Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2024-07-22

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Jul 22
● Final114 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
602 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 556▲ 65 vs year ago 537 · +12.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 110 vs last sale 117▼ 75 vs year ago 82 · −91.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 25▲ 23 vs year ago 17 · +135.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to no report being issued last week. Heavy 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 $257.04/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −104.91 against this barn's trailing median of $361.95.
Average price
$257.04
65 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,397
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.54
vs SC average
−7.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549264.061,44930
Medium and Large 2531255.101,35330
Medium and Large 3587226.491,3295thin
One grade step is worth $37.57/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale65 hd
257.04
—
SC average6 barns · 200 hd
250.50
+6.54
National average157 barns · 8,958 hd
264.63
−7.59
This barn, trailing median30 sales
361.95
−104.91
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—High1,500157.552,36312
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,470146.702,15612
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,135138.401,57029
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,057124.671,31721

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,171$1,6716
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,042$1,5548
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,148$1,5002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)982$1,4553thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,008$1,3443thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)843$1,0722thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,099$1,7704thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)870$1,5063thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,128$2,0882thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,4401thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)789$9536

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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3270250.00/cwt250.00–250.006751
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2290280.00/cwt280.00–280.008121
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0851
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy338377.40/cwt372.50–385.001,2763
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2338285.33/cwt270.00–300.009642
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3343250.00/cwt250.00–250.008584
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy353391.22/cwt387.50–395.001,3812
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3281
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2386306.95/cwt285.00–316.001,1859
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy410342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,4041
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3420250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0501
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421285.29/cwt280.00–312.501,2019
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430315.44/cwt310.00–325.001,3565
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy435240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0441
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479287.29/cwt280.00–297.501,37620
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3485247.53/cwt245.00–250.001,2012
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2488270.46/cwt265.00–275.001,3205
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517289.96/cwt285.00–293.001,49915
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520247.45/cwt235.00–257.501,2873
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2532271.47/cwt260.00–285.001,44415
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6241
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573271.84/cwt255.00–282.501,55815
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3593243.73/cwt240.00–247.501,4452
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy618250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5452
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3628242.95/cwt235.00–255.001,5264
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2629258.90/cwt255.00–277.501,62816
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy663250.03/cwt247.50–252.501,6582
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2683247.13/cwt237.50–255.001,6889
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2700240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6801
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230290.00/cwt290.00–290.006671
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3253232.52/cwt230.00–235.005882
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268277.48/cwt275.00–280.007442
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295260.00/cwt260.00–260.007671
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy310313.31/cwt312.50–315.009713
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320219.92/cwt215.00–225.007042
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321268.07/cwt260.00–272.508614
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336279.49/cwt275.00–292.509394
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369260.88/cwt245.00–272.5096317
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382281.36/cwt276.00–287.501,0756
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1402283.34/cwt272.50–290.001,13913
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427255.63/cwt240.00–270.001,09229
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430231.25/cwt220.00–240.009944
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy465225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0461
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475258.34/cwt240.00–267.501,22736
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1495263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,3021
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy505217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,0981
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515257.58/cwt250.00–264.001,32720
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520265.61/cwt262.50–268.001,38112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568263.03/cwt255.00–268.001,49418
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568253.78/cwt247.50–257.501,4419
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3587226.49/cwt215.00–237.501,3295
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615235.25/cwt220.00–250.001,44711
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3617204.86/cwt200.00–215.001,2643
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy653231.29/cwt220.00–242.501,5102
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2666236.70/cwt220.00–250.001,5767
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220360.00/cwt360.00–360.007921
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3233240.32/cwt230.00–250.005602
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280352.54/cwt350.00–355.009872
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3290245.00/cwt245.00–245.007111
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0681
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2324297.57/cwt285.00–315.009644
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy325372.38/cwt370.00–375.001,2102
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3330238.48/cwt230.00–250.007873
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy369368.94/cwt352.50–385.001,3616
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375248.51/cwt245.00–255.009323
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2376291.35/cwt275.00–335.001,0957
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378346.21/cwt340.00–350.001,3098
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3400250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1412332.83/cwt320.00–352.501,3716
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428283.17/cwt260.00–312.501,21221
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470289.62/cwt285.00–297.501,3616
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473269.23/cwt255.00–280.001,27313
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485243.20/cwt230.00–250.001,1806
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515281.67/cwt277.50–287.501,4513
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525223.33/cwt210.00–230.001,1723
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528263.24/cwt250.00–272.501,39017
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560258.40/cwt250.00–270.001,44712
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3580231.88/cwt220.00–240.001,3455
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3615212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,3071
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2629229.32/cwt228.00–231.001,4426
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660225.80/cwt215.00–235.001,49012
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3695205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,233140.47/cwt120.00–151.001,7325
Bulls——1,600167.31/cwt166.00–168.002,6774
Bulls——1,812172.99/cwt170.00–175.003,1353
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031114.02/cwt75.00–128.001,17611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,083129.82/cwt118.00–139.001,40614
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085136.38/cwt134.00–143.001,48010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183146.41/cwt140.00–155.001,73215
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470147.76/cwt143.00–157.002,17211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,9851
Replacement Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 28081,418.71/head1,385.00–1,442.001,4192
Bulls—Medium and Large 19951,682.00/head1,682.00–1,682.001,6821
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,0051,789.00/head1,789.00–1,789.001,7891
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,1301,763.06/head1,640.00–1,875.001,7633
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 3795875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Bred Cows—Small 18101,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Small 28151,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28901,268.00/head1,268.00–1,268.001,2681
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29821,454.58/head1,375.00–1,500.001,4553
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0081,344.09/head1,300.00–1,375.001,3443
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0401,559.16/head1,525.00–1,625.001,5593
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0801,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1711,670.53/head1,600.00–1,800.001,6716
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1981,725.27/head1,650.00–1,845.001,7253
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2151,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 3705824.28/head776.00–877.508243
Stock Cows—Small 27751,023.00/head1,023.00–1,023.001,0231
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3815998.00/head998.00–998.009981
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,0001,440.00/head1,440.00–1,440.001,4401
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,0301,226.00/head1,226.00–1,226.001,2261
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 39501,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3052,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501

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.