Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 4, 2021

627 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $118.61/cwt -3.00 vs last sale · ≈ $623/hd at 525 lb · 14 head

light 4-weight S 1-2 heifers $111.83/cwt -1.89 vs last sale · ≈ $479/hd at 429 lb · 13 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $125.64/cwt -1.97 vs last sale · ≈ $655/hd at 521 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	627	668	539
Feeder cattle	426	525	369
Slaughter cattle	125	72	69
Replacement cattle	39	22	32

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle no trends due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. 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
280	280	1	155.00	$155.00	$434	+5.00
310–340	323	5	150.00–156.00	$151.77	$490	-0.82
355–390	376	5	145.00–152.00	$147.40	$554	-8.09
405–435	422	3	145.00–147.50	$146.14	$617	-9.37
435 fancy	435	1	159.00	$159.00	$692	—
475–495	486	4	140.00–154.00	$147.04	$715	+0.04
515–520	518	2	143.00–144.00	$143.50	$743	—
560–585	573	2	130.00–131.00	$130.51	$748	—
585 value added	585	1	133.00	$133.00	$778	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	135.00	$135.00	$284	-5.00
270–295	283	2	140.00–142.50	$141.31	$400	+4.30
325–340	334	4	135.00–139.00	$136.63	$456	-3.31
360–390	372	3	130.00–142.50	$135.71	$505	-4.63
425	425	1	137.00	$137.00	$582	-2.57
475	475	1	141.00	$141.00	$670	+6.30
515 value added	515	1	126.00	$126.00	$649	—
515–545	528	5	118.50–131.00	$126.87	$670	-5.53
555–570	562	3	122.00–128.00	$124.99	$702	-4.87
640	640	1	123.00	$123.00	$787	+0.99
660	660	1	121.00	$121.00	$799	—
725	725	1	125.00	$125.00	$906	+9.33

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	325	2	100.00–110.00	$105.31	$342	-9.74
370–380	377	3	100.00–112.00	$104.85	$395	-10.15
420	420	1	110.00	$110.00	$462	—
460	460	1	115.00	$115.00	$529	—
515–530	523	2	110.00–111.00	$110.49	$578	+4.49
560	560	1	115.00	$115.00	$644	+4.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	120.00	$120.00	$414	-7.02
400	400	1	117.50	$117.50	$470	-12.50
585	585	1	118.00	$118.00	$690	-4.25

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–280	278	2	120.00–121.00	$120.50	$335	-5.22
300–345	329	5	120.00–127.00	$123.54	$406	-1.71
350–390	370	3	125.00–128.00	$126.84	$469	-0.30
405 value added	405	1	125.00	$125.00	$506	-2.00
400–445	425	8	120.00–127.00	$123.80	$526	-0.52
450–490	469	7	115.00–121.00	$119.32	$560	-2.55
500–540	525	13	114.00–124.00	$118.50	$622	-3.11
530 value added	530	1	120.00	$120.00	$636	—
575	575	1	116.00	$116.00	$667	-0.99
605–640	620	4	111.00–115.00	$112.74	$699	-2.76
715	715	1	106.00	$106.00	$758	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	280	2	115.00–120.00	$117.59	$329	—
330–335	333	2	111.00–120.00	$115.53	$385	+0.53
350–395	373	5	110.00–120.00	$112.22	$419	-5.18
400–445	428	12	107.00–115.00	$111.57	$478	-2.15
435 value added	435	1	115.00	$115.00	$500	—
470	470	2	107.50–110.00	$108.75	$511	-8.54
500–545	517	9	106.00–118.00	$110.89	$573	-3.95
575–585	580	3	109.00–114.00	$111.99	$650	-1.17
600–625	613	3	101.00–109.00	$106.28	$651	-4.48
650–685	664	7	100.00–108.00	$106.16	$705	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	287	3	132.00–135.00	$133.30	$383	-4.20
320–330	325	2	128.00–129.00	$128.51	$418	-3.46
415 fancy	415	1	139.00	$139.00	$577	—
405–445	420	3	127.00–132.00	$129.09	$542	-1.90
450–495	469	8	124.00–133.00	$128.07	$601	-1.71
500–530	518	11	121.00–128.00	$125.18	$648	-4.49
560–580 value added	567	3	123.00–124.00	$123.66	$701	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	338	3	100.00	$100.00	$338	-11.65
380	380	1	100.00	$100.00	$380	-8.45
400–415	408	3	100.00–105.00	$102.47	$418	-3.68
450–480	460	3	100.00–102.50	$100.82	$464	-6.71
525–530	528	2	100.00–106.00	$102.99	$544	-2.01

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	421	8	125.00–139.00	$133.49	$562	+0.16
470–495	480	6	125.00–134.00	$128.15	$615	-3.03
500–540	521	11	119.00–132.00	$125.64	$655	-1.97
555–590	573	4	116.00–124.00	$120.32	$689	+0.32
605–625	615	2	118.00	$118.00	$726	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	425	2	120.00	$120.00	$510	-4.26
460–475	466	4	120.00–125.00	$122.49	$571	-1.06
510–540	523	3	115.00–117.50	$116.47	$609	-1.84
550–575	563	5	114.00–115.00	$114.41	$644	-0.26
615–630	623	3	107.00–116.00	$113.04	$704	—
650–695	680	3	109.00–112.00	$110.30	$750	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	114.00	$114.00	$507	+4.86
480	480	1	110.00	$110.00	$528	-4.64
515–545	530	4	100.00–115.00	$108.91	$577	-2.57
550–590	565	3	109.00–111.00	$110.02	$622	+1.04
605–610	608	2	100.00–102.00	$101.00	$614	-6.59
695	695	1	100.00	$100.00	$695	-6.10

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	422	3	144.00–154.00	$149.19	$630	-1.57
455–490	474	5	135.00–150.00	$141.53	$671	—
500–510	505	2	134.00–135.00	$134.50	$679	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1015	1008	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	725.00–760.00	$742.37	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1385	1215	80-85%	6	46.00–59.00	$54.82	$666	—
940–1585	1249	80-85%	30	60.00–67.00	$62.84	$785	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1680	1464	75-80%	9	52.00–59.00	$56.63	$829	—
1405–1815	1554	75-80%	10	59.00–63.00	$61.05	$949	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1490	1064	85-90%	5	45.00–55.00	$52.08	$554	—
920–1320	1078	85-90%	6	57.00–62.00	$59.40	$640	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1695	1336	8	56.00–78.00	$72.88	$974	—
1585–2165	1867	10	80.00–93.00	$86.79	$1,620	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655–835	728	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	490.00–676.00	$571.57
835	835	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	534.00	$534.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	535.00	$535.00
760	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	400.00	$400.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	561.00	$561.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	620.00	$620.00
1180	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	740.00	$740.00
1155–1255	1198	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	775.00–840.00	$812.36
1060–1475	1267	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	925.00–1,000.00	$971.32
1595	1595	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,005.00	$1,005.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
920–1095	1008	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	850.00–950.00	$876.30
1010	1010	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	690.00	$690.00
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	535.00	$535.00
795–825	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–625.00	$561.34
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	640.00	$640.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115	115	1	102.50	$102.50	$118	-1.30

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	110.00	$110.00	+30.00
85	85	1	145.00	$145.00	+90.00
100	100	1	165.00	$165.00	-10.00

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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
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
1275	1275	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,335.00	$1,335.00	—
1255–1395	1313	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,160.00–1,300.00	$1,246.55	—
1415	1415	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,280.00	$1,280.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
965–1085	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	910.00–1,130.00	$1,026.44	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	50.00	$50.00	$295	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	35.00	$35.00	-40.00
75	75	2	125.00	$125.00	-5.00
75	75	1	140.00	$140.00	+10.00
85	85	3	135.00–155.00	$148.33	+18.33
85	85	1	115.00	$115.00	-15.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	-25.00
75	75	1	145.00	$145.00	+40.00
85	85	1	210.00	$210.00	+105.00
100–125	108	9	155.00–205.00	$175.00	-90.00
100–125	108	3	140.00–150.00	$143.33	-121.67

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–485	437	3	77.00–87.50	$82.81	$362	—
505	505	1	74.00	$74.00	$374	—

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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.