Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2024-10-28

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Oct 28
● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
596 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 513▲ 145 vs year ago 451 · +32.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 144▼ 2 vs year ago 111 · −1.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 22▼ 3 vs year ago 17 · −17.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder steers and heifers, feeder bulls 4.00 higher, slaughter cows 14.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive flesh.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $212.71/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −149.24 against this barn's trailing median of $361.95.
Average price
$212.71
36 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,162
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$394
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$60.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.77
vs SC average
−47.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550262.501,4441thin
Medium and Large 2549212.171,16532
Medium and Large 3520201.891,0503thin
One grade step is worth $60.61/cwt here — about $394 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale36 hd
212.71
—
SC average6 barns · 200 hd
210.94
+1.77
National average194 barns · 26,693 hd
260.46
−47.75
This barn, trailing median30 sales
361.95
−149.24
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—Average1,207132.941,6057thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,494123.241,84113
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,217120.661,46962
CowsLean 85-90%Average985104.141,02619

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)1,140$1,3751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,155$1,3501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)980$1,2132thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)935$1,1001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)890$1,0901thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,000$1,0751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)715$8132thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)715$1,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,060$1,8762thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)918$1,1732thin

Every lot

105 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2260275.00/cwt275.00–275.007151
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy290335.00/cwt335.00–335.009721
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3321227.63/cwt220.00–240.007314
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,0011
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy360320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1521
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2419273.00/cwt260.00–285.001,1448
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425243.26/cwt230.00–257.501,0342
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy425220.00/cwt220.00–220.009351
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,2791
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0581
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473262.83/cwt250.00–275.001,2432
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,3701
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515267.33/cwt262.50–269.001,3774
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy520240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2481
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2567239.52/cwt230.00–245.001,35810
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627225.31/cwt220.00–231.001,4133
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3221197.22/cwt185.00–200.004365
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2236227.76/cwt220.00–245.005384
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3275205.00/cwt200.00–210.005642
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280233.69/cwt225.00–245.006543
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1286254.34/cwt250.00–262.507274
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy310215.00/cwt215.00–215.006671
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324254.34/cwt250.00–257.508248
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325236.65/cwt225.00–247.507697
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330204.92/cwt185.00–210.006765
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy360210.62/cwt210.00–212.507584
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373232.83/cwt225.00–245.008689
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3383193.04/cwt180.00–210.007393
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0071
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy400275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3413191.96/cwt180.00–200.007935
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419248.97/cwt240.00–260.001,0439
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy420212.47/cwt210.00–215.008922
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421226.47/cwt220.00–240.009538
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1251
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480222.47/cwt215.00–230.001,06816
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3483209.18/cwt200.00–215.001,0103
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy493192.51/cwt190.00–195.009492
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3505198.84/cwt190.00–207.501,0042
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2516220.45/cwt216.00–228.001,1387
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy528208.20/cwt200.00–215.001,0999
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4441
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,1441
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy564204.35/cwt197.50–210.001,1535
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580213.70/cwt207.00–218.001,23911
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2604205.91/cwt203.00–213.001,2447
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy620194.75/cwt187.50–204.001,2077
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,3271
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy665189.34/cwt170.00–200.001,2593
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3705170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1991
Feeder Cattle · Bulls35 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy210340.00/cwt340.00–340.007141
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3225239.78/cwt230.00–250.005403
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3275250.00/cwt250.00–250.006881
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy280348.82/cwt340.00–355.009774
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2283280.22/cwt275.00–285.007932
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285325.00/cwt325.00–325.009263
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy314326.66/cwt315.00–337.501,0264
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3323243.02/cwt235.00–250.007853
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328267.60/cwt255.00–280.008786
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1336291.30/cwt285.00–300.009794
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy355315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1181
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375200.00/cwt200.00–200.007502
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378285.38/cwt279.00–290.001,0793
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy378230.20/cwt220.00–240.008702
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2379266.71/cwt250.00–277.001,01114
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3421226.20/cwt215.00–237.509528
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430283.60/cwt277.50–290.001,2192
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2443252.00/cwt248.00–265.001,11610
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470281.20/cwt280.00–282.501,3222
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470256.55/cwt247.50–267.501,20610
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3476223.89/cwt212.50–236.001,06611
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy490215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0541
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3516208.75/cwt195.00–215.001,0774
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2521239.88/cwt220.00–266.001,25014
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy525216.67/cwt215.00–220.001,1383
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1526253.90/cwt249.00–260.001,3366
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563231.61/cwt225.00–235.001,30413
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1701
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy590208.00/cwt200.00–216.001,2272
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3619197.77/cwt190.00–206.001,2245
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy630200.87/cwt200.00–202.501,2654
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy650207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3461
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2657202.74/cwt199.00–206.001,3324
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3660190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2541
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2715206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,4731
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——929119.11/cwt100.00–137.501,1074
Bulls——1,578151.37/cwt147.00–157.002,3893
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93996.81/cwt70.00–110.0090912
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,064116.70/cwt112.00–122.001,2427
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194112.31/cwt97.00–117.001,34121
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,229124.94/cwt118.00–134.001,53641
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,468125.09/cwt118.00–130.001,83611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,635113.08/cwt112.00–114.001,8492
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 2670925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3760700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28901,090.00/head1,090.00–1,090.001,0901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29351,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29551,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0001,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,0051,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1401,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1551,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0601,875.71/head1,725.00–2,025.001,8762
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29181,172.58/head1,156.00–1,190.001,1732
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 27151,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001

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.