Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 1, 2021

527 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $138.01/cwt ≈ $858/hd at 622 lb · 25 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.18/cwt ≈ $739/hd at 581 lb · 23 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $162.45/cwt +9.57 vs last sale · ≈ $607/hd at 374 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	527	503	709
Feeder cattle	354	308	475
Slaughter cattle	83	107	119
Replacement cattle	39	16	9

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. Moderate 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
210–225	218	2	160.00	$160.00	$349	—
280–285	283	2	150.00–165.00	$157.57	$446	-4.93
290 fancy	290	1	180.00	$180.00	$522	—
300–345	321	9	150.00–172.50	$163.49	$525	+5.31
350–395	372	11	149.00–167.50	$159.41	$593	+6.53
360–395 fancy	379	4	169.00–174.00	$170.80	$647	—
430 fancy	430	1	177.00	$177.00	$761	—
455	455	1	169.00	$169.00	$769	+21.64
505–510	508	2	132.00–144.00	$138.03	$701	—
527–542 value added	533	13	142.50–143.00	$142.70	$761	—
550–590	567	3	130.00–144.00	$136.26	$773	—
617–633 value added	622	25	137.00–138.50	$138.01	$858	—
685	685	2	121.00–123.00	$122.00	$836	—
700	700	1	118.00	$118.00	$826	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	273	2	137.50–147.50	$142.91	$390	-1.12
310–335	323	3	140.00–143.00	$141.01	$455	+2.82
350–395	370	8	137.00–148.00	$142.18	$526	+2.81
400–425	412	5	135.00–140.00	$135.98	$560	—
460–480	470	2	127.50–132.00	$129.80	$610	-11.68
540	540	1	124.00	$124.00	$670	-8.00
725	725	1	118.00	$118.00	$856	±0.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	127.50	$127.50	$351	—
355–375	366	5	115.00–132.50	$124.58	$456	-1.96

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	368	3	110.00	$110.00	$405	—
400–410	405	2	97.50–110.00	$103.67	$420	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	287	6	135.00–149.00	$140.89	$404	+10.89
300–340	316	5	130.00–142.50	$135.42	$428	+2.72
350–395	371	6	125.00–140.00	$134.28	$498	+4.62
410–440	425	4	125.00–133.00	$128.00	$544	+1.48
450–485	463	12	122.00–130.00	$126.94	$588	+2.92
520–535	529	4	120.00–127.00	$124.01	$656	-2.83
547 value added	547	9	131.50	$131.50	$719	—
550–588	581	23	120.00–129.00	$127.18	$739	—
600	600	1	117.00	$117.00	$702	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	317	3	117.50–122.50	$119.08	$377	+1.58
350–385	367	5	118.00–124.00	$120.46	$442	+3.04
420–435	426	4	117.50–122.00	$119.36	$508	-0.21
465–495	482	3	116.00–120.00	$118.38	$571	-0.71
530	530	1	117.00	$117.00	$620	-3.00
555–565	560	2	116.00–118.00	$117.01	$655	+6.93
615–630	623	2	111.00–116.00	$113.47	$707	+9.47
655–665	660	2	107.00–110.00	$108.49	$716	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	115.00	$115.00	$282	—
385	385	1	115.00	$115.00	$443	+15.00
400–435	414	4	100.00–110.00	$104.89	$434	—
450–475	460	3	100.00–107.00	$102.31	$471	—
560	560	1	97.00	$97.00	$543	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	109.00	$109.00	$610	+4.12

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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	400	1	147.50	$147.50	$590	-5.59
430 fancy	430	1	169.00	$169.00	$727	+1.59
450–455 fancy	453	2	162.00–167.00	$164.49	$745	—
455–490	473	4	142.00–150.00	$146.43	$693	-4.23
505–545	526	5	133.00–144.00	$137.60	$724	+6.77
550–570	560	6	128.00–139.00	$134.35	$752	+7.80
600–630	615	4	123.00–129.00	$126.51	$778	—
650–670	662	3	117.00–122.00	$120.03	$795	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–440	429	4	133.00–140.00	$136.53	$586	+6.68
450–495	472	8	130.00–140.00	$135.60	$640	+0.85
505–535	521	4	122.00–129.00	$126.72	$660	+3.98
550	550	1	125.00	$125.00	$688	+6.31
605–610	608	2	119.00	$119.00	$724	+2.63
675	675	1	109.00	$109.00	$736	-5.00
700	700	1	111.00	$111.00	$777	+5.76
765	765	1	109.00	$109.00	$834	+7.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	425	2	125.00	$125.00	$531	—
470–475	473	2	127.00–127.50	$127.25	$602	+10.79
560	560	1	114.00	$114.00	$638	+3.49

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	100.00	$100.00	$410	-7.47
580	580	1	100.00	$100.00	$580	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,131.00	$1,131.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	839.00	$839.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1220	1093	80-85%	2	50.00–56.00	$53.35	$583	—
730–1470	1190	80-85%	34	61.00–78.00	$70.33	$837	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1120	925	85-90%	3	40.00–47.50	$42.66	$395	-3.74
860–1275	1043	85-90%	9	57.00–67.00	$60.61	$632	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1625	1487	75-80%	7	64.00–78.00	$69.19	$1,029	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1510	1330	4	71.00–74.00	$72.56	$965	—
1250–1775	1566	7	83.00–94.00	$89.51	$1,402	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
635–765	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	300.00–340.00	$318.73

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655	655	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	430.00	$430.00
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	546.00	$546.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	828.00	$828.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	694.00	$694.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	640.00	$640.00
885–1070	979	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	750.00–850.00	$790.71

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1185–1330	1258	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	851.00–930.00	$888.22

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	420.00	$420.00
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
715	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
795	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
590–675	633	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	450.00–475.00	$461.66
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 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
100–130	115	8	40.00–62.50	$51.97	$60	-26.27
120	120	1	60.00	$60.00	$72	-18.24
135–180	159	4	22.50–37.50	$31.06	$49	—
180	180	1	10.00	$10.00	$18	—
195	195	1	30.00	$30.00	$58	—
210–270	238	3	52.50–57.50	$54.39	$129	—
300	300	1	40.00	$40.00	$120	-22.50
305–375	327	5	52.50–57.50	$55.02	$180	+12.52
590	590	1	57.50	$57.50	$339	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	9.00	$9.00	$36	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	170.00	$170.00	+85.00
100	100	1	170.00	$170.00	+40.00
100–125	109	7	160.00–280.00	$210.00	+41.00
175	175	1	340.00	$340.00	+40.00

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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	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
1140–1370	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,309.16	—
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775–1095	898	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	885.00–975.00	$916.86	—
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,135.00	$1,135.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	105.00	$105.00	+12.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	155.00	$155.00	+22.50
50	50	1	140.00	$140.00	+7.50
75	75	1	150.00	$150.00	+10.00
85	85	1	160.00	$160.00	±0.00
125	125	1	250.00	$250.00	+48.75

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	1	52.50	$52.50	+2.50
75	75	1	47.50	$47.50	-2.50
95	95	1	55.00	$55.00	-15.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	62.50	$62.50	$225	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–135	116	4	180.00–360.00	$275.00	—
150	150	1	370.00	$370.00	±0.00

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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.