Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 23, 2021

700 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.40/cwt +3.35 vs last sale · ≈ $624/hd at 468 lb · 22 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $161.77/cwt -2.61 vs last sale · ≈ $607/hd at 375 lb · 12 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.05/cwt +0.81 vs last sale · ≈ $574/hd at 428 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	700	684	698
Feeder cattle	523	529	546
Slaughter cattle	69	92	78
Replacement cattle	25	21	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers 3.00 higher, feeder heifers steady, feeder bulls too few to trend, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 2.00 higher. Moderate offering of average quality 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
255 fancy	255	1	174.00	$174.00	$444	—
270–280	275	2	170.00	$170.00	$468	+6.58
300–345	316	7	160.00–170.00	$166.73	$527	+1.60
320 fancy	320	1	180.00	$180.00	$576	±0.00
355–395	374	10	150.00–167.50	$159.92	$598	-4.46
380 fancy	380	2	171.00	$171.00	$650	—
400–428	415	6	155.00–160.00	$157.27	$653	+3.28
490	490	1	163.00	$163.00	$799	+8.00
530	530	2	158.00	$158.00	$837	+6.79
560–590	572	3	145.00–154.00	$147.97	$846	-0.13
580 fancy	580	1	160.00	$160.00	$928	—
600–645	611	10	135.00–147.00	$139.94	$855	+0.65
650–675	660	6	140.00	$140.00	$924	+10.16
705–725	715	2	125.00–133.00	$128.94	$922	+1.30

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	140.00	$140.00	$315	-10.00
295	295	1	130.00	$130.00	$384	-10.00
300	300	1	130.00	$130.00	$390	-15.00
350–395	372	3	130.00–145.00	$135.31	$503	-9.79
410–440	425	2	142.00–145.00	$143.45	$610	+4.94
455–495	477	5	130.00–147.00	$138.00	$658	+0.60
520–545	537	3	127.00–138.00	$133.77	$718	-0.93
550–590	577	7	130.00–141.00	$135.20	$780	+3.41
600–630	615	4	120.00–133.00	$128.17	$788	+3.15
740	740	2	117.00–120.00	$118.50	$877	-2.01
757–795	767	4	124.00–129.00	$127.70	$979	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	325	2	130.00–132.50	$131.33	$427	+2.18
420–430	425	4	120.00–130.00	$122.53	$521	—
465–490	478	2	120.00–127.50	$123.65	$591	—
730	730	1	108.00	$108.00	$788	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295 fancy	295	1	146.00	$146.00	$431	-12.21
345	345	1	133.00	$133.00	$459	-6.62
350–390	372	3	133.00–141.00	$135.69	$505	-1.32
400–445	428	10	131.00–138.00	$134.05	$574	+0.81
450–490	468	22	127.00–139.00	$133.40	$624	+3.35
505–535	517	6	125.00–134.00	$129.97	$672	-0.06
565–595	582	3	126.00–129.00	$127.01	$739	+0.62
600–630	617	3	123.00–125.00	$123.67	$763	+1.15
655–660	658	2	126.00	$126.00	$829	+9.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	130.00	$130.00	$481	+4.06
415–435	423	6	120.00–130.00	$124.50	$527	+4.15
450–495	476	7	120.00–125.00	$122.82	$585	+1.14
505–545	528	4	116.00–123.00	$119.70	$632	+0.43
555–590	573	4	120.00–124.00	$122.26	$701	+4.36
605–620	613	2	116.00–122.00	$118.96	$729	+6.27
653–695	668	5	111.00–121.00	$116.56	$779	+6.99

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	115.00	$115.00	$270	—
305–325	315	2	116.00–119.00	$117.45	$370	—
370	370	1	120.00	$120.00	$444	+8.39
430–435	432	3	115.00–120.00	$116.68	$504	—
450–490	470	3	112.00–116.00	$114.29	$537	+6.75
520–540	530	2	112.00–114.00	$113.02	$599	—
660–680	669	5	108.00–114.00	$110.41	$739	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	105.00	$105.00	$388	—
425–430	428	2	105.00–110.00	$107.51	$460	—
585	585	1	105.00	$105.00	$614	+11.01
605–640	623	2	106.00–110.00	$107.94	$672	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	415	2	139.00	$139.00	$577	+4.59
450–490	466	7	130.00–137.00	$132.42	$617	+4.22
515–530	526	7	120.00–130.00	$125.98	$663	+3.90
550–590	570	6	120.00–127.00	$123.52	$704	+2.04
610–620	613	3	119.00–121.00	$120.01	$736	+5.95

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–495	485	3	117.00–125.00	$120.71	$585	+3.18
525	525	2	115.00–119.00	$117.00	$614	+3.01
560	560	1	120.00	$120.00	$672	+5.58
600–640	619	4	115.00–120.00	$117.21	$726	—
655–695	668	3	108.00–110.00	$109.35	$730	—
710	710	1	110.00	$110.00	$781	—
755	755	1	110.00	$110.00	$830	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–415	410	2	112.00–117.50	$114.78	$471	—
465–495	483	3	105.00–115.00	$109.98	$531	—
500–545	528	3	100.00–119.00	$110.26	$582	—
565	565	1	105.00	$105.00	$593	—
605	605	1	105.00	$105.00	$635	+11.96

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–980	952	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	800.00–1,052.00	$894.40	—
1170–1310	1228	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	940.00–1,140.00	$1,064.62	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	422	3	146.00–155.00	$149.87	$632	-3.65
605	605	1	127.00	$127.00	$768	+2.49
660	660	1	127.00	$127.00	$838	+3.43

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1110	1110	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	977.00	$977.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	566.00	$566.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825	825	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	734.00	$734.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1465	1144	80-85%	14	66.00–76.00	$70.71	$809	+16.61

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985	985	85-90%	1	50.00	$50.00	$492	—
895–1105	994	85-90%	6	58.00–67.00	$61.71	$613	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1650	1485	75-80%	2	66.00–72.00	$68.67	$1,020	+4.86

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1160	1085	2	80.00	$80.00	$868	—
1175–1965	1484	5	85.00–97.00	$89.97	$1,335	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	838.00	$838.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	630.00	$630.00

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–890	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	475.00–575.00	$532.04
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	620.00	$620.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1140	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	810.00–950.00	$876.62
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
995–1085	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	685.00–825.00	$751.97

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110–155	134	11	77.50–110.00	$100.00	$134	—
200	200	1	87.50	$87.50	$175	—
225	225	1	100.00	$100.00	$225	—
355	355	1	102.50	$102.50	$364	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120	120	1	85.00	$85.00	$102	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	2	180.00–190.00	$185.00	-80.00
115	115	1	155.00	$155.00	-110.00
125	125	1	195.00	$195.00	-70.00
150	150	1	235.00	$235.00	—

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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
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	1	65.00	$65.00	+2.50
30–35	33	3	60.00–75.00	$68.33	-58.34
35	35	2	40.00–50.00	$45.00	-81.67
40–45	43	3	50.00–75.00	$63.33	-76.67
45	45	1	45.00	$45.00	-95.00
50	50	4	70.00–80.00	$72.50	-12.50
50	50	3	85.00–95.00	$90.00	+5.00
50	50	1	55.00	$55.00	-30.00
50	50	5	115.00–145.00	$128.00	+43.00
50	50	4	95.00–105.00	$100.00	+15.00
60	60	1	85.00	$85.00	-112.50
60–65	63	2	105.00–115.00	$110.00	-87.50
75	75	1	95.00	$95.00	-102.50
85	85	1	135.00	$135.00	-62.50
100	100	1	130.00	$130.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	90.00	$90.00	+40.00
50	50	1	145.00	$145.00	+95.00
75	75	2	190.00	$190.00	+26.67
85	85	2	100.00–125.00	$112.50	-2.50
85	85	1	175.00	$175.00	+60.00
100	100	2	185.00–190.00	$187.50	-23.93
100	100	1	100.00	$100.00	-111.43

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	55.00	$55.00	—
50	50	5	55.00–70.00	$61.00	—
60	60	1	85.00	$85.00	—
80	80	1	55.00	$55.00	—
90–95	93	2	80.00–85.00	$82.50	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	87.50	$87.50	$319	—
515–555	535	2	95.00–130.00	$111.85	$598	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	4	215.00–225.00	$220.00	—
125	125	1	190.00	$190.00	—

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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.