Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2025-07-07

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Jul 7
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
171 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 207▼ 385 vs year ago 556 · −69.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 38▼ 76 vs year ago 117 · −65.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 12▼ 16 vs year ago 25 · −64.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to sale being closed last week. 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 $305.39/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 5 of 30 comparable sales and sits −56.56 against this barn's trailing median of $361.95.
Average price
$305.39
11 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,677
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−15.57
vs SC average
−36.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2549305.391,67711thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale11 hd
305.39
—
SC average3 barns · 111 hd
320.96
−15.57
National average157 barns · 9,726 hd
341.53
−36.14
This barn, trailing median30 sales
361.95
−56.56
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—High1,650190.003,1351thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,240161.382,00120
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,409159.862,25310
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,014130.991,3287thin

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)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)980$1,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)956$1,6134thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)620$2,0001thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)820$1,8041thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)888$1,5882thin

Every lot

84 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1205425.00/cwt425.00–425.008711
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2801
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy325440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4301
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added328433.02/cwt420.00–447.501,4202
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added365390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4241
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6501
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7441
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3455335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5241
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8691
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy520325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6901
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,9291
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563344.98/cwt340.00–350.001,9422
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1591
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3640262.52/cwt260.00–265.001,6802
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645305.00/cwt300.00–310.001,9672
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669332.00/cwt317.50–337.002,2214
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680295.78/cwt285.00–302.502,0113
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2708288.72/cwt272.50–300.002,0444
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2795260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0671
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3270300.00/cwt300.00–300.008102
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,0731
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1307365.16/cwt350.00–385.001,1213
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2339341.89/cwt337.50–345.011,1594
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345275.00/cwt275.00–275.009491
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3385330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388325.56/cwt310.00–337.501,2634
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy400300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420335.60/cwt330.00–340.001,4104
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421349.13/cwt345.00–357.501,4706
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6151
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467327.00/cwt317.50–340.001,5275
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3490305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4951
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531305.43/cwt287.50–317.501,6225
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2564305.35/cwt285.00–315.001,7226
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8911
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2626290.50/cwt280.00–296.001,8194
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy640232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,4881
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,8511
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy710235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6691
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1215436.51/cwt430.00–445.009383
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3230310.00/cwt310.00–310.007131
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0201
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270419.81/cwt410.00–430.001,1332
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2Fleshy270360.00/cwt360.00–360.009721
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3285340.00/cwt340.00–340.009691
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1313420.12/cwt415.00–425.001,3152
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy325355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1541
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3330280.00/cwt280.00–280.009241
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378387.52/cwt385.00–390.001,4652
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2379366.17/cwt355.00–385.001,3884
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy393354.97/cwt350.00–360.001,3952
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3395325.00/cwt320.00–330.001,2842
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428375.03/cwt370.00–380.001,6052
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy433322.54/cwt320.00–325.001,3972
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3455297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,3541
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5811
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470367.18/cwt360.00–375.001,7262
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3505310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5661
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520315.17/cwt290.00–327.501,6394
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,7421
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8201
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2586288.98/cwt280.00–300.001,6935
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,8451
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3615260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5991
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3655225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4741
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2658297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,9582
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy683271.23/cwt270.00–272.501,8532
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2713293.76/cwt292.50–295.002,0952
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,650190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,1351
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%912106.70/cwt70.00–127.509733
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090149.20/cwt145.00–152.001,6264
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,114152.44/cwt149.00–154.001,6985
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220193.00/cwt193.00–193.002,3551
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,286162.32/cwt154.00–169.002,08714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,320120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,5841
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,419164.29/cwt157.00–170.002,3319
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 16202,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 17301,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Small 2760975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29402,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29801,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3952,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28201,804.00/head1,804.00–1,804.001,8041
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28881,588.08/head1,524.00–1,645.001,5882

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.