Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 12, 2020

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	340	539	616
Feeder cattle	233	—	484
Slaughter cattle	67	—	48
Replacement cattle	20	—	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales due to heavy rain in the area . Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
280	280	1	130.00	$130.00	$364
300–305	302	3	115.00–140.00	$123.43	$373
350–395	376	7	115.00–135.00	$126.19	$474
430	430	1	135.00	$135.00	$580
518	518	4	119.00	$119.00	$616
570	570	1	122.00	$122.00	$695
615–635	627	3	112.00–115.00	$112.98	$708
655–660	658	2	112.00–116.00	$113.99	$750
775	775	1	104.00	$104.00	$806

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
330	330	1	149.00	$149.00	$492
395	395	1	143.00	$143.00	$565
440	440	1	141.00	$141.00	$620
456	456	4	144.00	$144.00	$657
534	534	6	133.00	$133.00	$710
623	623	4	119.00	$119.00	$741

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
325–345	335	3	100.00–112.50	$107.60	$360
360–390	375	3	110.00	$110.00	$412
400–445	428	3	100.00–105.00	$102.96	$441
470	470	1	97.50	$97.50	$458
500–540	513	4	100.00–110.00	$104.19	$534
575	575	1	100.00	$100.00	$575

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
260	260	1	115.00	$115.00	$299
415	415	1	110.00	$110.00	$456
535	535	1	107.00	$107.00	$572
565	565	1	113.00	$113.00	$638
605–645	625	2	107.00–109.00	$108.03	$675
660–695	677	3	105.00–114.00	$109.62	$742

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
335–340	338	2	120.00–125.00	$122.52	$414
350–390	368	4	115.00–122.50	$117.45	$432
410–440	427	3	118.00–123.00	$120.64	$515
455	455	1	116.00	$116.00	$528
525–540	533	5	111.00–118.00	$114.21	$609
575–585	580	2	113.00–115.00	$114.01	$661
600	600	1	110.00	$110.00	$660

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
270	270	1	108.00	$108.00	$292
335	335	1	100.00	$100.00	$335
375	375	1	110.00	$110.00	$412
415–440	433	4	100.00–109.00	$103.49	$448
460–485	473	2	100.00–108.00	$104.11	$492
515–545	528	4	95.00–104.00	$99.94	$528
575–595	583	3	100.00–108.00	$105.01	$612
610	610	1	104.00	$104.00	$634

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
255	255	1	120.00	$120.00	$306
335–345	338	3	127.50–133.00	$130.17	$440
350	350	1	126.00	$126.00	$441
420–440	432	3	125.00–126.00	$125.34	$541

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
485–495	492	3	90.00–95.00	$92.34	$454
500	500	1	92.00	$92.00	$460
660	660	1	93.00	$93.00	$614

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
400–440	423	4	125.00–127.00	$125.52	$531
485–490	487	3	116.00–119.00	$117.67	$573
510–545	532	3	119.00–123.00	$121.04	$644

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
400–445	412	6	100.00–110.00	$102.45	$422
470	470	1	113.00	$113.00	$531
550–590	572	3	100.00–105.00	$101.60	$581

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
420	420	1	115.00	$115.00	$483
500–540	518	4	112.00–115.00	$112.97	$585

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
425	425	1	142.00	$142.00	$604
450–455	453	2	145.00–146.00	$145.50	$659
560	560	1	126.00	$126.00	$706

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	650.00	$650.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–1620	1189	80-85%	10	37.00–48.00	$45.84	$545
925–1490	1228	80-85%	18	50.00–56.00	$53.11	$652

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1170–1645	1441	75-80%	13	50.00–56.00	$52.88	$762
1545–1555	1550	75-80%	2	45.00–46.00	$45.50	$705

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880–1040	973	85-90%	5	36.00–43.00	$38.80	$378

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1535–1905	1760	3	76.00–79.00	$78.13	$1,375

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1355	1355	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	732.00	$732.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	400.00	$400.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140–1180	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	624.00–670.00	$647.40
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1275	1275	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	340.00	$340.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
240–255	248	2	47.50	$47.50	$118
375	375	1	45.00	$45.00	$169
440	440	1	32.00	$32.00	$141
595	595	1	20.00	$20.00	$119

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $
65	65	1	85.00	$85.00
150	150	2	245.00–250.00	$247.50

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1260	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	915.00	$915.00
1290	1290	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00
1405	1405	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	960.00	$960.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1055	988	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	600.00–610.00	$604.66

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675	675	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	475.00	$475.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $
45	45	1	70.00	$70.00
60	60	1	90.00	$90.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $
65	65	1	140.00	$140.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
320	320	1	32.50	$32.50	$104
390	390	1	15.00	$15.00	$58

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $
50	50	1	120.00	$120.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $
75	75	1	150.00	$150.00
75	75	1	120.00	$120.00
75	75	1	165.00	$165.00
85	85	1	170.00	$170.00
100	100	1	160.00	$160.00

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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.