Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 21, 2021

501 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $135.53/cwt +0.36 vs last sale · ≈ $706/hd at 521 lb · 17 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.36/cwt -0.26 vs last sale · ≈ $671/hd at 519 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.19/cwt +1.86 vs last sale · ≈ $621/hd at 473 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	501	759	712
Feeder cattle	363	446	497
Slaughter cattle	78	150	120
Replacement cattle	25	42	19

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 higher. 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 fancy	205	1	190.00	$190.00	$390	—
280–290	285	2	150.00–163.00	$156.61	$446	—
300–335	318	6	150.00–168.00	$156.88	$499	+7.75
370–385	378	2	146.00–157.00	$151.39	$572	-6.61
425	425	1	148.00	$148.00	$629	-2.00
498 value added	498	5	154.00	$154.00	$767	—
550–565	558	2	138.00–139.00	$138.49	$773	-1.02
591 value added	591	9	141.50	$141.50	$836	—
600	600	1	136.00	$136.00	$816	+2.02
650	650	1	132.00	$132.00	$858	+6.00
710–725	718	2	125.00–127.00	$125.99	$905	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	335	2	140.00–146.00	$143.09	$479	-1.91
350–390	378	4	135.00–143.00	$138.10	$522	-0.57
410–445	426	6	132.00–145.00	$139.89	$596	+0.83
470	470	1	131.00	$131.00	$616	-6.42
540–545	544	4	129.00–141.00	$135.26	$736	+2.54
575	575	1	135.00	$135.00	$776	+3.53
600–645	617	3	119.00–124.00	$120.96	$746	—
680–690	685	3	117.00–123.00	$121.01	$829	—
740	740	1	119.00	$119.00	$881	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	2	122.50–130.00	$126.11	$420	-0.55
350–395	378	8	120.00–133.00	$126.04	$476	+0.05
510	510	1	116.00	$116.00	$592	—
565–575	570	2	115.00–121.00	$118.03	$673	—
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	—
670	670	1	112.00	$112.00	$750	—
735	735	1	106.00	$106.00	$779	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	110.00	$110.00	$484	—
495	495	1	100.00	$100.00	$495	-10.00
545	545	1	105.00	$105.00	$572	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	272	3	135.00–142.00	$138.05	$375	+8.05
305–345	323	3	135.00–139.00	$137.58	$444	+3.93
360–395	376	9	131.00–137.00	$135.27	$509	+2.28
400–425	416	6	130.00–136.00	$132.17	$550	+0.86
460–495	473	11	128.00–136.00	$131.19	$621	+1.86
500–545	519	16	126.00–135.00	$129.36	$671	-0.26
555–595	575	10	120.00–132.00	$126.65	$728	+4.32
605–635	620	2	112.00–122.00	$116.88	$725	—
700	700	1	113.00	$113.00	$791	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	2	122.50–127.00	$124.84	$409	+2.89
360–375	368	2	125.00–127.00	$126.02	$464	-1.58
410–445	428	2	120.00–126.00	$122.88	$526	-1.45
465–480	470	3	120.00–122.00	$121.34	$570	+0.04
500–540	525	4	120.00–125.00	$122.98	$646	+3.47
565	565	1	118.00	$118.00	$667	+1.11
620–625	623	3	115.00–120.00	$118.00	$735	+5.00
680	680	1	111.00	$111.00	$755	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	120.00	$120.00	$348	—
420	420	1	118.00	$118.00	$496	—
500–515	508	2	110.00–111.00	$110.51	$561	-1.98

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	110.00	$110.00	$270	—
385	385	1	110.00	$110.00	$424	+10.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–440	428	2	138.00–140.00	$139.03	$595	-2.33
450–495	469	7	136.00–143.00	$140.43	$659	-0.90
500–540	521	17	132.00–144.00	$135.53	$706	+0.36
570–595	577	5	134.00–141.00	$136.59	$788	+3.07
610–645	624	7	126.00–135.00	$131.40	$820	+2.41
665	665	2	121.00	$121.00	$805	-3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	426	6	128.00–135.00	$131.44	$560	+2.89
460–490	478	10	127.50–135.00	$130.64	$624	+0.66
500–540	521	10	120.00–130.00	$127.96	$667	-1.53
565	565	1	124.00	$124.00	$701	-0.52
600–630	618	3	117.00–124.00	$120.65	$746	+3.98
650–660	655	2	118.00–119.00	$118.50	$776	+1.50
710	710	1	118.00	$118.00	$838	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–495	471	6	100.00–110.00	$105.46	$497	+0.49
540	540	1	105.00	$105.00	$567	—
555	555	1	115.00	$115.00	$638	+12.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–435	420	4	120.00–129.00	$125.29	$526	+6.72
475	475	1	126.00	$126.00	$598	+6.74
580	580	1	119.00	$119.00	$690	+4.00
680	680	1	110.00	$110.00	$748	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,096.00	$1,096.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
915	915	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	796.00	$796.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1200	1088	80-85%	9	58.00–69.00	$65.79	$716	—
950–1435	1167	80-85%	26	70.00–81.00	$75.17	$877	+0.53
1215–1435	1360	80-85%	3	83.00–89.00	$85.84	$1,167	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395–1745	1555	75-80%	10	73.00–79.00	$76.05	$1,183	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1080	1041	85-90%	4	66.00–69.00	$67.54	$703	+1.57

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–2040	1646	10	80.00–102.00	$96.36	$1,586	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–880	802	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	510.00–695.00	$609.31
840–860	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	580.00–684.00	$629.74

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1065	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	667.00–788.00	$731.27

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155–1515	1288	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00–1,100.00	$978.40
1260–1320	1290	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	858.00–885.00	$871.19
1290–1325	1306	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	928.00–1,085.00	$1,024.15
1510	1510	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	665.00	$665.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–190	178	2	102.50–107.50	$104.82	$187	—
295	295	1	110.00	$110.00	$324	—
480	480	1	72.50	$72.50	$348	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	30.00	$30.00	$68	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	125.00	$125.00	-50.00
85	85	1	135.00	$135.00	-40.00
100–125	113	2	155.00–175.00	$165.00	-82.08
150	150	1	250.00	$250.00	-175.00

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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
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	+162.61
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	+350.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	52.50	$52.50	$252	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	3	60.00	$60.00	±0.00
45	45	2	115.00	$115.00	+15.00
45	45	2	70.00–85.00	$77.50	-22.50
50	50	4	105.00–115.00	$111.25	+21.25
50	50	1	65.00	$65.00	-25.00
65	65	2	130.00–140.00	$135.00	+7.50
75	75	3	135.00–140.00	$136.67	+6.67
75	75	1	100.00	$100.00	-30.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–115	105	3	155.00–175.00	$163.33	-31.67

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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.