Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2024-12-16

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Dec 16
● Final107 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
326 head
▼ 286 vs last sale 612▼ 66 vs year ago 392 · −16.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
117 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 118▲ 51 vs year ago 66 · +77.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 16▼ 26 vs year ago 52 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder steers and feeder bulls due to limited comparable sales, feeder heifers 3.50 higher, slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 7.00 higher. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $266.89/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −127.42 against this barn's trailing median of $394.30.
Average price
$266.89
28 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,442
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$296
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.52
vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563272.501,5332thin
Medium and Large 2539269.401,45224
Medium and Large 3535231.141,2372thin
One grade step is worth $41.36/cwt here — about $296 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 sale28 hd
266.89
—
SC average6 barns · 104 hd
260.37
+6.52
This barn, trailing median27 sales
394.30
−127.42
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

27 sales
468407345284median 394.3003/0204/2006/2208/2410/26
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $454.14, low $297.99, median $394.30 across 27 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—Average1,451147.722,14315
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,386121.721,6879thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,166119.991,39957
CowsLean 85-90%Average986101.921,00412

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,232$1,3683thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,020$1,3583thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)965$1,3121thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,020$1,2751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)975$1,1753thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)993$1,0582thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,030$2,2503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)945$1,0882thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)753$1,6492thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)771$1,0386

Every lot

107 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy275425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1691
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0401
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy323418.72/cwt417.50–420.001,3522
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411348.86/cwt340.00–355.001,4344
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2111
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445322.50/cwt310.00–335.001,4352
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3465273.26/cwt270.00–280.001,2713
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,5421
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2493309.99/cwt307.50–312.501,5282
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added497325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6157
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4311
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6491
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580264.87/cwt260.00–270.001,5362
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6771
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy670241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,6151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200255.00/cwt255.00–255.005101
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230320.00/cwt320.00–320.007361
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3255210.00/cwt210.00–210.005361
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260303.01/cwt295.00–320.007883
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278267.16/cwt260.00–275.007432
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy280340.27/cwt325.00–355.009532
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2313255.84/cwt250.00–270.008015
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy325330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0731
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329310.17/cwt300.00–320.001,0206
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378296.39/cwt282.50–305.001,12010
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0471
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419260.52/cwt245.00–272.501,0927
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423283.34/cwt270.00–290.001,1996
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445217.50/cwt217.50–217.509681
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458270.67/cwt265.00–277.501,2404
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy472220.82/cwt220.00–222.501,0423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474255.84/cwt245.00–262.501,21311
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3495230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1391
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy500292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,4631
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2509238.74/cwt235.00–247.501,2156
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525260.40/cwt251.00–267.501,3676
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1551
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy530200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0601
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568254.40/cwt247.50–257.501,4456
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574238.01/cwt222.50–245.001,3667
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy575212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610229.89/cwt220.00–240.001,4023
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5051
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3680198.04/cwt195.00–210.001,3475
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1208387.23/cwt380.00–395.008052
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3255245.00/cwt245.00–245.006251
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy273428.27/cwt420.00–440.001,1695
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,0301
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0501
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy300330.00/cwt330.00–330.009901
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy320418.33/cwt410.00–425.001,33914
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1331383.52/cwt360.00–400.001,2698
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363393.18/cwt380.00–400.001,4274
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3365254.38/cwt240.00–270.009282
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2376353.82/cwt340.00–365.001,3305
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy380325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2352
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3403267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,0784
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408376.51/cwt365.00–390.001,5363
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy423304.85/cwt300.00–310.001,2902
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426344.17/cwt325.00–355.001,4665
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy470283.30/cwt280.00–290.001,3323
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476308.83/cwt300.00–320.001,4706
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1041
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513294.66/cwt285.00–315.001,5126
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy518266.96/cwt250.00–275.001,3838
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535231.14/cwt220.00–242.501,2372
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1545285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5531
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2567269.81/cwt255.00–280.001,5305
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy576242.57/cwt237.50–250.001,3975
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5081
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy613236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4473
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2622256.80/cwt250.00–270.001,5979
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3643220.04/cwt210.00–230.001,4152
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,6411
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy655222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,4571
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6101
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,081124.72/cwt120.00–131.001,3484
Bulls——1,452150.98/cwt145.00–163.002,1928
Bulls——1,940169.67/cwt167.00–171.003,2923
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90288.95/cwt70.00–105.008026
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,069114.88/cwt112.00–120.001,2286
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,116100.59/cwt90.00–115.001,12310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170123.41/cwt115.00–133.001,44445
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320140.08/cwt134.00–145.001,8492
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,369123.31/cwt115.00–130.001,6888
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,525109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,6621
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 28901,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29251,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 39651,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0452,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1552,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 2870900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred Cows—Small 1875975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3895900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29051,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29651,312.00/head1,312.00–1,312.001,3121
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29701,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0201,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0931,549.94/head1,525.00–1,575.001,5502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1151,215.00/head1,215.00–1,215.001,2151
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1251,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3631,476.51/head1,400.00–1,550.001,4772
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 3710728.00/head728.00–728.007281
Stock Cows—Small 17401,591.00/head1,591.00–1,591.001,5911
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 27531,649.45/head1,649.00–1,650.001,6492
Stock Cows—Small 2783932.05/head849.00–995.009323
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28251,114.00/head1,114.00–1,114.001,1141

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.