Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 4, 2023

516 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $284.65/cwt +10.35 vs last sale · ≈ $905/hd at 318 lb · 15 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $248.38/cwt ≈ $1,277/hd at 514 lb · 14 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $219.68/cwt -1.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,164/hd at 530 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	516	824	1,274
Feeder cattle	328	638	1,018
Slaughter cattle	111	92	107
Replacement cattle	18	41	27

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers were to few too trend, feeder bulls were 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls were 4.00 higher. Average offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	282.50	$282.50	$1,003	+17.50
370 fancy	370	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,092	—
410 fancy	410	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,189	+10.00
435	435	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,185	—
450	450	1	273.00	$273.00	$1,228	—
500–535	514	14	240.00–255.00	$248.38	$1,277	—
550–580	562	3	233.00–240.00	$236.77	$1,331	—
600	600	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,368	—
700	700	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,463	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	225.00	$225.00	$484	—
265	265	1	255.00	$255.00	$676	—
390	390	1	255.00	$255.00	$994	+13.67
415–440	428	2	225.00–242.50	$233.49	$999	+3.61
480	480	2	227.50–235.00	$231.25	$1,110	+1.92
515–540	531	4	215.00–235.00	$222.32	$1,181	-17.92
560–585	573	2	225.00–228.00	$226.53	$1,298	—
600	600	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,200	-19.00
845	845	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,268	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	190.00	$190.00	$855	-16.25
530	530	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,034	-15.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–215	213	2	215.00	$215.00	$458	—
310–335	321	5	200.00–210.00	$207.43	$666	+8.88
355–395	382	6	190.00–202.50	$195.70	$748	-2.47
400–440	418	10	190.00–205.00	$197.53	$826	-1.53
458–495	480	12	190.00–204.00	$198.89	$955	-1.26
505–545	527	10	187.00–199.00	$193.60	$1,020	+3.61
550–595	570	5	182.00–195.00	$187.95	$1,071	-10.34

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	223	2	220.00–235.00	$226.74	$506	—
265–295	284	4	217.50–225.00	$222.02	$631	-4.34
310–345	331	6	217.50–225.00	$220.10	$729	+0.94
350–390	367	5	215.00–220.00	$218.53	$802	-6.47
400–435	414	4	210.00–220.00	$215.66	$893	+0.66
470–490	477	10	210.00–215.00	$213.24	$1,017	—
505–522	518	4	206.00–208.50	$207.89	$1,077	—
555	555	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,149	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	185.00	$185.00	$444	—
295	295	1	185.00	$185.00	$546	+7.71
340	340	1	185.00	$185.00	$629	+7.21
385	385	1	185.00	$185.00	$712	+1.59
455–460	457	3	180.00–185.00	$181.68	$830	+3.21
500–547	536	8	179.00–180.00	$179.36	$961	-2.37
565–595	580	2	170.00–175.00	$172.44	$1,000	-8.64

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	265.00	$265.00	$768	+10.00
300–340	318	9	265.00–285.00	$275.59	$876	+8.17
300–340 fancy	318	6	290.00–310.00	$298.25	$948	+12.47
350–375 fancy	363	2	295.00–297.50	$296.29	$1,076	+22.57
365–395	378	5	280.00–287.50	$284.46	$1,075	+22.56
400–415 fancy	405	3	280.00–285.00	$282.30	$1,143	+14.83
400–445	427	5	245.00–257.50	$250.01	$1,068	-3.38
450–495	475	12	235.00–250.00	$240.82	$1,144	-0.91
505–525	515	2	230.00–233.00	$231.53	$1,192	-1.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	245.00	$245.00	$490	—
255–275	265	2	225.00–235.00	$230.19	$610	—
300–340	320	2	230.00–240.00	$234.69	$751	-5.85
385–395	390	2	225.00–240.00	$232.60	$907	-1.13
425–445	431	7	220.00–235.00	$228.23	$984	+0.47
455–490	473	7	205.00–227.00	$217.43	$1,028	-4.70
515–545	530	13	200.00–224.00	$219.68	$1,164	-1.69
560–595	578	4	208.00–218.00	$212.91	$1,231	-3.52
605	605	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,255	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	215.00	$215.00	$462	-5.00
300–305	303	2	200.00	$200.00	$606	-16.61
360–390	372	3	195.00–205.00	$198.50	$738	-16.50
400–425	413	2	180.00–195.00	$187.27	$773	-18.50
465–490	473	3	180.00–195.00	$185.83	$879	-21.65
580–590	585	2	180.00–195.00	$187.56	$1,097	-8.07
606–631	620	9	187.00–189.00	$187.87	$1,165	-0.65
655	655	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,172	-11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1255–1840	1548	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,225.00–2,065.00	$1,724.39	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1335	1160	80-85%	14	73.00–89.00	$82.92	$962	-7.39
1000–1610	1271	80-85%	47	92.00–112.00	$99.06	$1,259	-1.48
1365–1470	1421	80-85%	4	115.00–116.00	$115.50	$1,641	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–945	875	85-90%	7	70.00–84.00	$76.36	$668	—
795–985	896	85-90%	10	87.00–93.00	$89.89	$805	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1885	1404	8	114.00–121.00	$117.33	$1,647	—
1160–2120	1528	4	101.00–112.00	$108.35	$1,656	—

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Stock Cows

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–845	828	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	630.00–760.00	$696.37

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,266

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Bred Cows

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–955	867	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	700.00–920.00	$828.24

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	930.00	$930.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–365	345	2	50.00–70.00	$60.58	$209	-36.92
405–420	413	2	77.50–80.00	$78.77	$325	-23.73
415–435	425	2	57.50–72.50	$65.18	$277	-37.32

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	30.00	$30.00	$102	—
710	710	1	10.00	$10.00	$71	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	70.00	$70.00	-15.00
70	70	3	90.00–105.00	$95.00	+10.00
80	80	3	115.00–120.00	$116.67	+6.67
125	125	4	145.00–150.00	$147.50	-2.50
150	150	1	300.00	$300.00	+85.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
765–1050	908	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,545.00	$1,545.00	—
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—
975	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085–1240	1163	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,125.00–1,325.00	$1,231.67	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	2	55.00	$55.00	+20.00
40	40	4	75.00–110.00	$92.50	+57.50
50	50	3	60.00–65.00	$63.33	+3.33
50	50	2	135.00–140.00	$137.50	+77.50

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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	—
80	80	5	70.00–100.00	$78.00	—
150	150	1	165.00	$165.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	7	70.00–90.00	$78.57	—
100	100	5	80.00–105.00	$100.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–375	343	2	52.50–55.00	$53.63	$184	—
585	585	1	62.50	$62.50	$366	—
645	645	1	62.50	$62.50	$403	—
720–730	725	2	62.50–65.00	$63.76	$462	—

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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.