Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2024-09-09

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Sep 9
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
662 head
▲ 338 vs last sale 324▲ 115 vs year ago 547 · +21.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 30▼ 64 vs year ago 192 · −33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 27▼ 28 vs year ago 47 · −59.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls too few to trend. Heavy 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 $217.44/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −144.51 against this barn's trailing median of $361.95.
Average price
$217.44
42 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,170
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.09
vs SC average
−21.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536222.061,19023
Medium and Large 3541211.851,14719thin
One grade step is worth $10.21/cwt here — about $43 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 sale42 hd
217.44
—
SC average5 barns · 174 hd
217.53
−0.09
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
−21.17
This barn, trailing median30 sales
361.95
−144.51
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—High1,388151.662,10619
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,481139.152,06111
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,179130.961,54424
CowsLean 85-90%Low996120.011,19539

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,055$1,6751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)948$1,4622thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)740$1,2851thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)988$1,5752thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)685$1,3751thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)610$6001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)665$4001thin

Every lot

104 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy205340.00/cwt340.00–340.006971
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2265295.00/cwt295.00–295.007826
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320220.00/cwt220.00–220.007042
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340285.00/cwt285.00–285.009691
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365298.29/cwt295.00–302.501,0893
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2377276.00/cwt275.00–280.001,0415
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3395240.00/cwt240.00–240.009481
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418284.06/cwt281.00–297.501,18711
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3428235.15/cwt230.00–240.001,0062
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433266.42/cwt240.00–280.001,15415
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475259.37/cwt250.00–277.501,23220
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3478232.49/cwt210.00–242.501,1115
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy490221.25/cwt212.50–230.001,0842
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514263.69/cwt261.00–269.001,35518
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3514214.39/cwt200.00–227.501,1024
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2516247.19/cwt240.00–258.001,27610
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy545235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2811
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568243.76/cwt220.00–251.001,38521
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6521
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2609228.25/cwt220.00–242.001,3907
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy610218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,3302
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3618213.76/cwt212.50–215.001,3214
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3665215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4301
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2674221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4903
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy695210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4601
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3236227.51/cwt225.00–230.005374
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2271258.53/cwt250.00–265.007019
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3271229.24/cwt220.00–237.506214
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280266.87/cwt265.00–268.007473
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323266.48/cwt265.00–270.008615
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327245.30/cwt240.00–257.508029
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3333220.08/cwt210.00–230.007336
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy360205.00/cwt205.00–205.007381
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374259.50/cwt257.50–265.009715
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3377221.10/cwt210.00–230.008347
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380247.57/cwt235.00–255.009415
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422229.58/cwt222.50–250.0096929
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425215.81/cwt200.00–220.009175
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3472208.64/cwt200.00–218.009859
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473226.65/cwt220.00–235.001,07226
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy500197.50/cwt197.50–197.509881
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520211.09/cwt200.00–219.001,09810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521226.31/cwt222.00–230.001,17913
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2559224.02/cwt216.00–228.001,2526
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3565212.70/cwt210.00–215.001,2029
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy565207.90/cwt205.00–211.001,1753
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy600180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2611202.47/cwt200.00–205.001,2374
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3615196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,2051
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3650188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2221
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2205275.00/cwt275.00–275.005641
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225300.00/cwt300.00–300.006751
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3245245.00/cwt245.00–245.006001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy255325.00/cwt325.00–325.008291
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273303.76/cwt290.00–320.008294
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2274272.56/cwt270.00–280.007474
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3278239.37/cwt230.00–250.006652
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy310325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0081
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2322278.42/cwt275.00–280.008973
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3323234.33/cwt225.00–255.007577
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy325257.50/cwt257.50–257.508371
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1331308.35/cwt290.00–317.501,0218
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1367299.10/cwt290.00–312.501,09812
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377273.29/cwt260.00–287.501,03012
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3380220.00/cwt220.00–220.008361
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy393244.97/cwt240.00–250.009632
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1541
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3424225.07/cwt220.00–230.009544
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425259.69/cwt240.00–282.501,10415
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy440230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0121
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2459252.47/cwt240.00–267.501,1596
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3474223.97/cwt215.00–235.001,06212
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy485227.42/cwt220.00–236.001,1034
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3517217.04/cwt210.00–222.501,12211
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518227.16/cwt225.00–230.001,1776
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy527216.45/cwt207.50–222.501,1417
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3563214.09/cwt210.00–218.001,2052
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2567223.42/cwt220.00–230.001,2675
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Full595206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2261
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3628200.90/cwt194.00–206.001,2623
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,149130.56/cwt120.00–138.001,5006
Bulls——1,479158.74/cwt145.00–166.002,34811
Bulls——1,608176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,8302
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%931112.06/cwt77.50–122.001,04320
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,064128.37/cwt123.00–137.001,36619
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,137126.11/cwt113.00–135.001,43416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,263140.65/cwt137.00–149.001,7768
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,295129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,6711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500140.17/cwt136.00–146.002,10310
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-27401,285.00/head1,285.00–1,285.001,2851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2910145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3201
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3610600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3665400.00/head400.00–400.004001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3880118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0381
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2888141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2522
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3958108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0352
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,065148.50/cwt145.00–152.001,5822
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,065118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,2571
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 28951,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 31,0801,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29481,462.20/head1,450.00–1,475.001,4622
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0551,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,110139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,5431
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 36851,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751

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.