Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 22, 2024

712 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $257.44/cwt +11.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,222/hd at 475 lb · 37 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $255.63/cwt +5.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,092/hd at 427 lb · 29 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $283.17/cwt +10.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,212/hd at 428 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	712	715	730
Feeder cattle	602	556	537
Slaughter cattle	7	117	82
Replacement cattle	40	25	17

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to no report being issued last week. Heavy offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	280.00	$280.00	$812	—
330–345	338	2	270.00–300.00	$285.33	$964	—
355–398	386	9	285.00–316.00	$306.95	$1,185	—
405–445	421	9	280.00–312.50	$285.29	$1,201	+42.79
435	435	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,044	-2.50
475–495	488	5	265.00–275.00	$270.46	$1,320	-12.30
500–545	532	15	260.00–285.00	$271.47	$1,444	-6.97
550–595	573	15	255.00–282.50	$271.84	$1,558	+29.18
605–630	618	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,545	+10.00
600–641	629	16	255.00–277.50	$258.90	$1,628	+0.61
655–670	663	2	247.50–252.50	$250.03	$1,658	-3.97
675–695	683	9	237.50–255.00	$247.13	$1,688	-6.87
700	700	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,680	+0.56

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,085	+32.23
330–345 fancy	338	3	372.50–385.00	$377.40	$1,276	+25.49
350–355 fancy	353	2	387.50–395.00	$391.22	$1,381	+41.22
385	385	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,328	+21.53
410 fancy	410	1	342.50	$342.50	$1,404	—
420–435	430	5	310.00–325.00	$315.44	$1,356	-4.66
450–495	479	20	280.00–297.50	$287.29	$1,376	-21.41
500–540	517	15	285.00–293.00	$289.96	$1,499	-16.07
560	560	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,624	-12.24

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	250.00	$250.00	$675	±0.00
343	343	4	250.00	$250.00	$858	—
420	420	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,050	—
480–490	485	2	245.00–250.00	$247.53	$1,201	+15.68
510–530	520	3	235.00–257.50	$247.45	$1,287	—
590–595	593	2	240.00–247.50	$243.73	$1,445	+23.73
605–640	628	4	235.00–255.00	$242.95	$1,526	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	260.00	$260.00	$767	—
300–330	321	4	260.00–272.50	$268.07	$861	-11.83
350–380	369	17	245.00–272.50	$260.88	$963	-8.71
400–445	427	29	240.00–270.00	$255.63	$1,092	-1.38
465	465	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,046	-24.53
450–495	475	36	240.00–267.50	$258.34	$1,227	+28.34
505	505	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,098	-30.21
500–545	515	20	250.00–264.00	$257.58	$1,327	+9.87
550–585	568	9	247.50–257.50	$253.78	$1,441	+25.30
600–640	615	11	220.00–250.00	$235.25	$1,447	+15.36
650–655	653	2	220.00–242.50	$231.29	$1,510	-16.21
650–680	666	7	220.00–250.00	$236.70	$1,576	+19.45
700	700	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,540	+1.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	290.00	$290.00	$667	-2.41
265–270	268	2	275.00–280.00	$277.48	$744	-17.52
300–315 fancy	310	3	312.50–315.00	$313.31	$971	-5.82
325–345	336	4	275.00–292.50	$279.49	$939	-23.36
360–395	382	6	276.00–287.50	$281.36	$1,075	-18.70
400–410	402	13	272.50–290.00	$283.34	$1,139	-5.52
495	495	1	263.00	$263.00	$1,302	-6.77
500–535	520	12	262.50–268.00	$265.61	$1,381	—
550–595	568	18	255.00–268.00	$263.03	$1,494	-1.97

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–255	253	2	230.00–235.00	$232.52	$588	—
315–325	320	2	215.00–225.00	$219.92	$704	-26.70
405–440	430	4	220.00–240.00	$231.25	$994	+4.60
575–595	587	5	215.00–237.50	$226.49	$1,329	+8.80
600–635	617	3	200.00–215.00	$204.86	$1,264	-0.75

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	324	4	285.00–315.00	$297.57	$964	+14.89
350–395	376	7	275.00–335.00	$291.35	$1,095	+26.35
400–445	428	21	260.00–312.50	$283.17	$1,212	+7.38
450–495	473	13	255.00–280.00	$269.23	$1,273	+4.48
500–545	528	17	250.00–272.50	$263.24	$1,390	+18.34
550–580	560	12	250.00–270.00	$258.40	$1,447	+1.48
600–640	629	6	228.00–231.00	$229.32	$1,442	-13.73
650–690	660	12	215.00–235.00	$225.80	$1,490	-7.36

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	360.00	$360.00	$792	—
275–285	280	2	350.00–355.00	$352.54	$987	+27.54
305	305	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,068	+20.00
310–340 fancy	325	2	370.00–375.00	$372.38	$1,210	+6.59
355–380 fancy	369	6	352.50–385.00	$368.94	$1,361	+25.23
355–395	378	8	340.00–350.00	$346.21	$1,309	+17.76
400–425	412	6	320.00–352.50	$332.83	$1,371	+21.57
455–490	470	6	285.00–297.50	$289.62	$1,361	—
515	515	3	277.50–287.50	$281.67	$1,451	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	233	2	230.00–250.00	$240.32	$560	—
290	290	1	245.00	$245.00	$710	—
300–345	330	3	230.00–250.00	$238.48	$787	-7.06
355–395	375	3	245.00–255.00	$248.51	$932	+12.35
400	400	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,000	+14.94
450–495	485	6	230.00–250.00	$243.20	$1,180	+13.56
510–540	525	3	210.00–230.00	$223.33	$1,172	-4.35
560–595	580	5	220.00–240.00	$231.88	$1,345	—
615	615	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,307	-7.50
695	695	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,425	-7.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995	995	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,682.00	$1,682.00	—
1025–1265	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,640.00–1,875.00	$1,763.06	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
660–955	808	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,385.00–1,442.00	$1,418.71	—
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,789.00	$1,789.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1350	1083	80-85%	14	118.00–139.00	$129.82	$1,406	—
855–1425	1183	80-85%	15	140.00–155.00	$146.41	$1,732	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1315	1031	85-90%	11	75.00–128.00	$114.02	$1,176	—
960–1300	1085	85-90%	10	134.00–143.00	$136.38	$1,480	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1655	1470	75-80%	11	143.00–157.00	$147.76	$2,172	—
1470	1470	75-80%	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,984	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1470	1233	5	120.00–151.00	$140.47	$1,732	—
1090–1880	1600	4	166.00–168.00	$167.31	$2,677	—
1365–2060	1812	3	170.00–175.00	$172.99	$3,135	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660–780	705	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	776.00–877.50	$824.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,440.00	$1,440.00
1030	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,226.00	$1,226.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	998.00	$998.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,023.00	$1,023.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,268.00	$1,268.00
870–1075	982	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,375.00–1,500.00	$1,454.58
900–1085	1008	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,300.00–1,375.00	$1,344.09
975–1090	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,525.00–1,625.00	$1,559.16
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1285	1171	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,670.53
1135–1230	1198	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,650.00–1,845.00	$1,725.27
1215	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
100–120	112	3	75.00–105.00	$94.33	$106	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	—	—	3	125.00–145.00	$138.33	—
80	80	—	—	1	105.00	$105.00	—
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	125.00	$125.00	—
80	80	—	—	1	60.00	$60.00	—
100	100	—	—	2	100.00	$100.00	-25.00
100–120	103	—	—	6	165.00–205.00	$183.33	+58.33
150	150	—	—	1	310.00	$310.00	—

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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
1305	1305	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	85.00	$85.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	8	30.00–45.00	$38.13	+9.80
20	20	2	20.00	$20.00	-8.33
30	30	4	50.00–55.00	$52.50	+24.17
40	40	2	60.00–80.00	$70.00	-10.00
50	50	1	45.00	$45.00	-5.00
60	60	1	110.00	$110.00	+60.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	65.00	$65.00	—
80	80	1	45.00	$45.00	—
80	80	1	110.00	$110.00	—
90	90	1	160.00	$160.00	—
100	100	3	130.00–145.00	$140.00	—
100	100	1	80.00	$80.00	—
100–130	115	4	180.00–220.00	$201.25	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	2	65.00–90.00	$77.50	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	65.00	$65.00	$162	—
485	485	1	60.00	$60.00	$291	—

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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.