Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2025-01-27

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Jan 27
● Final131 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
651 head
▲ 246 vs last sale 405▲ 329 vs year ago 322 · +102.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 83▼ 2 vs year ago 65 · −3.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 16▲ 3 vs year ago 22 · +13.6%
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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 5.00 lower slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. 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 $279.30/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −82.65 against this barn's trailing median of $361.95.
Average price
$279.30
65 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,465
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$313
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$74.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.91
vs SC average
−25.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517294.361,52333
Medium and Large 2531265.171,40831
Medium and Large 3550220.001,2101thin
One grade step is worth $74.36/cwt here — about $313 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 sale65 hd
279.30
—
SC average4 barns · 121 hd
270.39
+8.91
National average182 barns · 24,858 hd
304.64
−25.34
This barn, trailing median30 sales
361.95
−82.65
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—Average1,450145.392,1087thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,192139.011,65732
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,468136.332,0023thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low955118.261,13016

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)1,013$2,0382thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,008$1,6382thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,026$1,4535
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)998$1,3632thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)925$1,3132thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)968$1,3083thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)710$1,5801thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,010$2,0132thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)910$1,5241thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)710$1,2082thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)794$1,1663thin

Every lot

131 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy233466.32/cwt455.00–475.001,0873
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy264465.66/cwt455.00–475.001,2295
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,1621
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy315455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4331
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315377.58/cwt375.00–380.001,1892
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335422.50/cwt420.00–425.001,4152
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy368327.52/cwt325.00–330.001,2052
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373302.55/cwt300.00–305.001,1292
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6531
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy408428.87/cwt422.50–435.001,7502
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427361.15/cwt350.00–385.001,5425
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,6911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474351.61/cwt337.50–377.501,6679
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475317.66/cwt310.00–325.001,5092
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy490325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5931
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy505287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,4521
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522325.18/cwt315.00–334.001,6978
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533311.27/cwt307.50–317.501,6594
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561325.64/cwt310.00–355.001,8277
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy595275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6361
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627269.50/cwt267.50–271.001,6903
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7691
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy685262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,7981
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy732262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,9182
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Fleshy795220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7491
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added809249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,0148
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added984225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,2148
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3215265.00/cwt265.00–265.005701
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220310.00/cwt310.00–310.006821
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1233317.58/cwt300.00–325.007404
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268335.05/cwt325.00–350.008986
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2268289.38/cwt275.00–300.007763
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy270365.00/cwt365.00–365.009861
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3313253.50/cwt245.00–270.007934
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy315370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1661
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322334.79/cwt320.00–350.001,0786
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335317.45/cwt300.00–327.501,06311
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy360355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2781
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369326.46/cwt320.00–345.001,20518
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0502
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377307.01/cwt285.00–325.001,15723
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415310.14/cwt297.50–325.001,28717
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423296.37/cwt275.00–317.501,25423
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423236.61/cwt230.00–240.001,0013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy425260.26/cwt252.50–267.501,1062
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy460365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6791
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472289.21/cwt281.00–300.001,36527
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473272.71/cwt260.00–287.501,29018
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy480243.61/cwt225.00–255.001,1693
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1503296.24/cwt295.00–297.501,4902
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added505306.50/cwt306.50–306.501,54823
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy513220.86/cwt200.00–237.501,1333
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521272.79/cwt257.50–287.501,42122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2101
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4438
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577259.41/cwt255.00–267.001,4976
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added605264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,59735
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605246.24/cwt245.00–247.501,4902
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy615214.96/cwt210.00–220.001,3222
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2669228.22/cwt225.00–233.001,5274
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3693217.49/cwt215.00–220.001,5072
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2713227.32/cwt225.00–230.001,6213
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2766219.41/cwt219.00–219.501,6816
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2880213.73/cwt210.00–215.001,8817
Feeder Cattle · Bulls36 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2215363.45/cwt350.00–375.007813
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy233466.59/cwt450.00–480.001,0874
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0261
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3275328.18/cwt315.00–340.009022
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy280470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,3161
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1292433.37/cwt420.00–440.001,2653
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3313315.24/cwt305.00–325.009872
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2318379.92/cwt365.00–395.001,2089
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325419.09/cwt400.00–432.501,3626
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy328447.36/cwt440.00–457.501,4674
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy363437.41/cwt435.00–445.001,5884
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371409.06/cwt395.00–430.001,51812
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377374.15/cwt360.00–390.001,4117
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3380324.80/cwt320.00–330.001,2342
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1403420.06/cwt410.00–430.001,6932
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415374.40/cwt365.00–380.001,55411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3415345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4321
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460367.50/cwt365.00–370.001,6913
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474354.76/cwt340.00–367.501,68210
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485315.00/cwt305.00–325.001,5282
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy485302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,4671
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy500270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515312.40/cwt310.00–315.001,6099
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520296.08/cwt280.00–310.001,54012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3540280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5121
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy553260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4382
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562284.19/cwt270.00–291.001,5976
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2566274.93/cwt262.50–285.001,5565
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6391
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610280.00/cwt275.00–285.001,7082
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625263.78/cwt260.00–267.501,6494
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,7461
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7421
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3680220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4961
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8001
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770238.98/cwt238.00–240.001,8402
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——800127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0201
Bulls——1,491145.25/cwt131.00–156.002,1665
Bulls——1,895164.00/cwt164.00–164.003,1081
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%944106.25/cwt82.50–115.001,0037
Cows—Lean 85-90%964127.60/cwt120.00–137.001,2309
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,092122.83/cwt119.00–126.001,3413
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,135122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3851
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200137.37/cwt127.00–147.001,64825
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214161.43/cwt151.00–175.001,9604
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,0821
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,750150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,6251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1740950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred Cows—Small 3765975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29251,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Small 19351,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29531,362.76/head1,300.00–1,425.001,3633
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29981,363.47/head1,350.00–1,375.001,3632
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0101,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0801,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0851,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1002,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1351,587.17/head1,575.00–1,600.001,5872
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1551,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29801,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0402,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 3670821.00/head821.00–821.008211
Stock Cows—Small 17501,594.00/head1,594.00–1,594.001,5941
Stock Cows—Small 17631,151.09/head1,104.00–1,190.001,1512
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28551,197.00/head1,197.00–1,197.001,1971
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 19101,524.00/head1,524.00–1,524.001,5241
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 27101,580.00/head1,580.00–1,580.001,5801

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.