Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 9, 2023

944 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $205.19/cwt -5.00 vs last sale · ≈ $753/hd at 367 lb · 35 head

light 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $206.93/cwt +2.38 vs last sale · ≈ $673/hd at 325 lb · 27 head

light 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $156.87/cwt +2.32 vs last sale · ≈ $525/hd at 335 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	944	513	356
Feeder cattle	709	347	197
Slaughter cattle	132	95	33
Replacement cattle	34	27	36

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeders steers and feeder bulls 4.00 higher, feeder heifers 2.00 higher, slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady based on limited comparable sales. Heavy offering of good to average quality 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
255–290	267	3	185.00–202.50	$196.02	$523	+6.02
280–290 fancy	283	3	210.00–220.00	$214.94	$608	-0.06
300–345 fancy	325	19	205.00–225.00	$213.65	$694	+0.73
305–345	325	8	180.00–200.00	$190.96	$621	-6.88
350–385 fancy	365	22	205.00–227.00	$214.50	$783	-2.40
350–395	370	13	180.00–200.00	$189.43	$701	-1.70
405–420 fancy	410	3	203.00–210.00	$206.95	$848	+3.36
405–420	412	3	185.00–195.00	$188.65	$777	—
470–475	473	3	185.00–188.00	$186.84	$884	+7.88
500 fancy	500	1	192.00	$192.00	$960	—
525–545	532	3	174.00–185.00	$177.95	$947	—
523–547 value added	541	13	184.00–185.00	$184.78	$1,000	—
565–585	573	7	163.00–177.00	$169.65	$972	+7.66
600–630	615	2	162.50–163.00	$162.74	$1,001	-0.26
648 value added	648	16	167.50	$167.50	$1,085	—
650 value added	650	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,092	—
655–675	668	3	152.00–156.00	$153.98	$1,029	+9.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	170.00	$170.00	$382	-5.00
275–285	281	4	160.00–170.00	$163.80	$460	-11.20
300–345	321	5	160.00–177.50	$170.68	$548	+5.68
350–375	363	8	160.00–175.00	$167.19	$607	+7.19
405–430	416	5	170.00–180.00	$173.54	$722	—
450–495	476	5	162.50–175.00	$169.60	$807	+9.60
525–535	530	2	165.00–171.00	$168.03	$891	+23.03
575–590	583	2	150.00–155.00	$152.53	$889	+5.03
615–645	630	3	154.00–157.50	$155.47	$979	—
680	680	1	144.00	$144.00	$979	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	216	4	140.00–152.50	$148.35	$320	—
260–295	279	4	150.00–157.50	$154.47	$431	+14.10
300–345	325	4	150.00	$150.00	$488	—
350–380	366	5	140.00–152.50	$146.97	$538	+16.97
495	495	1	140.00	$140.00	$693	—
535–540	538	2	155.00–157.50	$156.26	$841	—
685	685	1	127.50	$127.50	$873	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	130.00	$130.00	$292	—
290	290	1	129.00	$129.00	$374	—
345	345	1	130.00	$130.00	$448	+15.00
390	390	1	120.00	$120.00	$468	±0.00
455	455	1	127.50	$127.50	$580	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225 fancy	225	1	170.00	$170.00	$382	—
235–240	238	2	150.00	$150.00	$357	-13.74
280	280	1	157.50	$157.50	$441	+6.87
305–346	334	19	150.00–160.00	$154.08	$515	-0.47
320–345 fancy	336	7	162.50–168.00	$164.44	$553	—
350–395 fancy	364	5	162.50–166.00	$164.50	$599	-0.75
355–395	375	18	147.50–160.00	$156.33	$586	+3.87
400–445	418	14	146.00–159.00	$153.30	$641	+1.82
450–495	471	9	146.00–156.00	$148.76	$701	-3.16
505 fancy	505	1	166.00	$166.00	$838	+10.33
505–535	520	12	143.00–149.00	$146.27	$761	+0.22
560	560	1	145.00	$145.00	$812	+3.78
695	695	1	130.00	$130.00	$904	-2.00
700–710	705	2	132.00–139.00	$135.48	$955	+0.48

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240	221	4	135.00–140.00	$136.30	$301	+11.30
275–285	280	4	130.00–140.00	$137.50	$385	+17.50
300–345	315	7	135.00–147.50	$141.08	$444	-3.92
350–395	372	7	130.00–145.00	$138.83	$516	+8.83
400–440	430	10	130.00–145.00	$141.01	$606	+16.01
450–495	473	21	130.00–145.00	$136.26	$645	+5.82
500–545	524	9	130.00–140.00	$133.99	$702	+3.32
550–590	573	8	127.50–140.00	$134.54	$771	+3.66
600–630	610	3	125.00–136.00	$129.11	$788	+3.60
655–690	677	3	121.00–123.00	$122.00	$826	+6.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–215	210	3	120.00–125.00	$121.63	$255	—
295	295	1	130.00	$130.00	$384	—
310–330	318	3	130.00	$130.00	$413	—
420–445	436	4	120.00–126.00	$123.97	$541	—
460–495	478	8	120.00–128.00	$124.68	$596	—
520–535	525	3	117.50–125.00	$122.45	$643	+4.45
560–595	574	5	120.00–126.00	$123.12	$707	—
600	600	1	122.00	$122.00	$732	+14.74
700	700	1	115.00	$115.00	$805	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	115.00	$115.00	$259	—
255–280	268	2	110.00–120.00	$114.77	$308	—
310–325	317	3	110.00–120.00	$115.88	$367	—
380	380	2	115.00–120.00	$117.50	$446	+5.50
435–445	440	2	107.50–115.00	$111.21	$489	—
450–480	458	4	115.00–120.00	$117.72	$539	+7.72
520	520	1	110.00	$110.00	$572	±0.00
585–595	590	2	109.00–118.00	$113.46	$669	—
600	600	1	102.00	$102.00	$612	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–430	415	4	182.50–190.00	$185.64	$770	+4.88
400–440 fancy	417	13	190.00–215.00	$201.79	$841	+5.47
450–495	480	8	177.50–186.00	$180.68	$867	+4.49
475–495 fancy	485	2	188.00–189.00	$188.51	$914	—
505–545	524	13	160.00–179.00	$168.62	$884	+5.86
565 fancy	565	1	166.00	$166.00	$938	—
550–580	567	3	151.00–154.00	$152.65	$866	+2.05
600–605	602	3	143.00–144.00	$143.67	$865	+3.62
650–680	665	2	130.00–137.00	$133.58	$888	+0.58
700–730	715	2	134.00	$134.00	$958	+12.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	430	7	165.00–175.00	$170.13	$732	+11.07
455–480	467	6	155.00–168.00	$161.74	$755	+2.41
520–545	529	4	145.00–167.00	$155.98	$825	+13.61
565–595	577	10	139.00–147.00	$142.83	$824	+3.13
600–645	632	8	130.00–142.00	$136.08	$860	+9.47
660–665	663	2	129.00	$129.00	$855	—
720	720	1	129.00	$129.00	$929	+14.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	423	6	140.00–155.00	$148.37	$628	+25.34
450–485	474	4	140.00–150.00	$144.28	$684	—
515–545	534	4	133.00–141.00	$136.98	$731	—
585–595	590	2	130.00	$130.00	$767	—
605–645	628	4	119.00–127.00	$124.58	$782	—
665	665	1	120.00	$120.00	$798	—
745	745	1	117.00	$117.00	$872	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–425	408	3	120.00–130.00	$126.53	$516	—
455–495	481	4	120.00–130.00	$127.64	$614	—
500	500	1	120.00	$120.00	$600	—
555	555	1	125.00	$125.00	$694	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,035.00	$1,035.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720	720	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	792.00	$792.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1355	1094	80-85%	21	63.00–79.00	$73.67	$806	—
1025–1490	1263	80-85%	38	80.00–94.00	$86.20	$1,089	+2.43
1225–1300	1263	80-85%	2	98.00–99.00	$98.49	$1,244	+14.72

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1175	987	85-90%	13	71.00–76.00	$73.53	$726	—
730–1375	996	85-90%	7	60.00–69.00	$65.92	$657	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1600	1525	75-80%	2	73.00–79.00	$75.85	$1,157	—
1410–1925	1621	75-80%	6	88.00–93.00	$89.85	$1,456	—
1600–1700	1650	75-80%	2	95.00–106.00	$100.33	$1,655	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1500	1428	2	85.00–88.00	$86.42	$1,234	—
1130–2235	1613	10	98.00–109.00	$105.10	$1,695	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–855	848	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	855.00–941.00	$897.62
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	711.00	$711.00
935–1020	978	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	734.00–739.00	$736.39

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	508.00	$508.00
730–755	743	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	584.00–604.00	$594.17

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–720	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	460.00–470.00	$464.89

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	882.00	$882.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
860–970	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	675.00–775.00	$728.01
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	720.00	$720.00
915–1035	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	810.00–900.00	$852.23

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
880–910	892	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	650.00–700.00	$675.28
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	490.00	$490.00
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	860.00	$860.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	690.00	$690.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110–125	118	2	30.00–62.50	$47.29	$56	-32.71
100–170	123	3	70.00–95.00	$79.05	$97	-0.95
155–170	163	2	20.00–30.00	$24.77	$40	—
220	220	1	52.50	$52.50	$116	—
275–290	283	2	95.00–110.00	$102.70	$291	+32.70

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160–165	163	2	20.00–30.00	$24.92	$41	—
495	495	1	3.00	$3.00	$15	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	105.00	$105.00	+55.00
100	100	2	185.00	$185.00	—
100	100	1	135.00	$135.00	—
175	175	1	420.00	$420.00	+155.00

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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
875–980	928	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00	$800.00	—
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
715	715	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	80.00	$80.00	$372	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	11	50.00–65.00	$55.91	+23.41
25	25	1	20.00	$20.00	-12.50
50	50	3	130.00–140.00	$133.33	+68.33
50	50	6	70.00–85.00	$77.50	+12.50
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	+35.00
75	75	5	150.00–165.00	$158.00	+93.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	3	145.00–160.00	$155.00	+45.00
100–125	108	3	170.00–190.00	$180.00	—
125	125	1	125.00	$125.00	—
150	150	1	215.00	$215.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	25.00	$25.00	-40.00
60	60	1	42.50	$42.50	+27.50
70	70	1	30.00	$30.00	-30.00
75	75	1	25.00	$25.00	-35.00
80	80	2	35.00–37.50	$36.25	-23.75
80	80	2	70.00–80.00	$75.00	+15.00
80–85	83	2	20.00	$20.00	-40.00
90	90	3	70.00–85.00	$75.83	+15.83
95	95	1	20.00	$20.00	-40.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	75.00	$75.00	$150	—

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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.