Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 21, 2022

756 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $180.05/cwt -0.86 vs last sale · ≈ $749/hd at 416 lb · 28 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $155.78/cwt +1.92 vs last sale · ≈ $743/hd at 477 lb · 20 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $139.69/cwt -0.13 vs last sale · ≈ $605/hd at 433 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	756	780	503
Feeder cattle	584	602	308
Slaughter cattle	101	81	107
Replacement cattle	33	30	16

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter cows 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 5.00 higher. Moderate offering of average to good 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
210 fancy	210	1	207.50	$207.50	$436	+7.50
255–295	275	2	177.50–187.50	$182.86	$503	-2.24
300–345	326	6	177.50–190.00	$186.11	$607	+1.14
310–345 fancy	328	6	191.00–210.00	$196.37	$644	-3.63
350–385	369	7	185.00–190.00	$187.33	$691	+2.21
360–390 fancy	374	4	194.00–205.00	$201.11	$752	-1.64
410–420 fancy	415	2	195.00–198.00	$196.48	$815	—
405–445	425	6	180.00–190.00	$186.22	$791	-3.78
455–495	479	6	182.00–192.00	$187.89	$900	—
505–535	519	4	174.00–184.00	$179.04	$929	+5.04
550–555	553	2	160.00–165.00	$162.51	$899	—
600–615	604	8	148.50–151.00	$149.01	$900	—
670	670	1	144.00	$144.00	$965	-1.64

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	317	9	155.00–170.00	$163.66	$519	-6.25
350–395	375	15	150.00–178.00	$164.69	$618	-5.94
420	420	1	165.00	$165.00	$693	-12.97
450–485	463	5	159.00–178.00	$167.74	$777	-0.73
530–545	538	2	159.00–170.00	$164.42	$885	+0.95
580	580	1	159.00	$159.00	$922	+9.00
635–645	640	2	136.00–144.00	$140.03	$896	+0.48
658–695	672	5	138.00–141.50	$140.26	$943	—
755	755	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,019	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	233	2	135.00–150.00	$142.74	$333	-2.26
260–275	268	2	135.00–145.00	$139.86	$375	—
300–325	313	2	135.00–137.50	$136.30	$427	-14.99
365–380	370	3	140.00–145.00	$141.64	$524	+3.08
465	465	1	143.00	$143.00	$665	+1.81
765	765	1	123.00	$123.00	$941	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	130.00	$130.00	$292	—
275	275	1	135.00	$135.00	$371	±0.00
335–345	340	2	120.00	$120.00	$408	-11.32
385–395	390	2	125.00	$125.00	$488	-2.94
590	590	1	125.00	$125.00	$738	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–220	215	2	170.00–177.50	$173.66	$373	—
250–295	275	4	151.00–162.50	$156.77	$431	+0.18
305–345	323	8	155.00–162.50	$158.19	$511	+3.24
355–390	374	12	150.00–161.00	$155.77	$583	-0.01
400–440	418	13	145.00–158.00	$151.36	$633	+1.45
450–485	467	12	141.00–150.00	$145.42	$679	+1.71
500–540	525	14	138.00–149.00	$142.17	$746	+2.60
575–580	578	2	138.00–139.00	$138.50	$801	+2.06
685	685	1	124.00	$124.00	$849	+2.00
700	700	2	124.00–126.00	$125.00	$875	+5.04
755	755	1	125.00	$125.00	$944	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	142.50	$142.50	$314	+2.50
270	270	1	135.00	$135.00	$364	-5.39
300–330	313	5	142.50–147.50	$145.54	$456	+8.75
360–395	383	6	140.00–147.00	$143.31	$549	+2.59
415–445	433	15	133.00–145.00	$139.69	$605	-0.13
455–490	470	5	130.00–140.00	$136.40	$641	-1.35
500–545	524	8	125.00–137.00	$132.28	$693	-3.44
550–585	570	15	120.00–139.00	$132.84	$757	+2.91
600–620	608	3	124.00–125.00	$124.33	$756	+5.33
670–695	683	2	116.00–119.00	$117.53	$803	+2.53
760	760	1	117.00	$117.00	$889	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	130.00	$130.00	$280	—
280	280	1	125.00	$125.00	$350	—
335	335	1	127.50	$127.50	$427	+1.08
350	350	1	130.00	$130.00	$455	+3.74
400–440	411	5	120.00–132.50	$127.92	$526	+2.26
450–495	474	4	120.00–132.00	$125.47	$595	+0.47
500–540	520	2	117.00–120.00	$118.56	$617	-1.44
670	670	1	115.00	$115.00	$770	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	120.00	$120.00	$270	—
315–330	323	2	110.00–120.00	$114.88	$371	—
485	485	1	115.00	$115.00	$558	+5.00
540	540	1	115.00	$115.00	$621	+5.00
620–635	628	2	100.00–115.00	$107.41	$675	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	418	6	152.50–167.50	$161.30	$674	+11.10
450–495	477	20	148.00–164.00	$155.78	$743	+1.92
500–545	520	13	140.00–155.00	$146.53	$762	+0.86
550–590	570	14	136.00–152.00	$142.99	$815	-1.08
600–645	624	5	131.00–139.00	$135.82	$848	-3.93
650–675	663	2	121.00–132.00	$126.40	$838	-4.30
750–770	760	2	118.00–123.00	$120.47	$916	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–420 fancy	411	12	183.00–194.00	$186.27	$766	+1.97
400–445	420	16	170.00–180.00	$175.38	$737	+3.14
450–460 fancy	455	4	180.00–185.00	$182.49	$830	—
470–495	483	6	165.00–178.00	$171.00	$826	+0.41
500–520	510	2	158.00–163.00	$160.45	$818	-3.73
550–570	558	3	155.00–159.00	$156.98	$876	+1.70
645	645	1	141.00	$141.00	$909	—
650–675	656	5	138.00–140.00	$139.20	$913	+2.21
700–705	703	2	129.00–130.00	$129.50	$910	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	432	3	140.00–150.00	$144.81	$626	+12.42
450–495	480	6	135.00–146.00	$141.42	$679	+8.33
510–535	525	4	134.00–140.00	$135.71	$712	+4.67
555–590	573	3	127.00–132.00	$129.64	$743	-1.08
605–640	623	2	122.00–124.00	$123.03	$766	-3.23

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–440	429	4	120.00–130.00	$127.43	$547	—
450–480	467	3	122.50–130.00	$125.88	$588	+10.91
540	540	1	122.50	$122.50	$662	+2.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995–1085	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	856.00–1,075.00	$955.45	—
1035	1035	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1110	1110	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	988.00	$988.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1575	1230	80-85%	28	77.00–89.00	$80.92	$995	+4.42
1010–1550	1251	80-85%	23	62.00–76.00	$71.42	$893	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1645	1529	75-80%	6	71.00–80.00	$76.41	$1,168	+1.39
1545	1545	75-80%	1	69.00	$69.00	$1,066	-6.02

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925	925	85-90%	1	59.00	$59.00	$546	-7.30
905–1315	1075	85-90%	5	70.00–78.00	$72.60	$780	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1960	1507	5	89.00–105.00	$102.26	$1,541	—
1250–2120	1699	8	107.00–114.00	$110.79	$1,882	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–760	743	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	616.00–800.00	$710.17
760	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	526.00	$526.00
840	840	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	546.00	$546.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,155.00	$1,155.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	992.00	$992.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	790.00	$790.00
910–1105	997	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	870.00–920.00	$897.61
970–1095	1028	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	630.00–750.00	$703.10

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	981.00	$981.00
1130–1175	1153	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	770.00–900.00	$836.27
1180	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	940.00	$940.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	285	4	67.50–85.00	$76.26	$217	-30.62
345–355	350	2	70.00–77.50	$73.80	$258	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	135.00–140.00	$137.50	+7.50
65	65	1	225.00	$225.00	+45.00
65	65	1	155.00	$155.00	-25.00
75	75	2	165.00–230.00	$197.50	+17.50
75	75	2	150.00–195.00	$172.50	-7.50
85	85	1	210.00	$210.00	+30.00
85	85	1	130.00	$130.00	-50.00
100–125	106	4	215.00–260.00	$237.50	+2.50
150	150	1	210.00	$210.00	-110.00

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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
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–770	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	920.00–950.00	$935.20	+160.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
654	654	4	108.50	$108.50	$710	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	65.00	$65.00	-55.00
50	50	1	115.00	$115.00	+5.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	165.00	$165.00	+65.00
65	65	1	195.00	$195.00	+60.00
85	85	2	165.00–190.00	$177.50	+32.50
100	100	1	165.00	$165.00	+35.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	1	105.00	$105.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	35.00	$35.00	$60	—
570	570	1	40.00	$40.00	$228	—
625–680	653	2	48.00–51.00	$49.44	$323	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	165.00	$165.00	+35.00
75	75	1	195.00	$195.00	+30.00

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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.