Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 4, 2024

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $268.22/cwt +9.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,034/hd at 385 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	393	740	540
Feeder cattle	287	595	367
Slaughter cattle	51	94	111
Replacement cattle	18	29	31

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 lower, all based on limited comparable sales. Light offering of average to good 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
305–315	310	2	327.50–330.00	$328.77	$1,019	+3.06
350–385	373	3	315.00–325.00	$319.84	$1,193	-5.16
405–445	422	3	315.00–325.00	$318.20	$1,343	+2.08
455–495	473	3	307.00–315.00	$309.73	$1,465	+10.58
510–541	530	6	280.00–313.00	$294.86	$1,563	+7.81

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	305.00	$305.00	$732	—
275	275	1	312.50	$312.50	$859	—
335–345	340	2	290.00	$290.00	$986	-12.44
355–385	365	3	285.00–305.00	$296.76	$1,083	-3.24
415–440	428	2	280.00–282.50	$281.29	$1,204	-13.91
490	490	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,286	—
570	570	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,539	+4.19
630	630	1	256.00	$256.00	$1,613	+26.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	280.00	$280.00	$784	—
370–395	383	3	262.50–285.00	$272.45	$1,043	+12.45
540	540	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,485	+52.50
690	690	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,570	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	250.00–255.00	$252.50	$694	-2.54
280–290 fancy	285	2	280.00–287.50	$283.68	$808	+5.21
310 fancy	310	1	285.00	$285.00	$884	+8.82
300–340	318	6	252.50–275.00	$266.16	$846	+12.19
360–395	380	6	252.50–262.50	$258.10	$981	-0.26
385 fancy	385	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,040	±0.00
392 value added	392	5	280.00	$280.00	$1,098	—
410 value added	410	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,281	—
410 fancy	410	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,128	—
405–440	420	4	242.50–257.50	$248.19	$1,042	-0.61
450 fancy	450	1	266.00	$266.00	$1,197	+1.00
450–485	468	6	240.00–257.50	$249.26	$1,167	+1.08
500–530	513	4	237.50–247.50	$243.20	$1,248	+6.27
530 fancy	530	1	254.00	$254.00	$1,346	—
550–562 fancy	559	8	257.00–259.00	$257.49	$1,439	—
580	580	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,378	+15.18
645 fancy	645	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,496	—
665 fancy	665	1	229.00	$229.00	$1,523	—
700	700	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,505	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	2	200.00–210.00	$205.00	$420	+5.00
250	250	1	200.00	$200.00	$500	—
365	365	1	210.00	$210.00	$766	-7.53
415	415	2	200.00–202.50	$201.25	$835	—
530–535	533	2	199.00–208.00	$203.48	$1,085	—
585–590	588	2	195.00–200.00	$197.49	$1,161	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	235.00	$235.00	$728	+4.34
350–390	373	4	222.50–240.00	$231.74	$864	+0.71
445	445	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,024	+10.28
470	470	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,081	+12.62
525	525	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,221	+16.11

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	315.00	$315.00	$882	—
320–345	326	4	315.00–322.50	$318.68	$1,039	-3.64
360–395	377	6	312.50–325.00	$317.56	$1,197	-1.95
400–415	408	2	317.50–319.00	$318.24	$1,298	+10.54
450–495	471	6	280.00–310.00	$293.39	$1,382	+7.49
515–545	530	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,404	-10.83
595	595	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,636	+16.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	300.00	$300.00	$705	-7.49
270–285	278	2	300.00–310.00	$305.14	$848	—
330–340	335	2	285.00–295.00	$289.93	$971	-13.70
360–385	375	4	290.00–295.00	$291.27	$1,092	-8.54
415–445	430	3	270.00–288.00	$279.54	$1,202	-1.09
510	510	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,352	+14.02
575	575	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,481	+17.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	260.00	$260.00	$728	-16.28
305–310	308	2	260.00–275.00	$267.44	$824	-0.46
370	370	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,018	+6.92
475–490	483	2	260.00–270.00	$264.92	$1,280	+35.09
525–540	533	2	240.00–247.50	$243.70	$1,299	+18.08
560–595	575	3	220.00–235.00	$226.83	$1,304	—
710	710	1	224.00	$224.00	$1,590	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,502.00	$1,502.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945	945	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,361.00	$1,361.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1475	1206	80-85%	17	107.00–125.00	$115.00	$1,387	—
1315	1315	80-85%	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,683	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050	1050	85-90%	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,082	—
835–1380	1081	85-90%	5	104.00–118.00	$110.89	$1,199	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1760	1554	75-80%	4	115.00–123.00	$119.22	$1,853	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970	970	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,067	—
1175–2110	1611	11	124.00–139.00	$131.90	$2,125	—
1640–1875	1783	4	144.00–147.00	$145.48	$2,594	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–760	748	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	798.00–845.00	$821.11
850	850	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	969.00	$969.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,403.00	$1,403.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,360.00	$1,360.00
1220	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,435.00	$1,435.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	672.00	$672.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150–180	165	2	85.00–110.00	$96.36	$159	+21.36
185	185	1	70.00	$70.00	$130	-5.00
315–390	353	2	45.00–47.50	$46.12	$163	-30.00
350–395	368	5	50.00–65.00	$57.50	$212	-18.62

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	50.00	$50.00	$150	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	80.00–90.00	$85.00	—
80	80	1	85.00	$85.00	—
100	100	1	150.00	$150.00	—
100	100	1	75.00	$75.00	—

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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
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
730–1095	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00–1,675.00	$1,505.00	—
995	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
690	690	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	215.00	$215.00	$656	—
415	415	1	140.00	$140.00	$581	—
665	665	3	177.50	$177.50	$1,180	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	50.00	$50.00	—
40	40	2	55.00	$55.00	—
50	50	2	145.00	$145.00	—
60	60	1	165.00	$165.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	85.00	$85.00	+5.00
80	80	1	120.00	$120.00	+40.00
100	100	1	145.00	$145.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	35.00	$35.00	—
90	90	1	90.00	$90.00	-15.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–375	340	2	52.50–55.00	$53.62	$182	—
380–395	388	2	45.00–47.50	$46.23	$179	—
405	405	1	50.00	$50.00	$202	—
475	475	1	60.00	$60.00	$285	—
520	520	1	60.00	$60.00	$312	—
615	615	1	77.50	$77.50	$477	—

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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.