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Williamston Livestock Auction

Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Apr 6

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958

← Mar 30Apr 6Apr 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

202 head

▲ 51 vs last sale 151▲ 202 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

32 head

▼ 90 vs last sale 122▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

34 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 12▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Correction to slaughter cows with removal of low weight boning cow*

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average to poor quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.92/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$105.92

57 head · 440 lb average

Value per head Derived

$466

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$25.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.84

vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	435	119.14	518	8thin
Medium and Large 2	431	111.63	481	16thin
Small 1-2	449	102.95	462	22
Medium and Large 3	439	93.94	413	11thin

One grade step is worth $25.19/cwt here — about $106 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale57 hd

105.92

—

SC average5 barns · 311 hd

108.76

−2.84

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,215	68.79	836	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,189	56.58	673	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	959	41.58	399	7thin

Every lot

75 lots · USDA AMS · Upstate Livestock Exchange - Williamston, SC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	235	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	300	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	270	126.06/cwt	120.00–130.00	340	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	295	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	378	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	295	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	354	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	300	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	360	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	408	2
Steers	—	Small 1-2	330	116.03/cwt	115.00–117.00	383	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	432	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	126.76/cwt	125.00–128.00	465	3
Steers	—	Small 1-2	383	114.60/cwt	110.00–117.50	439	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	134.98/cwt	132.00–138.00	591	2
Steers	—	Small 1-2	560	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	633	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	696	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	632	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	730	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	737	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	245	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	270	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	270	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	257	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	290	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	365	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	290	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	307	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	313	111.30/cwt	110.00–112.50	348	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	318	105.49/cwt	100.00–110.00	335	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	343	89.16/cwt	87.50–90.00	306	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	418	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	388	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	427	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	119.64/cwt	118.00–122.00	499	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	417	114.55/cwt	112.50–119.00	478	5
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	428	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	449	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	433	94.97/cwt	90.00–99.00	411	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	122.09/cwt	118.00–126.00	568	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	113.93/cwt	111.00–116.00	533	4
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	480	106.53/cwt	103.00–110.00	511	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	505	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	566	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	507	102.00/cwt	101.00–103.00	517	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	508	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	528	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	538	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	533	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	568	97.94/cwt	96.00–100.00	556	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	559	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	580	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	545	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	622	89.66/cwt	89.00–90.00	558	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	412	109.05/cwt	100.00–117.50	449	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	130.73/cwt	128.00–135.00	553	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	430	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	495	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	459	106.92/cwt	100.00–110.00	491	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	126.98/cwt	125.00–129.00	584	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	468	118.10/cwt	105.00–125.00	553	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	524	117.19/cwt	116.00–119.00	614	5
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	525	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	551	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	121.50/cwt	119.00–124.00	656	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	550	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	644	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	666	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	605	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	560	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	625	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	663	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	635	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	597	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	650	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	650	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,038	58.16/cwt	49.00–68.00	604	2
Bulls	—	—	1,333	75.87/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,011	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	37.83/cwt	25.00–47.00	361	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	968	43.15/cwt	42.00–46.00	418	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	970	50.95/cwt	48.00–54.00	494	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	59.10/cwt	52.00–68.00	727	16
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small 1-2	659	424.74/cwt	330.00–488.00	2,799	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	664	543.27/cwt	460.00–645.00	3,607	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,105	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	6,354	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	660	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,310	1
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	670	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,345	1
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	685	318.63/cwt	215.00–400.00	2,183	3
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	745	522.89/cwt	430.00–625.00	3,896	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	935	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	4,488	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	505	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,879	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	695	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	5,630	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	695	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	3,962	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,680	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	800	698.67/cwt	660.00–735.00	5,589	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	960	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,680	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	970	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	7,663	1

This sale against other markets

South Carolina weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Upstate Livestock Exchange - Williamston, SC

Mon Apr 6, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Columbia, SC (LS-CO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 202Last week 151Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 122Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 12Year ago 0

*Correction to slaughter cows with removal of low weight boning cow*

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average to poor quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	104.00	104.00
2	—	365	114.00–115.00	114.50
2	—	313	110.00–112.50	111.30
5	—	417	112.50–119.00	114.55
4	—	468	111.00–116.00	113.93
1	—	570	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	480	103.00–110.00	106.53
4	—	318	100.00–110.00	105.49
3	—	622	89.00–90.00	89.66
3	—	507	101.00–103.00	102.00
2	—	568	96.00–100.00	97.94
2	—	428	105.00	105.00
2	—	388	110.00	110.00
1	—	290	106.00	106.00
1	—	245	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	90.00–99.00	94.97
3	—	343	87.50–90.00	89.16
2	—	580	94.00	94.00
2	—	538	99.00	99.00
1	—	270	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	118.00–122.00	119.64
2	—	505	112.00	112.00
2	—	465	118.00–126.00	122.09
1	—	290	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	524	116.00–119.00	117.19
3	—	468	105.00–125.00	118.10
1	—	625	106.00	106.00
1	—	550	117.00	117.00
1	—	430	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	128.00–135.00	130.73
2	—	540	119.00–124.00	121.50
2	—	460	125.00–129.00	126.98
1	—	560	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	92.50	92.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	105.00	105.00
1	—	635	94.00	94.00
1	—	650	100.00	100.00
4	—	459	100.00–110.00	106.92
6	—	412	100.00–117.50	109.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	132.00–138.00	134.98
2	—	320	127.50	127.50
1	—	575	121.00	121.00
1	—	295	128.00	128.00
1	—	235	127.50	127.50
3	—	367	125.00–128.00	126.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	383	110.00–117.50	114.60
2	—	330	115.00–117.00	116.03
1	—	560	113.00	113.00
1	—	295	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	270	120.00–130.00	126.06
1	—	730	101.00	101.00
1	—	580	109.00	109.00
1	—	360	120.00	120.00
1	—	300	120.00	120.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	664	460.00–645.00	543.27

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	575.00	575.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	659	330.00–488.00	424.74

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	745	430.00–625.00	522.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	660	350.00	350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	685	215.00–400.00	318.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	670	350.00	350.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	480.00	480.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	695	810.00	810.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	660.00–735.00	698.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	505	570.00	570.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	695	570.00	570.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	790.00	790.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	800.00	800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	600.00	600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,333	74.00–78.00	75.87
2	—	1,038	49.00–68.00	58.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	955	25.00–47.00	37.83
2	—	970	48.00–54.00	50.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,230	52.00–68.00	59.10
3	—	968	42.00–46.00	43.15

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.