Upstate Livestock Exchange Market Report

Williamston, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 16, 2026

372 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $559.32/cwt +28.66 vs last sale · ≈ $1,857/hd at 332 lb · 13 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $498.94/cwt ≈ $2,081/hd at 417 lb · 13 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $545.12/cwt +16.99 vs last sale · ≈ $2,017/hd at 370 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	372	432	247
Feeder cattle	303	337	182
Slaughter cattle	31	40	44
Replacement cattle	11	29	14

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls too few to trend. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

→ Feeder cattle: No comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales
→ Slaughter bulls: slaughter bulls too few to trend
▲ Slaughter cows: slaughter cows 4.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	555.00	$555.00	$1,832	—
380	380	1	555.00	$555.00	$2,109	+35.53
435–440	438	2	495.00–522.50	$508.67	$2,228	—
460–465	463	3	490.00–505.00	$495.85	$2,296	—
510–545	525	7	435.00–447.50	$440.73	$2,314	-13.48
550–590	570	10	415.00–457.50	$432.63	$2,466	—
600–645	624	11	397.50–422.50	$411.52	$2,568	-8.48
660–685	670	5	392.50–400.00	$397.48	$2,663	—
715	715	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,431	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	450.00–470.00	$460.00	$1,771	+15.00
440–445	443	2	475.00–480.00	$477.49	$2,115	-4.20
510	510	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,938	-24.73
560	560	1	410.00	$410.00	$2,296	—
680	680	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,380	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,833	—
415–445	430	2	390.00–425.00	$408.11	$1,755	—
485	485	1	430.00	$430.00	$2,086	+20.00
505	505	1	470.00	$470.00	$2,374	+80.00
605–645	625	2	377.50–385.00	$381.13	$2,382	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,128	+40.00
270–280	275	2	465.00–480.00	$472.36	$1,299	+32.30
310–345	333	7	450.00–490.00	$475.00	$1,582	—
335	335	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,390	—
370–385	378	5	470.00–485.00	$478.03	$1,807	-6.97
405–440	418	9	420.00–480.00	$452.38	$1,891	+7.59
500–540	518	9	365.00–385.00	$372.69	$1,931	-10.73
505–545	525	2	340.00–350.00	$344.81	$1,810	-1.29
555–585	570	4	335.00–365.00	$354.86	$2,023	+34.99
615–620	618	2	325.00–333.00	$329.02	$2,033	+6.02

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,071	-20.00
290–295	293	4	500.00–530.00	$520.06	$1,524	+14.58
310–345	329	9	470.00–520.00	$512.51	$1,686	+10.45
350–385	367	5	475.00–500.00	$487.79	$1,790	+12.01
410–445	423	3	455.00–465.00	$461.50	$1,952	-16.03
450–465	454	6	415.00–450.00	$438.21	$1,989	—
600	600	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,070	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	270	3	410.00–425.00	$420.37	$1,135	+2.27
300	300	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,245	+15.40
380–390	385	2	400.00–430.00	$414.81	$1,597	—
480–495	486	4	370.00–400.00	$386.07	$1,876	+11.64
505	505	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,742	-20.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	227	3	615.00–625.00	$620.04	$1,407	+82.54
250–295	269	5	560.00–580.00	$570.95	$1,536	+46.72
300–348	332	13	530.00–595.00	$559.32	$1,857	+28.66
350–395	370	12	515.00–570.00	$545.12	$2,017	+16.99
400–445	417	13	485.00–520.00	$498.94	$2,081	—
450–485	462	5	472.50–490.00	$482.30	$2,228	—
500–540	517	6	435.00–480.00	$454.30	$2,349	+11.82
560	560	1	440.00	$440.00	$2,464	+5.17
605–615	610	2	397.50–400.00	$398.76	$2,432	+6.26
655–690	677	3	350.00–367.50	$359.90	$2,437	—
705–725	715	2	345.00–355.00	$349.93	$2,502	—
795	795	1	327.50	$327.50	$2,604	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,150	-1.63
265–285	275	4	500.00–525.00	$506.48	$1,393	+26.41
320–330	323	3	480.00–530.00	$500.31	$1,616	+11.74
350–395	372	5	475.00–505.00	$491.02	$1,827	+4.47
405–445	426	9	465.00–495.00	$481.06	$2,049	+10.88
440–445	443	2	435.00–450.00	$442.54	$1,960	-27.64
470	470	1	440.00	$440.00	$2,068	-8.14
460–490	474	7	455.00–480.00	$459.96	$2,180	+11.82
510–545	527	5	415.00–440.00	$430.83	$2,270	+3.65
550–585	567	5	417.50–430.00	$422.98	$2,398	+50.49
560–595	575	3	385.00–397.50	$393.37	$2,262	+20.88

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,297	+55.00
315	315	1	475.00	$475.00	$1,496	+65.31
370–395	383	2	430.00–440.00	$435.16	$1,667	+35.16
475–485	480	2	440.00–460.00	$449.90	$2,160	+53.24

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025	1025	80-85%	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,609	—
950–1285	1165	80-85%	5	181.00–225.00	$202.56	$2,360	—
1015–1480	1191	80-85%	9	163.00–177.00	$169.97	$2,024	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955	955	85-90%	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,361	—
1010–1105	1068	85-90%	3	155.00–158.00	$155.95	$1,666	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475	1475	75-80%	1	169.00	$169.00	$2,493	—
1540	1540	75-80%	1	183.00	$183.00	$2,818	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1710	1357	3	177.50–200.00	$194.83	$2,644	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1080	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,553.00–1,760.00	$1,664.22

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1440	1440	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,462.00	$2,462.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1420–1455	1438	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	3,000.00	$3,000.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115–150	133	2	85.00–100.00	$93.49	$124	—
355–395	380	7	65.00–100.00	$84.09	$320	—
400–435	417	8	82.50–102.50	$94.96	$396	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	135.00	$135.00	-10.00
80	80	2	145.00	$145.00	±0.00
90	90	1	150.00	$150.00	+5.00
100	100	2	170.00	$170.00	-96.25

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,950.00	$2,950.00	—

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Nannies/Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	145.00	$145.00	+3.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	80.00	$80.00	—
100	100	1	170.00	$170.00	—

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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.