Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 25, 2021

659 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.86/cwt -2.89 vs last sale · ≈ $657/hd at 522 lb · 28 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.90/cwt -1.69 vs last sale · ≈ $482/hd at 374 lb · 15 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $136.72/cwt -0.27 vs last sale · ≈ $710/hd at 519 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	659	584	463
Feeder cattle	527	481	284
Slaughter cattle	76	66	61
Replacement cattle	26	—	58

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers 5.00 higher, feeder heifers 2.00 higher, feeder bulls 2.00 higher, slaughter cows and 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
250–295	278	6	151.00–160.00	$154.96	$431	+8.76
305–345	330	13	147.50–162.50	$154.29	$509	+5.14
350–370 fancy	358	3	164.00–167.50	$165.53	$593	—
350–395	371	8	149.00–159.00	$152.70	$567	+2.85
415–420	418	2	153.00–158.00	$155.51	$650	+8.23
430 value added	430	1	158.00	$158.00	$679	+9.52
470–485	478	3	147.00–150.00	$148.68	$711	+2.02
480–490 value added	489	8	148.50–149.00	$148.56	$726	—
505–535	520	4	146.00–148.00	$146.99	$764	+3.65
535–545 value added	540	2	146.00–150.00	$147.98	$799	+2.07
555–595	578	6	138.00–144.00	$140.47	$812	-1.30
595 value added	595	1	143.00	$143.00	$851	+6.00
605–630	618	5	131.00–136.00	$133.61	$826	+1.66
665	665	1	129.00	$129.00	$858	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–220	218	2	135.00–140.00	$137.47	$300	-5.03
270–285	275	3	135.00–147.50	$140.95	$388	+15.95
310–340	326	7	132.50–145.00	$139.44	$455	+4.44
350–395	378	5	140.00–145.00	$142.47	$539	+1.89
410–420	415	3	135.00–150.00	$143.27	$595	+13.89
420 value added	420	1	147.50	$147.50	$620	—
455–495 value added	475	2	144.00–146.00	$145.04	$689	—
475	475	1	139.00	$139.00	$660	+5.15
505–535	518	5	125.00–136.00	$132.06	$684	-2.60
610–615	613	3	122.00–132.00	$128.02	$785	—
630 value added	630	1	125.00	$125.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	110.00	$110.00	$380	—
355–395	371	4	100.00–110.00	$107.34	$398	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	120.00	$120.00	$264	—
255	255	1	125.00	$125.00	$319	—
440	440	1	127.50	$127.50	$561	+2.65

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	137.50	$137.50	$378	+3.50
300–345	326	11	130.00–139.00	$134.42	$438	+4.39
350–395	374	15	124.00–134.00	$128.90	$482	-1.69
400–445	429	10	125.00–134.00	$128.72	$552	-0.35
450–490	472	11	125.00–133.00	$128.98	$609	+3.83
505–545	522	28	123.00–131.00	$125.86	$657	+2.20
550–585	565	7	121.00–126.00	$122.99	$695	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	125.00	$125.00	$281	+3.75
275–285	280	2	125.00–130.00	$127.46	$357	—
330–345	338	2	129.00–130.00	$129.49	$438	+6.60
360–385	374	5	120.00–128.00	$123.03	$460	-3.66
400–445	417	10	117.50–127.00	$122.94	$513	+3.16
450–490	476	5	115.00–123.00	$119.00	$566	-2.80
505–545	530	7	114.00–122.00	$117.70	$624	-2.77
555–595	579	4	114.00–122.00	$116.69	$676	+0.82
600–625	612	5	110.00–118.00	$114.77	$702	+1.26
655	655	3	112.00–116.00	$114.33	$749	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	121.00	$121.00	$339	+6.00
325–335	330	2	107.50–110.00	$108.77	$359	-1.23
400–430	413	4	105.00–114.00	$110.41	$456	-2.00
460–480	472	3	110.00–115.00	$112.97	$533	+4.62
500	500	1	107.00	$107.00	$535	-3.00
555–565	560	2	105.00–115.00	$110.04	$616	-6.96
610–625	618	2	109.00–111.00	$110.01	$680	—
655–685	670	2	105.00–109.00	$106.96	$717	+1.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	100.00	$100.00	$315	—
355–365	360	2	100.00	$100.00	$360	—
440	440	1	100.00	$100.00	$440	±0.00
550–560	555	2	100.00–105.00	$102.48	$569	—
625–645	637	3	100.00–110.00	$104.66	$667	—
680	680	1	99.00	$99.00	$673	-1.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–440	428	11	125.00–140.00	$134.48	$576	-1.42
450–485	466	10	120.00–139.00	$133.73	$623	+4.92
500–545	513	5	122.00–140.00	$130.38	$669	-0.63
555–595	580	3	121.00–126.00	$123.95	$719	+0.70
600–645	616	12	119.00–131.00	$123.50	$761	+6.80
655–680	668	3	116.00–120.00	$117.99	$788	-0.01
715	715	1	119.00	$119.00	$851	+7.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	417	5	143.00–150.00	$147.22	$614	-2.78
455–490	475	6	138.00–142.00	$140.19	$666	-1.05
500–545	519	14	130.00–143.00	$136.72	$710	-0.27
550–590	568	3	125.00–131.00	$128.28	$729	+4.28
600–630	615	2	123.00–128.00	$125.44	$771	-0.54
660	660	1	123.00	$123.00	$812	—
700	700	1	121.00	$121.00	$847	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	426	4	105.00–110.00	$108.77	$463	+2.26
450–475	463	2	110.00	$110.00	$509	±0.00
560–570	565	2	100.00–110.00	$105.04	$593	-2.92
625–640	633	2	105.00–110.00	$107.53	$681	+2.31
780	780	1	100.00	$100.00	$780	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–455	453	2	117.50–118.00	$117.75	$533	—
555–585	572	3	109.00–115.00	$113.06	$647	-0.94

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	918.00	$918.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910	910	80-85%	1	54.00	$54.00	$491	—
970–1050	1010	80-85%	2	49.00–55.00	$51.88	$524	—
915–1600	1128	80-85%	20	57.00–67.00	$60.66	$684	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–875	873	85-90%	2	55.00–57.00	$56.00	$489	—
850–960	895	85-90%	5	39.00–53.00	$49.08	$439	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1295	1260	75-80%	2	53.00–56.00	$54.46	$686	—
1215–1665	1440	75-80%	2	58.00	$58.00	$835	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1470	1245	5	70.00–79.00	$74.67	$930	+2.19
1360	1360	1	59.00	$59.00	$802	—
1255–1985	1620	2	80.00–83.00	$81.16	$1,315	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645–770	708	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	485.00–520.00	$500.95
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	753.00	$753.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–880	843	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	739.00–813.00	$774.35

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	553.00	$553.00
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	647.00	$647.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
915–1020	968	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	770.00–800.00	$785.81
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
990–1035	1013	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	750.00–940.00	$861.43
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	470.00	$470.00
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	880.00	$880.00
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1010–1205	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	850.00–940.00	$906.15

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	540.00	$540.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–295	255	5	90.00–112.50	$99.50	$254	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	2	125.00–140.00	$132.50	+7.50

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	95.00	$95.00	-40.00
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	-5.00
50	50	3	115.00–165.00	$136.67	+31.67
65	65	1	110.00	$110.00	+5.00
65	65	4	135.00–140.00	$136.25	+31.25
75	75	1	120.00	$120.00	+15.00
75	75	2	130.00–180.00	$155.00	+50.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	2	125.00	$125.00	-15.00
75	75	2	140.00–160.00	$150.00	+10.00
85	85	2	155.00–165.00	$160.00	+10.00
100–115	108	2	165.00–185.00	$175.70	-0.15
115	115	1	135.00	$135.00	-40.85

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	104.00	$104.00	$447	—
550	550	1	87.50	$87.50	$481	—

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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.