Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 23, 2026

513 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $471.59/cwt -1.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,997/hd at 424 lb · 16 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $521.23/cwt +35.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,885/hd at 362 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $457.39/cwt +0.96 vs last sale · ≈ $2,168/hd at 474 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	513	379	413
Feeder cattle	393	312	298
Slaughter cattle	68	35	61
Replacement cattle	26	24	28

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle, slaughter cattle 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls too few to trend. Moderate offering og average to good 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
260	260	1	560.00	$560.00	$1,456	—
325–340	333	2	525.00–530.00	$527.56	$1,757	—
350–365	358	4	425.00–540.00	$503.25	$1,802	—
390 value added	390	1	495.00	$495.00	$1,930	-45.00
425 value added	425	2	500.00–510.00	$505.00	$2,146	+17.50
400–445	433	7	470.00–500.00	$480.90	$2,082	-2.19
460–490	470	3	412.50–425.00	$419.02	$1,969	-19.43
465–490	478	4	460.00–470.00	$466.23	$2,229	+27.78
515	515	1	430.00	$430.00	$2,214	+22.76
570 value added	570	1	425.00	$425.00	$2,422	—
555–590	573	3	400.00–405.00	$402.38	$2,306	+2.29
600–645	626	4	365.00–395.00	$376.60	$2,358	—
630 value added	630	1	420.00	$420.00	$2,646	+25.00
670 value added	670	1	395.00	$395.00	$2,646	—
675	675	1	392.50	$392.50	$2,649	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 fancy	230	1	600.00	$600.00	$1,380	—
285–290 fancy	288	2	605.00–620.00	$612.57	$1,764	—
345	345	1	585.00	$585.00	$2,018	-22.79
365–395	384	7	540.00–580.00	$552.64	$2,122	+18.13
405	405	2	520.00	$520.00	$2,106	+7.70
450–475	465	3	470.00–485.00	$478.28	$2,224	-11.72
505	505	1	477.50	$477.50	$2,411	+16.26
600–640	620	2	405.00–410.00	$407.58	$2,527	-6.17

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,223	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	575.00	$575.00	$1,351	—
265	265	1	495.00	$495.00	$1,312	-50.00
265–290 fancy	278	5	605.00–650.00	$628.99	$1,749	—
305–340 fancy	326	4	590.00–610.00	$598.72	$1,952	+18.72
305–345	330	9	520.00–575.00	$544.08	$1,795	+40.93
355 fancy	355	1	550.00	$550.00	$1,952	—
350–390	362	15	490.00–535.00	$519.31	$1,880	+34.17
400–435	415	8	460.00–500.00	$474.74	$1,970	+1.47
450–480	467	3	437.50–460.00	$451.48	$2,108	-6.63
505–530	519	4	400.00–412.50	$404.31	$2,098	-2.70
545 fancy	545	1	470.00	$470.00	$2,562	—
555–565	560	2	380.00–385.00	$382.48	$2,142	+1.57
600	600	1	347.50	$347.50	$2,085	-8.66

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,457	—
350–395	369	8	440.00–485.00	$461.98	$1,705	+10.11
395 fancy	395	1	555.00	$555.00	$2,192	—
420–430	425	2	375.00–425.00	$400.29	$1,701	-38.66
400–445	426	10	440.00–475.00	$453.27	$1,931	+14.32
445 value added	445	1	480.00	$480.00	$2,136	—
455–465	460	3	420.00–440.00	$429.96	$1,978	+12.33
475	475	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,971	-2.63
505–515	508	3	360.00–395.00	$382.35	$1,942	+8.15
510	510	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,938	+5.80
550–590	573	4	357.50–372.50	$364.26	$2,087	-1.87
625	625	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,156	—
660–685	673	2	300.00–330.00	$314.72	$2,118	—
700	700	1	302.50	$302.50	$2,118	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,180	—
320	320	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,296	+20.00
395	395	3	470.00	$470.00	$1,856	+85.00
420–440	430	2	405.00–430.00	$417.21	$1,794	+27.39
480–490	486	4	375.00–410.00	$392.60	$1,908	+0.10
540	540	1	392.50	$392.50	$2,120	+80.29
575	575	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,898	-11.23
705	705	1	297.50	$297.50	$2,097	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–240	225	2	525.00	$525.00	$1,181	—
265–290	280	3	500.00–530.00	$518.24	$1,451	—
335–345	340	3	470.00–500.00	$483.38	$1,643	-46.62
365	365	1	475.00	$475.00	$1,734	+25.13
405 fancy	405	1	560.00	$560.00	$2,268	—
420 value added	420	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,932	-25.00
400–445	423	9	435.00–500.00	$471.65	$1,995	-4.76
410–445	429	5	445.00–480.00	$456.13	$1,957	-20.28
450–490	473	12	450.00–480.00	$462.17	$2,186	-0.39
485	485	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,940	-34.97
500 value added	500	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,000	—
500–545	521	12	390.00–432.50	$417.50	$2,175	+5.62
565–595	585	3	380.00–405.00	$393.13	$2,300	-11.65
600 value added	600	1	367.50	$367.50	$2,205	—
605–645	625	5	370.00–380.00	$373.03	$2,331	+14.27
675–695	682	3	340.00–367.50	$350.17	$2,388	+5.17
730	730	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,518	-2.50
810–830	820	2	285.00	$285.00	$2,337	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–230	220	2	595.00–600.00	$597.39	$1,314	—
250–285	268	7	545.00–600.00	$576.35	$1,545	—
295 fancy	295	1	605.00	$605.00	$1,785	-60.00
300–340	313	5	545.00–595.00	$569.44	$1,782	+4.51
360 fancy	360	1	570.00	$570.00	$2,052	—
355–390	374	6	520.00–560.00	$548.35	$2,051	+14.41
400–435	411	8	515.00–557.50	$537.20	$2,208	+34.78
470	470	1	480.00	$480.00	$2,256	-1.00
505–525	515	2	420.00–435.00	$427.35	$2,201	-14.57
555–570	561	4	407.50–427.50	$418.06	$2,345	-0.57
600–630	612	7	370.00–405.00	$382.89	$2,343	-9.49
695	695	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,432	-0.80
705	705	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,503	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,466	—
360–370	367	3	450.00–460.00	$454.95	$1,670	—
410–440	427	5	425.00–455.00	$439.09	$1,875	+13.97
470–495	484	5	405.00–430.00	$422.07	$2,043	+3.50
520–530	525	2	380.00–390.00	$385.05	$2,022	-18.88
550–595	580	6	360.00–392.50	$381.59	$2,213	+1.69
610	610	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,952	-12.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1725	1251	80-85%	10	132.50–167.00	$157.45	$1,970	-39.73
1180–1420	1268	80-85%	3	199.00–237.50	$217.70	$2,760	+20.52
1120–1625	1311	80-85%	5	170.00–182.00	$175.36	$2,299	-4.75

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1125	987	85-90%	9	95.00–135.00	$119.30	$1,177	—
1050–1240	1136	85-90%	5	145.00–161.00	$155.37	$1,765	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1600	1472	75-80%	6	166.00–179.00	$171.84	$2,529	—
1365–1805	1600	75-80%	4	161.00–164.00	$162.38	$2,598	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1930	1617	3	174.00–179.00	$176.42	$2,853	—
1650	1650	1	212.00	$212.00	$3,498	—
1465–2105	1857	10	183.00–203.00	$191.86	$3,563	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675	675	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,447.00	$2,447.00
860–1095	978	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,274.00–1,478.00	$1,402.56
920–1045	983	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,724.00–1,785.00	$1,752.56
970–1085	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,918.00–2,183.00	$2,077.86

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140–1340	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,238.00–2,508.00	$2,362.11
1385	1385	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,327.00	$2,327.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,491.00	$1,491.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,088.00	$1,088.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1110–1115	1113	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,050.00–2,500.00	$2,275.51
1225	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1045	986	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,881.00–2,075.00	$1,974.31

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–285	248	3	60.00–90.00	$72.85	$181	+2.31

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	145.00	$145.00	—
130	130	3	270.00	$270.00	—

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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
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,700.00	$3,700.00	+350.00
995	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,450.00	$3,450.00	—
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	4,075.00	$4,075.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	4,200.00	$4,200.00	+200.00

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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	6	175.00–190.00	$182.50	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	4	110.00–120.00	$112.50	—

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Nannies/Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	45.00	$45.00	—
80	80	—	—	1	115.00	$115.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
55	55	6	45.00–60.00	$50.00	—

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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.