Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report, Williamston, SC

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 10, 2022

870 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $130.36/cwt +0.16 vs last sale · ≈ $692/hd at 531 lb · 33 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $131.10/cwt -4.51 vs last sale · ≈ $619/hd at 472 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $138.42/cwt +3.54 vs last sale · ≈ $714/hd at 516 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	870	635	346
Feeder cattle	691	465	242
Slaughter cattle	102	74	45
Replacement cattle	16	41	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers 7.00 lower, feeder heifers 3.00 lower, feeder bulls too few to trend, slaughter cows 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. 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
270–285	278	2	145.00–160.00	$152.30	$423	-12.70
300–340	322	6	150.00–167.50	$159.14	$512	+5.66
355–380	361	4	150.00–165.00	$159.47	$576	-8.01
410–445	433	11	149.00–165.00	$158.45	$686	+3.45
460–495	479	6	147.50–158.00	$152.50	$730	-7.88
520–545	537	5	147.00–159.00	$152.76	$820	+1.49
555–585	567	3	151.00–155.00	$152.38	$864	+4.03
600–615	608	2	149.00–151.00	$150.01	$912	+14.01
675–683	682	7	134.00–137.50	$137.01	$934	+3.99
730	730	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,000	—
765	765	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,002	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	285	6	170.00–180.00	$174.96	$499	—
325	325	1	180.00	$180.00	$585	-5.00
350–355	353	2	177.50–182.50	$179.98	$635	-1.61
415–445	434	5	170.00–174.00	$172.41	$748	-9.55
450–470	456	5	165.00–168.00	$166.80	$761	-6.14
525–535	530	2	150.00–160.00	$154.95	$821	-14.05
550–598	579	19	148.00–160.00	$152.47	$883	-11.25

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	132.50	$132.50	$298	-10.00
270	270	2	135.00–137.50	$136.25	$368	-8.75
305–315	310	2	140.00–147.50	$143.81	$446	+11.33
360–380	367	9	125.00–140.00	$134.17	$492	+2.51
425	425	2	140.00–142.50	$141.25	$600	+16.25
490–495	493	2	139.00–145.00	$142.02	$700	—
535	535	1	138.00	$138.00	$738	—
650–690	670	2	124.00–139.00	$131.72	$883	—
730	730	1	134.00	$134.00	$978	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	122.50–125.00	$123.75	$359	—
305–315	308	3	120.00–125.00	$122.50	$377	+2.50
370–385	377	3	115.00–125.00	$119.96	$452	-1.62
460–490	477	3	110.00–120.00	$115.07	$549	—
520–530	525	2	115.00–119.00	$116.98	$614	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	330	2	127.50–130.00	$128.77	$425	+3.77
350–390	377	3	125.00–130.00	$128.27	$484	-7.80
405–445	424	12	123.00–135.00	$131.71	$558	-3.76
450–495	472	25	123.00–136.00	$131.10	$619	-4.51
500–545	531	33	122.50–135.00	$130.36	$692	+0.16
550–590	565	16	122.50–133.00	$127.91	$723	+1.97
600–645	623	10	116.00–126.00	$119.65	$745	+6.90
650–695	660	6	116.00–124.00	$118.33	$781	+6.33
745	745	1	106.00	$106.00	$790	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	122.50	$122.50	$276	—
270	270	1	120.00	$120.00	$324	+10.00
335–345	342	5	120.00–125.00	$121.98	$417	+5.69
360–395	380	6	120.00–125.00	$121.28	$461	+1.28
410–435	428	4	115.00–123.00	$119.52	$512	—
450–480	465	5	115.00–125.00	$119.01	$553	+5.23
510–545	523	6	117.50–122.50	$120.35	$629	—
580–585	583	2	118.00–120.00	$119.00	$694	—
600–630	609	4	114.00–120.00	$116.72	$711	—
650–685	668	3	108.00–110.00	$109.35	$730	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	275	2	107.50–110.00	$108.73	$299	—
315–340	328	2	115.00	$115.00	$377	—
360–390	373	3	105.00–112.50	$109.06	$407	—
405–445	428	8	105.00–112.50	$107.53	$460	—
450–490	469	6	105.00–110.00	$108.70	$510	-1.80
520–540	529	4	109.00–110.00	$109.75	$581	—
590	590	1	109.00	$109.00	$643	—
610–615	613	2	107.00–110.00	$108.51	$665	+6.06

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–380	373	2	144.00–145.00	$144.49	$539	-4.55
463–490	468	11	137.00–139.00	$137.23	$642	-7.04
505	505	1	136.00	$136.00	$687	-5.53
560	560	1	135.00	$135.00	$756	-1.98
600–630	615	2	121.00–125.00	$122.95	$756	-1.56

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	420	15	137.50–150.00	$142.98	$601	-16.30
455–495	469	10	135.00–147.00	$139.96	$656	-14.93
500–545	516	23	130.00–145.00	$138.42	$714	+3.54
550–595	567	15	123.00–133.00	$129.11	$732	-8.77
605–625	618	4	115.00–123.00	$118.98	$735	+0.69
650–680	662	5	115.00–119.00	$116.80	$773	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	130.00	$130.00	$488	—
430–435	433	2	120.00–125.00	$122.51	$530	-16.65
450–495	477	7	127.50–130.00	$129.64	$618	-5.55
530–540	538	4	120.00–130.00	$124.77	$671	—
565–595	579	7	115.00–127.00	$121.18	$702	-1.40
610–645	631	9	110.00–117.00	$115.09	$726	—
650	650	1	110.00	$110.00	$715	—
705	705	1	108.00	$108.00	$761	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	424	5	110.00–120.00	$113.72	$482	—
445 fancy	445	1	115.00	$115.00	$512	—
455–480	466	5	110.00–115.00	$112.02	$522	-6.98
545	545	1	110.00	$110.00	$600	-3.49
555	555	1	115.00	$115.00	$638	±0.00
610–630	618	3	111.00–117.00	$113.30	$700	+10.00
650–665	658	2	109.00–110.00	$109.49	$720	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–405	402	3	155.00–160.00	$156.68	$630	-13.32
455–495	478	3	157.00–158.00	$157.50	$753	-12.50
510	510	1	154.00	$154.00	$785	+2.51
550–565	561	7	134.00–140.00	$136.13	$764	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	152.50	$152.50	$648	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1660	1182	80-85%	22	55.00–74.00	$67.37	$796	-0.83
975–1365	1199	80-85%	13	75.00–82.00	$77.26	$926	+9.06

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1470	1038	85-90%	20	54.00–69.00	$64.03	$665	—
900–1285	1097	85-90%	5	70.00–74.00	$71.67	$786	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1460	1443	75-80%	2	65.00–71.00	$67.96	$981	—
1310–1680	1464	75-80%	7	72.00–76.00	$73.78	$1,080	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865	865	1	65.00	$65.00	$562	—
1265–1630	1449	7	86.00–97.00	$92.94	$1,347	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1090	1025	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	796.00–910.00	$862.61

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	591.00	$591.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995–1025	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	667.00–700.00	$683.75
1075–1245	1133	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	810.00–1,025.00	$896.29

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–940	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	780.00–840.00	$809.35
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	740.00	$740.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–770	723	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	500.00–575.00	$539.97

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	2	110.00	$110.00	-42.50
75	75	2	150.00	$150.00	-2.50
100	100	3	120.00–130.00	$125.00	-113.33
100–125	109	8	195.00–290.00	$236.88	-1.45

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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
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–440	438	2	78.00–80.00	$78.99	$346	—
465	465	1	85.00	$85.00	$395	—
510	510	1	79.00	$79.00	$403	—
550	550	2	77.00–83.00	$80.00	$440	—
620	620	2	75.00–84.00	$79.50	$493	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	165.00	$165.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	3	70.00–90.00	$76.67	+1.67
50	50	1	70.00	$70.00	-67.50
50	50	13	95.00–110.00	$104.23	-33.27
75	75	5	120.00–140.00	$124.00	-33.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	90.00	$90.00	+40.00
75	75	1	155.00	$155.00	-22.50
100	100	1	90.00	$90.00	-137.50
100–125	110	5	165.00–200.00	$183.00	-44.50
150	150	2	120.00	$120.00	—
150	150	2	180.00–195.00	$187.50	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	3	295.00–340.00	$310.00	—

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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.