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Smithfield Livestock Auction

Name: Smithfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Smithfield, North Carolina · Thu, Feb 5

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2094

← Jan 29Feb 5Feb 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

27 head

▼ 51 vs last sale 78▼ 345 vs year ago 372 · −92.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 14▼ 44 vs year ago 47 · −93.6%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $366.18/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 25 of 30 comparable sales and sits +28.30 against this barn's trailing median of $337.88.

Average price

$366.18

5 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$431

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$82.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+47.81

vs NC average

−65.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	382.73	2,105	4thin
Medium 2	558	300.00	1,674	1thin

One grade step is worth $82.73/cwt here — about $431 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

366.18

—

NC average2 barns · 11 hd

318.37

+47.81

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

−65.36

This barn, trailing median30 sales

337.88

+28.30

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	177.50	2,556	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,440	175.00	2,520	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	984	169.00	1,663	1thin

Every lot

21 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,142	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	542	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,073	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,277	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,486	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,596	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	378.56/cwt	367.50–387.50	1,825	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	378.45/cwt	367.50–389.00	1,991	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	558	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,674	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	387.00/cwt	385.00–389.00	2,221	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,991	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,345	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	234	487.56/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,141	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	479.35/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,318	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,593	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,015	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium 2	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	423.72/cwt	417.50–440.00	2,212	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,359	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	984	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,663	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	2,556	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,440	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,520	1

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Powell Livestock Market - Smithfield, NC

Thu Feb 5, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 27Last week 78Year ago 372

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 14Year ago 47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	234	480.00–495.00	487.56
2	250–300	275	460.00–500.00	479.35
1	350–400	362	440.00	440.00
1	400–450	438	460.00	460.00
4	500–550	522	417.50–440.00	423.72
1	700–750	728	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	476	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	580	392.50	392.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	542	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	386	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	420	380.00	380.00
3	450–500	482	367.50–387.50	378.56
2	500–550	526	367.50–389.00	378.45
2	550–600	574	385.00–389.00	387.00
1	600–650	608	327.50	327.50
1	700–750	716	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	558	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	984	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	177.50	177.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.