Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report, Williamston, SC

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 5, 2026

457 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $416.51/cwt ≈ $2,211/hd at 531 lb · 28 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $336.68/cwt +12.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,743/hd at 518 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $397.92/cwt +28.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,869/hd at 470 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	457	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 fancy	230	1	530.00	$530.00	$1,219	—
290	290	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,450	—
300–315 fancy	308	2	535.00–545.00	$540.12	$1,664	—
320–340	328	3	480.00–510.00	$492.01	$1,614	+27.16
360 value added	360	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,818	—
365–395	378	5	450.00–487.50	$474.97	$1,795	+14.97
415 value added	415	1	477.50	$477.50	$1,982	—
440	440	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,958	-5.00
460–495	478	4	430.00–465.00	$442.13	$2,113	-2.87
500–530	513	8	395.00–420.00	$410.69	$2,107	—
500–540 value added	538	20	395.00–420.00	$418.84	$2,253	—
555–579 value added	568	4	387.00–416.00	$399.49	$2,269	—
555–585	568	6	380.00–405.00	$390.64	$2,219	+16.86
620–630	625	2	350.00–355.00	$352.52	$2,203	-9.80
665 value added	665	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,394	—
700 value added	700	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,380	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–360	358	2	410.00–440.00	$424.90	$1,521	—
385 value added	385	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,771	—
405	405	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,620	+50.00
425 value added	425	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,912	—
450–495 value added	473	2	400.00–440.00	$419.05	$1,982	—
450–490	474	4	380.00–415.00	$394.75	$1,871	—
500–530 value added	510	3	382.50–410.00	$400.47	$2,042	—
510	510	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,887	+10.00
560–580	571	5	360.00–375.00	$370.55	$2,116	—
680–690	685	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,192	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,599	—
485	485	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,892	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–225 fancy	215	2	480.00–495.00	$487.15	$1,047	+62.15
240	240	2	400.00–445.00	$422.50	$1,014	+17.73
270–295	283	2	400.00–415.00	$407.17	$1,152	+5.61
280–295 fancy	288	2	480.00	$480.00	$1,382	—
320 value added	320	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,312	—
330–345	336	5	400.00–420.00	$411.85	$1,384	+10.82
350 value added	350	1	417.50	$417.50	$1,461	—
350–385	369	5	390.00–420.00	$410.03	$1,513	+13.58
385 fancy	385	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,636	—
405–435	418	6	390.00–410.00	$397.46	$1,661	+6.59
405–435 value added	420	3	407.50–415.00	$410.77	$1,725	—
450–465 value added	458	6	387.50–400.00	$392.09	$1,796	—
450–470	459	7	380.00–392.50	$385.69	$1,770	+17.47
520 value added	520	1	377.50	$377.50	$1,963	—
510–545	521	5	367.50–380.00	$372.41	$1,940	+18.45
555	555	1	352.50	$352.50	$1,956	+5.75
610 value added	610	1	343.00	$343.00	$2,092	—
610–630	617	3	325.00	$325.00	$2,005	-10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	365.00–370.00	$367.50	$845	—
325–335	330	2	355.00–360.00	$357.46	$1,180	-22.54
370	370	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,295	-16.46
370	370	2	385.00–390.00	$387.50	$1,434	+21.04
410–420	415	2	325.00–335.00	$329.94	$1,369	-39.37
410–440	428	3	350.00–387.50	$369.08	$1,580	+39.08
430–440 value added	435	2	340.00–370.00	$354.83	$1,544	—
455–490	470	4	340.00–367.50	$351.60	$1,653	-3.94
465–490	481	7	300.00–335.00	$319.35	$1,536	-36.19
495 value added	495	1	367.50	$367.50	$1,819	—
500–530	515	2	305.00–320.00	$312.28	$1,608	-11.47
500–545	518	12	320.00–357.50	$340.75	$1,765	+17.00
550–585	568	9	320.00–350.00	$335.64	$1,906	+17.53
570–585 value added	578	2	342.50–348.00	$345.21	$1,995	—
580	580	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,740	-18.11
600	600	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,890	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	320.00	$320.00	$864	—
375	375	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,125	-31.18
420	420	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,365	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	425.00–445.00	$435.21	$1,045	—
260	260	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,053	—
340	340	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,462	—
360–380	373	4	410.00–447.50	$435.57	$1,625	+35.57
400–440	418	8	400.00–437.50	$424.24	$1,773	+49.24
410–445	428	2	375.00–380.00	$377.60	$1,616	-22.40
450–495	469	9	395.00–425.00	$409.98	$1,923	+57.84
450–495	471	4	350.00–380.00	$370.80	$1,746	+18.66
500–540	528	4	357.50–380.00	$367.55	$1,941	+37.55
570	570	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,881	-26.74
550–594	580	11	340.00–370.00	$355.02	$2,059	-1.72
625–640	633	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,899	-13.87
635	635	2	340.00–350.00	$345.00	$2,191	+31.13
650–695	675	3	325.00–337.50	$330.69	$2,232	+70.69
685	685	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,089	+45.00
700	700	1	322.50	$322.50	$2,258	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	515.00	$515.00	$1,082	+65.00
205–225 fancy	215	2	540.00–590.00	$566.16	$1,217	—
250–285 fancy	273	4	545.00–560.00	$549.93	$1,501	—
275	275	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,375	—
315	315	1	475.00	$475.00	$1,496	+17.01
305–335 fancy	320	4	535.00–565.00	$548.46	$1,755	+39.28
350–380	371	7	450.00–495.00	$469.30	$1,741	-3.33
400–445	421	11	442.50–475.00	$455.19	$1,916	+19.81
460–465	463	5	440.00–470.00	$453.46	$2,100	+44.96
500–535	517	9	385.00–407.50	$396.74	$2,051	+11.81
555–570	565	3	377.50–385.00	$381.64	$2,156	+4.14
600–635	617	5	345.00–352.50	$347.94	$2,147	+8.45

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240	223	2	350.00–365.00	$356.91	$796	-3.09
360–395	378	2	395.00	$395.00	$1,493	—
465–480	473	2	342.50–365.00	$353.93	$1,674	+16.42
510–515	513	2	327.50–337.50	$332.48	$1,706	—
550	550	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,760	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
755–1000	878	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	2,000.00–2,175.00	$2,075.28	+475.28

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,075.00	$2,075.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1065	1050	80-85%	2	217.50–225.00	$221.30	$2,324	—
970–1375	1195	80-85%	6	115.00–149.00	$137.45	$1,643	-1.57
1005–1495	1234	80-85%	26	150.00–173.00	$159.62	$1,970	+2.45

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1715	1233	85-90%	6	112.50–135.00	$124.31	$1,533	—
710–1705	1347	85-90%	10	142.50–159.00	$150.88	$2,032	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1690	1494	75-80%	6	153.00–169.00	$162.88	$2,433	—
1675–1795	1735	75-80%	2	180.00–181.00	$180.48	$3,131	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–2015	1613	2	174.00–179.00	$175.88	$2,837	+6.37
1290–2445	1844	14	180.00–197.00	$190.92	$3,521	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–940	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,672.00–1,701.00	$1,688.48
855–1105	981	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,496.00–1,640.00	$1,570.60

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1210	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,045.00	$2,045.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1220–1445	1343	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,300.00–2,850.00	$2,636.82
1240–1480	1360	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,650.00–2,950.00	$2,786.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
100	100	1	97.50	$97.50	$98	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	110.00	$110.00	—
80	80	1	195.00	$195.00	—
100	100	1	195.00	$195.00	-125.00
150	150	1	315.00	$315.00	—

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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
1100–1215	1168	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,100.00–3,225.00	$3,173.82	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,250.00	$3,250.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	55.00	$55.00	—
50	50	1	90.00	$90.00	-15.00
80	80	1	160.00	$160.00	+31.67

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Nannies/Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	150.00	$150.00	-1.25

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	8	55.00–60.00	$57.50	-102.50
60	60	2	80.00	$80.00	-80.00
70	70	7	80.00–90.00	$82.86	-77.14
80	80	6	100.00–115.00	$105.00	-55.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	238	2	67.50–72.50	$69.92	$166	—
255–265	260	2	82.50	$82.50	$214	—
350	350	1	85.00	$85.00	$298	—
445–475	460	2	95.00	$95.00	$437	—
565–570	568	2	97.50	$97.50	$554	+5.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	2	85.00–100.00	$92.50	—
80	80	2	170.00–190.00	$180.00	—
100	100	1	240.00	$240.00	+72.50

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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.