Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report, Williamston, SC

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 5, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	422	501	689
Feeder cattle	287	363	479
Slaughter cattle	56	78	112
Replacement cattle	25	25	26

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with moderate buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	130.00	$130.00	$318	—
265–290	275	4	130.00–140.00	$137.59	$378	—
340–345	343	2	137.50	$137.50	$472	-5.59
395	395	2	130.00–132.50	$131.25	$518	-6.85
465	465	1	130.00	$130.00	$604	-1.00
550–595	572	5	120.00–124.00	$121.45	$695	-13.55
600–615	608	2	117.00–118.00	$117.51	$714	-3.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	160.00	$160.00	$344	—
250–265	257	3	150.00–152.50	$150.86	$388	-5.75
320–325	323	2	150.00–155.00	$152.52	$493	-4.36
350–360	355	2	140.00–145.00	$142.46	$506	-8.93
465–480	473	2	136.00–137.50	$136.76	$647	—
520–545	533	2	126.00–132.50	$129.17	$688	—
650–660	653	3	123.00–124.00	$123.66	$807	-8.34

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	120.00	$120.00	$294	—
290	290	1	115.00	$115.00	$334	—
305–315	310	2	115.00–122.50	$118.81	$368	-7.30
350–355	352	3	120.00–122.50	$120.83	$425	-5.21
555–590	573	2	115.00–119.00	$117.06	$671	-0.97
645	645	1	120.00	$120.00	$774	—
690	690	1	105.00	$105.00	$724	-7.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	100.00	$100.00	$235	—
275–285	280	2	100.00–102.50	$101.23	$283	—
320	320	2	100.00	$100.00	$320	—
360	360	1	110.00	$110.00	$396	—
400	400	1	100.00	$100.00	$400	—
500	500	1	105.00	$105.00	$525	—
595	595	1	108.00	$108.00	$643	—
605	605	1	110.00	$110.00	$666	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	125.00	$125.00	$419	+0.16
350–385	367	3	115.00–120.00	$118.41	$435	-7.61
400–445	423	6	114.00–123.00	$119.00	$503	-3.88
455–485	469	7	115.00–124.00	$119.39	$560	-1.95
500–535	517	6	114.00–119.00	$116.72	$603	-6.26
550–575	563	9	109.00–119.00	$114.00	$642	-4.00
620–635	630	3	106.00–112.00	$108.64	$684	-9.36
655–690	673	3	101.00–107.00	$102.95	$693	-8.05
700	700	1	99.00	$99.00	$693	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200 fancy	200	1	150.00	$150.00	$300	—
240–245	243	2	138.00–140.00	$138.99	$338	—
280 fancy	280	1	150.00	$150.00	$420	—
290	290	1	132.50	$132.50	$384	-5.55
300–335	318	6	130.00–135.00	$131.20	$417	-6.38
430–445	440	3	120.00–130.00	$125.06	$550	-7.11
500–510	505	3	123.00–127.50	$125.17	$632	-4.19
555	555	1	124.00	$124.00	$688	-2.65
600	600	1	110.00	$110.00	$660	-6.88

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	368	3	108.00–110.00	$109.37	$402	—
430	430	3	110.00	$110.00	$473	-8.00
475	475	1	105.00	$105.00	$499	—
505–520	513	4	110.00	$110.00	$564	-0.51
550–580	560	3	103.00–110.00	$105.95	$593	—
605–640	618	3	101.00–105.00	$102.32	$632	—
720	720	1	98.00	$98.00	$706	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	100.00	$100.00	$305	—
410	410	1	100.00	$100.00	$410	—
525	525	1	100.00	$100.00	$525	—
630	630	1	100.00	$100.00	$630	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	423	7	120.00–130.00	$124.29	$526	-7.15
455–490	480	5	118.00–125.00	$122.64	$589	-8.00
510–545	528	2	116.00–125.00	$120.35	$635	-7.61
560–575	568	2	115.00–119.00	$117.03	$665	-6.97
670	670	1	119.00	$119.00	$797	+0.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	426	4	100.00	$100.00	$426	—
460–470	465	2	100.00–108.00	$104.04	$484	-1.42
505–525	517	3	100.00–110.00	$104.33	$539	-0.67
555–585	570	5	100.00–110.00	$107.66	$614	-7.34
615	615	1	105.00	$105.00	$646	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–435	421	5	133.00–145.00	$138.03	$581	-1.00
455–480	465	5	134.00–137.50	$135.50	$630	-4.93
520–530	527	3	127.50–134.00	$131.48	$693	-4.05

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	117.50	$117.50	$488	-7.79
465–495	480	2	115.00–118.00	$116.55	$559	-9.45
565	565	1	115.00	$115.00	$650	-4.00
610–630	620	2	108.00–110.00	$108.98	$676	—
650–690	670	2	107.00–108.00	$107.49	$720	-2.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105	1105	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1245–1555	1352	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,000.00–1,508.00	$1,211.52	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775–1055	915	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	775.00–852.00	$819.39	+23.39

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1340	1175	80-85%	6	46.00–62.00	$57.88	$680	-17.29
975–1575	1195	80-85%	15	64.00–72.00	$66.83	$799	-8.34

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1090	853	85-90%	4	44.00–56.00	$51.69	$441	—
885–1155	998	85-90%	6	59.00–64.00	$61.90	$618	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450	1450	75-80%	1	55.00	$55.00	$798	—
1515–1580	1548	75-80%	2	65.00	$65.00	$1,006	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505–1935	1715	3	86.00–95.00	$91.37	$1,567	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630–710	670	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	725.00–753.00	$739.84

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	619.00	$619.00
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	765.00	$765.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	764.00	$764.00
1155	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1270	1270	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1235–1310	1273	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	875.00–950.00	$913.61

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675	675	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	392.00	$392.00
730	730	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
860	860	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 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
100–190	156	7	82.00–102.50	$91.85	$143	-12.97
335	335	1	92.50	$92.50	$310	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	1	4.00	$4.00	$28	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	175.00	$175.00	+50.00
85	85	1	185.00	$185.00	+50.00
100–125	110	5	210.00–305.00	$249.00	+84.00
150	150	1	370.00	$370.00	+120.00

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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
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
620	620	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—
655	655	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1490	1490	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
665	665	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	550.00	$550.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	52.00	$52.00	$244	-0.50

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	5	40.00–60.00	$48.00	-12.00
35	35	2	50.00	$50.00	-10.00
35	35	1	30.00	$30.00	-30.00
40–45	43	3	55.00–90.00	$76.67	-38.33
50	50	1	55.00	$55.00	-56.25
50	50	1	85.00	$85.00	-26.25
50	50	3	80.00–90.00	$86.67	-24.58
50	50	4	115.00–140.00	$128.75	+17.50
50	50	1	75.00	$75.00	-36.25
65	65	1	125.00	$125.00	-10.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	70.00	$70.00	—
85	85	1	125.00	$125.00	—
85	85	1	130.00	$130.00	—
85	85	1	100.00	$100.00	—
90	90	1	140.00	$140.00	—
100	100	1	95.00	$95.00	-68.33
100	100	3	170.00–175.00	$171.67	+8.34

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	55.00	$55.00	$201	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	155.00	$155.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	250.00	$250.00	—
125	125	1	380.00	$380.00	—

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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.