Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 8, 2021

756 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $135.87/cwt +0.27 vs last sale · ≈ $647/hd at 476 lb · 20 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.68/cwt -1.26 vs last sale · ≈ $588/hd at 468 lb · 20 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $121.53/cwt +2.17 vs last sale · ≈ $515/hd at 424 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	756	527	429
Feeder cattle	583	354	279
Slaughter cattle	131	83	88
Replacement cattle	27	39	16

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers and feeder heifers too few to trend, feeder bulls 5.00 higher, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 4.00 lower. 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
235	235	1	167.50	$167.50	$394	+7.50
275–295	283	3	163.00–170.00	$167.57	$474	+10.00
310–345	327	10	160.00–170.00	$165.37	$541	+1.88
375–395	389	7	160.00–173.00	$167.33	$651	+7.92
390 fancy	390	1	176.00	$176.00	$686	+5.20
400–420	414	4	157.00–172.00	$165.73	$686	—
455–485	471	4	154.00–166.00	$160.16	$754	-8.84
510 value added	510	1	161.00	$161.00	$821	+18.30
525–545	535	2	144.00–154.00	$148.91	$797	+10.88
560 fancy	560	1	154.00	$154.00	$862	—
550–585	571	5	137.00–148.00	$144.19	$823	+7.93
620	620	1	134.00	$134.00	$831	—
665	665	1	124.00	$124.00	$825	+2.00
745	745	1	115.00	$115.00	$857	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	147.50	$147.50	$347	—
270–295	285	4	142.50–155.00	$151.88	$433	+8.97
305–340	318	6	142.50–159.00	$152.69	$486	+11.68
350–395	377	9	142.50–158.00	$150.12	$566	+7.94
415	415	1	149.00	$149.00	$618	+13.02
455–495	481	4	130.00–140.00	$134.46	$647	+4.66
500–535	516	5	128.00–140.00	$132.54	$684	+8.54
550–585	567	5	125.00–134.00	$128.59	$729	—
585 fancy	585	1	147.00	$147.00	$860	—
605–640	623	2	120.00–128.00	$124.11	$773	—
680	680	1	119.00	$119.00	$809	—
790	790	1	111.00	$111.00	$877	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	120.00	$120.00	$276	—
265–280	273	2	132.50–142.50	$137.36	$375	+9.86
330	330	1	135.00	$135.00	$446	—
390	390	2	132.50–138.00	$135.25	$527	+10.67
425–440	433	2	127.00–130.00	$128.53	$557	—
450–475	463	2	120.00–131.00	$125.65	$582	—
525–545	535	2	120.00–123.00	$121.47	$650	—
555–565	560	2	121.00–123.00	$122.01	$683	—
645	645	1	118.00	$118.00	$761	—
695	695	1	109.00	$109.00	$758	—
710	710	1	109.00	$109.00	$774	—
765	765	1	108.00	$108.00	$826	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	110.00	$110.00	$368	—
360	360	1	115.00	$115.00	$414	+5.00
540	540	1	110.00	$110.00	$594	—
590	590	2	110.00–114.00	$112.00	$661	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	125.00	$125.00	$294	—
265	265	1	127.50	$127.50	$338	—
325	325	1	120.00	$120.00	$390	+0.92
350–395	377	8	117.50–126.00	$123.04	$464	+2.58
405–445	424	18	115.00–126.00	$121.53	$515	+2.17
450–495	476	7	112.00–122.00	$116.81	$556	-1.57
500–545	521	18	112.00–123.00	$115.87	$604	-1.13
550–590	564	11	110.00–120.00	$114.45	$645	-2.56
600–640	624	4	108.00–112.00	$110.27	$688	-3.20
651–660	654	5	104.00–109.00	$107.39	$702	-1.10

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	136.00	$136.00	$333	—
265–285	275	2	137.50–140.00	$138.80	$382	-2.09
305–320 fancy	313	3	144.00–145.00	$144.66	$453	—
305–345	329	7	126.00–140.00	$135.56	$446	+0.14
350–395	375	8	127.50–139.00	$131.13	$492	-3.15
405–435	421	9	125.00–136.00	$131.34	$553	+3.34
450–495	468	20	123.00–129.00	$125.68	$588	-1.26
500–545	519	8	119.00–126.00	$121.86	$632	-2.15
560	560	1	120.00	$120.00	$672	-7.18

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	385	4	115.00	$115.00	$443	—
430	430	1	113.00	$113.00	$486	—
455–460	458	2	107.50–108.00	$107.75	$493	—
550–590	570	2	105.00	$105.00	$598	-4.00
620–625	623	3	103.00–105.00	$104.00	$648	—
655–690	676	5	95.00–99.00	$97.18	$657	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	105.00	$105.00	$399	-10.00
535	535	1	100.00	$100.00	$535	—
585	585	1	100.00	$100.00	$585	+3.00

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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	423	16	130.00–147.50	$141.86	$600	+5.33
455–495	476	20	125.00–145.00	$135.87	$647	+0.27
500–545	527	17	122.50–137.00	$131.45	$693	+4.73
550–595	575	6	122.00–130.00	$126.49	$727	+1.49
600	600	1	125.00	$125.00	$750	+6.00
660–695	678	4	110.00–115.00	$111.49	$756	+2.49
700–745	717	11	105.00–115.00	$110.07	$789	-0.93
750–790	770	2	104.00–107.00	$105.46	$812	-3.54

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	422	6	155.00–164.00	$160.14	$676	+12.64
400–445 fancy	422	6	165.00–176.00	$171.86	$725	+2.86
450–460 fancy	455	2	163.00–166.00	$164.52	$749	+0.03
455–495	471	11	147.00–158.00	$150.82	$710	+4.39
500–545	525	14	139.00–148.00	$143.50	$753	+5.90
550–585	568	8	132.00–145.00	$139.19	$791	+4.84
600–635	615	8	128.00–138.00	$131.45	$808	+4.94
650–680	669	7	120.00–129.00	$123.11	$824	+3.08
705	705	1	118.00	$118.00	$832	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	125.00	$125.00	$556	±0.00
455–495	479	4	120.00	$120.00	$575	-7.25
500–510	505	3	115.00–117.50	$115.83	$585	—
610–640	624	4	108.00–111.00	$109.28	$682	—
665–680	673	3	103.00–108.00	$105.66	$711	—
705	705	1	109.00	$109.00	$768	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	115.00	$115.00	$460	+15.00
515–520	518	2	110.00–113.00	$111.49	$578	—
640	640	1	102.00	$102.00	$653	—
650–695	677	3	100.00–105.00	$101.69	$688	—
720	720	1	100.00	$100.00	$720	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885–1045	965	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	788.00–867.00	$830.77	—
1060–1200	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	990.00–1,008.00	$999.56	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795	795	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	739.00	$739.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1395	1108	80-85%	7	54.00–59.00	$57.18	$634	—
890–1590	1202	80-85%	32	60.00–71.00	$65.62	$789	—
1225	1225	80-85%	1	83.00	$83.00	$1,017	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–935	925	85-90%	2	57.00–58.00	$57.51	$532	+14.85
865–1050	934	85-90%	7	44.00–54.00	$49.09	$459	+6.43

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1720	1535	75-80%	6	61.00–72.00	$65.59	$1,007	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–2605	1886	14	80.00–89.00	$84.80	$1,599	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–920	903	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	681.00–726.00	$703.06

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–710	688	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	300.00–355.00	$328.40

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685	685	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	288.00	$288.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	711.00	$711.00
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1125–1370	1248	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	788.00–980.00	$893.43
1395	1395	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1075	1075	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 $
655	655	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00
720	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	430.00	$430.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	380.00	$380.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	140.00	$140.00	-30.00
85	85	2	140.00–150.00	$145.00	-25.00
100	100	1	125.00	$125.00	-45.00
100	100	1	160.00	$160.00	-10.00
100	100	1	150.00	$150.00	-20.00
115–135	123	4	180.00–250.00	$200.00	-10.00

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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
780–934	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	645.00–1,150.00	$930.58	+13.72
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	860.00	$860.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	+275.00
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	105.00	$105.00	—
75	75	1	120.00	$120.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	330.00	$330.00	-40.00

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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.