.50	$293.76	$2,221	+13.73
812	812	1	252.50	$252.50	$2,050	-10.61
842	842	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,852	-43.11
870	870	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,088	-52.50
936	936	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,340	—
959	959	5	283.00	$283.00	$2,714	+63.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
222–248	235	2	320.00–350.00	$335.83	$789	—
348	348	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,305	—
368–374	371	2	350.00–375.00	$362.40	$1,345	-0.91
420–434	425	3	340.00–347.50	$344.95	$1,466	-32.55
480	480	2	312.50–320.00	$316.25	$1,518	-33.75
502–540	521	2	297.50–302.50	$299.91	$1,563	—
636	636	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,813	—
676–688	682	2	252.50–272.50	$262.59	$1,791	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	3	365.00	$365.00	$876	—
396	396	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,465	+27.62
426	426	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,512	+3.06
450–474	462	2	320.00–330.00	$324.87	$1,501	-4.93
506–526	516	2	287.50–317.50	$302.21	$1,559	-17.79
842	842	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,937	—
926	926	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,829	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–244	232	2	295.00–305.00	$300.26	$697	—
360–388	373	4	300.00–335.00	$320.11	$1,194	+20.11
402–432	417	3	300.00–322.50	$313.92	$1,309	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,242	-10.00
416–448	432	2	320.00–337.50	$329.07	$1,422	-10.93
450–472	461	2	282.50–302.50	$292.74	$1,350	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266	266	1	300.00	$300.00	$798	+35.22
536	536	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,233	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
922–1274	1120	80-85%	11	167.50–181.00	$174.09	$1,950	+4.35
944–1336	1177	80-85%	17	150.00–167.00	$157.83	$1,858	—
1252–1306	1279	80-85%	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,791	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
962	962	85-90%	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,539	—
772–1392	1082	85-90%	12	140.00–150.00	$142.65	$1,543	+4.40
944–1192	1099	85-90%	3	122.50–130.00	$127.29	$1,399	-10.96

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1388	1388	75-80%	1	145.00	$145.00	$2,013	—
1330–1580	1425	75-80%	7	150.00–166.50	$156.71	$2,233	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060	1060	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,643	—
1064–2348	1512	10	180.00–202.50	$193.38	$2,924	—
1096–1934	1547	6	206.00–222.50	$211.15	$3,266	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
858	858	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,930
800–1074	946	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	180.00–221.00	$194.32	$1,838

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
640–660	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	182.50–187.50	$185.04	$1,203
762	762	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,429
770	770	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,367

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
658	658	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,020

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1106	1106	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1008–1242	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,900.00–2,050.00	$1,967.20
1404	1404	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00

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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
1052	1052	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	-1,041.02
1052	1052	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	-791.02
1056–1096	1074	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	3,900.00–4,100.00	$4,034.45	+243.43
1134	1134	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	4,100.00	$4,100.00	+750.00
1204	1204	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	4,100.00	$4,100.00	—
1228	1228	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,900.00	$3,900.00	—
1150–1312	1231	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	4,500.00	$4,500.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780	780	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
550	550	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—

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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.