Sale reports / North Carolina / Smithfield Livestock Auction / 2025-06-19

Smithfield Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Jun 19
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094
Feeder Cattle receipts
121 head
▼ 251 vs last sale 372▼ 145 vs year ago 266 · −54.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 102▲ 3 vs year ago 57 · +5.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 12▲ 1 vs year ago 2 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparison this week due to limited comparable records.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $308.41/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 9 of 30 comparable sales and sits −29.46 against this barn's trailing median of $337.88.
Average price
$308.41
17 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,699
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+8.20
vs NC average
−25.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551308.411,69917thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
308.41
—
NC average9 barns · 257 hd
300.21
+8.20
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−25.70
This barn, trailing median30 sales
337.88
−29.46
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
412365318270median 337.8803/0504/2307/1609/1010/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $397.67, low $284.44, median $337.88 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,490177.922,65111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,408152.362,14511
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,204152.001,83018
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,022121.001,23718

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,138$1,5501thin

Every lot

60 lots · USDA AMS · Powell Livestock Market - Smithfield, NC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6321
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6651
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559344.50/cwt344.50–344.501,92612
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623331.15/cwt329.00–340.002,0635
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,1582
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1748270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium 1265282.53/cwt275.00–290.007492
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275317.33/cwt312.50–320.008733
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280290.00/cwt290.00–290.008121
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314324.97/cwt320.00–330.001,0202
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3318250.00/cwt250.00–250.007951
Heifers300–350Medium 1328275.00/cwt275.00–275.009021
Heifers300–350Small 1334275.00/cwt275.00–275.009191
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378303.16/cwt290.00–315.001,1462
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380340.98/cwt325.00–357.501,2967
Heifers350–400Medium 1386290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1191
Heifers400–450Medium 1420305.74/cwt300.00–311.001,2842
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426331.91/cwt320.00–345.001,4142
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477327.46/cwt325.00–330.001,5622
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full526222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,1701
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546325.84/cwt290.00–329.501,77912
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570285.99/cwt262.50–302.501,6303
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy576252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,4541
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1606297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,8031
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,5161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1170360.00/cwt360.00–360.006121
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1208337.50/cwt337.50–337.507021
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3238250.00/cwt250.00–250.005951
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280375.23/cwt350.00–387.501,0515
Bulls300–350Medium 1312325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0141
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1322369.96/cwt365.00–372.501,1914
Bulls350–400Medium 1364320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1651
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3386255.00/cwt255.00–255.009841
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1392357.32/cwt340.00–375.001,4012
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1437357.00/cwt340.00–370.001,56010
Bulls400–450Medium 1444320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4211
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460335.73/cwt325.00–347.501,5444
Bulls450–500Medium 1465309.85/cwt300.00–320.001,4412
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523315.78/cwt312.50–320.001,6523
Bulls550–600Medium 1566262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4861
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1582302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,7611
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1646270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7441
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1796210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6721
Bulls850–900Medium 1878180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5801
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1890210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8691
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,272214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,7221
Bulls——1,487179.51/cwt160.00–189.002,6699
Bulls——1,736127.50/cwt127.50–127.502,2131
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90465.37/cwt52.50–77.005912
Cows—Lean 85-90%916147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,3511
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,021102.45/cwt90.00–110.001,0463
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,051132.70/cwt117.50–139.001,39512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145166.04/cwt159.00–177.001,9015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,227146.60/cwt139.00–155.001,79913
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,393155.11/cwt145.00–166.002,1619
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,0652
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-2744170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2651
Stock Cows—Medium 1-2786180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4151
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1381,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501

This sale against other markets

North Carolina weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.