Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2021-09-20

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Sep 20
● Final122 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
511 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 574▼ 57 vs year ago 568 · −10.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 81▼ 51 vs year ago 112 · −45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 15▼ 2 vs year ago 24 · −8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle 2.00 lower, slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.99/cwt on 149 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −76.47 against this barn's trailing median of $202.46.
Average price
$125.99
149 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$26.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.95
vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2504140.0770616thin
Medium and Large 2522131.7768862
Small 1-2522120.8763241
Medium and Large 3554113.5262930
One grade step is worth $26.55/cwt here — about $77 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 sale149 hd
125.99
—
SC average5 barns · 500 hd
119.04
+6.95
This barn, trailing median3 sales
202.46
−76.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales
219205191177median 202.4604/2704/2705/0406/0806/08
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $205.45, low $191.20, median $202.46 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,72684.181,4528thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24268.2584825
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,50964.909799thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96558.7256715

Every lot

122 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3210100.00/cwt100.00–100.002101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2245157.50/cwt157.50–157.503861
Steers—Medium and Large 2269141.81/cwt140.00–147.503814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2270157.50/cwt157.50–157.504251
Steers—Medium and Large 3270122.50/cwt122.50–122.503311
Steers—Small 1-2295135.00/cwt135.00–135.003981
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2300156.00/cwt156.00–156.004681
Steers—Medium and Large 2318141.22/cwt140.00–145.004494
Steers—Small 1-2330128.34/cwt123.00–132.504243
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added335137.54/cwt135.00–140.004612
Steers—Medium and Large 3360120.00/cwt120.00–120.004321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370150.72/cwt146.00–157.505583
Steers—Small 1-2373128.12/cwt120.00–137.504788
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added375154.00/cwt154.00–154.005781
Steers—Medium and Large 2387143.35/cwt140.00–145.0055510
Steers—Small 1-2403130.00/cwt125.00–135.005243
Steers—Medium and Large 2423145.01/cwt144.00–146.006133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430155.08/cwt147.50–163.006673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added459156.12/cwt155.00–157.007178
Steers—Medium and Large 2483144.30/cwt143.00–147.006973
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485153.50/cwt152.00–155.007442
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500148.00/cwt148.00–148.007401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added507152.00/cwt152.00–152.007713
Steers—Medium and Large 2517138.85/cwt133.00–145.007186
Steers—Small 1-2520129.00/cwt129.00–129.006711
Steers—Medium and Large 3520114.00/cwt114.00–114.005931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added555145.52/cwt143.00–148.008082
Steers—Medium and Large 2585131.56/cwt128.00–135.007702
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2595140.00/cwt140.00–140.008331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627133.17/cwt125.00–138.008355
Steers—Medium and Large 2685119.00/cwt119.00–119.008151
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added713127.00/cwt127.00–127.009064
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2225130.00/cwt130.00–130.002931
Heifers—Small 1-2255120.00/cwt120.00–120.003061
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268128.45/cwt125.00–130.003443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2278140.73/cwt138.00–142.503914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy288146.00/cwt146.00–146.004202
Heifers—Small 1-2323125.12/cwt120.00–130.004042
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325106.02/cwt102.50–110.003452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326136.07/cwt132.50–140.004444
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333126.93/cwt120.00–130.004234
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365127.57/cwt125.00–130.004663
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368112.45/cwt110.00–115.004142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370132.50/cwt132.50–132.504901
Heifers—Small 1-2375128.42/cwt127.00–130.004822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added384135.00/cwt135.00–135.005187
Heifers—Small 1-2412122.00/cwt119.00–125.005033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419133.74/cwt131.00–139.005607
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423127.83/cwt125.00–130.005415
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added428125.00/cwt125.00–125.005353
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468135.62/cwt131.00–139.006355
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472126.88/cwt122.00–130.005998
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473133.00/cwt131.00–136.006299
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475110.00/cwt110.00–110.005232
Heifers—Small 1-2476119.77/cwt115.00–123.005707
Heifers—Medium and Large 3503107.51/cwt105.00–110.005412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517124.67/cwt122.00–128.0064512
Heifers—Small 1-2523118.52/cwt115.00–123.006206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529132.27/cwt128.00–133.007007
Heifers—Medium and Large 3553111.18/cwt108.00–113.006153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560119.50/cwt119.00–120.006692
Heifers—Small 1-2575117.00/cwt117.00–117.006731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2603115.83/cwt115.00–116.006986
Heifers—Small 1-2645111.00/cwt111.00–111.007161
Heifers—Medium and Large 3645105.00/cwt105.00–105.006771
Heifers—Small 1-2660109.00/cwt109.00–109.007191
Heifers—Medium and Large 3725102.00/cwt102.00–102.007401
Heifers—Small 1-2733105.49/cwt103.00–108.007732
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3390120.00/cwt120.00–120.004681
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420118.96/cwt118.00–120.005002
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422138.12/cwt130.00–142.005839
Bulls—Small 1-2428126.04/cwt122.50–130.0053911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2437147.69/cwt145.00–153.006453
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450147.00/cwt147.00–147.006621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2464146.81/cwt145.00–149.006815
Bulls—Small 1-2475123.46/cwt120.00–126.005867
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476135.13/cwt127.00–140.0064317
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478120.70/cwt115.00–131.005776
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Value Added479143.25/cwt143.00–144.006864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500141.00/cwt139.00–143.007052
Bulls—Medium and Large 3510115.29/cwt113.00–117.505882
Bulls—Small 1-2518125.32/cwt123.00–128.006496
Bulls—Medium and Large 2522133.65/cwt130.00–137.0069815
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Value Added525134.00/cwt134.00–134.007042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2563131.01/cwt128.00–134.007382
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565120.49/cwt120.00–121.006812
Bulls—Medium and Large 3579111.22/cwt100.00–115.0064413
Bulls—Small 1-2586115.94/cwt115.00–124.0067912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2618124.35/cwt124.00–125.007683
Bulls—Medium and Large 2619118.15/cwt115.00–124.007316
Bulls—Medium and Large 3622108.36/cwt105.00–110.006743
Bulls—Small 1-2623113.97/cwt112.00–115.007103
Bulls—Medium and Large 3670111.01/cwt110.00–112.007442
Bulls—Small 1-2670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 2676122.99/cwt121.00–124.008314
Bulls—Small 1-2710110.00/cwt110.00–110.007811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2715114.00/cwt111.00–119.008153
Bulls—Medium and Large 3765100.00/cwt100.00–100.007651
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 3505100.00/cwt100.00–100.005051
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,29861.70/cwt60.00–64.008012
Bulls——1,86891.67/cwt80.00–95.001,7126
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91749.65/cwt43.00–55.004556
Cows—Lean 85-90%99764.76/cwt62.00–67.006469
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13061.29/cwt61.00–62.006933
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25769.20/cwt65.00–74.0087022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46962.99/cwt62.00–65.009255
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55967.28/cwt65.00–70.001,0494
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1-2900729.00/cwt729.00–729.006,5611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,5951,525.00/cwt1,525.00–1,525.0024,3241
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29801,110.00/cwt1,110.00–1,110.0010,8781
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2855790.00/cwt790.00–790.006,7551
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2875680.00/cwt680.00–680.005,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,020710.00/cwt710.00–710.007,2421
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,115780.00/cwt780.00–780.008,6971
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,268829.43/cwt715.00–920.0010,5172
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-2810486.00/cwt486.00–486.003,9371
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2947686.78/cwt659.00–736.006,5046
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2965946.00/cwt946.00–946.009,1291
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2983755.95/cwt635.00–839.007,4312
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200720.00/cwt720.00–720.008,6401
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2873817.66/cwt760.00–875.007,1382

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.