Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report, Williamston, SC

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 1, 2021

582 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.88/cwt +3.16 vs last sale · ≈ $558/hd at 423 lb · 21 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $136.04/cwt +3.98 vs last sale · ≈ $710/hd at 522 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $121.56/cwt +2.56 vs last sale · ≈ $580/hd at 477 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	582	659	409
Feeder cattle	428	527	248
Slaughter cattle	80	76	44
Replacement cattle	37	26	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons on feeder steers and feeder heifers due to limited comparable sales, feeder bulls 2.00 lower, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady. Moderate offering of average to plain 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
235–240	238	3	120.00–147.50	$135.80	$323	-1.67
295	295	1	145.00	$145.00	$428	+4.05
300–335	319	4	132.50–145.00	$137.79	$440	-1.65
365–380	375	5	130.00–146.00	$137.71	$516	-4.76
425–435	432	3	141.00–147.50	$143.64	$621	+0.37
460–495	482	3	134.00–144.00	$139.22	$671	+0.22
500–545	519	7	135.00–140.00	$137.58	$714	+5.52
525 value added	525	7	134.50	$134.50	$706	—
560–595	582	3	122.50–127.00	$124.53	$725	—
600–615	606	4	119.00–125.00	$121.00	$733	-7.02
650–690	669	4	117.00–120.00	$118.49	$793	—
720–745	733	3	118.00–120.00	$118.65	$870	—
755	755	1	117.00	$117.00	$883	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295 fancy	295	1	167.50	$167.50	$494	—
305–345 fancy	329	5	165.00–176.00	$170.91	$562	—
320–345	332	3	160.00–167.50	$164.26	$545	+9.97
350–360 fancy	353	3	165.00–170.00	$168.30	$594	+2.77
360–365	363	3	157.50–168.00	$163.53	$594	+10.83
400 value added	400	1	164.00	$164.00	$656	+6.00
405–410	408	2	150.00–151.00	$150.50	$614	-5.01
455	455	1	142.50	$142.50	$648	-6.18
606 value added	606	9	130.50	$130.50	$791	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	110.00	$110.00	$258	—
330–335	333	2	110.00–120.00	$114.96	$383	+4.96
360–395	379	7	100.00–115.00	$106.56	$404	-0.78
450–480	460	3	110.00–115.00	$113.26	$521	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–235	233	2	125.00	$125.00	$291	+5.00
290	290	1	130.00	$130.00	$377	+5.00
340	340	1	125.00	$125.00	$425	—
410	410	1	129.00	$129.00	$529	+1.50
585	585	1	120.00	$120.00	$702	—
610	610	1	119.00	$119.00	$726	—
755–765	760	2	112.00	$112.00	$851	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	132.50	$132.50	$338	-5.00
315–345	331	5	127.50–132.50	$130.22	$431	-4.20
355–380	368	6	128.00–138.00	$131.00	$482	+2.10
415 fancy	415	1	150.00	$150.00	$622	—
400–440	420	12	127.00–138.00	$130.95	$550	+2.23
428 value added	428	8	131.00	$131.00	$561	—
450–495	464	6	127.00–131.00	$128.64	$597	-0.34
500–545	524	7	123.00–127.00	$124.57	$653	-1.29
526 value added	526	4	127.50	$127.50	$671	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–265	260	2	120.00–122.50	$121.27	$315	-6.19
325	325	1	125.00	$125.00	$406	-4.49
355–395	371	9	119.00–125.00	$122.82	$456	-0.21
420–445	432	5	115.00–126.00	$120.20	$519	-2.74
455–495	477	13	115.00–126.00	$121.56	$580	+2.56
500–545	521	9	115.00–123.00	$119.67	$623	+1.97
555–585	568	7	114.00–120.00	$116.45	$661	-0.24
600–620	610	2	109.00	$109.00	$665	-5.77

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	275	3	110.00–120.00	$115.00	$316	-6.00
315	315	1	110.00	$110.00	$346	+1.23
350–390	372	6	110.00–115.00	$111.64	$415	—
410–430	420	2	110.00–120.00	$115.12	$484	+4.71
495	495	1	107.50	$107.50	$532	-5.47
520	520	1	100.00	$100.00	$520	-7.00
575–580	578	2	105.00–113.00	$108.98	$630	-1.06
600–635	623	4	105.00–110.00	$107.25	$668	-2.76
685–690	688	2	100.00–106.00	$102.99	$709	-3.97

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	100.00	$100.00	$245	—
295	295	1	100.00	$100.00	$295	—
350–360	355	2	100.00	$100.00	$355	±0.00
445	445	1	105.00	$105.00	$467	+5.00
480–495	488	2	102.50–105.00	$103.77	$506	—
505	505	1	100.00	$100.00	$505	—
590	590	1	105.00	$105.00	$620	+2.52
730	730	1	95.00	$95.00	$694	—

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Feeder Bulls

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	110.00	$110.00	$478	—
440–445	443	2	118.00–120.00	$118.99	$527	—
480	480	1	122.00	$122.00	$586	+4.25
540–545	543	2	115.00–117.00	$116.00	$630	—
555–590	570	7	110.00–115.00	$112.97	$644	-0.09
600–645	619	7	105.00–111.00	$108.24	$670	—
650–670	660	5	100.00–111.00	$106.98	$706	—
705	705	1	107.00	$107.00	$754	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	426	4	120.00–130.00	$124.93	$532	-9.55
455–490	471	10	125.00–135.00	$131.11	$618	-2.62
500–545	517	5	122.00–128.00	$126.54	$654	-3.84
555–585	571	4	115.00–120.00	$116.21	$664	-7.74
605–610	608	2	111.00–116.00	$113.51	$690	-9.99

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	411	4	100.00–110.00	$104.92	$431	-3.85
450–490	466	6	100.00–110.00	$103.35	$482	-6.65
505–525	517	3	100.00–115.00	$108.27	$560	—
555–590	573	2	108.00–110.00	$108.97	$624	+3.93
620–640	630	2	105.00–110.00	$107.46	$677	-0.07

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–410	405	2	135.00–147.50	$141.17	$572	-6.05
460–485	473	5	135.00–140.00	$137.90	$652	-2.29
515	515	1	135.00	$135.00	$695	-1.72
565	565	1	127.00	$127.00	$718	-1.28

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1230	1134	80-85%	5	50.00–59.00	$55.40	$628	-5.26
695–1610	1168	80-85%	23	57.00–65.00	$60.98	$712	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–875	815	85-90%	2	48.00–49.00	$48.54	$396	—
810–1240	961	85-90%	9	51.00–57.00	$53.48	$514	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445–1590	1538	75-80%	3	52.00–54.00	$53.37	$821	—
1430–1820	1598	75-80%	5	57.00–64.00	$60.07	$960	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1580	1390	4	71.00–78.00	$74.26	$1,032	+15.26
1345–2375	1758	6	80.00–91.00	$85.72	$1,507	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–845	801	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	500.00–567.00	$544.11
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00
895	895	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	421.00	$421.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–1080	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	816.00–875.00	$849.40

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625	625	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	440.00	$440.00
695	695	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	382.00	$382.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–970	923	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	610.00–621.00	$615.22
1120–1295	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	810.00–910.00	$850.16
1185–1205	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–810.00	$804.96
1210	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	740.00	$740.00
1120–1325	1218	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	620.00–810.00	$730.52
1130–1385	1258	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	780.00–870.00	$829.56

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	530.00	$530.00
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	270	3	102.50–110.00	$107.59	$290	+8.09
330–395	352	3	85.00–88.00	$86.87	$306	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	6.00	$6.00	$33	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	155.00	$155.00	+22.50
85	85	2	140.00–150.00	$145.00	+12.50
100–135	110	6	150.00–260.00	$194.85	—

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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
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	910.00	$910.00	—
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1375	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	935.00	$935.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	2	60.00–80.00	$70.00	-25.00
50	50	2	115.00	$115.00	-21.67

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	1	110.00	$110.00	-15.00
85	85	3	145.00–180.00	$156.67	-3.33
100	100	1	140.00	$140.00	-35.70

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	4	60.00	$60.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–385	370	2	57.50–65.00	$61.40	$227	—
370	370	1	79.00	$79.00	$292	—
490	490	1	75.00	$75.00	$368	—
510	510	1	58.00	$58.00	$296	—
565–580	573	2	75.00–77.00	$75.99	$435	-11.51
600	600	1	73.00	$73.00	$438	—

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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.