Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 2, 2020

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 steers $129.06/cwt -0.10 vs last sale · ≈ $492/hd at 381 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	409	463	847
Feeder cattle	248	284	630
Slaughter cattle	44	61	101
Replacement cattle	15	58	10

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 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	130.00	$130.00	$280	—
320	320	1	140.00	$140.00	$448	+5.00
355–395	381	10	122.50–142.50	$129.06	$492	-0.10
415–440	430	3	125.00–136.00	$128.71	$553	+1.21
450–495	472	5	120.00–133.00	$126.50	$597	—
520–540	532	3	122.00–125.00	$123.35	$656	—
550–595	573	2	116.00–120.00	$117.92	$676	—
615	615	1	116.00	$116.00	$713	—
685	685	1	109.00	$109.00	$747	-5.00
740	740	1	109.00	$109.00	$807	—
750	750	1	105.00	$105.00	$788	+7.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	125.00	$125.00	$275	+7.50
375–390	382	3	102.50–120.00	$108.31	$414	-1.69
455–465	460	3	100.00–116.00	$108.63	$500	+1.13
530–535	533	2	109.00–114.00	$111.51	$594	+6.51
550–575	568	6	105.00–111.00	$108.16	$614	-3.84
615	615	2	104.00–106.00	$105.00	$646	-7.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	157.50	$157.50	$536	+13.78
360–395	381	4	145.00–159.00	$151.09	$576	+12.56
435	435	1	138.00	$138.00	$600	—
460–480	470	2	134.00–141.00	$137.43	$646	-2.57
530–545	537	3	126.00–134.00	$129.99	$698	+5.87
605–625	617	3	124.00	$124.00	$765	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	2	100.00–110.00	$104.96	$308	—
375–385	380	2	95.00–100.00	$97.53	$371	-0.05
455–470	463	3	90.00–102.50	$96.68	$448	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	125.00	$125.00	$406	-2.34
350–355	353	2	125.00–134.00	$129.47	$457	+7.47
445	445	1	125.00	$125.00	$556	+2.92
450–495	471	8	118.00–127.00	$122.32	$576	+4.03
520–530	524	5	114.00–118.00	$116.40	$610	+4.32
555–565	560	3	113.00–114.00	$113.67	$637	+1.67

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–380	368	4	100.00–105.00	$101.29	$373	-6.27
400	400	1	100.00	$100.00	$400	-0.78
495	495	2	105.00–110.00	$107.50	$532	—
530–535	533	6	100.00–107.00	$102.83	$548	-1.68
560	560	1	107.00	$107.00	$599	+8.99
600–605	603	2	95.00–96.00	$95.50	$576	+3.50
660	660	1	94.00	$94.00	$620	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	383	2	110.00–112.50	$111.29	$426	-4.87
415	415	1	115.00	$115.00	$477	+2.34
455–490	473	2	110.00–117.00	$113.63	$537	+2.10
500	500	1	107.00	$107.00	$535	-2.75
550–590	562	5	106.00–111.00	$108.20	$608	+3.60
620–625	622	3	100.00–105.00	$102.33	$636	-0.67

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	90.00	$90.00	$328	—
415–445	428	3	90.00–96.00	$93.60	$401	-1.40
455–495	473	5	90.00–95.00	$90.97	$430	-1.58
510–540	527	3	94.00–95.00	$94.66	$499	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–435	424	4	132.50–136.00	$134.65	$571	-1.45
450–475	461	5	129.00–135.00	$130.38	$601	+4.84
500–545	523	6	124.00–132.00	$128.76	$673	+7.76
565–590	573	5	120.00–127.00	$122.77	$703	+6.77
640	640	1	116.00	$116.00	$742	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–495	478	3	120.00–130.00	$124.28	$594	+15.30
515–540	530	6	115.00–123.00	$117.82	$624	+2.40
550–585	570	5	110.00–118.00	$113.80	$649	+1.36
605	605	1	109.00	$109.00	$659	+4.48

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	120.00	$120.00	$438	—
410	410	1	110.00	$110.00	$451	+3.17
475	475	1	109.00	$109.00	$518	-0.03
500–520	510	2	111.00–114.00	$112.53	$574	+5.51
590	590	2	106.00–108.00	$107.00	$631	+4.00
600–620	610	2	101.00–104.00	$102.48	$625	+1.48

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	97.00	$97.00	$597	+4.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1135	1133	80-85%	2	49.00	$49.00	$555	—
970–1680	1254	80-85%	16	51.00–64.00	$57.47	$721	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1400	1153	85-90%	6	47.00–52.00	$49.83	$575	—
1040–1430	1217	85-90%	3	37.00–45.00	$42.40	$516	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1760	1549	75-80%	4	52.00–57.00	$53.97	$836	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1655	1427	5	50.00–73.00	$60.13	$858	—
1740–2095	1908	4	79.00–83.00	$80.81	$1,542	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	416.00	$416.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
1130–1505	1363	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	734.00–785.00	$759.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
880	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
1015–1020	1018	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	690.00–700.00	$695.01

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–295	273	6	42.00–65.00	$52.54	$143	-12.10
310–385	346	5	49.00–58.00	$52.66	$182	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	70.00	$70.00	-5.00
55	55	1	130.00	$130.00	+55.00
75	75	4	125.00–140.00	$136.25	+61.25
85	85	1	145.00	$145.00	+70.00
100–125	106	8	115.00–220.00	$165.00	-15.00
150	150	2	255.00–260.00	$257.50	+7.50

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	640.00	$640.00	-145.00

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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	-10.00
45	45	3	50.00–65.00	$55.00	-5.00
50	50	2	115.00–125.00	$120.00	+65.00
55	55	1	70.00	$70.00	-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	110.00	$110.00	-25.00
75	75	1	120.00	$120.00	-13.33
75	75	1	110.00	$110.00	-23.33
100–125	117	3	165.00–320.00	$255.00	+94.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	1	15.00	$15.00	—
20	20	29	12.00–15.00	$13.34	—
30–35	34	6	20.00–37.50	$33.75	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	42.50	$42.50	$166	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	50.00	$50.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	165.00	$165.00	—
65	65	3	150.00–170.00	$161.67	-28.33
75	75	5	150.00–185.00	$163.00	-27.00
80–85	83	2	190.00–195.00	$192.50	+2.50
95	95	2	170.00–190.00	$180.00	-10.00
100	100	1	210.00	$210.00	-41.67
150	150	1	180.00	$180.00	—

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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.