Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 20, 2021

640 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $136.68/cwt -2.01 vs last sale · ≈ $651/hd at 477 lb · 21 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $133.69/cwt +2.70 vs last sale · ≈ $698/hd at 522 lb · 17 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.94/cwt -0.47 vs last sale · ≈ $631/hd at 471 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	640	705	785
Feeder cattle	511	574	568
Slaughter cattle	61	81	112
Replacement cattle	22	15	24

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle 2.00 lower, slaughter cows 2.00 lower, 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
260–280	269	4	140.00–147.50	$141.81	$381	-3.15
300–335	318	4	140.00–145.00	$141.22	$449	-12.54
330–340 value added	335	2	135.00–140.00	$137.54	$461	—
370–395	387	10	140.00–145.00	$143.35	$555	-7.94
405–445	423	3	144.00–146.00	$145.01	$613	-8.99
470–495	483	3	143.00–147.00	$144.30	$697	-3.67
500–525	517	6	133.00–145.00	$138.85	$718	+2.14
575–595	585	2	128.00–135.00	$131.56	$770	-3.36
685	685	1	119.00	$119.00	$815	—
713 value added	713	4	127.00	$127.00	$906	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	157.50	$157.50	$386	—
270	270	1	157.50	$157.50	$425	+4.50
300	300	1	156.00	$156.00	$468	—
360–385	370	3	146.00–157.50	$150.72	$558	—
375 value added	375	1	154.00	$154.00	$578	—
420–435	430	3	147.50–163.00	$155.08	$667	-1.49
452–480 value added	459	8	155.00–157.00	$156.12	$717	—
485	485	2	152.00–155.00	$153.50	$744	-4.95
500	500	1	148.00	$148.00	$740	—
500–515 value added	507	3	152.00	$152.00	$771	—
550–560 value added	555	2	143.00–148.00	$145.52	$808	-3.98
595	595	1	140.00	$140.00	$833	-4.22
610–640	627	5	125.00–138.00	$133.17	$835	-4.81

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	135.00	$135.00	$398	±0.00
310–345	330	3	123.00–132.50	$128.34	$424	-2.13
350–395	373	8	120.00–137.50	$128.12	$478	-3.17
400–410	403	3	125.00–135.00	$130.00	$524	+10.00
520	520	1	129.00	$129.00	$671	+6.39

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	100.00	$100.00	$210	—
270	270	1	122.50	$122.50	$331	—
360	360	1	120.00	$120.00	$432	+2.55
520	520	1	114.00	$114.00	$593	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	130.00	$130.00	$292	-5.00
250–285	268	3	125.00–130.00	$128.45	$344	-5.02
325–340	333	4	120.00–130.00	$126.93	$423	-8.07
355–385	365	3	125.00–130.00	$127.57	$466	-4.47
405–445	423	5	125.00–130.00	$127.83	$541	-0.27
428 value added	428	3	125.00	$125.00	$535	—
455 value added	455	1	130.00	$130.00	$592	—
465–475	472	8	122.00–130.00	$126.88	$599	-0.88
500–545	517	12	122.00–128.00	$124.67	$645	-1.02
555–565	560	2	119.00–120.00	$119.50	$669	-3.50
602–610	603	6	115.00–116.00	$115.83	$698	-4.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	278	4	138.00–142.50	$140.73	$391	+0.73
285–290 fancy	288	2	146.00	$146.00	$420	-9.00
320–345	326	4	132.50–140.00	$136.07	$444	-2.07
370	370	1	132.50	$132.50	$490	-7.02
365–394 value added	384	7	135.00	$135.00	$518	—
400–445	419	7	131.00–139.00	$133.74	$560	-2.11
450–495 value added	468	5	131.00–139.00	$135.62	$635	—
450–495	473	9	131.00–136.00	$133.00	$629	-1.41
527–540	529	7	128.00–133.00	$132.27	$700	-0.18

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	120.00	$120.00	$306	±0.00
315–330	323	2	120.00–130.00	$125.12	$404	—
355–395	375	2	127.00–130.00	$128.42	$482	+6.45
405–425	412	3	119.00–125.00	$122.00	$503	—
450–490	476	7	115.00–123.00	$119.77	$570	+2.24
500–545	523	6	115.00–123.00	$118.52	$620	+1.04
575	575	1	117.00	$117.00	$673	+0.51
645	645	1	111.00	$111.00	$716	—
660	660	1	109.00	$109.00	$719	-3.00
730–735	733	2	103.00–108.00	$105.49	$773	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	325	2	102.50–110.00	$106.02	$345	-6.48
360–375	368	2	110.00–115.00	$112.45	$414	—
465–485	475	2	110.00	$110.00	$522	+2.51
500–505	503	2	105.00–110.00	$107.51	$541	+2.44
550–560	553	3	108.00–113.00	$111.18	$615	+1.18
645	645	1	105.00	$105.00	$677	+5.00
725	725	1	102.00	$102.00	$740	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	422	9	130.00–142.00	$138.12	$583	-3.95
450–495	476	17	127.00–140.00	$135.13	$643	-3.56
470–482 value added	479	4	143.00–144.00	$143.25	$686	—
505–545	522	15	130.00–137.00	$133.65	$698	+2.66
525 value added	525	2	134.00	$134.00	$704	—
555–575	565	2	120.00–121.00	$120.49	$681	-5.33
600–635	619	6	115.00–124.00	$118.15	$731	-3.59
665–685	676	4	121.00–124.00	$122.99	$831	-5.01
705–725	715	3	111.00–119.00	$114.00	$815	-5.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	428	11	122.50–130.00	$126.04	$539	+1.04
455–495	475	7	120.00–126.00	$123.46	$586	-2.27
500–545	518	6	123.00–128.00	$125.32	$649	+5.53
550–595	586	12	115.00–124.00	$115.94	$679	-3.98
610–645	623	3	112.00–115.00	$113.97	$710	—
670	670	1	110.00	$110.00	$737	-2.42
710	710	1	110.00	$110.00	$781	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	120.00	$120.00	$468	—
405–435	420	2	118.00–120.00	$118.96	$500	+6.38
465–490	478	6	115.00–131.00	$120.70	$577	—
500–520	510	2	113.00–117.50	$115.29	$588	+0.29
565–595	579	13	100.00–115.00	$111.22	$644	-3.78
610–640	622	3	105.00–110.00	$108.36	$674	+2.36
660–680	670	2	110.00–112.00	$111.01	$744	—
765	765	1	100.00	$100.00	$765	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–445	437	3	145.00–153.00	$147.69	$645	-4.45
450 value added	450	1	147.00	$147.00	$662	—
450–475	464	5	145.00–149.00	$146.81	$681	-0.72
500	500	2	139.00–143.00	$141.00	$705	+2.02
560–565	563	2	128.00–134.00	$131.01	$738	-0.32
600–645	618	3	124.00–125.00	$124.35	$768	-4.36

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1595	1595	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	729.00	$729.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1225	1130	80-85%	3	61.00–62.00	$61.29	$693	—
960–1450	1257	80-85%	22	65.00–74.00	$69.20	$870	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1145	917	85-90%	6	43.00–55.00	$49.65	$455	—
835–1210	997	85-90%	9	62.00–67.00	$64.76	$646	+23.84

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1530	1469	75-80%	5	62.00–65.00	$62.99	$925	-0.02
1530–1600	1559	75-80%	4	65.00–70.00	$67.28	$1,049	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1490	1298	2	60.00–64.00	$61.70	$801	—
1425–2080	1868	6	80.00–95.00	$91.67	$1,712	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–995	947	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	659.00–736.00	$686.78
965	965	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	946.00	$946.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1165	983	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	635.00–839.00	$755.95
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	720.00	$720.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	486.00	$486.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	780.00	$780.00
1120–1415	1268	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	715.00–920.00	$829.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	790.00	$790.00
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–875	873	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	760.00–875.00	$817.66

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	273	3	100.00–107.50	$104.25	$285	—
305–315	310	2	92.50–110.00	$101.11	$313	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–125	105	5	185.00–255.00	$208.00	+138.00

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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
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,110.00	$1,110.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	100.00	$100.00	$505	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	80.00	$80.00	±0.00
50	50	1	75.00	$75.00	+10.00
50	50	3	85.00–95.00	$90.00	+25.00
75	75	1	105.00	$105.00	-5.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	125.00	$125.00	—
50	50	5	130.00–150.00	$134.00	+19.00
65	65	1	130.00	$130.00	+15.00
65	65	1	140.00	$140.00	+25.00
75	75	1	105.00	$105.00	-10.00
75	75	1	145.00	$145.00	+30.00
85	85	2	155.00	$155.00	+40.00
85	85	1	135.00	$135.00	+20.00
100–125	111	6	145.00–210.00	$175.83	-14.17
100–125	113	3	105.00–165.00	$141.67	-48.33

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	87.50	$87.50	$442	—
630–640	635	2	80.00–82.50	$81.26	$516	-17.80
805–865	835	2	46.00–53.00	$49.63	$414	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125	125	1	400.00	$400.00	+158.75

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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.