Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 21, 2022

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.91/cwt ≈ $767/hd at 522 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	403	413	567
Feeder cattle	266	276	409
Slaughter cattle	72	62	79
Replacement cattle	29	29	26

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle steady due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–280	275	3	159.00–170.00	$163.92	$451	—
310–325	313	5	160.00–177.50	$170.89	$535	+0.89
365–385	377	5	155.00–177.50	$168.39	$635	+11.43
405–445	425	2	160.00–165.00	$162.38	$690	—
450 value added	450	1	188.00	$188.00	$846	—
485–495	490	2	166.00–176.00	$170.95	$838	+30.95
525–545	536	4	149.00–158.00	$153.01	$820	—
555–560	558	2	142.50–152.00	$147.23	$822	-0.77
655	655	1	151.00	$151.00	$989	+16.00
785	785	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,060	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280 fancy	280	1	215.00	$215.00	$602	—
310 fancy	310	1	210.00	$210.00	$651	—
310–335	318	3	180.00–195.00	$189.74	$603	+7.38
380 fancy	380	1	210.00	$210.00	$798	+10.00
435	435	1	195.00	$195.00	$848	+2.50
455	455	1	190.00	$190.00	$864	—
527	527	3	172.00	$172.00	$906	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	150.00	$150.00	$338	±0.00
260–280	270	2	137.50–140.00	$138.70	$374	-11.30
300–335	321	4	135.00–152.50	$145.02	$466	+9.98
350	350	1	150.00	$150.00	$525	+10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	125.00	$125.00	$275	±0.00
260	260	1	127.50	$127.50	$332	+5.53
325–335	330	2	117.50–130.00	$123.84	$409	-6.16
375	375	1	132.50	$132.50	$497	+15.02
485	485	1	120.00	$120.00	$582	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–215 fancy	208	2	167.50–185.00	$175.93	$366	—
310–340	324	4	145.00–155.00	$150.10	$486	-4.13
355–385	370	4	145.00–151.00	$148.05	$548	-5.58
405–445	430	7	144.00–153.00	$148.84	$640	+1.41
450–490	469	9	143.00–152.00	$147.18	$690	+2.01
500–530	520	9	143.00–150.00	$147.12	$765	—
540 value added	540	1	145.00	$145.00	$783	—
550–575	562	6	135.00–144.00	$139.32	$783	+3.65
610 value added	610	1	139.00	$139.00	$848	—
615	615	1	123.00	$123.00	$756	-5.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	142.50	$142.50	$342	—
250–290	270	2	135.00–142.50	$138.47	$374	+6.08
300–345	323	5	130.00–142.50	$137.48	$444	-2.52
400–425	416	4	132.50–150.00	$139.86	$582	+7.06
450–465	459	4	137.00–142.00	$138.61	$636	+0.56
505	505	1	137.50	$137.50	$694	-0.45
550–575	558	4	122.50–134.00	$128.20	$715	-2.33
660	660	1	122.00	$122.00	$805	+2.00
745	745	1	117.00	$117.00	$872	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	120.00	$120.00	$252	—
270	270	2	125.00–130.00	$127.50	$344	-2.50
315–345	330	2	120.00	$120.00	$396	-8.33
355–395	377	3	120.00–125.00	$122.47	$462	—
410–435	420	3	122.50–137.50	$129.11	$542	—
450–490	470	2	120.00	$120.00	$564	±0.00
650	650	1	118.00	$118.00	$767	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	115.00	$115.00	$380	+2.48
370	370	1	115.00	$115.00	$426	+5.00
400–435	418	2	107.50–110.00	$108.80	$455	-6.20
660–675	667	3	107.00–115.00	$110.65	$738	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	150.00	$150.00	$405	—
400–445	416	4	146.00–157.50	$152.23	$633	+4.77
450–495	469	6	153.00–162.50	$157.93	$741	+6.02
515–540	527	7	143.00–158.00	$152.14	$802	+6.33
575	575	1	132.00	$132.00	$759	-13.71
615–630	623	2	136.00–144.00	$139.95	$872	+4.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	423	4	167.50–175.00	$171.90	$727	+3.06
455–495	470	5	165.00–175.00	$169.51	$797	+1.49
510–530	521	4	158.00–167.00	$163.00	$849	+1.71
550–595	573	2	155.00–157.00	$156.04	$894	+3.15
605	605	1	150.00	$150.00	$908	—
680	680	1	140.00	$140.00	$952	—
715	715	1	133.00	$133.00	$951	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	2	130.00–137.00	$133.50	$541	+0.11
490	490	1	130.00	$130.00	$637	-7.98
545	545	1	141.00	$141.00	$768	+11.00
565	565	1	128.00	$128.00	$723	-7.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	112.00	$112.00	$610	—
600	600	1	115.00	$115.00	$690	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,180.00	$1,180.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1130	1027	80-85%	3	74.00–77.00	$75.37	$774	—
955–1475	1203	80-85%	32	80.00–99.00	$90.73	$1,091	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–985	891	85-90%	5	58.00–67.00	$63.68	$567	-12.04
790–1185	974	85-90%	14	74.00–86.00	$78.09	$761	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1600	1479	75-80%	4	85.00–88.00	$86.77	$1,283	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880	880	1	60.00	$60.00	$528	—
1415–1920	1635	3	108.00–114.00	$110.35	$1,804	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–950	888	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	708.00–830.00	$760.54
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1155	1093	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,195.00–1,259.00	$1,228.83

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	814.00	$814.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1145–1165	1153	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	900.00–1,185.00	$1,034.18
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	985.00	$985.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
920–1095	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	850.00–1,050.00	$978.12
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	570.00	$570.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	785.00	$785.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150–185	163	3	85.00–100.00	$91.17	$149	+16.17
210–250	232	6	80.00–92.50	$88.90	$206	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	115.00	$115.00	-40.00
75	75	1	140.00	$140.00	-15.00
75	75	1	130.00	$130.00	-25.00
100–125	108	3	160.00–265.00	$198.33	+15.83
175	175	2	350.00	$350.00	—
200–225	213	2	390.00–450.00	$420.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
725	725	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	960.00	$960.00	—
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	+13.29
770	770	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	525.00	$525.00	-361.71
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	960.00	$960.00	+73.29

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835–880	858	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	875.00–1,175.00	$1,028.94	+253.94

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	104.00	$104.00	$541	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	105.00	$105.00	-45.00
50	50	1	180.00	$180.00	+115.00
50	50	1	85.00	$85.00	+20.00
65	65	1	135.00	$135.00	+35.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	145.00	$145.00	+45.00
100–125	110	5	195.00–265.00	$230.00	+34.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	170.00	$170.00	—
100–125	113	4	210.00–275.00	$242.50	-74.17
200	200	1	450.00	$450.00	—

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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.