Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 17, 2021

617 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.45/cwt +3.84 vs last sale · ≈ $572/hd at 428 lb · 27 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $145.92/cwt +5.92 vs last sale · ≈ $772/hd at 529 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $150.62/cwt +9.62 vs last sale · ≈ $685/hd at 455 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	617	384	537
Feeder cattle	476	262	401
Slaughter cattle	57	29	32
Replacement cattle	24	35	36

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter cattle 2.0 higher, slaughter bulls too few to trend. 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
205–240	223	2	162.50–167.50	$165.20	$368	—
340–345	343	2	147.50–155.00	$151.28	$519	—
355–395	369	6	142.50–155.00	$148.55	$548	-5.22
405–440	418	3	147.00–155.00	$149.93	$627	+5.23
440 value added	440	1	157.00	$157.00	$691	—
452 value added	452	8	152.50	$152.50	$689	—
450–465	459	5	144.00–152.00	$147.61	$678	+6.61
505–540	522	9	127.00–154.00	$146.41	$764	+6.41
538–540 value added	538	7	144.00–145.50	$145.29	$782	—
560 value added	560	1	142.00	$142.00	$795	—
575–595	586	6	129.00–139.00	$132.32	$775	+2.32
600–635	615	6	125.00–134.00	$129.81	$798	+1.81
640 value added	640	1	135.00	$135.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	140.00	$140.00	$301	—
250–295	274	4	135.00–140.00	$138.65	$380	+2.18
300–335	317	9	140.00–145.00	$141.05	$447	+5.07
355–395	374	5	130.00–145.00	$136.25	$510	+2.06
475–495	487	3	130.00–144.00	$136.25	$664	—
500–520	510	2	130.00–131.00	$130.51	$666	—
590–595	592	3	116.00–125.00	$119.66	$708	—
645	645	1	115.00	$115.00	$742	-5.28
670	670	1	109.00	$109.00	$730	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	238	2	130.00–132.50	$131.21	$312	—
260–290	275	3	120.00–130.00	$123.52	$340	—
345	345	2	122.00–132.50	$127.25	$439	+7.25
375–395	385	2	120.00–130.00	$125.13	$482	—
475	475	1	120.00	$120.00	$570	—
680	680	1	111.00	$111.00	$755	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	115.00	$115.00	$414	±0.00
450	450	1	108.00	$108.00	$486	—
585	585	1	120.00	$120.00	$702	—
600	600	1	100.00	$100.00	$600	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	289	4	130.00–145.00	$133.64	$386	—
300–340	325	4	135.00–137.50	$136.49	$444	-2.51
360–395	377	9	130.00–140.00	$134.65	$508	+4.97
385 value added	385	1	141.00	$141.00	$543	—
400–445	424	22	126.00–140.00	$132.76	$563	+3.15
447 value added	447	5	136.50	$136.50	$610	—
450 value added	450	1	137.00	$137.00	$616	—
455–490	470	8	128.00–136.00	$131.38	$617	+1.50
515 value added	515	1	135.00	$135.00	$695	—
500–540	520	11	122.00–131.00	$126.26	$657	-0.24
555–560	557	3	124.00–126.00	$124.66	$694	—
615–625	620	2	114.00–116.00	$114.99	$713	—
660–685	673	2	114.00–118.00	$115.96	$780	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–225	215	2	125.00–127.50	$126.19	$271	—
285–295	290	2	125.00–127.50	$126.27	$366	+6.27
365–385	375	2	118.00–123.00	$120.43	$452	-1.21
400–440	416	7	120.00–127.00	$122.77	$511	+3.93
455–490	473	12	116.00–127.00	$122.95	$582	+4.32
525–535	530	3	115.00–118.00	$116.66	$618	-1.05
551–595	559	6	116.00–121.50	$119.97	$671	+8.33
685–695	688	3	105.00–113.00	$108.66	$748	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	105.00	$105.00	$341	+5.00
435	435	1	110.00	$110.00	$478	—
450	450	1	100.00	$100.00	$450	—
500–540	525	3	95.00–105.00	$100.02	$525	—
600	600	1	95.00	$95.00	$570	—
660	660	1	95.00	$95.00	$627	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	115.00	$115.00	$334	+5.00
375	375	1	112.50	$112.50	$422	+2.50
570	570	1	108.00	$108.00	$616	+1.46
784	784	4	93.50	$93.50	$733	—
790	790	1	95.00	$95.00	$750	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	426	7	130.00–140.00	$135.98	$579	+0.59
450–495	481	10	130.00–138.00	$134.04	$645	+5.54
500–545	521	8	122.50–131.00	$127.24	$663	+4.21
570	570	1	122.00	$122.00	$695	+0.90
605–635	617	3	119.00–124.00	$122.02	$753	+6.55
660	660	1	114.00	$114.00	$752	+1.67
735	735	1	113.00	$113.00	$831	+13.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155	155	1	145.00	$145.00	$225	—
400–435	413	4	145.00–153.00	$147.49	$609	-1.45
450–475	463	2	139.00–143.00	$141.05	$653	+1.35
500–530	513	3	135.00–139.00	$137.33	$705	+0.91
550–595	575	5	125.00–132.00	$129.02	$742	+3.21
605–635	620	2	126.00–128.00	$127.02	$788	+2.05
715	715	1	117.00	$117.00	$837	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	110.00	$110.00	$473	—
510	510	1	107.50	$107.50	$548	-2.50
620–635	627	3	106.00–109.00	$108.00	$677	—
685	685	1	109.00	$109.00	$747	—
745	745	1	104.00	$104.00	$775	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	2	120.00–122.50	$121.25	$491	+1.21
460–485	475	4	120.00–122.50	$121.27	$576	+0.95
585	585	1	117.00	$117.00	$684	+1.47

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1095	1095	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	996.00	$996.00	—
1530–1590	1560	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,431.00–1,530.00	$1,479.55	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995	995	80-85%	1	57.00	$57.00	$567	—
910–1405	1163	80-85%	29	59.00–77.00	$69.53	$809	—
1325	1325	80-85%	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,060	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	75-80%	1	52.00	$52.00	$702	—
1105–1755	1492	75-80%	11	64.00–69.00	$66.33	$990	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900	900	85-90%	1	48.00	$48.00	$432	-10.71
945–1075	1005	85-90%	5	53.00–67.00	$60.72	$610	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1210	1175	2	82.00–84.00	$82.97	$975	—
1250	1250	1	79.00	$79.00	$988	—
1790–1915	1853	2	98.00–101.00	$99.45	$1,843	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	670.00–751.00	$710.50

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675	675	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	371.00	$371.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	910.00	$910.00
1315–1410	1363	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	907.00–931.00	$919.42

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	970.00	$970.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	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
155–180	164	4	85.00–90.00	$86.87	$142	+21.87
295	295	1	75.00	$75.00	$221	—
425	425	1	70.00	$70.00	$298	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	180.00	$180.00	+35.00
85	85	2	160.00–180.00	$170.00	+25.00
85	85	2	140.00–155.00	$147.50	+2.50
100–125	117	3	200.00–300.00	$263.33	+93.33
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
825–1075	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,235.00	$1,165.53	+190.53
840–1090	997	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	970.00–1,100.00	$1,040.57	+65.57

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	62.00	$62.00	$406	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	2	64.00	$64.00	$256	—
560–570	563	3	80.00–83.00	$81.01	$456	—
825	825	3	70.00	$70.00	$578	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	7	70.00–90.00	$80.00	-20.00
40–45	42	3	80.00–85.00	$83.33	-26.67
45	45	3	115.00–130.00	$125.00	+15.00
50	50	2	95.00	$95.00	+15.00
50	50	8	90.00–115.00	$100.63	+20.63
65	65	3	160.00	$160.00	+25.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	80.00	$80.00	—
75	75	—	—	1	185.00	$185.00	+55.00
75	75	—	—	2	135.00	$135.00	+5.00
85	85	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	+20.00
85	85	—	—	2	150.00–155.00	$152.50	+22.50
95	95	—	—	1	165.00	$165.00	+35.00
100	100	—	—	3	155.00	$155.00	-75.00
100–125	110	—	—	4	165.00–185.00	$172.50	-57.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	50.00	$50.00	$180	+14.00
515	515	1	62.50	$62.50	$322	—
705	705	1	55.00	$55.00	$388	—

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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.