Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 19, 2020

755 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $110.34/cwt -5.66 vs last sale · ≈ $519/hd at 470 lb · 20 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.82/cwt -1.52 vs last sale · ≈ $513/hd at 414 lb · 14 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $140.53/cwt -1.47 vs last sale · ≈ $583/hd at 415 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	755	340	634
Feeder cattle	548	233	456
Slaughter cattle	94	67	73
Replacement cattle	42	20	33

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no trends available due to limited comparable sales. Heavy offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	135.00	$135.00	$331	—
265–285	277	5	137.50–148.00	$141.90	$393	—
305–345	328	8	135.00–150.00	$143.26	$470	-5.74
350–395	372	12	135.00–150.00	$143.03	$532	+0.03
410	410	1	144.00	$144.00	$590	+3.00
505–513	511	5	120.00	$120.00	$613	-13.00
557–566	564	12	119.00–123.50	$120.11	$677	—
621–625	623	10	115.00–117.50	$116.45	$725	-2.55
655–683	676	4	117.00–118.00	$117.76	$796	—
705	705	1	114.00	$114.00	$804	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	227	3	130.00–135.00	$132.67	$301	—
255–270	263	3	135.00	$135.00	$355	+5.00
305–335	322	3	120.00–132.50	$125.92	$405	+2.49
350–395	377	5	120.00–130.00	$125.37	$473	-0.82
515–535	525	2	114.00–117.00	$115.47	$606	-3.53
575–590	583	6	114.00–119.00	$116.51	$679	-5.49
605–635	614	10	111.00–114.50	$114.00	$700	+1.02
650–695	680	4	110.00–114.00	$112.04	$762	-1.95

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	120.00	$120.00	$240	—
380	380	1	117.50	$117.50	$446	—
425	425	1	110.00	$110.00	$468	±0.00
465	465	1	115.00	$115.00	$535	—
500–545	523	2	107.00–108.00	$107.48	$562	+0.48
550–595	575	6	107.00–114.00	$110.32	$634	-2.68
620–640	630	2	110.00–111.00	$110.51	$696	+2.48
675	675	1	106.00	$106.00	$716	-3.62
720–735	728	2	103.00–106.00	$104.48	$761	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	110.00	$110.00	$286	—
300–345	315	4	97.50–115.00	$105.89	$334	-1.71
383–395	387	3	105.00–110.00	$108.30	$419	-1.70
500	500	1	95.00	$95.00	$475	-9.19
600–635	622	5	92.00–100.00	$96.05	$597	—
685	685	1	98.00	$98.00	$671	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–235	233	2	120.00–122.50	$121.24	$282	—
290	290	2	122.50–125.00	$123.75	$359	+3.75
305–345	329	9	120.00–132.50	$125.55	$413	-4.62
350–395	371	8	120.00–127.00	$122.39	$454	-3.61
400–445	414	14	117.00–129.00	$123.82	$513	-1.52
455	455	1	114.00	$114.00	$519	—
500–545	526	8	108.00–113.00	$111.87	$588	—
555–595	570	5	107.00–113.00	$110.16	$628	—
605–635	620	2	100.00–105.00	$102.44	$635	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	117.50	$117.50	$253	—
250	250	1	117.50	$117.50	$294	—
320–335	330	3	115.00–120.00	$116.62	$385	-5.90
350	350	1	115.00	$115.00	$402	-2.45
400–445	427	5	108.00–115.00	$110.97	$474	-9.67
450–495	470	20	108.00–114.00	$110.34	$519	-5.66
520–535	527	3	103.00–111.00	$106.37	$561	-7.84
560–580	568	3	102.00–110.00	$106.33	$604	-7.68
600–635	618	2	102.00–103.00	$102.49	$633	-7.51

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	2	110.00–112.50	$111.25	$228	—
275–290	283	2	100.00–107.50	$103.85	$294	-4.15
305–320	313	2	97.50–100.00	$98.78	$309	-1.22
355	355	1	110.00	$110.00	$390	±0.00
455–495	479	5	99.00–105.00	$101.33	$485	-2.78
500–545	521	4	95.00–102.00	$98.03	$511	-1.91
550–585	568	4	95.00–100.00	$97.30	$553	-7.71
615–645	630	2	95.00–98.00	$96.46	$608	-7.54

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	90.00	$90.00	$194	—
255	255	1	97.50	$97.50	$249	—
310	310	1	85.00	$85.00	$264	—
390	390	1	90.00	$90.00	$351	—
505–530	518	2	90.00–91.00	$90.51	$469	-1.49
550–565	558	2	95.00	$95.00	$530	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–425	412	3	115.00–120.00	$118.28	$487	-7.24
460–475	468	3	117.50–125.00	$120.83	$565	+3.16
500–543	531	9	111.00–119.00	$116.02	$616	-5.02
565	565	2	109.00–112.00	$110.50	$624	—
605–640	623	2	106.00–109.00	$107.46	$669	—
655	655	2	100.00–104.00	$102.00	$668	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–430	415	13	134.00–148.00	$140.53	$583	-1.47
455–475	464	5	130.00–140.00	$135.85	$630	-9.65
505–510	508	2	122.00–123.00	$122.50	$622	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	421	4	100.00–102.50	$101.30	$426	-1.15
450–490	467	5	100.00–105.00	$101.60	$474	-11.40
500–505	503	2	90.00	$90.00	$453	—
550–595	566	6	97.00–100.00	$99.32	$562	-2.28
605	605	1	92.00	$92.00	$557	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–435	430	2	110.00	$110.00	$473	-5.00
460–495	478	6	102.50–114.00	$108.51	$519	—
535	535	1	109.00	$109.00	$583	-3.97
575–580	578	2	104.00–110.00	$106.99	$618	—
605	605	1	100.00	$100.00	$605	—
665	665	1	96.00	$96.00	$638	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785–910	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	600.00–710.00	$650.94	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1430	1150	80-85%	9	42.00–46.00	$44.60	$513	—
970–1400	1175	80-85%	39	47.00–57.00	$51.70	$607	+5.86

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–810	783	85-90%	2	32.00–42.00	$36.82	$288	—
825–1110	966	85-90%	8	44.00–50.00	$47.06	$455	+8.26

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1445	1402	75-80%	3	44.00–46.00	$44.99	$631	—
1455–1625	1518	75-80%	5	47.00–54.00	$50.29	$763	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1710	1477	3	53.00–66.00	$58.33	$862	—
1645–2170	1911	5	70.00–75.00	$73.10	$1,397	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–1015	933	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	440.00–487.00	$467.11

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190–1285	1238	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	571.00–578.00	$574.63

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	320.00	$320.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
875–1065	993	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	510.00–620.00	$553.67
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
995–1070	1033	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	475.00–550.00	$515.27

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
955–1285	1138	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	535.00–630.00	$590.56
1100–1285	1193	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	630.00–660.00	$643.84

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	61.00	$61.00	$171	—
320–395	370	3	49.00–66.00	$57.93	$214	+12.93

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50–55	53	2	100.00–105.00	$102.50	+17.50
55	55	1	85.00	$85.00	±0.00
75	75	1	145.00	$145.00	+60.00
85	85	2	130.00	$130.00	+45.00
95	95	1	140.00	$140.00	+55.00
100	100	1	130.00	$130.00	—
150	150	2	260.00–330.00	$295.00	+47.50

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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
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
1295	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	-375.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005–1115	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	800.00–900.00	$847.41	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	97.00	$97.00	$276	—
305–336	328	4	85.00–90.00	$88.84	$291	—
370	370	1	70.00	$70.00	$259	—
420	420	1	79.00	$79.00	$332	—
473	473	3	75.00	$75.00	$355	—
623	623	3	83.50	$83.50	$520	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	50.00	$50.00	-20.00
40–45	41	5	50.00–60.00	$56.00	-14.00
50	50	4	65.00–90.00	$78.75	-11.25
60	60	2	90.00	$90.00	±0.00
75	75	1	110.00	$110.00	+20.00
85	85	1	115.00	$115.00	+25.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	120.00	$120.00	-20.00
65	65	1	125.00	$125.00	-15.00
75	75	1	100.00	$100.00	-40.00
85	85	1	130.00	$130.00	-10.00
95	95	3	135.00–145.00	$138.33	-1.67
100	100	1	110.00	$110.00	—
100–125	109	7	150.00–175.00	$165.00	—
150	150	1	190.00	$190.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	1	27.50	$27.50	—
25	25	5	32.50	$32.50	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	37.50	$37.50	$90	—
330–360	345	4	54.00–62.00	$59.30	$205	+26.80
415	415	1	27.50	$27.50	$114	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	3	140.00–150.00	$143.33	+23.33

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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.