Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2024-07-08

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Jul 8
● Final119 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
556 head
▲ 222 vs last sale 334▲ 22 vs year ago 534 · +4.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
117 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 104▼ 21 vs year ago 138 · −15.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 16▲ 6 vs year ago 19 · +31.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to auction being closed for July 4th. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.42/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −122.53 against this barn's trailing median of $361.95.
Average price
$239.42
37 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,305
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$388
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$48.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.65
vs SC average
−29.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1590265.001,5641thin
Medium and Large 2544242.371,31831
Medium and Large 3544216.051,1755thin
One grade step is worth $48.95/cwt here — about $388 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 sale37 hd
239.42
—
SC average3 barns · 106 hd
243.08
−3.65
National average164 barns · 12,328 hd
268.86
−29.44
This barn, trailing median30 sales
361.95
−122.53
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—Low1,511164.732,48912
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,487153.032,2769thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,209146.861,77658
CowsLean 85-90%Average915123.171,12714

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)1,095$1,4251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)955$1,2942thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)830$1,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,025$1,2001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)810$8751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)770$1,4574thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)840$1,2993thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)890$1,6641thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)796$1,0466
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)864$9714thin
Stock CowsOpenAged (>8 yrs)835$7521thin

Every lot

119 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2215285.00/cwt285.00–285.006131
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3260250.00/cwt250.00–250.006501
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265309.62/cwt300.00–320.008202
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy270351.94/cwt345.00–360.009502
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300287.50/cwt287.50–287.508631
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325317.77/cwt300.00–335.001,0332
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy328351.91/cwt347.50–365.001,1544
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy367350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2853
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382323.47/cwt317.50–330.001,2363
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415289.86/cwt285.00–295.001,2033
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417320.10/cwt300.00–332.501,3355
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy425242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3468231.85/cwt225.00–242.501,0854
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473308.70/cwt300.00–317.501,4602
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy475240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483282.76/cwt265.00–295.001,36624
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy510312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,5941
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy515236.60/cwt230.00–250.001,2183
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519306.03/cwt295.00–315.001,58830
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527278.44/cwt260.00–290.001,46710
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564302.24/cwt297.50–312.501,7055
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3570220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2541
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy573242.66/cwt225.00–252.501,3905
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2577267.82/cwt255.00–275.001,54516
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy605240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4521
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2632258.29/cwt255.00–264.001,6325
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy653230.03/cwt222.50–237.501,5022
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2656254.00/cwt250.00–260.001,6664
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3695225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5641
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added716242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,73316
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2718239.44/cwt237.00–242.001,7192
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218292.41/cwt285.00–300.006372
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy265325.00/cwt325.00–325.008611
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280295.00/cwt295.00–295.008261
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3290230.17/cwt220.00–240.006672
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318279.90/cwt260.00–300.008903
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy322319.13/cwt317.50–320.001,0283
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325246.62/cwt245.00–250.008023
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336302.85/cwt290.00–315.001,0184
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy365322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,1771
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372300.06/cwt287.50–310.001,1165
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378235.21/cwt215.00–250.008897
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379269.59/cwt257.50–280.001,0227
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy385247.50/cwt247.50–247.509531
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405288.86/cwt280.00–297.501,1702
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3412226.65/cwt220.00–232.509343
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy423239.10/cwt230.00–245.001,0118
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428257.01/cwt225.00–275.001,10012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464269.77/cwt260.00–277.001,25219
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3467218.31/cwt202.50–230.001,0206
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469249.53/cwt240.00–260.001,17015
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy472230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0863
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520214.95/cwt205.00–220.001,1183
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522247.71/cwt243.00–256.001,29315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy523239.11/cwt235.00–242.501,2513
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2559238.92/cwt235.00–244.001,3366
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy568228.48/cwt227.00–230.001,2982
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580217.69/cwt210.00–225.001,2632
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5641
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added595238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4165
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy618219.89/cwt217.50–222.001,3596
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3619205.61/cwt195.00–215.001,2734
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4491
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3658194.98/cwt190.00–200.001,2832
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,6342
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy670217.25/cwt217.00–217.501,4562
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2708219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5515
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3745210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,5682
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260325.00/cwt325.00–325.008451
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy317365.79/cwt355.00–375.001,1605
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2318282.68/cwt275.00–290.008992
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3323245.54/cwt230.00–255.007933
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2369282.03/cwt270.00–295.001,0416
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy370265.00/cwt265.00–265.009811
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3374236.16/cwt220.00–250.008837
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy378343.71/cwt340.00–347.501,2994
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378328.45/cwt322.50–340.001,2425
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy405260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0531
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418311.26/cwt300.00–320.001,3014
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3422235.06/cwt222.50–247.509927
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424275.79/cwt270.00–295.001,1695
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3465229.64/cwt217.50–240.001,0686
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474264.75/cwt250.00–277.501,25511
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2521262.46/cwt252.50–270.001,36714
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy525244.90/cwt240.00–250.001,2862
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3528227.68/cwt220.00–235.001,2022
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy550245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3481
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2564256.92/cwt248.00–265.001,4497
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2626243.05/cwt240.00–248.001,5215
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3630220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3861
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy650238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5471
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668233.16/cwt232.50–234.001,5583
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3690212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4661
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6491
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,367144.77/cwt139.00–154.001,9793
Bulls——1,559171.39/cwt168.00–178.002,6729
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%862109.69/cwt75.00–131.009468
Cows—Lean 85-90%986141.14/cwt135.00–147.001,3926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,147135.03/cwt100.00–147.001,54923
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250154.63/cwt148.00–165.001,93335
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,330142.38/cwt140.00–145.001,8942
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,432154.75/cwt151.00–158.002,2166
Cows—Breaker 75-80%2,135164.00/cwt164.00–164.003,5011
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 3640576.00/head576.00–576.005761
Stock Cows—Small 1769956.51/head893.00–1,090.009574
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2835752.00/head752.00–752.007521
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28501,223.86/head1,167.00–1,275.001,2242
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28901,664.00/head1,664.00–1,664.001,6641
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29381,102.35/head1,035.00–1,207.001,1023
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2810875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28301,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29551,293.71/head1,238.00–1,350.001,2942
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0251,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0951,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 17401,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 17501,161.00/head1,150.00–1,175.001,1612
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 17801,525.96/head1,475.00–1,575.001,5263
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0201,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751

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.