Powell Livestock Market Report

Smithfield, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 9, 2025

311 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $313.28/cwt -8.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,632/hd at 521 lb · 27 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $391.06/cwt -1.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,631/hd at 417 lb · 20 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $313.86/cwt +18.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,790/hd at 570 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	311	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253 value added	253	2	440.00	$440.00	$1,113	—
260	260	1	360.00	$360.00	$936	—
306 value added	306	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,362	—
344	344	2	395.00	$395.00	$1,359	—
359 value added	359	4	437.50	$437.50	$1,571	—
414	414	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,656	—
476	476	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,618	—
498 value added	498	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,868	—
520–540	530	2	320.00–335.00	$327.36	$1,735	-15.14
540 value added	540	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,052	—
588 value added	588	1	357.50	$357.50	$2,102	—
620–622	622	4	320.00–341.50	$336.14	$2,091	+8.64
686	686	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,092	—
716	716	1	317.50	$317.50	$2,273	—
972–974	973	2	200.00–220.00	$209.99	$2,043	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294	294	1	257.50	$257.50	$757	—
380–398	394	4	200.00–220.00	$215.17	$848	—
442	442	1	205.00	$205.00	$906	—
446	446	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,115	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
222	222	1	360.00	$360.00	$799	—
428	428	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,412	—
520	520	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,560	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	300.00	$300.00	$900	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–278	269	3	340.00–370.00	$350.32	$942	+7.01
332–348	340	4	360.00–380.00	$374.26	$1,272	+21.30
352–396	364	9	345.00–400.00	$373.72	$1,360	+23.86
434–438	435	3	340.00–375.00	$356.72	$1,552	-8.73
452–492	470	5	310.00–320.00	$316.90	$1,489	-38.36
504–544	527	8	280.00–335.00	$304.32	$1,604	+6.26
552 value added	552	1	341.00	$341.00	$1,882	—
550–598	572	10	290.00–320.00	$311.15	$1,780	+16.24
610–648	634	7	300.00–325.00	$313.14	$1,985	+25.80
670	670	1	297.50	$297.50	$1,993	+33.76
700–706	703	2	245.00–250.00	$247.51	$1,740	—
764	764	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,853	+27.50
870	870	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,696	—
950–972	961	3	190.00–205.00	$195.00	$1,874	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
214	214	1	335.00	$335.00	$717	—
362–384	374	3	320.00–335.00	$324.84	$1,215	+1.57
410	410	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,230	—
414–446	428	3	300.00–325.00	$313.90	$1,343	+63.90
546	546	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,420	±0.00
558	558	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,423	-5.00
630	630	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,764	+34.71

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
254–292	280	4	275.00–300.00	$287.75	$806	—
308–336	320	3	300.00–305.00	$301.65	$965	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	2	235.00	$235.00	$898	—
496	496	2	200.00	$200.00	$992	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–318	314	2	230.00–235.00	$232.53	$730	+19.73
394	394	1	220.00	$220.00	$867	—
536	536	1	180.00	$180.00	$965	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,163	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,247	+15.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	425.00	$425.00	$808	+28.23
200	200	1	410.00	$410.00	$820	+23.76
280–296	290	10	370.00–420.00	$411.74	$1,194	+18.62
326–346	336	8	390.00–427.50	$414.70	$1,393	-6.18
342 value added	342	2	432.50	$432.50	$1,479	—
358–380	369	3	370.00–392.50	$380.95	$1,406	-29.20
411–446	417	20	350.00–400.00	$391.06	$1,631	-1.03
450–470	462	5	330.00–350.00	$338.91	$1,566	-13.31
502–546	521	27	287.50–331.50	$313.28	$1,632	-8.35
558–594	581	6	280.00–317.50	$299.51	$1,740	-3.43
706	706	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,906	+38.67
870	870	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,805	±0.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
246	246	1	350.00	$350.00	$861	—
358–382	367	3	345.00–360.00	$351.84	$1,291	—
400–436	417	4	335.00–355.00	$346.41	$1,445	-12.73
460–476	467	3	300.00–330.00	$318.46	$1,487	-1.54
560–586	573	2	265.00–277.50	$271.11	$1,553	+1.07
626	626	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,596	±0.00
832	832	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,498	—
928	928	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,540	—
972	972	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,750	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,214	—
360	360	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,242	-7.55
430	430	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,505	+7.42
522	522	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,462	—
586	586	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,641	—
728	728	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,602	—
752	752	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,636	—
832	832	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,498	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
182	182	1	335.00	$335.00	$610	—
242	242	1	320.00	$320.00	$774	—
436–440	438	2	330.00–335.00	$332.51	$1,456	+7.51
482	482	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,350	-18.74
568	568	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,392	-6.26
832	832	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,331	—
886	886	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,550	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	320.00	$320.00	$672	—
400–438	423	5	290.00–327.50	$307.75	$1,302	-1.31

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314–342	328	2	240.00–285.00	$261.54	$858	+41.54
402–444	423	2	220.00	$220.00	$931	—
616	616	1	150.00	$150.00	$924	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950	950	85-90%	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,320	—
904–1218	1083	85-90%	5	110.00–115.00	$112.57	$1,219	+11.82
772–1424	1139	85-90%	14	117.50–135.00	$126.55	$1,441	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	80-85%	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,918	—
904–1424	1238	80-85%	14	135.00–151.00	$143.20	$1,773	—
1218–1308	1267	80-85%	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,647	-34.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1414	1414	75-80%	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,768	-24.38
1380–1910	1539	75-80%	8	140.00–155.00	$146.01	$2,247	—
1632	1632	75-80%	1	165.00	$165.00	$2,693	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020	1020	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,571	—
1450–2208	1775	4	162.50–181.00	$173.31	$3,076	—
1782	1782	1	197.50	$197.50	$3,519	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1086	1086	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,063

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Dairy Steers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–334	332	2	150.00–170.00	$159.94	$531	—
464	464	1	180.00	$180.00	$835	—

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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.