Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 7, 2020

1,215 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.18/cwt +2.23 vs last sale · ≈ $484/hd at 375 lb · 33 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $116.93/cwt +0.10 vs last sale · ≈ $559/hd at 478 lb · 29 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.67/cwt -0.52 vs last sale · ≈ $570/hd at 465 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,215	990	1,066
Feeder cattle	936	741	856
Slaughter cattle	116	141	123
Replacement cattle	52	52	53

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle unevenly steady, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady. 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
275–285	282	3	150.00–155.00	$152.53	$430	—
300–345	319	10	152.50–167.50	$158.10	$504	-8.39
300–345 fancy	333	9	170.00–175.00	$173.35	$577	—
355–390 fancy	362	6	169.00–175.00	$172.03	$623	—
350–390	372	19	151.00–167.50	$159.31	$593	-8.36
400–430	418	3	152.50–167.50	$158.13	$661	-9.51
450–480	473	4	150.00–158.00	$156.10	$738	+8.32
500–535	525	10	135.00–137.00	$135.48	$711	-2.28
565	565	1	128.00	$128.00	$723	-7.25
600–620	616	7	125.00	$125.00	$770	+1.10
655–699	694	13	124.00–126.50	$126.13	$875	—
770	770	1	119.00	$119.00	$916	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	140.00	$140.00	$329	-2.50
250–295	272	9	135.00–150.00	$141.23	$384	-6.54
300–345	327	10	137.50–150.00	$144.81	$474	-6.42
355–390	375	12	137.50–150.00	$143.17	$537	-7.98
400–440	415	4	137.50–147.50	$142.49	$591	+1.15
450–480	463	12	129.00–144.00	$136.60	$632	+3.06
515–545	531	7	119.00–133.00	$125.66	$667	+1.78
580	580	1	125.00	$125.00	$725	+4.49
600–615	608	9	118.00–121.00	$120.11	$730	+3.71
650–685	666	5	117.00–122.00	$120.01	$799	+11.01

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	234	5	125.00–132.50	$129.44	$303	+9.44
260–295	281	5	125.00–130.00	$128.14	$360	-2.90
300–315	304	4	120.00–132.50	$126.30	$384	-6.09
365–390	377	5	122.50–132.50	$129.03	$486	-1.14
405–445	428	3	120.00–130.00	$124.54	$533	+2.11
465–495	481	5	116.00–129.00	$124.42	$598	+6.96
515–545	530	2	115.00–120.00	$117.57	$623	+0.26
580–595	588	2	115.00	$115.00	$676	+5.00
775	775	1	107.00	$107.00	$829	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	273	2	110.00–120.00	$115.05	$314	—
300–335	318	2	110.00–115.00	$112.64	$358	—
355–385	372	3	110.00–117.50	$112.39	$418	—
420	420	1	117.50	$117.50	$494	+17.50
485	485	2	105.00–107.50	$106.25	$515	-2.90
510–525	518	2	108.00–114.00	$110.96	$575	+7.28
610	610	1	105.00	$105.00	$640	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	122.50	$122.50	$294	—
250–280	265	2	117.50–122.50	$120.14	$318	-1.20
300–345	327	12	115.00–122.50	$118.45	$387	-2.71
355–395	378	14	115.00–123.00	$118.97	$450	+1.14
400–445	429	23	112.00–121.00	$117.79	$505	+0.32
455–495	478	29	111.00–120.00	$116.93	$559	+0.10
505–545	524	17	109.00–117.00	$113.16	$593	-3.31
550–595	574	26	108.00–115.00	$112.03	$643	-0.84
600–615	606	5	109.00–110.00	$109.60	$664	+0.93
665–695	680	2	106.00–108.00	$106.98	$727	—
705–720	712	3	97.00–99.00	$98.33	$700	-5.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	125.00	$125.00	$262	—
250–295	276	8	125.00–136.00	$131.35	$363	+4.89
300–345	328	17	125.00–139.00	$129.61	$425	+0.60
350–395	375	33	123.00–134.00	$129.18	$484	+2.23
400–445	423	16	123.00–130.00	$124.66	$527	+0.91
450–495	465	28	121.00–125.00	$122.67	$570	-0.52
500–520	508	6	118.00–121.00	$119.50	$607	-1.36
605–640	621	7	111.00–115.00	$112.84	$701	+0.84
665	665	1	111.00	$111.00	$738	+2.43

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	115.00	$115.00	$253	—
250–275	265	3	110.00–112.50	$110.86	$294	-1.64
300–320	308	3	102.50–110.00	$106.72	$329	-0.72
360–395	382	3	110.00–112.50	$111.64	$426	+2.18
405–425	415	2	105.00–109.00	$107.05	$444	-1.47
460–470	465	2	105.00–108.00	$106.52	$495	-2.23
505–540	521	7	105.00–109.00	$105.88	$552	-2.14
550–595	577	5	105.00–108.00	$106.61	$615	+3.61
645	645	1	105.00	$105.00	$677	+3.38
665–670	668	2	100.00–106.00	$103.01	$688	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	102.50	$102.50	$205	+2.50
320–340	330	2	100.00	$100.00	$330	±0.00
350–370	360	5	100.00	$100.00	$360	-2.50
400	400	2	100.00	$100.00	$400	±0.00
450–495	476	6	99.00–100.00	$99.84	$475	-0.16
505	505	2	95.00–100.00	$97.50	$492	—
560–570	565	2	97.50–100.00	$98.74	$558	—
630–640	635	2	98.00–99.00	$98.50	$625	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	426	21	131.00–147.50	$139.79	$596	+8.49
450–490	470	16	127.50–142.00	$135.00	$634	+1.92
500–540	518	14	120.00–131.00	$125.79	$652	+2.52
550–585	569	7	119.00–125.00	$121.90	$694	+3.21
600–640	623	12	109.00–115.00	$112.06	$698	+1.52
655	655	1	113.00	$113.00	$740	+4.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435 fancy	416	4	166.00–168.00	$166.73	$694	+3.97
400–445	418	13	150.00–163.00	$155.67	$651	+6.25
450–490	465	3	143.00–150.00	$145.61	$677	-2.12
510 fancy	510	1	146.00	$146.00	$745	—
500–545	517	11	132.00–138.00	$134.13	$693	-2.87
550–575	562	7	127.00–130.00	$128.27	$721	+1.17

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–440	434	5	120.00–127.50	$123.09	$534	+5.56
450–495	483	5	120.00–125.00	$122.96	$594	+5.07
505–545	524	5	110.00–119.00	$114.19	$598	+3.03
550–590	577	10	110.00–116.00	$113.79	$657	+2.05
620–640	632	3	106.00–107.00	$106.34	$672	-0.66
705–735	720	2	100.00–102.00	$101.02	$727	+0.99

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–440	437	3	100.00–110.00	$103.36	$452	—
455–495	474	4	100.00–110.00	$103.21	$489	—
505–540	518	4	100.00–111.00	$107.77	$558	—
550–590	570	3	100.00–110.00	$106.55	$607	+4.05
640	640	1	100.00	$100.00	$640	±0.00
675–695	687	3	97.00–100.00	$98.00	$673	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	630.00	$630.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1385	1163	80-85%	16	45.00–54.00	$49.64	$577	—
990–1440	1233	80-85%	23	56.00–64.00	$58.70	$724	-4.54

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1460	1038	85-90%	10	37.00–48.00	$44.14	$458	—
870–1590	1222	85-90%	16	49.00–57.00	$53.36	$652	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1650	1255	75-80%	3	47.00–54.00	$50.57	$635	—
1390–1585	1515	75-80%	3	59.00	$59.00	$894	-3.28

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1775	1372	7	52.00–76.00	$60.12	$825	—
1655–1975	1815	7	79.00–86.00	$82.87	$1,504	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–1025	933	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	494.00–555.00	$523.09

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	610.00	$610.00
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	618.00	$618.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–845	838	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	550.00–575.00	$562.61
965–1000	983	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00–590.00	$569.64
775–1160	1007	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	640.00–975.00	$831.42
1000–1050	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	850.00–900.00	$875.61

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1225	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	550.00–630.00	$582.51
1145–1250	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	750.00–950.00	$842.55
1190–1220	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	710.00–732.00	$721.14

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–720	705	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	390.00–486.00	$439.02
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	630.00	$630.00
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–155	130	2	62.50–80.00	$69.57	$90	-20.72
245–295	273	5	110.00–150.00	$126.20	$345	—
300–340	316	5	100.00–140.00	$119.22	$377	+61.96

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	-25.00
85	85	2	150.00–155.00	$152.50	+12.50
100	100	1	155.00	$155.00	-30.00
100–125	117	12	155.00–200.00	$182.50	-2.50
150	150	2	250.00–300.00	$275.00	—
200	200	1	360.00	$360.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
865–940	899	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	850.00–1,235.00	$1,087.18	-296.67
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1160–1180	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,075.00	$988.25	-311.75
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	-75.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
695–730	708	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	600.00–940.00	$814.26	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	1	55.00	$55.00	—
35	35	1	100.00	$100.00	—
40–45	42	5	75.00–85.00	$81.00	—
45	45	1	65.00	$65.00	—
45	45	2	85.00	$85.00	—
50–55	51	8	105.00	$105.00	-15.00
50–55	52	3	80.00–95.00	$85.00	-35.00
65	65	2	110.00	$110.00	-20.00
65	65	1	85.00	$85.00	-45.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	2	120.00–125.00	$122.50	±0.00
75	75	3	120.00	$120.00	-2.50
85	85	4	140.00	$140.00	+20.00
100	100	1	85.00	$85.00	-42.50
100	100	2	130.00–140.00	$135.00	+7.50
100–125	107	6	140.00–165.00	$150.00	+22.50
100–125	117	3	115.00–130.00	$123.33	-4.17
150	150	3	215.00–240.00	$228.33	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	1	20.00	$20.00	—
20–25	22	16	12.50–22.50	$21.25	—
30–35	33	4	12.50–40.00	$26.25	—
60	60	1	25.00	$25.00	—
90	90	1	100.00	$100.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	57.50	$57.50	$147	—
295	295	1	77.50	$77.50	$229	—
300	300	1	32.50	$32.50	$98	—
355	355	1	45.00	$45.00	$160	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	150.00	$150.00	—
100	100	1	180.00	$180.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125	125	1	215.00	$215.00	+2.50

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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.