Powell Livestock Market Report

Smithfield, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, September 11, 2025

482 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $368.28/cwt +9.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,547/hd at 420 lb · 27 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $354.25/cwt +8.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,669/hd at 471 lb · 20 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $391.86/cwt +8.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,665/hd at 425 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	482	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,552	+4.97
412–442	428	5	375.00–410.00	$395.14	$1,691	-9.24
450–488	472	3	380.00–395.00	$387.52	$1,829	—
502–548	523	9	357.50–391.00	$381.97	$1,998	+5.49
552–592	568	5	350.00–390.00	$369.33	$2,098	+11.82
600–642	610	11	340.00–362.50	$350.39	$2,137	—
678–692	685	2	337.50–340.00	$338.76	$2,321	+18.76
710–736	723	2	310.00–325.00	$317.37	$2,295	-11.63
788	788	1	302.50	$302.50	$2,384	-32.50

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,642	+14.80
512–530	522	4	290.00–345.00	$322.27	$1,682	—
576	576	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,930	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
693	693	5	300.00	$300.00	$2,079	-10.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	350.00	$350.00	$805	-11.99
262–283	276	4	380.00–412.50	$400.22	$1,105	+43.84
310–342	323	17	360.00–400.00	$381.56	$1,232	-1.45
356–398	380	18	350.00–410.00	$383.85	$1,459	+1.25
400–448	420	27	340.00–395.00	$368.28	$1,547	+9.67
469 value added	469	5	381.00	$381.00	$1,787	—
452–496	472	15	325.00–375.00	$345.33	$1,630	-0.21
519–546	526	13	320.00–354.00	$341.50	$1,796	+12.13
556–596	573	16	300.00–350.00	$325.20	$1,863	+3.10
600–638	618	13	300.00–322.50	$312.50	$1,931	+5.94
660–672	664	3	290.00–310.00	$300.06	$1,992	+20.06
666	666	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,798	-10.00
702–738	723	6	275.00–310.00	$284.85	$2,059	-9.44
762	762	1	267.50	$267.50	$2,038	-23.83
782	782	1	257.50	$257.50	$2,014	-10.50
908	908	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,134	-12.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406–448	421	3	320.00–330.00	$326.77	$1,376	-3.23
466–482	474	4	317.50–322.50	$319.99	$1,517	+3.26
542	542	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,626	—
570	570	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,596	—
634	634	1	269.00	$269.00	$1,705	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208	208	1	335.00	$335.00	$697	—
276	276	1	325.00	$325.00	$897	—
356–368	362	2	320.00–337.50	$328.90	$1,191	—
436–446	440	4	320.00–340.00	$328.20	$1,444	—
456	456	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,505	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	1	285.00	$285.00	$804	—
312	312	1	300.00	$300.00	$936	±0.00
424	424	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,283	—
548	548	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,069	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
236	236	1	270.00	$270.00	$637	—
298	298	1	245.00	$245.00	$730	—
442	442	1	220.00	$220.00	$972	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,229	—
416	416	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,248	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,196	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	1	257.50	$257.50	$845	+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
214–234	218	5	405.00	$405.00	$883	+19.03
276–296	284	3	380.00–395.00	$384.93	$1,093	+0.17
300–344	319	12	380.00–430.00	$403.16	$1,286	-7.43
354–398	374	14	380.00–445.00	$402.63	$1,506	+7.01
404–448	425	19	377.50–425.00	$391.86	$1,665	+8.35
456–496	473	12	360.00–400.00	$373.50	$1,767	+3.26
502–548	520	14	340.00–390.00	$365.15	$1,899	+8.25
552–598	573	9	337.50–390.00	$359.47	$2,060	+28.61
610–642	624	6	310.00–330.00	$320.76	$2,002	-5.53
652–694	682	5	290.00–310.00	$298.58	$2,036	-44.93
700–728	714	4	290.00–305.00	$294.91	$2,106	+4.38
772–794	783	2	270.00–280.00	$274.93	$2,153	-18.83
854	854	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,135	+10.00
914	914	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,011	-30.00
968–986	977	2	205.00–210.00	$207.52	$2,027	-75.48

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,354	-2.40
420–442	431	5	330.00–357.50	$345.48	$1,489	+0.53
454–464	459	2	350.00–370.00	$360.11	$1,653	+43.86
506–546	531	13	305.00–315.00	$313.27	$1,663	+13.36
552–572	562	2	280.00–290.00	$284.91	$1,601	—
600–636	615	3	250.00–305.00	$276.14	$1,698	-8.86
684	684	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,915	+17.41
748	748	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,982	—
770	770	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,713	—
906	906	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,622	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
274	274	2	340.00	$340.00	$932	—
374–382	378	2	340.00–360.00	$350.11	$1,323	-19.89
408–444	425	3	320.00–367.50	$348.46	$1,481	-6.54
468–486	477	2	340.00–350.00	$344.91	$1,645	+20.04
508–542	525	2	270.00–282.50	$276.05	$1,449	-26.16
552–576	564	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,692	—
620	620	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,891	—
652–678	665	2	270.00–300.00	$284.71	$1,893	—
740	740	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,850	—
976	976	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,464	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–344	334	2	320.00–342.50	$330.91	$1,105	—
352–374	360	5	300.00–335.00	$317.75	$1,144	-2.36
400–440	420	2	300.00–310.00	$304.76	$1,280	-9.16
478	478	1	282.50	$282.50	$1,350	—
784	784	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,411	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304	304	3	224.00	$224.00	$681	—
370	370	1	225.00	$225.00	$832	—
412	412	2	225.00–235.00	$230.00	$948	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,446	+7.26
596	596	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,490	—
632	632	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,580	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	1	280.00	$280.00	$913	—
482	482	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,229	—
500	500	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,100	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	190.00	$190.00	$855	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
848–1280	1038	85-90%	6	100.00–117.50	$106.70	$1,108	—
776–1370	1072	85-90%	15	127.00–150.00	$136.79	$1,466	-5.86

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
902–1396	1212	80-85%	7	145.00–167.50	$156.15	$1,893	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1114–1592	1365	75-80%	6	150.00–167.50	$157.60	$2,151	+12.60
1460	1460	75-80%	1	140.00	$140.00	$2,044	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1086–1786	1429	6	170.00–194.00	$186.47	$2,665	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
712–896	787	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	195.00–225.00	$211.29	$1,663

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
898	898	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,020

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–1308	1089	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	200.00–247.50	$223.65	$2,436
1122	1122	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	182.00	$182.00	$2,042
1194	1194	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	197.50	$197.50	$2,358
1092–1302	1197	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	165.00–166.00	$165.46	$1,981
1060–1428	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	159.00–200.00	$179.68	$2,156
1218	1218	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	237.50	$237.50	$2,893
1030–1348	1243	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	177.50–237.50	$197.65	$2,457
1302	1302	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	162.50	$162.50	$2,116

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578–586	582	2	220.00–250.00	$235.10	$1,368	—

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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
984–1350	1133	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,850.00–2,850.00	$2,349.06	-1,750.94
1270	1270	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,950.00	$2,950.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1128	1128	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,889	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820	820	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
738	738	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
604	604	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
686	686	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,303	—

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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.