Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2025-03-31

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Mar 31
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
312 head
▼ 103 vs last sale 415▲ 51 vs year ago 261 · +19.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 68▼ 3 vs year ago 44 · −6.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 33▼ 10 vs year ago 41 · −24.4%
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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 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls too few to trend. Light offering of average to plain 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 $291.28/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −70.67 against this barn's trailing median of $361.95.
Average price
$291.28
36 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,599
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.25
vs SC average
−30.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1516312.211,61015thin
Medium and Large 2573276.331,58321
One grade step is worth $35.88/cwt here — about $28 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 sale36 hd
291.28
—
SC average6 barns · 125 hd
280.03
+11.25
National average178 barns · 12,751 hd
321.38
−30.10
This barn, trailing median30 sales
361.95
−70.67
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—Average1,678170.762,8654thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,150143.011,64516
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,488133.001,9782thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,017122.331,2434thin

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)1,038$1,8992thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)850$1,5834thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)995$1,3752thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)868$1,2702thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)882$1,2063thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)835$9251thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)665$9501thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,157$2,0975
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$2,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)956$2,2464thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)710$1,6001thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)895$1,7901thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,090$1,6241thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)725$1,3412thin

Every lot

100 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1401
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323412.79/cwt400.00–425.001,3332
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy325450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2361369.79/cwt360.00–380.001,3354
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423417.82/cwt416.00–420.001,7673
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy430355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5271
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435368.14/cwt360.00–385.001,6013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450381.25/cwt370.00–392.501,7162
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,7553
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy490350.00/cwt340.00–355.001,7154
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1507361.97/cwt350.00–373.001,83522
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy510310.20/cwt300.00–320.001,5822
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520330.77/cwt325.00–340.001,7203
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582345.77/cwt332.50–348.002,0127
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583316.21/cwt316.00–320.001,84419
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627286.89/cwt280.00–292.501,7993
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2691270.30/cwt264.00–295.001,8688
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0301
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added711308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,1905
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1267343.28/cwt340.00–345.009173
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3273250.00/cwt250.00–250.006832
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3308262.40/cwt250.00–275.008082
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320347.40/cwt335.00–357.501,1124
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328322.52/cwt320.00–325.001,0582
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy365360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3141
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369313.45/cwt287.50–325.001,1578
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3831
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422301.96/cwt275.00–322.501,27413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426332.14/cwt327.50–347.501,4159
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3438247.57/cwt235.00–260.001,0842
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3455270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2291
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy455262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,1941
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472325.24/cwt315.00–337.501,5357
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481304.63/cwt290.00–312.501,4655
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510313.32/cwt300.00–320.001,59813
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517279.27/cwt272.50–285.001,4443
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553305.02/cwt300.00–310.001,6872
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2582275.84/cwt272.50–282.501,60518
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added602275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6563
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2621260.99/cwt250.00–275.001,6215
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,7041
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy680237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,6151
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705244.96/cwt240.00–255.001,7273
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3225355.00/cwt355.00–355.007991
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy310365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1321
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy320454.60/cwt440.00–462.501,4553
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2511
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3326343.45/cwt335.00–355.001,1204
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330428.38/cwt422.50–435.001,4143
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368408.18/cwt400.00–420.001,5026
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2374386.83/cwt380.00–390.001,4474
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy385365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4051
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1409412.95/cwt407.50–417.501,6896
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3415316.64/cwt300.00–332.501,3142
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417384.07/cwt370.00–397.501,6023
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy423360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5232
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463382.53/cwt377.50–387.501,7712
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2464350.93/cwt347.50–357.501,6286
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy476341.05/cwt335.00–345.001,6235
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3482305.07/cwt300.00–310.001,4703
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2517317.50/cwt290.00–332.501,6415
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525340.84/cwt330.00–350.001,7896
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563327.40/cwt320.00–335.001,8432
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy570262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4961
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575292.33/cwt287.50–297.501,6812
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620318.80/cwt312.50–325.001,9772
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623289.13/cwt280.00–303.001,8013
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1653277.49/cwt275.00–280.001,8122
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,9211
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy700237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,6631
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705255.07/cwt245.00–265.001,7982
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3565212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2011
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,678170.76/cwt167.00–180.002,8654
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%965110.28/cwt105.00–115.001,0642
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068134.38/cwt130.00–139.001,4352
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,100132.52/cwt120.00–139.001,4585
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,167142.95/cwt134.00–147.001,66810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,4211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,7221
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,540146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,2481
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,0331,877.28/head1,875.00–1,880.001,8772
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,2402,243.00/head1,924.00–2,525.002,2433
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 17101,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 28632,177.61/head2,000.00–2,400.002,1783
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0002,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2352,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 17601,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred Cows—Small 27751,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2835925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28681,270.46/head1,100.00–1,450.001,2702
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28801,652.60/head1,550.00–1,725.001,6533
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29301,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29351,283.53/head1,186.00–1,375.001,2842
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0381,898.80/head1,800.00–2,000.001,8992
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,0601,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 17201,368.00/head1,368.00–1,368.001,3681
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 27301,314.00/head1,314.00–1,314.001,3141
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28951,790.00/head1,790.00–1,790.001,7901
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,0901,624.00/head1,624.00–1,624.001,6241
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small 1665950.00/head950.00–950.009501

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.