Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2024-10-07

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Oct 7
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
322 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 269▼ 206 vs year ago 528 · −39.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 102▼ 73 vs year ago 152 · −48.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 9▲ 14 vs year ago 26 · +53.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to sale being closed last week. Moderate offering of average 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 $214.41/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −147.54 against this barn's trailing median of $361.95.
Average price
$214.41
21 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,171
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.23
vs SC average
−38.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522228.641,1943thin
Medium and Large 2548212.751,16617thin
Medium and Large 3585200.001,1701thin
One grade step is worth $28.64/cwt here — about $24 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 sale21 hd
214.41
—
SC average3 barns · 54 hd
214.18
+0.23
National average183 barns · 16,319 hd
252.68
−38.27
This barn, trailing median30 sales
361.95
−147.54
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—Low1,214115.711,4055thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,513130.861,9805thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,180112.911,33341
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00290.5090716

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)1,117$1,4775
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,095$1,2766
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,025$1,19213
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,060$1,1752thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)960$1,1472thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)965$1,2061thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)967$1,4017
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)990$9251thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)862$1,1223thin

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2230285.00/cwt285.00–285.006561
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy275355.00/cwt355.00–355.009761
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,0971
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added365290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0591
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,2261
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0731
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3400207.50/cwt195.00–220.008302
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added412290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1953
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430261.38/cwt250.00–272.501,1242
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440289.75/cwt287.00–292.501,2752
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added463276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,2784
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3122
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,3057
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523243.66/cwt237.50–250.001,2742
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2566241.60/cwt239.00–250.001,3676
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2618223.88/cwt215.00–228.001,3844
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1881
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2672218.88/cwt210.00–225.001,4715
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,5791
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2770206.44/cwt198.00–215.001,5902
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260252.60/cwt250.00–255.006572
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318264.03/cwt250.00–272.508403
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added320282.50/cwt282.50–282.509041
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323231.16/cwt225.00–240.007474
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added360280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0082
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360262.50/cwt262.50–262.509451
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3363196.02/cwt185.00–200.007125
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374233.01/cwt225.00–240.008714
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy385200.00/cwt200.00–200.007701
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3413183.37/cwt180.00–185.007573
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425218.09/cwt210.00–222.509279
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added428244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0445
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy438207.54/cwt200.00–215.009092
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0791
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3469191.89/cwt170.00–210.009008
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474216.42/cwt200.00–220.001,02610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy474207.47/cwt192.50–215.009834
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added487236.09/cwt235.00–242.001,1506
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519216.99/cwt200.00–226.001,1267
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522228.64/cwt227.00–231.001,1943
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2561216.95/cwt205.00–223.001,2174
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy573205.01/cwt190.00–210.001,1756
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3585200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1701
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2611207.23/cwt201.00–209.001,2667
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy633183.74/cwt182.50–185.001,1632
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3101
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added673208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4006
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3675182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,2321
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275305.00/cwt305.00–305.008391
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275279.73/cwt275.00–285.007692
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3280245.00/cwt245.00–245.006861
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy305200.00/cwt200.00–200.006101
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy308333.72/cwt330.00–337.501,0282
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3315220.00/cwt220.00–220.006931
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323259.61/cwt250.00–270.008392
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3367199.21/cwt175.00–210.007315
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377267.18/cwt255.00–277.501,0075
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415288.21/cwt282.50–292.501,1963
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy420242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0191
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428268.17/cwt230.00–290.001,1486
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430200.00/cwt200.00–200.008601
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470225.21/cwt220.00–230.001,0582
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2611
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3251
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy500235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527232.96/cwt220.00–243.001,2287
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2931
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy580219.81/cwt212.50–228.001,2753
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Full595200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1901
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2603206.51/cwt202.50–210.001,2453
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy615195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1991
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3625192.44/cwt190.00–195.001,2032
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy650190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2351
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2703188.50/cwt188.00–189.001,3252
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy705188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——980130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2741
Bulls——1,273112.14/cwt100.00–122.001,4284
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97782.65/cwt60.00–99.0080712
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,078114.04/cwt106.00–123.001,2294
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12699.48/cwt70.00–113.001,12016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215121.51/cwt115.00–134.001,47625
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,513130.86/cwt129.00–134.001,9805
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 29651,206.00/head1,206.00–1,206.001,2061
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 27951,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred Cows—Small 1808962.15/head925.00–1,000.009622
Bred Cows—Small 2890900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred Cows—Small 19451,242.26/head1,125.00–1,350.001,2422
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29951,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29951,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0001,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0181,119.82/head1,000.00–1,275.001,1206
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1191,371.25/head1,175.00–1,525.001,3715
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1251,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,1251,294.00/head1,294.00–1,294.001,2941
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1701,339.21/head1,275.00–1,450.001,3394
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3501,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7752
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 19051,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3915950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29451,294.64/head1,175.00–1,400.001,2952
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2990925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0201,756.37/head1,650.00–1,875.001,7563
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 2615738.00/head738.00–738.007381
Stock Cows—Small 1825969.00/head969.00–969.009691
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,1451,660.00/head1,660.00–1,660.001,6601

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.