Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2025-01-20

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Jan 20
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
405 head
▲ 178 vs last sale 227▼ 18 vs year ago 423 · −4.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 39▲ 16 vs year ago 67 · +23.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 21▲ 7 vs year ago 9 · +77.8%
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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 13.00 higher, slaughter bulls 5.00 higher. 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 $269.44/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −92.51 against this barn's trailing median of $361.95.
Average price
$269.44
17 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,431
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$50.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.95
vs SC average
−34.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510299.001,5267thin
Medium and Large 2546248.751,35810thin
One grade step is worth $50.25/cwt here — about $168 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 sale17 hd
269.44
—
SC average6 barns · 121 hd
252.49
+16.95
National average149 barns · 17,148 hd
304.42
−34.98
This barn, trailing median30 sales
361.95
−92.51
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—Low1,522148.312,2578thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,524141.912,16313
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,254140.161,75840
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,020120.451,22921

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,105$1,7004thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)965$1,3273thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$1,2502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)765$8501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)670$5751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,013$2,6352thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)925$1,3751thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)793$1,0272thin

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy335445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,4911
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377404.04/cwt392.50–410.001,5233
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2393362.61/cwt345.00–380.001,4252
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4801
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,7371
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2462337.31/cwt330.00–352.501,5583
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3465280.11/cwt270.00–290.001,3032
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy515332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,7121
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6902
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7121
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3543287.51/cwt285.00–290.001,5612
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3550262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4441
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2586298.46/cwt289.00–307.501,7494
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7551
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735255.50/cwt255.00–256.001,8782
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2777257.00/cwt256.00–258.001,9973
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2210280.00/cwt280.00–280.005881
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220350.00/cwt350.00–350.007701
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy245340.00/cwt340.00–340.008331
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3275250.00/cwt250.00–250.006881
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy290360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0441
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290325.00/cwt325.00–325.009432
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290310.00/cwt310.00–310.008991
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy308237.44/cwt230.00–245.007312
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy315369.76/cwt365.00–375.001,1652
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332348.56/cwt320.00–377.501,1575
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0351
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy365357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,3051
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370250.00/cwt250.00–250.009251
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373327.20/cwt300.00–350.001,22014
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added385360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3861
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1701
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added405362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,4681
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3405232.50/cwt232.50–232.509421
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423310.28/cwt295.00–325.001,31227
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy425247.56/cwt235.00–262.501,0523
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429280.77/cwt265.00–292.501,2056
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462281.46/cwt272.50–295.001,30014
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added473311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,4718
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482264.86/cwt255.00–270.001,2773
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy487241.78/cwt225.00–250.001,1773
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3490215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0541
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added505295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4905
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2516256.93/cwt240.00–265.001,3265
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy517320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6541
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,5791
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571245.72/cwt240.00–252.501,4034
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy595220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3091
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1603263.70/cwt260.00–269.001,5903
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615246.24/cwt245.00–247.501,5142
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2668227.47/cwt225.00–230.001,5192
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy740218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6131
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3760197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,5011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3220340.00/cwt340.00–340.007481
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1235420.00/cwt420.00–420.009871
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250385.00/cwt385.00–385.009631
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy265455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,2062
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3275317.67/cwt300.00–330.008743
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278421.28/cwt417.50–425.001,1712
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy300340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0201
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy308428.72/cwt427.50–430.001,3202
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328420.77/cwt410.00–425.001,3806
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340372.54/cwt370.00–375.001,2672
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358413.21/cwt400.00–425.001,4793
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380379.99/cwt370.00–392.501,44411
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3385345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3281
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3415328.96/cwt320.00–337.501,3652
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419386.06/cwt383.00–400.001,61813
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429355.18/cwt345.00–367.501,5246
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6381
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1461367.45/cwt355.00–377.501,6945
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy465425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9761
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3476316.18/cwt300.00–335.001,5056
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513312.08/cwt307.50–319.001,6013
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518317.93/cwt312.50–320.001,6476
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3528275.63/cwt260.00–290.001,4557
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2562268.52/cwt260.00–280.001,5098
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570248.52/cwt240.00–257.501,4172
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4951
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fancy578275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5903
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630260.77/cwt257.50–265.001,6433
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,045133.89/cwt132.50–135.001,3992
Bulls——1,516146.50/cwt140.00–150.002,2214
Bulls——2,010166.33/cwt164.00–169.003,3432
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%927101.13/cwt65.00–115.009377
Cows—Lean 85-90%965141.50/cwt140.00–143.001,3652
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,084128.22/cwt123.00–135.001,39012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166128.59/cwt117.50–133.001,4999
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,278142.44/cwt135.00–150.001,82028
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300153.64/cwt153.00–154.001,9973
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,7811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,477141.29/cwt136.00–145.002,08710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,793154.94/cwt151.00–159.002,7782
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29251,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0132,634.57/head2,500.00–2,750.002,6352
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 3670575.00/head575.00–575.005751
Bred Cows—Small 2765850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 38851,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29651,327.05/head1,175.00–1,400.001,3273
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0451,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1251,692.31/head1,600.00–1,782.001,6923
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2151,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1735864.00/head864.00–864.008641
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28501,190.00/head1,190.00–1,190.001,1901

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.