Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 5, 2022

1,274 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.57/cwt +2.57 vs last sale · ≈ $677/hd at 468 lb · 43 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $151.86/cwt +16.74 vs last sale · ≈ $868/hd at 572 lb · 40 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $178.71/cwt +8.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,049/hd at 587 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,274	699	1,147
Feeder cattle	1,018	506	958
Slaughter cattle	107	137	132
Replacement cattle	27	32	24

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers were 5.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers were 4.00 higher, feeder bulls were 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows were steady. Slaughter bulls were 3.00 lower. Heavy offering of good to average 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
220–235	228	2	170.00	$170.00	$388	—
250–295	271	4	175.00–190.00	$179.79	$487	-8.96
270–295 fancy	282	3	215.00–217.50	$215.80	$609	—
305–345 fancy	323	18	200.00–220.00	$210.57	$680	+11.79
300–345	330	11	175.00–197.50	$184.20	$608	-5.01
350–395	372	16	175.00–195.00	$185.29	$689	+1.24
350–395 fancy	373	18	200.00–215.00	$206.61	$771	+7.79
410–435 fancy	418	3	207.50–210.00	$209.13	$874	+11.13
400–440	421	9	177.50–197.50	$188.57	$794	-3.09
480–485 fancy	483	2	193.00–196.00	$194.51	$939	—
475–495	484	7	175.00–189.00	$181.32	$878	-11.68
498 value added	498	6	198.00	$198.00	$986	—
510–545	523	3	170.00–180.00	$174.90	$915	-10.10
500–531 value added	524	23	190.00–201.00	$194.30	$1,018	—
500–540 fancy	524	4	184.00–193.00	$187.98	$985	—
570–580 fancy	574	7	180.00–191.00	$186.06	$1,068	—
570–596	590	32	170.00–178.50	$177.10	$1,045	+6.91
605–625 fancy	615	2	176.00–179.00	$177.48	$1,092	—
600–630	616	9	159.00–169.00	$162.91	$1,004	-2.53
655–663	662	10	154.00–159.00	$158.51	$1,049	+11.51
675–685 fancy	680	2	167.50–169.00	$168.24	$1,144	—
720–725	723	2	127.00–145.00	$135.97	$983	-8.03
775–796 value added	793	8	157.00	$157.00	$1,245	—
810 value added	810	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,118	—
825–845	835	2	116.00–141.00	$128.35	$1,072	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	225	3	150.00–160.00	$154.85	$348	—
250–285	267	3	150.00–165.00	$156.91	$419	-8.14
305–320	313	2	160.00–162.50	$161.22	$505	—
380–395	388	6	150.00–157.50	$152.92	$593	-15.07
415	415	1	160.00	$160.00	$664	-7.50
450–495	473	5	140.00–160.00	$152.09	$719	-21.27
510–548	533	7	140.00–165.00	$148.86	$793	-4.94
563–595	573	5	156.00–164.00	$158.73	$910	—
631–633	632	7	139.50–150.00	$144.01	$910	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	140.00	$140.00	$315	—
310–330	319	4	130.00–140.00	$135.02	$431	-17.50
355–390	367	5	130.00–145.00	$136.88	$502	-9.47
485	485	1	125.00	$125.00	$606	-30.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	235	2	120.00–130.00	$124.79	$293	—
295	295	1	130.00	$130.00	$384	+5.00
300	300	1	120.00	$120.00	$360	-6.87
365–385	375	2	120.00–125.00	$122.57	$460	+0.11

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	160.00	$160.00	$376	+20.00
275–290	283	3	140.00–147.50	$144.24	$408	+4.24
300–345	322	3	140.00–157.00	$150.30	$484	+2.25
330–340 fancy	335	3	160.00–169.00	$163.85	$549	+5.95
350–385 fancy	366	10	160.00–170.00	$165.20	$605	+2.21
355–395	382	25	140.00–157.50	$150.77	$576	+4.84
400–445	427	19	139.00–145.00	$140.91	$602	+0.14
415–435 fancy	428	5	154.00–162.50	$155.73	$667	—
442 value added	442	9	161.50	$161.50	$714	—
459–470 value added	461	12	150.00–158.00	$156.64	$722	—
455–480	471	31	139.00–145.00	$139.90	$659	-2.10
505–530	521	7	134.00–145.00	$139.90	$729	-0.91
515–536 value added	522	20	148.00–163.00	$158.66	$828	—
550–595	570	6	133.00–140.00	$136.16	$776	+1.04
560–592 value added	572	34	144.00–158.50	$154.63	$884	—
610–625 fancy	615	3	137.00–144.00	$140.03	$861	—
600–635	616	7	120.00–130.00	$123.77	$762	-1.23
643 value added	643	5	146.50	$146.50	$942	—
655–675 value added	659	5	140.00–147.00	$145.57	$959	—
655–695	675	2	129.00–132.00	$130.54	$881	—
725 fancy	725	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,000	—
760	760	1	125.00	$125.00	$950	—
885 fancy	885	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,142	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	130.00	$130.00	$260	-5.00
250–270	262	3	130.00	$130.00	$341	-6.23
305–335	325	5	125.00–135.00	$130.09	$423	-4.91
350–395	364	10	122.50–135.00	$128.33	$467	-5.63
405–445	421	14	125.00–137.50	$131.21	$552	-0.28
450–495	473	30	120.00–137.00	$127.82	$605	-2.18
500–545	525	38	115.00–132.50	$128.75	$676	-0.49
550–595	572	15	115.00–130.00	$124.98	$715	—
600–605	603	2	115.00–116.00	$115.50	$696	-4.50
650	650	1	110.00	$110.00	$715	-1.00
740	740	1	100.00	$100.00	$740	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–265	260	2	120.00–125.00	$122.55	$319	—
300–335	321	7	115.00–120.00	$118.52	$380	—
350–355	353	3	115.00–120.00	$118.35	$418	-6.65
400–440	420	11	110.00–120.00	$115.10	$483	-4.90
460–485	468	4	110.00–115.00	$111.24	$521	-7.39
520–535	526	5	110.00–111.00	$110.20	$580	-4.80
555–590	570	3	105.00–110.00	$108.38	$618	-8.62

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	430	5	100.00–105.00	$103.06	$443	-6.94
450–490	469	6	100.00–105.00	$101.32	$475	-3.12
510–545	527	5	100.00–105.00	$101.71	$536	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430 fancy	415	8	190.00–207.00	$198.09	$822	+8.21
405–445	430	10	170.00–185.00	$178.75	$769	+6.68
450 fancy	450	1	191.00	$191.00	$860	—
450–495	467	10	170.00–182.50	$174.62	$815	+4.74
500 fancy	500	1	190.00	$190.00	$950	—
500–535	521	7	160.00–170.00	$162.69	$848	-3.19
555–580	568	4	150.00–155.00	$153.22	$870	+5.79
600–635	617	7	140.00–154.00	$145.93	$900	+8.77
660–670	665	4	131.00–135.00	$133.00	$884	—
700–745	720	4	124.00–132.00	$127.99	$922	+2.99

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	423	14	150.00–167.50	$157.23	$665	+7.53
455–490	469	6	150.00–168.00	$160.46	$753	+23.08
500–545	530	11	140.00–155.00	$147.96	$784	+0.44
565–595	580	12	130.00–145.00	$137.49	$797	-3.06
600–645	613	5	120.00–138.00	$129.54	$794	+4.54
650–690	673	3	117.00–127.00	$120.89	$814	-2.57
705–730	718	3	110.00–117.00	$112.97	$811	-7.06
775–795	785	2	110.00–111.00	$110.49	$867	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	422	7	130.00–140.00	$132.17	$558	—
455–495	473	6	125.00–140.00	$131.74	$623	-4.97
500–525	509	5	120.00–135.00	$128.01	$652	-0.59
555–575	563	3	120.00–125.00	$123.34	$694	+0.84
605–615	610	2	110.00–115.00	$112.52	$686	-2.48
695	695	1	108.00	$108.00	$751	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	110.00	$110.00	$473	-5.00
470–495	483	2	105.00–110.00	$107.56	$520	-2.44
545	545	1	110.00	$110.00	$600	-5.00
565–595	580	2	105.00–110.00	$107.44	$623	-0.06
695	695	1	100.00	$100.00	$695	-10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1315	1115	80-85%	10	56.00–67.00	$62.10	$692	—
890–1445	1221	80-85%	43	69.00–86.00	$77.02	$940	+1.28
1125–1320	1223	80-85%	2	86.00	$86.00	$1,052	+10.26

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–985	873	85-90%	14	48.00–65.00	$57.39	$501	—
785–980	889	85-90%	6	68.00–72.00	$69.47	$618	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380	1380	75-80%	1	62.00	$62.00	$856	—
1255–1550	1465	75-80%	4	69.00–73.00	$71.36	$1,045	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1760	1206	7	86.00–89.00	$87.79	$1,059	—
1010–1425	1218	2	73.00–79.00	$76.51	$932	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
600–690	651	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	77.50–80.00	$78.29	$510

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
975	975	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	97.00	$97.00	$946
1160–1175	1168	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	91.00–94.00	$92.51	$1,081

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–915	843	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	81.00–85.00	$82.63	$697

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–975	914	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	600.00–760.00	$683.24

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650	650	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
695–940	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	425.00–520.00	$481.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–850	838	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	835.00–840.00	$837.54
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	840.00	$840.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–190	156	43	95.00–125.00	$104.20	$163	—
160	160	1	62.50	$62.50	$100	—
207–280	250	9	110.00–132.50	$119.06	$298	—
400–465	428	4	100.00–113.00	$106.65	$456	—
500	500	1	100.00	$100.00	$500	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	52.50	$52.50	$200	—
745	745	1	17.50	$17.50	$130	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
55	55	1	75.00	$75.00	±0.00
70	70	2	90.00	$90.00	+15.00
80	80	2	185.00	$185.00	+110.00
160–175	168	2	190.00–290.00	$240.00	-17.50

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1115–1280	1198	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,085.00–1,325.00	$1,213.27	+123.27

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
910–1000	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	785.00–925.00	$858.30	-29.20

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	107.00	$107.00	$626	—
700	700	1	105.00	$105.00	$735	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	35.00	$35.00	-25.00
30	30	4	50.00–55.00	$53.75	-6.25
30	30	2	70.00–75.00	$72.50	+12.50
40	40	2	95.00–110.00	$102.50	+42.50
50	50	3	135.00	$135.00	+23.33
60	60	2	60.00	$60.00	-51.67

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	55.00	$55.00	-30.00
70	70	3	135.00	$135.00	+70.00
110	110	2	125.00–130.00	$127.50	+29.17

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40–45	41	5	60.00–75.00	$69.00	—
55	55	4	95.00	$95.00	—
60	60	8	90.00	$90.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–585	558	2	82.50–87.50	$84.88	$474	+34.88
820	820	1	86.00	$86.00	$705	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	2	145.00	$145.00	—
100–120	106	7	165.00–195.00	$176.43	—
155	155	1	330.00	$330.00	—

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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.