Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report, Williamston, SC

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 3, 2022

635 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.27/cwt ≈ $675/hd at 468 lb · 43 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.36/cwt -8.64 vs last sale · ≈ $612/hd at 421 lb · 16 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $141.53/cwt -3.13 vs last sale · ≈ $735/hd at 519 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	635	697	621
Feeder cattle	465	507	426
Slaughter cattle	74	123	125
Replacement cattle	41	17	39

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week on all classes of feeder cattle due to limited sales. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were steady. There was and average offering of average to plain 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
315 fancy	315	2	195.00–204.00	$199.50	$628	—
315	315	1	185.00	$185.00	$583	-4.82
350–385	371	8	175.00–190.00	$181.59	$674	-0.90
390 fancy	390	1	197.50	$197.50	$770	—
400–440	427	5	175.00–185.00	$181.96	$777	-0.04
465–495	480	2	171.00–175.00	$172.94	$830	-4.82
505	505	1	169.00	$169.00	$853	-1.50
555–585	570	2	162.50–165.00	$163.72	$933	—
705–710	708	2	138.00–140.00	$139.00	$984	—
755–795	775	2	133.00–134.00	$133.51	$1,035	+1.51
800–815	808	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,075	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	165.00	$165.00	$437	-7.52
305–345	330	3	150.00–160.00	$153.48	$506	-8.80
390–395	393	2	165.00–170.00	$167.48	$658	-0.15
425	425	1	155.00	$155.00	$659	-10.04
455–490	469	5	155.00–165.00	$160.38	$752	+6.63
530–545	538	2	150.00–152.50	$151.27	$814	+2.27
560–575	570	3	145.00–154.00	$148.35	$846	—
615	615	1	136.00	$136.00	$836	—
650–665	658	2	131.00–135.00	$133.02	$875	-9.02

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	142.50	$142.50	$328	-7.50
290	290	1	145.00	$145.00	$420	—
305–345	328	4	130.00–135.00	$132.48	$435	-15.02
360–375	367	3	130.00–135.00	$131.66	$483	-18.34
440	440	1	125.00	$125.00	$550	-14.89

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	130.00	$130.00	$273	+3.08
310	310	1	120.00	$120.00	$372	+0.04
355–390	373	3	120.00–125.00	$121.58	$453	-5.23

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	324	5	145.00–155.00	$150.03	$486	-2.51
350–395	367	6	145.00–158.00	$149.04	$547	-4.55
400–440	421	16	143.00–148.00	$145.36	$612	-8.64
450–490	468	43	141.00–147.00	$144.27	$675	—
500–545	519	15	138.00–147.00	$141.53	$735	-3.13
555–585	565	7	135.00–139.00	$136.98	$774	-4.36
605–645	616	14	123.00–131.00	$124.51	$767	—
650–695	678	4	120.00–130.00	$124.20	$842	—
700–725	713	2	115.00–116.00	$115.51	$824	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	132.50	$132.50	$318	—
255	255	1	135.00	$135.00	$344	+3.80
325	325	1	125.00	$125.00	$406	-13.84
350–390	368	5	130.00–140.00	$136.07	$501	-7.32
410–440	427	6	130.00–140.00	$135.47	$578	-5.69
455–495	474	13	125.00–138.00	$135.61	$643	-6.14
500–540	516	5	125.00–135.00	$130.20	$672	-5.74
550–595	577	9	120.00–130.00	$125.94	$727	-10.13
630–640	635	4	110.00–116.00	$112.75	$716	-13.30
650–670	660	4	109.00–115.00	$112.00	$739	-11.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	110.00	$110.00	$302	-12.41
315–335	325	2	115.00–117.50	$116.29	$378	-11.09
350	350	1	120.00	$120.00	$420	-15.00
450–470	463	4	110.00–120.00	$113.78	$527	-11.22
705	705	1	105.00	$105.00	$740	-10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–480	478	2	110.00–111.00	$110.50	$528	+0.50
600–625	613	2	100.00–105.00	$102.45	$628	-8.07

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	416	7	150.00–165.00	$159.28	$663	-4.44
450–480	460	12	145.00–160.00	$154.89	$712	-0.91
500–540	518	13	130.00–142.00	$134.88	$699	+0.76
550–595	573	2	135.00–141.00	$137.88	$790	+7.35
605–645	630	3	115.00–120.00	$118.29	$745	-7.51
720–745	730	3	110.00–115.00	$112.31	$820	—
770	770	1	109.00	$109.00	$839	—
810	810	1	110.00	$110.00	$891	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	424	4	170.00	$170.00	$721	—
450	450	1	170.00	$170.00	$765	—
505–510	508	2	150.00–153.00	$151.49	$770	—
600–635	618	9	130.00–137.00	$132.76	$820	—
650–685	663	3	122.00–127.00	$124.29	$824	-11.71
705–715	710	3	121.00–127.00	$124.32	$883	—
755	755	1	119.00	$119.00	$898	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–425	410	3	130.00–145.00	$139.16	$571	-2.79
450–495	477	9	127.50–140.00	$135.19	$645	+2.82
560–595	578	2	120.00–125.00	$122.58	$709	+1.14

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	119.00	$119.00	$571	-4.36
530–545	538	4	110.00–115.00	$113.49	$611	-0.17
555	555	1	115.00	$115.00	$638	+0.48
615–645	630	4	100.00–108.00	$103.30	$651	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1505	1198	80-85%	14	62.00–74.00	$68.20	$817	—
1030–1450	1256	80-85%	22	77.00–87.00	$81.51	$1,024	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–940	862	85-90%	7	50.00–60.00	$55.24	$476	—
845–990	918	85-90%	6	72.00–78.00	$75.22	$691	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285	1285	75-80%	1	70.00	$70.00	$900	—
1440–1885	1663	75-80%	2	78.00–81.00	$79.70	$1,325	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145	1145	1	84.00	$84.00	$962	+4.31
1300–2055	1655	8	92.00–104.00	$96.15	$1,591	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–945	773	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	87.00–96.00	$92.92	$718

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
620–960	771	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	79.00–82.00	$80.57	$621

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1200	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	875.00–955.00	$917.94
965–1495	1121	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	800.00–1,035.00	$929.20

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
610–825	718	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00–650.00	$628.75
730–870	813	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	685.00–800.00	$744.94

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–835	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	560.00–575.00	$570.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–730	705	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	410.00–425.00	$417.23

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	2	150.00–155.00	$152.50	+2.50
70	70	1	90.00	$90.00	-60.00
80	80	3	170.00	$170.00	+20.00
90	90	1	130.00	$130.00	-20.00
120–135	125	3	230.00–255.00	$238.33	+46.66

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–665	658	2	82.00	$82.00	$540	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	5	70.00–80.00	$75.00	+1.67
40	40	1	50.00	$50.00	-23.33
40	40	4	110.00–120.00	$113.75	+40.42
50	50	2	135.00–140.00	$137.50	+67.50
60	60	2	155.00–160.00	$157.50	+87.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	50.00	$50.00	-70.00
50	50	6	115.00–130.00	$122.50	+2.50
60	60	1	155.00	$155.00	+35.00
70	70	4	175.00–180.00	$177.50	+57.50
80	80	2	80.00–90.00	$85.00	-35.00
90	90	10	190.00–215.00	$208.50	+88.50
110	110	2	225.00–230.00	$227.50	+63.75

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–120	107	3	200.00–255.00	$225.00	—

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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.