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Williamston Livestock Auction

Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Jun 17

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958

← Jun 10Jun 17Jun 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

274 head

▼ 177 vs last sale 451▼ 368 vs year ago 642 · −57.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

108 head

▲ 55 vs last sale 53▲ 24 vs year ago 84 · +28.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 24▲ 10 vs year ago 20 · +50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 12.00 higher, slaughter bulls 6.00 higher based on limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.85/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −122.10 against this barn's trailing median of $361.95.

Average price

$239.85

28 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,353

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$21.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.69

vs SC average

−27.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	259.97	1,464	2thin
Medium and Large 2	564	238.31	1,344	26

One grade step is worth $21.66/cwt here — about $119 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 sale28 hd

239.85

—

SC average5 barns · 81 hd

232.17

+7.69

National average151 barns · 8,584 hd

267.22

−27.37

This barn, trailing median30 sales

361.95

−122.10

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,542	165.55	2,553	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,174	156.29	1,835	55
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,437	153.41	2,204	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	969	138.47	1,341	7thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,120	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	975	$1,675	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	945	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	978	$1,201	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,143	$1,916	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,225	$1,739	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	920	$2,180	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	920	$1,525	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	835	$1,366	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	600	$1,020	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	638	$412	2thin

Every lot

87 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	200	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	645	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	265	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	755	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Fancy	285	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	990	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	320	354.80/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,135	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,048	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,186	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	313.78/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,283	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	289.25/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,226	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,125	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,504	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	311.70/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,605	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	278.95/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,476	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,288	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,576	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	604	252.56/cwt	242.50–258.00	1,525	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	619	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,640	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	706	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,709	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	225	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	563	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	225	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	495	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	250	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	625	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	914	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	286.33/cwt	270.00–300.00	933	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	726	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	249.80/cwt	240.00–260.00	832	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	275.38/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,019	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	257.08/cwt	250.00–265.00	956	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	863	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	380	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	893	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	920	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	269.95/cwt	267.50–275.00	1,126	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	249.44/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,065	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	440	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	968	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	230.85/cwt	227.50–235.00	1,057	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	471	227.53/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,072	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	249.45/cwt	242.50–260.00	1,197	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	242.14/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,264	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	530	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,193	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	259.97/cwt	257.50–262.50	1,464	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	236.98/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,398	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	608	231.02/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,405	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,518	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	308	349.92/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,078	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	326.02/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,066	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,063	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	353	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,227	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	962	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	289.23/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,079	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	307.92/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,155	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	268.06/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,142	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	232.50/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,000	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	286.65/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,327	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	473	244.76/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,158	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	266.92/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,276	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	514	262.49/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,349	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,456	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	236.75/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,255	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	221.36/cwt	215.00–227.50	1,273	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	589	246.89/cwt	245.00–252.50	1,454	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,373	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	675	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,586	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,540	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,285	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,915	1
Bulls	—	—	1,585	168.31/cwt	162.00–176.00	2,668	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	928	144.55/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,341	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,023	130.36/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,334	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,164	138.41/cwt	118.00–148.00	1,611	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,171	158.45/cwt	150.00–166.00	1,855	45
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,243	165.58/cwt	163.00–170.00	2,058	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,431	160.73/cwt	159.00–162.00	2,300	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,448	138.77/cwt	134.00–145.00	2,009	2
Replacement Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	1,025	1,740.00/head	1,740.00–1,740.00	1,740	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	1,225	1,739.00/head	1,739.00–1,739.00	1,739	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	2,092.00/head	2,092.00–2,092.00	2,092	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	945	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	975	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	978	1,200.77/head	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,201	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,120	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1	663	1,573.40/head	1,550.00–1,600.00	1,573	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 2	740	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 3	858	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	975	2,523.51/head	2,275.00–2,750.00	2,524	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	975	2,132.12/head	1,925.00–2,300.00	2,132	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,045	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,120	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	600	1,020.00/head	1,020.00–1,020.00	1,020	1
Stock Cows	—	Small 3	638	411.76/head	400.00–425.00	412	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	835	1,365.74/head	1,331.00–1,405.00	1,366	3

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 Jun 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 274Last week 451Year ago 642

Slaughter CattleReceipts 108Last week 53Year ago 84

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 24Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	560	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	619	265.00	265.00
4	700–750	706	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	285.00	285.00
7	400–450	424	280.00–305.00	289.25
10	500–550	529	277.50–280.00	278.95
2	550–600	563	280.00	280.00
4	600–650	604	242.50–258.00	252.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	322.50	322.50
1	300–350	320	327.50	327.50
1	350–400	365	325.00	325.00
4	400–450	409	310.00–315.00	313.78
1	450–500	485	310.00	310.00
3	500–550	515	307.50–315.00	311.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	347.50	347.50
3	300–350	320	347.50–360.00	354.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	260.00	260.00
2	400–450	430	230.00–235.00	232.50
2	450–500	473	240.00–250.00	244.76
3	500–550	530	225.00–245.00	236.75
2	550–600	575	215.00–227.50	221.36
2	600–650	610	225.00	225.00
1	650–700	675	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	312.50	312.50
6	350–400	373	280.00–300.00	289.23
5	400–450	426	255.00–280.00	268.06
9	450–500	478	250.00–275.00	266.92
4	500–550	514	250.00–272.50	262.49
4	550–600	589	245.00–252.50	246.89
1	700–750	700	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	340.00–360.00	349.92
2	350–400	353	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	317.50–335.00	326.02
5	350–400	375	300.00–325.00	307.92
3	450–500	463	280.00–290.00	286.65
1	500–550	520	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	220.00	220.00
1	300–350	330	220.00	220.00
1	350–400	375	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	400	230.00	230.00
3	450–500	458	227.50–235.00	230.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	250.00	250.00
1	250–300	250	250.00	250.00
3	300–350	333	240.00–260.00	249.80
5	350–400	372	250.00–265.00	257.08
7	400–450	427	240.00–265.00	249.44
6	450–500	480	242.50–260.00	249.45
9	500–550	522	235.00–250.00	242.14
16	550–600	590	230.00–238.00	236.98
2	600–650	608	225.00–237.00	231.02
1	650–700	660	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	315.00	315.00
7	300–350	326	270.00–300.00	286.33
9	350–400	370	270.00–285.00	275.38
9	400–450	417	267.50–275.00	269.95
2	550–600	563	257.50–262.50	259.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	235.00	235.00
1	400–450	440	220.00	220.00
4	450–500	471	220.00–235.00	227.53
1	500–550	530	225.00	225.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	1,675.00	1,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	978	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,200.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	1,400.00	1,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,120	1,800.00	1,800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	1,575.00	1,575.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	975	1,925.00–2,300.00	2,132.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	975	2,275.00–2,750.00	2,523.51

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	663	1,550.00–1,600.00	1,573.40

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	740	1,400.00	1,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	858	1,500.00	1,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	2,650.00	2,650.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	600	1,020.00	1,020.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	835	1,331.00–1,405.00	1,365.74

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	638	400.00–425.00	411.76

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,025	1,740.00	1,740.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,225	1,739.00	1,739.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,260	2,092.00	2,092.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,171	150.00–166.00	158.45
3	—	1,243	163.00–170.00	165.58
7	—	1,164	118.00–148.00	138.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,448	134.00–145.00	138.77
4	—	1,431	159.00–162.00	160.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,023	126.00–134.00	130.36
4	—	928	139.00–149.00	144.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	149.00	149.00
6	—	1,585	162.00–176.00	168.31

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.