Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 6, 2021

522 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.85/cwt +0.98 vs last sale · ≈ $626/hd at 468 lb · 25 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $135.03/cwt +5.49 vs last sale · ≈ $625/hd at 463 lb · 16 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 steers $146.49/cwt +10.23 vs last sale · ≈ $560/hd at 382 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	522	557	382
Feeder cattle	376	410	286
Slaughter cattle	62	84	31
Replacement cattle	28	10	41

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active 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
260–290	277	3	137.50–147.50	$143.22	$397	—
335–345	340	2	142.50–150.00	$146.31	$497	-1.19
355–390	382	13	137.50–152.50	$146.49	$560	+13.98
400–445	420	7	135.00–152.50	$142.01	$596	+12.01
450–497	488	10	137.00–139.00	$138.25	$675	+3.91
530	530	1	136.00	$136.00	$721	+3.98
560–597	588	5	129.00–133.00	$130.37	$767	+5.35
633	633	3	129.50	$129.50	$820	+2.46
740	740	1	125.00	$125.00	$925	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	135.00	$135.00	$297	—
300–345	323	7	125.00–137.50	$129.56	$418	—
355–395	379	6	125.00–132.50	$129.66	$491	—
420–440	430	2	127.50–130.00	$128.78	$554	+8.78
450	450	1	130.00	$130.00	$585	—
500	500	1	122.00	$122.00	$610	—
645	645	1	122.00	$122.00	$787	+2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	155.00	$155.00	$380	—
250	250	1	152.50	$152.50	$381	-2.36
305–335	325	3	154.00–165.00	$159.15	$517	-5.79
325–330 fancy	328	2	165.00	$165.00	$541	—
350–380	364	5	155.00–158.00	$155.79	$567	-6.62
450	450	1	145.00	$145.00	$652	+8.00
510	510	1	146.00	$146.00	$745	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	137.50–145.00	$141.29	$336	—
250–270	260	2	143.00–149.00	$145.88	$379	—
300–340	316	8	135.00–144.00	$137.76	$435	-5.22
350–385	368	7	135.00–140.00	$136.72	$503	+1.43
425–435	430	2	133.00–142.50	$137.81	$593	+5.01
450–495	468	25	131.00–136.00	$133.85	$626	+0.98
505–530	516	5	131.00–140.00	$135.57	$700	+4.97
550	550	1	128.00	$128.00	$704	+1.28
616–620	618	9	130.00–130.50	$130.28	$805	+4.78

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	328	3	120.00–132.50	$127.53	$418	+2.53
395	395	1	132.50	$132.50	$523	+6.50
405	405	2	129.00–130.00	$129.50	$524	+2.38
450–490	470	5	120.00–129.00	$125.32	$589	+0.32
515–545	530	2	120.00–123.00	$121.46	$644	+0.45
560–565	562	3	119.00–124.00	$122.32	$687	+0.31
600–605	603	2	116.00–120.00	$118.01	$712	-1.48
660–665	663	2	117.00–121.00	$119.01	$789	-0.66
700	700	1	118.00	$118.00	$826	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	235	2	120.00–127.50	$123.67	$291	—
290	290	1	122.50	$122.50	$355	—
425	425	1	115.00	$115.00	$489	-5.00
460–475	468	2	119.00–122.00	$120.52	$564	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	110.00	$110.00	$264	—
305	305	1	105.00	$105.00	$320	—
395	395	1	110.00	$110.00	$434	+10.00
400	400	1	109.00	$109.00	$436	+9.00
450	450	1	107.50	$107.50	$484	-1.67

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–420	414	6	130.00–143.00	$135.78	$562	-5.20
450–490	463	16	129.00–142.00	$135.03	$625	+5.49
505–535	522	10	125.00–133.00	$128.10	$669	+2.12
585	585	1	128.00	$128.00	$749	+8.00
620–630	623	3	118.00–123.00	$120.02	$748	+2.52
720	720	1	120.00	$120.00	$864	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	423	2	120.00–127.00	$123.69	$523	-3.00
455–495	478	10	119.00–128.00	$122.08	$584	-1.60
500–535	521	6	120.00–122.00	$120.83	$630	+0.72
570	570	1	115.00	$115.00	$656	-4.14
605–640	623	2	113.00–114.00	$113.49	$707	-2.67
670–690	680	2	111.00–115.00	$112.97	$768	-5.03
735–740	737	3	108.00–113.00	$111.33	$821	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	415	3	149.00–153.00	$150.65	$625	+2.22
470	470	1	135.00	$135.00	$634	-11.99
505–520	513	2	135.00–136.00	$135.51	$695	+15.51
550–575	562	6	130.00–135.00	$132.31	$744	+16.31
605–635	619	4	124.00–125.00	$124.50	$771	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–485	475	2	100.00–117.50	$108.57	$516	-11.43
505–535	523	3	110.00–114.00	$111.35	$582	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995	995	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	970.00	$970.00	—
1050–1230	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,025.00–1,119.00	$1,075.71	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1395	1147	80-85%	19	68.00–73.00	$69.47	$797	—
885–1390	1153	80-85%	9	64.00–67.00	$65.80	$759	-6.74

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–955	893	85-90%	6	60.00–65.00	$61.94	$553	—
740–1185	958	85-90%	5	50.00–56.00	$53.88	$516	-9.58

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1510	1385	75-80%	2	66.00–71.00	$68.73	$952	—
1545	1545	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$927	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–955	935	2	77.00	$77.00	$720	—
1605–1865	1702	3	81.00–98.00	$91.46	$1,557	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	760.00	$760.00
915–965	943	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	608.00–695.00	$662.89

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1310	1068	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	810.00–860.00	$841.54
1070–1165	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	950.00–1,050.00	$1,008.04

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
885–1130	998	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	600.00–790.00	$701.14

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	510.00	$510.00
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	740.00	$740.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	150.00	$150.00	-105.00
150	150	1	295.00	$295.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890–1140	953	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,235.00–1,400.00	$1,350.63	—
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	-25.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	7	40.00–50.00	$45.00	-20.00
35	35	1	55.00	$55.00	-10.00
40–45	43	2	85.00–95.00	$90.00	+30.00
45	45	3	100.00–105.00	$101.67	+41.67
50	50	1	40.00	$40.00	-75.00
50	50	1	50.00	$50.00	-65.00
50	50	4	110.00–130.00	$118.75	+3.75
50	50	1	90.00	$90.00	-25.00
60	60	1	130.00	$130.00	+1.67
75	75	4	115.00	$115.00	+40.00
85	85	4	120.00–165.00	$141.25	+6.25
90	90	1	135.00	$135.00	±0.00

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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	-45.00
50	50	1	135.00	$135.00	±0.00
75	75	1	105.00	$105.00	-30.00
85	85	1	125.00	$125.00	+25.00
85	85	1	110.00	$110.00	+10.00
100	100	1	160.00	$160.00	-6.67
100	100	1	135.00	$135.00	-31.67

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	7	60.00	$60.00	-5.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	55.00	$55.00	$173	—
340–375	358	2	80.00	$80.00	$286	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	125.00	$125.00	-55.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	190.00	$190.00	-107.50

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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.