Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 25, 2021

982 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $165.44/cwt -1.02 vs last sale · ≈ $528/hd at 319 lb · 31 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 steers $148.45/cwt -2.53 vs last sale · ≈ $557/hd at 375 lb · 29 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.23/cwt -0.44 vs last sale · ≈ $481/hd at 372 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	982	979	693
Feeder cattle	798	726	524
Slaughter cattle	121	134	103
Replacement cattle	25	53	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers and feeder bulls 4.00 higher, feeder heifers unevenly steady, slaughter cows 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls 5.00 higher. 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
220	220	1	172.50	$172.50	$380	—
250–290	268	13	160.00–173.00	$166.11	$445	+1.11
300–345	319	31	159.00–172.50	$165.44	$528	-1.02
350–395	373	6	157.50–174.00	$165.46	$617	+2.60
405–445	424	6	163.00–175.00	$167.25	$709	+7.19
455	455	1	164.00	$164.00	$746	+6.23
505–510	508	2	139.00–147.00	$142.98	$726	+2.10
550–565	561	4	134.00–137.50	$135.64	$761	-1.40

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–235	226	5	144.00–157.50	$151.29	$342	—
250–275	264	4	145.00–157.50	$152.35	$402	—
330–345	338	3	140.00–157.50	$150.14	$507	-1.98
350–395	375	29	140.00–156.00	$148.45	$557	-2.53
410–435	420	3	155.00–158.00	$156.69	$658	+17.26
450–485	463	5	135.00–150.00	$139.55	$646	-1.69
505–545	521	4	124.00–137.50	$133.19	$694	+7.88
575–595	586	5	122.00–129.00	$125.78	$737	+1.64
605–610	608	2	117.00–121.00	$118.99	$723	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	125.00	$125.00	$269	-17.53
280–290	285	2	130.00	$130.00	$370	—
300–325	318	7	120.00–135.00	$128.94	$410	-3.62
350–385	371	8	122.50–138.00	$130.80	$485	+1.86
400–435	423	3	132.50–135.00	$133.29	$564	—
450–465	458	2	123.00–132.50	$127.67	$585	+3.73

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	230	2	112.50–115.00	$113.83	$262	—
335	335	1	110.00	$110.00	$368	—
380	380	1	110.00	$110.00	$418	—
585	585	1	109.00	$109.00	$638	—
610	610	1	110.00	$110.00	$671	—
715	715	1	108.00	$108.00	$772	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	132.50	$132.50	$285	—
270–295	285	6	132.50–140.00	$135.34	$386	-4.78
300–345	323	21	125.00–140.00	$131.75	$426	-3.41
350–395	372	28	125.00–134.00	$129.23	$481	-0.44
400–445	420	12	123.00–132.00	$126.44	$531	-1.03
450–495	469	24	120.00–129.00	$123.70	$580	+1.40
500–535	521	7	118.00–123.00	$119.16	$621	-0.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	318	4	113.00–121.00	$117.35	$373	-5.07
365–395	381	10	113.00–123.00	$118.72	$452	+4.61
410–440	423	18	112.50–121.00	$117.50	$497	+5.40
450–490	475	11	112.00–119.00	$116.26	$552	+4.43
500–545	534	10	107.00–115.00	$111.78	$597	+4.74
550–585	569	6	100.00–109.00	$105.47	$600	-0.89
605–630	614	4	101.00–108.00	$105.49	$648	+3.29
655	655	1	99.00	$99.00	$648	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–225	215	2	110.00	$110.00	$236	-10.00
260	260	1	110.00	$110.00	$286	-7.09
355–385	373	3	110.00–112.50	$110.79	$413	—
400–445	425	6	105.00–110.00	$109.13	$464	+7.65
470–495	479	5	105.00–110.00	$106.39	$510	+5.43
500–540	522	11	100.00–105.00	$103.39	$540	+2.90
565–590	575	3	100.00–107.00	$104.00	$598	+2.60
600–645	626	4	93.00–99.00	$95.00	$595	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–385	376	4	100.00	$100.00	$376	—
400–440	425	3	100.00	$100.00	$425	+4.48

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	419	15	142.50–152.50	$146.65	$614	+7.66
450–495	473	23	129.00–149.00	$135.69	$642	+6.50
505–545	529	10	119.00–126.00	$121.74	$644	+3.37
550–580	566	19	117.00–126.00	$121.12	$686	+4.61
615–635	625	8	111.00–117.50	$114.45	$715	+3.45
650–670	659	5	106.00–110.00	$108.61	$716	-0.39
710–715	713	2	100.00–106.00	$103.01	$734	-4.99

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	423	16	153.00–169.00	$159.32	$674	-0.84
450–460	455	4	153.00–164.00	$158.22	$720	+1.68
505–540	519	8	129.00–138.00	$133.69	$694	+2.48
550–565	557	6	129.00–136.00	$132.50	$738	+1.24
625–645	635	2	120.00–121.00	$120.49	$765	-0.01
650	650	1	116.00	$116.00	$754	-0.82

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	420	13	120.00–137.50	$131.01	$550	+12.17
450–495	470	13	117.50–128.00	$123.81	$582	+10.95
590–595	594	4	110.00–114.00	$111.75	$664	+7.34
605–630	619	6	108.00–110.00	$109.16	$676	—
735	735	1	100.00	$100.00	$735	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–445	433	6	107.50–118.00	$112.53	$487	—
455–480	465	3	110.00–111.00	$110.33	$513	—
515	515	1	100.00	$100.00	$515	—
565–580	572	3	105.00–110.00	$107.51	$615	—
610–615	613	2	95.00–100.00	$97.51	$598	+6.52
685–690	688	2	95.00–97.00	$96.00	$660	+2.02
710	710	1	96.00	$96.00	$682	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
910	910	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	765.00	$765.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1315	1039	80-85%	15	41.00–56.00	$51.30	$533	—
915–1375	1121	80-85%	29	57.00–71.00	$62.82	$704	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1725	1480	75-80%	9	56.00–66.00	$61.85	$915	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1075	894	85-90%	5	52.00–56.00	$53.46	$478	-0.75
860–975	902	85-90%	3	42.00–48.00	$44.80	$404	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1610	1192	5	61.00–76.00	$69.90	$833	—
1040–2040	1453	18	78.00–90.00	$83.86	$1,218	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	660.00	$660.00
800–920	859	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	488.00–626.00	$557.42

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	469.00	$469.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	472.00	$472.00
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
855–1090	1012	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	560.00–670.00	$601.76
1000–1030	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	490.00–577.00	$534.14

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1105–1285	1187	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	650.00–735.00	$683.79
1360	1360	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–780	768	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	335.00–575.00	$456.95

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–170	168	2	77.50–87.50	$82.57	$139	—
230–260	245	2	42.50–55.00	$48.37	$119	—
210–290	261	9	65.00–90.00	$78.53	$205	+23.58
310	310	1	85.00	$85.00	$264	+20.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	95.00	$95.00	-101.67
150	150	1	280.00	$280.00	—

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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
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
985–1045	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	835.00–875.00	$854.41	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
605	605	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	370.00	$370.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	2	67.00–80.00	$73.50	$544	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	3	85.00–110.00	$96.67	-58.33
50	50	1	105.00	$105.00	-50.00
60	60	1	120.00	$120.00	-52.50

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	55.00	$55.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–260	250	2	37.50–42.50	$39.90	$100	—
300	300	1	77.50	$77.50	$232	—
305	305	1	35.00	$35.00	$107	—
530–535	533	2	55.00–61.00	$58.01	$309	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	210.00	$210.00	-45.00
100–125	105	5	230.00–360.00	$269.00	—
175	175	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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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.