Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2024-04-29

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Apr 29
● Final114 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
481 head
▲ 214 vs last sale 267▲ 120 vs year ago 361 · +33.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 48▼ 15 vs year ago 85 · −17.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 29▲ 9 vs year ago 9 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder steers and feeder bulls due to limited comparable sales, feeder heifers 2.00 lower based on limited comparable sales, slaughter cows too few to trend, slaughter bulls 4.00 higher based on limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $235.31/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −126.64 against this barn's trailing median of $361.95.
Average price
$235.31
49 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$284
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$52.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.21
vs SC average
−33.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542253.101,37111thin
Medium and Large 2534242.351,29527
Medium and Large 3543200.231,08711thin
One grade step is worth $52.87/cwt here — about $284 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale49 hd
235.31
—
SC average5 barns · 139 hd
234.09
+1.21
National average173 barns · 11,009 hd
268.38
−33.07
This barn, trailing median30 sales
361.95
−126.64
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 500–600 lb

30 sales
421374327279median 361.9503/0204/2007/0608/2410/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $407.08, low $293.36, median $361.95 across 30 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—Low1,621149.102,41714
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,152120.531,38933
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,282110.781,4203thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,043105.861,10414

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,280$1,6132thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)920$1,5251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,215$1,5001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)920$1,4501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)890$8351thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,057$1,7093thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)970$1,6573thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)1,115$1,9231thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)916$1,1524thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)825$9491thin

Every lot

114 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1218337.07/cwt330.00–345.007352
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250350.00/cwt350.00–350.008751
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy265367.50/cwt367.50–367.509741
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2295290.00/cwt290.00–290.008561
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0731
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3340235.00/cwt235.00–235.007991
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy345357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,2331
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy363336.26/cwt335.00–337.501,2212
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374296.38/cwt285.00–305.001,1086
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3385259.83/cwt245.00–270.001,0003
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1388320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2422
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,2811
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2431289.34/cwt280.00–297.501,24712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2477285.08/cwt275.00–295.001,36023
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3Fleshy483227.46/cwt225.00–230.001,0992
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3485262.50/cwt260.00–265.001,2732
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3515262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,3521
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525293.73/cwt292.50–295.001,5422
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570271.50/cwt270.00–277.501,5485
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3580262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,5231
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3Fleshy595235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3981
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3620217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3452
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630258.72/cwt255.00–262.501,6302
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3680216.19/cwt212.50–220.001,4702
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220312.50/cwt312.50–312.506881
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2240260.00/cwt260.00–260.006241
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1267290.53/cwt275.00–300.007766
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270240.00/cwt240.00–240.006481
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy280327.50/cwt327.50–327.509171
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3280208.63/cwt200.00–220.005843
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy312315.76/cwt312.50–320.009853
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323214.73/cwt210.00–220.006942
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324286.50/cwt270.00–295.009285
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3Fleshy333189.81/cwt185.00–195.006322
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368242.39/cwt230.00–257.508925
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3371204.14/cwt195.00–212.507574
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372276.42/cwt260.00–292.501,02810
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422263.18/cwt257.50–280.001,11114
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428242.24/cwt230.00–255.001,03714
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430210.12/cwt200.00–220.009043
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3Fleshy455190.00/cwt190.00–190.008651
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3466214.82/cwt200.00–225.001,0017
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468264.51/cwt257.50–270.001,2385
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477245.86/cwt230.00–257.501,17324
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy510192.50/cwt192.50–192.509821
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2514249.31/cwt241.00–252.501,28117
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522257.44/cwt255.00–260.001,3445
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3526213.76/cwt207.50–222.501,1246
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3Fleshy535190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0171
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558249.49/cwt247.50–255.001,3926
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3Fleshy563175.00/cwt175.00–175.009852
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575234.74/cwt225.00–242.501,3509
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3578190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0982
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613229.06/cwt220.00–234.001,4044
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3630192.46/cwt190.00–195.001,2122
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2667207.13/cwt202.50–214.001,3823
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added720192.67/cwt190.00–193.001,3879
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added795202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,6066
Feeder Cattle · Bulls36 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3215265.00/cwt265.00–265.005701
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225337.56/cwt335.00–340.007602
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2240280.00/cwt280.00–280.006721
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2255300.00/cwt300.00–300.007651
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1283327.30/cwt320.00–335.009262
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3295265.00/cwt265.00–265.007821
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2313301.68/cwt300.00–305.009443
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3Fleshy323232.52/cwt230.00–235.007512
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy336358.55/cwt345.00–375.001,2056
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1338330.95/cwt325.00–340.001,1193
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3357259.93/cwt250.00–270.009285
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1364322.71/cwt310.00–337.501,1759
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378295.32/cwt282.50–307.501,1169
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3Fleshy385200.00/cwt200.00–200.007701
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3Fleshy410220.00/cwt220.00–220.009021
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2414285.49/cwt270.00–300.001,18214
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428258.90/cwt250.00–267.501,1082
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4401
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3Fleshy470219.68/cwt210.00–230.001,0322
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475276.35/cwt265.00–292.501,31334
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3481250.48/cwt230.00–262.501,20510
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512285.65/cwt280.00–300.001,46312
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2531264.28/cwt255.00–275.001,4038
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3533242.34/cwt227.50–250.001,2923
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3Fleshy538217.47/cwt215.00–220.001,1702
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562273.26/cwt270.00–280.001,5363
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2569254.86/cwt245.00–267.501,4509
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,6321
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2617246.65/cwt240.00–260.001,5223
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6832
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3Fleshy665210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3971
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670238.33/cwt225.00–252.501,5977
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3690238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6421
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5051
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,5491
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,505127.85/cwt117.50–140.001,9242
Bulls——1,519148.72/cwt140.00–155.002,2598
Bulls——1,884160.50/cwt158.00–165.003,0244
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02089.97/cwt55.00–109.009185
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,056114.68/cwt110.00–126.001,2119
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,140114.96/cwt106.00–119.001,31113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160124.15/cwt120.00–130.001,44020
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,282110.78/cwt98.00–118.001,4203
Replacement Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 28351,512.34/head1,458.00–1,568.001,5122
Bulls—Medium and Large 28651,557.00/head1,557.00–1,557.001,5571
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,1531,784.55/head1,700.00–1,868.001,7852
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,2401,947.00/head1,947.00–1,947.001,9471
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2890835.00/head835.00–835.008351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29201,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29201,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2151,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2801,612.50/head1,525.00–1,700.001,6132
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2825949.00/head949.00–949.009491
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29161,152.03/head1,128.00–1,192.001,1524
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,1151,923.00/head1,923.00–1,923.001,9231

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.