Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 7, 2022

692 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $184.83/cwt +6.27 vs last sale · ≈ $894/hd at 484 lb · 23 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $131.13/cwt +2.99 vs last sale · ≈ $694/hd at 529 lb · 18 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $133.91/cwt +4.38 vs last sale · ≈ $631/hd at 471 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	692	588	733
Feeder cattle	519	466	570
Slaughter cattle	86	79	78
Replacement cattle	27	18	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls too few to trend. Moderate 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
240	240	1	180.00	$180.00	$432	—
300–340	318	4	180.00–195.00	$188.56	$600	+7.31
305–340 fancy	323	4	200.00–207.50	$203.70	$658	+2.83
355–390	371	10	177.50–189.00	$183.12	$679	+1.12
350–395 fancy	373	6	192.50–209.00	$200.26	$747	—
415 value added	415	1	196.00	$196.00	$813	—
425–440	433	4	176.00–186.00	$181.47	$786	+1.93
450–489	480	14	178.00–188.00	$186.01	$893	+8.29
490 value added	490	9	183.00	$183.00	$897	—
513 value added	513	1	175.00	$175.00	$898	—
505–540	516	8	168.00–176.00	$171.06	$883	+1.32
605–635	621	5	155.00–161.00	$157.78	$980	+10.48
650–660	655	2	145.00–153.00	$148.97	$976	+1.65
730	730	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,015	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	237	3	150.00	$150.00	$356	-15.00
310–345	328	2	150.00–175.00	$161.83	$531	+5.76
355–390	373	2	170.00	$170.00	$634	+12.98
420–445	430	3	145.00–172.50	$159.37	$685	+0.85
450–495	464	5	150.00–170.00	$157.57	$731	-8.94
520–545	535	3	154.00–167.50	$162.80	$871	+3.49
550–595	569	9	154.00–168.00	$162.53	$925	+9.88
605–645	618	3	140.00–143.00	$141.79	$876	+6.77
650–690	671	7	133.00–140.00	$136.98	$919	+0.98
745	745	1	134.00	$134.00	$998	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	135.00	$135.00	$358	+3.44
300	300	1	140.00	$140.00	$420	+7.50
395	395	1	130.00	$130.00	$514	-1.21
405–415	410	2	127.50–138.00	$132.69	$544	—
450–490	470	2	145.00–189.00	$167.94	$789	+22.94
530	530	1	130.00	$130.00	$689	—
550–562	559	5	138.00–142.00	$140.01	$783	+5.01
600–610	605	2	115.00–130.00	$122.44	$741	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	115.00	$115.00	$282	—
365	365	1	120.00	$120.00	$438	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	335	4	130.00–140.00	$134.78	$452	+3.26
365–390	380	4	122.50–132.50	$128.61	$489	+1.66
425–445	433	8	130.00–139.00	$134.78	$584	+6.12
450–495	471	17	126.00–137.80	$133.91	$631	+4.38
505–545	529	18	119.00–136.00	$131.13	$694	+2.99
550–595	575	15	123.00–136.00	$128.34	$738	+0.38
600–635	611	11	119.00–126.00	$122.98	$751	+7.39
665–670	667	3	116.00–120.00	$118.34	$789	—
725	725	1	123.00	$123.00	$892	+10.68

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	157.50	$157.50	$433	—
310 fancy	310	1	165.00	$165.00	$512	—
310–315	313	2	145.00–152.50	$148.72	$465	+5.64
350–395	373	4	140.00–154.00	$148.54	$554	+4.73
420 fancy	420	1	155.00	$155.00	$651	-1.00
405–440	430	11	140.00–153.00	$145.41	$625	+2.53
455–485	465	5	138.00–149.00	$140.77	$655	-0.75
466 value added	466	1	141.00	$141.00	$657	-8.82
525–540	532	3	137.00–138.00	$137.67	$732	-1.21
550–580	563	9	128.00–144.00	$137.08	$772	-0.84
690	690	1	139.00	$139.00	$959	+13.41
700	700	1	131.00	$131.00	$917	—
709 value added	709	4	130.00	$130.00	$922	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	122.00	$122.00	$494	+8.00
450–475	463	2	120.00–125.00	$122.57	$567	+11.58
545	545	1	120.00	$120.00	$654	+9.00
570–585	578	2	115.00–118.00	$116.52	$673	—
600–635	619	7	110.00–120.00	$115.81	$717	—
650–690	671	4	113.00–117.00	$114.27	$767	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	105.00	$105.00	$357	—
405–430	418	2	110.00	$110.00	$460	+5.00
510–540	525	3	110.00	$110.00	$578	—
595	595	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$681	—
605–620	613	3	110.00–112.00	$110.66	$678	—
650–685	672	3	104.00–108.00	$106.49	$716	+4.49

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–420	413	4	154.00–162.50	$159.80	$660	-0.20
455–490	475	12	140.00–165.00	$155.74	$740	+4.89
500–535	519	12	130.00–148.00	$140.77	$731	-1.03
550–590	561	7	131.00–143.00	$138.11	$775	-1.34
600–630	615	6	122.00–130.00	$125.30	$771	+6.98
655–680	663	3	118.00–124.00	$120.96	$802	+3.29
705–730	718	2	115.00–120.00	$117.46	$843	+1.48

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445 fancy	418	4	182.00–188.00	$185.43	$775	-5.57
410–445	434	8	168.00–182.00	$175.49	$762	+0.03
450–495	475	6	166.00–172.50	$168.30	$799	-7.78
475 fancy	475	1	181.00	$181.00	$860	—
520 fancy	520	1	175.00	$175.00	$910	—
530–545	538	2	147.00–150.00	$148.48	$799	—
555	555	1	143.00	$143.00	$794	—
635	635	1	128.00	$128.00	$813	-5.00
655	655	2	130.00	$130.00	$852	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	420	2	130.00–140.00	$134.76	$566	+14.76
450–475	463	2	130.00–135.00	$132.43	$613	—
500–515	508	2	120.00–135.00	$127.39	$647	+9.90
565–585	575	3	120.00–127.00	$122.37	$704	-0.16
600–630	615	2	115.00–119.00	$116.95	$719	+7.65
675–695	685	2	112.00–114.00	$113.01	$774	—
700	700	1	111.00	$111.00	$777	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	423	2	112.50–125.00	$119.01	$503	+8.03
470	470	1	115.00	$115.00	$540	+5.00
555–595	575	2	105.00–120.00	$112.76	$648	—
630	630	1	113.00	$113.00	$712	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	80-85%	1	82.00	$82.00	$787	—
830–1435	1184	80-85%	24	59.00–66.00	$64.14	$759	+2.34
955–1410	1196	80-85%	17	67.00–74.00	$71.06	$850	+9.26

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395–1575	1477	75-80%	6	65.00–70.00	$68.04	$1,005	—
1295–1610	1486	75-80%	5	56.00–64.00	$60.98	$906	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–895	835	85-90%	3	55.00–61.00	$59.04	$493	—
990	990	85-90%	1	67.00	$67.00	$663	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260	1260	1	83.00	$83.00	$1,046	—
1370–1880	1558	6	90.00–99.00	$93.46	$1,456	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	688.00	$688.00
835–1020	924	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	621.00–743.00	$665.59

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–835	823	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	651.00–750.00	$699.75
800–1075	938	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	824.00–975.00	$910.57

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–785	738	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	449.00–612.00	$535.75

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–795	793	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	572.00–632.00	$601.91

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640–745	693	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	402.00–410.00	$405.70

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–915	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–790.00	$747.33
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
1140–1320	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	860.00–870.00	$864.63

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	470.00	$470.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	440.00	$440.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–195	153	5	100.00–110.00	$104.12	$159	-4.65
215–258	237	5	90.00–110.00	$98.38	$233	—
300	300	1	125.00	$125.00	$375	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	1	1.00	$1.00	$7	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	2	165.00	$165.00	+35.00
75	75	1	100.00	$100.00	-30.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
675	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	18	30.00–55.00	$36.39	-33.61
25	25	1	20.00	$20.00	-50.00
50	50	3	70.00–85.00	$78.33	—
50	50	2	120.00–135.00	$127.50	—
75	75	3	155.00–160.00	$158.33	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	135.00	$135.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	87.50	$87.50	$306	—
455	455	1	22.50	$22.50	$102	—
485	485	1	120.00	$120.00	$582	—
495	495	1	42.50	$42.50	$210	—
570	570	1	47.50	$47.50	$271	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	145.00	$145.00	—

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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.