Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 4, 2021

347 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $149.94/cwt +20.94 vs last sale · ≈ $700/hd at 467 lb · 12 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $152.29/cwt +14.04 vs last sale · ≈ $640/hd at 420 lb · 10 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $151.34/cwt +9.10 vs last sale · ≈ $551/hd at 364 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	347	769	779
Feeder cattle	266	602	591
Slaughter cattle	46	50	116
Replacement cattle	20	32	64

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to sales being closed for holidays. Light offering of average quality cattle due to extremely wet conditions, 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
265–280	271	4	147.50–165.00	$154.48	$419	+6.78
305–340	325	8	145.00–162.50	$150.66	$490	+6.38
350–385	364	10	145.00–157.50	$151.34	$551	+9.10
410–445	432	3	148.00–160.00	$153.50	$663	+11.51
450–490	474	5	144.00–156.00	$148.86	$706	—
515–540	526	4	131.00–141.00	$137.31	$722	+8.65
550–590	556	8	128.00–139.50	$137.28	$763	+12.82
610–620	615	2	117.00–124.00	$120.47	$741	-2.53
650	650	1	119.00	$119.00	$774	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	137.50	$137.50	$351	+0.36
305–340	321	4	133.00–140.00	$137.69	$442	-0.28
350–395	379	6	130.00–140.00	$134.45	$510	-2.97
410–420	415	2	132.50–138.00	$135.22	$561	+7.90
505	505	1	125.00	$125.00	$631	+3.00
575	575	1	125.00	$125.00	$719	+9.00
625	625	1	115.00	$115.00	$719	-3.98
660–695	678	2	114.00–115.00	$114.49	$776	-3.06

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	115.00	$115.00	$331	+5.00
360–370	365	2	105.00–112.50	$108.70	$397	+0.53
440	440	1	111.00	$111.00	$488	-1.50
595	595	1	100.00	$100.00	$595	-11.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	127.50	$127.50	$414	+6.22
355	355	2	120.00	$120.00	$426	+1.21

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	142.50	$142.50	$370	+12.26
305–340	324	5	132.50–145.00	$136.12	$441	+7.57
350–395	364	6	124.00–134.00	$129.08	$470	-1.24
400–440	423	4	123.00–133.00	$126.49	$535	+0.14
450–495	464	8	116.00–129.00	$122.83	$570	+3.65
500–535	517	7	116.00–123.00	$118.60	$613	+2.60
555–580	568	5	116.00–122.00	$118.40	$673	—
615–640	630	3	103.00–106.00	$104.01	$655	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	125.00	$125.00	$356	—
305–345	328	3	121.00–125.00	$123.64	$406	+7.66
380–395	389	6	118.00–121.00	$120.00	$467	+1.28
405–440	422	5	115.00–122.50	$119.41	$504	+4.00
490	490	1	113.00	$113.00	$554	-1.23
545	545	1	109.00	$109.00	$594	+1.10
595	595	1	107.00	$107.00	$637	+2.93
640	640	1	99.00	$99.00	$634	+1.87
660–685	673	4	93.00–99.00	$96.78	$651	+0.11
705	705	1	94.00	$94.00	$663	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	115.00	$115.00	$362	+9.15
355	355	1	110.00	$110.00	$390	+4.33
420–445	437	5	105.00–112.50	$108.47	$474	+4.05
485	485	1	108.00	$108.00	$524	-0.11
510–515	513	2	105.00	$105.00	$539	+0.42
555–595	572	3	105.00–109.00	$107.68	$616	+15.49

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	315	2	97.50–100.00	$98.81	$311	+2.09
500	500	1	100.00	$100.00	$500	+5.21
570–595	583	2	93.00–96.00	$94.47	$551	+5.75

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	420	10	144.00–165.00	$152.29	$640	+15.12
450–495	467	12	143.00–157.00	$149.94	$700	+20.94
500–540	521	8	132.00–145.00	$138.55	$722	+11.21
560–590	580	3	125.00–132.00	$128.34	$744	+5.34
686	686	8	113.00	$113.00	$775	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–440	425	3	127.00–137.50	$133.71	$568	+4.59
460–495	483	8	125.00–140.00	$134.49	$650	+10.50
585–595	590	4	114.00–121.00	$117.26	$692	+0.87
635–645	640	2	109.00–111.00	$110.01	$704	+1.37
670	670	1	106.00	$106.00	$710	+2.76
710	710	1	107.00	$107.00	$760	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	120.00	$120.00	$480	+5.00
490–495	493	2	114.00–118.00	$115.99	$572	-0.01
515–535	525	3	112.00–117.00	$114.69	$602	+6.54
610–635	623	2	105.00–106.00	$105.51	$657	+1.94
685	685	3	101.00	$101.00	$692	+2.00
715–730	723	2	97.00–99.00	$98.01	$709	—
775	775	1	93.00	$93.00	$721	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1245–1270	1258	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	847.00–978.00	$913.15	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	106.00	$106.00	$556	+3.29
550	550	1	105.00	$105.00	$578	+6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1610	1610	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1105	1008	80-85%	6	30.00–47.00	$42.33	$427	—
1205–1555	1364	80-85%	8	51.00–60.00	$54.30	$741	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1025	858	85-90%	3	32.00–43.00	$38.46	$330	—
1030	1030	85-90%	1	47.00	$47.00	$484	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1590	1378	3	50.00–70.00	$61.72	$851	—
1565–2220	1790	8	77.00–86.00	$81.50	$1,459	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	607.00	$607.00
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	485.00	$485.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1320	1320	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	767.00	$767.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	408.00	$408.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	530.00	$530.00
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
990–1145	1068	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	690.00–720.00	$703.91

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	588.00	$588.00
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1295	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	275	4	55.00–60.00	$58.18	$160	-45.74
330–385	350	4	60.00–67.50	$63.59	$223	—
455–490	473	2	65.00	$65.00	$307	—

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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
1370	1370	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	940.00	$940.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	45.00	$45.00	$155	-7.50
350	350	1	77.50	$77.50	$271	—
475	475	1	52.50	$52.50	$249	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	1	35.00	$35.00	-20.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–285	258	3	37.50–50.00	$41.81	$108	-18.19
410	410	1	50.00	$50.00	$205	—

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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.