Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 26, 2020

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $112.08/cwt +0.21 vs last sale · ≈ $583/hd at 520 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	463	755	716
Feeder cattle	284	548	551
Slaughter cattle	61	94	70
Replacement cattle	58	42	49

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales. Light 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
275–285	280	2	135.00–145.00	$139.91	$392	-1.99
305–345	332	6	138.00–147.00	$143.72	$477	+0.46
350–395	377	5	135.00–142.50	$138.53	$522	-4.50
460	460	1	140.00	$140.00	$644	—
505–530	518	2	119.00–129.00	$124.12	$643	+4.12
550–565	558	2	124.00–125.00	$124.51	$695	+4.40

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	117.50	$117.50	$258	-2.50
320–335	328	2	115.00	$115.00	$377	—
350–385	368	2	110.00	$110.00	$405	-7.50
400	400	1	110.00	$110.00	$440	±0.00
450	450	1	107.50	$107.50	$484	-7.50
535	535	1	105.00	$105.00	$562	-2.48
565	565	1	112.00	$112.00	$633	+1.68
605	605	1	112.00	$112.00	$678	+1.49
650	650	1	110.00	$110.00	$715	+4.00
740	740	1	97.00	$97.00	$718	-7.48

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	135.00	$135.00	$446	+9.08
385–395	392	3	125.00–132.50	$129.16	$506	+3.79
440	440	3	125.00–130.00	$127.50	$561	—
675	675	1	114.00	$114.00	$770	+1.96
750	750	1	98.00	$98.00	$735	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	105.00	$105.00	$236	—
365–390	378	2	95.00–100.00	$97.58	$369	-10.72
535	535	1	99.00	$99.00	$530	+4.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	374	4	110.00–120.00	$116.16	$434	+1.16
400–440	419	7	110.00–116.00	$112.66	$472	+1.69
455–495	473	8	107.00–114.00	$111.53	$528	+1.19
500–540	523	4	109.00–111.00	$109.75	$574	+3.38
570–580	572	5	102.00–106.00	$104.60	$598	-1.73
600	600	1	103.00	$103.00	$618	+0.51
655	655	1	100.00	$100.00	$655	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	328	3	120.00–132.00	$127.34	$418	+1.79
350	350	1	122.00	$122.00	$427	-0.39
400–435	421	6	118.00–124.00	$122.08	$514	-1.74
455–485	473	6	116.00–122.00	$118.29	$560	+4.29
500–540	520	11	109.00–114.00	$112.08	$583	+0.21
565	565	1	112.00	$112.00	$633	+1.84

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	100.00	$100.00	$220	-11.25
270–295	283	2	95.00–100.00	$97.39	$276	-6.46
330–345	340	3	100.00–113.00	$104.40	$355	+5.62
360–395	373	4	102.50–110.00	$107.56	$401	-2.44
400–445	423	4	100.00–103.00	$100.78	$426	—
505–525	515	2	104.00–105.00	$104.51	$538	+6.48
580–585	583	2	96.00–100.00	$98.01	$571	+0.71
610	610	1	92.00	$92.00	$561	-4.46
660	660	2	90.00–92.00	$91.00	$601	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	95.00	$95.00	$394	—
470–490	480	2	90.00–95.00	$92.55	$444	—
640	640	1	89.00	$89.00	$570	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	431	4	120.00–125.00	$122.99	$530	+4.71
480–485	483	2	105.00–113.00	$108.98	$526	-11.85
505–530	514	5	114.00–118.00	$115.42	$593	-0.60
550–575	563	2	110.00–115.00	$112.44	$633	+1.94
600–620	610	2	103.00–106.00	$104.52	$638	-2.94

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	421	8	130.00–141.00	$136.10	$573	-4.43
470–485	478	2	123.00–128.00	$125.54	$600	-10.31
515	515	1	121.00	$121.00	$623	-1.50
565	565	2	114.00–118.00	$116.00	$655	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–435	430	3	103.00–110.00	$106.83	$459	-3.17
460–485	472	3	106.00–111.00	$109.03	$515	+0.52
510–530	520	2	106.00–108.00	$107.02	$557	-1.98
595	595	1	103.00	$103.00	$613	-3.99
620	620	2	100.00–102.00	$101.00	$626	+1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	103.00	$103.00	$458	+1.70
475–480	478	2	100.00	$100.00	$478	-1.60
570	570	1	96.00	$96.00	$547	-3.32
640	640	1	93.00	$93.00	$595	+1.00
655–675	667	3	90.00–94.00	$92.66	$618	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780–960	842	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	577.00–636.00	$609.79	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125–1165	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	827.00–960.00	$892.34	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1385	1094	80-85%	15	39.00–48.00	$43.74	$479	—
925–1395	1227	80-85%	13	50.00–59.00	$53.33	$654	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1635	1440	75-80%	5	47.00–51.00	$49.97	$720	—
1295–1750	1467	75-80%	7	52.00–55.00	$53.25	$781	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1095	957	85-90%	5	30.00–42.00	$36.85	$353	-10.21
950–1290	1077	85-90%	3	44.00–45.00	$44.71	$482	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1570	1303	4	69.00–75.00	$72.15	$940	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–895	838	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	465.00–480.00	$471.99
825–885	847	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	291.00–398.00	$359.79
895–1080	967	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	582.00–680.00	$624.56

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	529.00	$529.00
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	652.00	$652.00
1145–1325	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	710.00–795.00	$748.44

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	497.00	$497.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
805–900	853	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	470.00–480.00	$474.72
905	905	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	380.00	$380.00
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
905–1080	993	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	550.00–660.00	$609.85
1040–1050	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	725.00–750.00	$737.44
1095	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1100–1285	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	545.00–675.00	$627.23
1310	1310	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–745	715	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	500.00–525.00	$513.02

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125	125	1	85.00	$85.00	$106	—
250–290	270	5	50.00–82.50	$64.64	$175	+3.64

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	2	75.00	$75.00	-70.00
100	100	1	180.00	$180.00	+50.00
100	100	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	+2.50
150	150	1	250.00	$250.00	-45.00

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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
1120–1280	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	925.00–1,150.00	$1,069.58	—
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
585	585	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	400.00	$400.00	—
620–670	645	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	450.00–470.00	$460.39	—
670	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	785.00	$785.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1030	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,085.00–1,135.00	$1,109.63	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	3	51.00	$51.00	$347	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	2	60.00	$60.00	+4.00
50	50	1	55.00	$55.00	-23.75
50	50	1	75.00	$75.00	-3.75
50–55	54	5	70.00–85.00	$80.00	+1.25
55	55	1	95.00	$95.00	+16.25

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	135.00	$135.00	+10.00
75	75	3	130.00–140.00	$133.33	+33.33
75	75	1	70.00	$70.00	-30.00
85	85	5	130.00–150.00	$136.00	+6.00
90	90	2	140.00	$140.00	+10.00
100	100	1	125.00	$125.00	+15.00
100–125	107	15	140.00–210.00	$161.00	-4.00
150	150	1	190.00	$190.00	±0.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	190.00	$190.00	—
100–125	117	3	220.00–290.00	$251.67	—

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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.