Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2025-07-21

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Jul 21
● Final125 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
524 head
▲ 79 vs last sale 445▼ 78 vs year ago 602 · −13.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 39▲ 66 vs year ago 7 · +942.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 30▲ 24 vs year ago 40 · +60.0%
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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 unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 5.00 lower based on limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh,

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $319.42/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 9 of 30 comparable sales and sits −42.53 against this barn's trailing median of $361.95.
Average price
$319.42
50 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$416
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$68.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.80
vs SC average
−20.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530338.231,79318thin
Medium and Large 2543310.091,68331
Medium and Large 3510270.001,3771thin
One grade step is worth $68.23/cwt here — about $416 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale50 hd
319.42
—
SC average6 barns · 190 hd
318.62
+0.80
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−20.76
This barn, trailing median30 sales
361.95
−42.53
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—Low1,350168.612,2769thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,193163.841,95523
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,405162.872,2888thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low945145.411,37411

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)975$2,5842thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,070$2,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,180$2,3223thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)863$1,8397
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)855$1,7333thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)837$1,6054thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)760$1,4501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)880$1,3731thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)980$1,6972thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)938$2,8397
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)822$2,63815
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)965$2,6001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)799$1,5548
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)818$1,2198
Stock CowsOpenAged (>8 yrs)840$1,2181thin

Every lot

125 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328411.45/cwt400.00–420.001,3503
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4251
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6191
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3395355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4021
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy405345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3971
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6191
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2429348.70/cwt340.00–360.001,4968
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3Fleshy465317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,4761
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy470337.62/cwt330.00–342.501,5873
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472353.69/cwt340.00–362.501,6696
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3490342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,6781
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520346.17/cwt330.00–355.001,80013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3543323.74/cwt322.50–325.001,7582
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added558371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,0707
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565343.75/cwt340.00–347.501,9422
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568326.01/cwt310.00–345.001,85230
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3570295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6821
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy580289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,6762
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0911
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623322.44/cwt320.00–327.502,00923
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2671297.66/cwt291.00–310.001,9977
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1687319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,1928
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2700267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8731
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2225350.00/cwt350.00–350.007881
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260335.00/cwt320.00–350.008712
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3265320.00/cwt320.00–320.008481
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2313342.30/cwt330.00–355.001,0713
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320371.91/cwt357.50–380.001,1903
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3333291.35/cwt285.00–295.009704
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2781
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3364301.79/cwt290.00–315.001,0997
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375336.29/cwt330.00–342.501,2616
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3421298.00/cwt290.00–302.501,2554
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423332.77/cwt320.00–345.001,40815
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added425357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,5191
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy465310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4421
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3468289.87/cwt285.00–295.001,3572
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469324.40/cwt315.00–337.501,52117
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added475338.80/cwt337.50–340.001,6092
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3510270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3771
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521315.91/cwt297.50–323.001,64617
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525327.89/cwt324.00–332.001,7218
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added528352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,8598
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added530340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8021
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy545310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6901
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558324.50/cwt324.00–325.001,8112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574299.37/cwt275.00–315.001,71812
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608308.93/cwt303.00–315.001,8782
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633294.40/cwt270.00–300.001,86415
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added650290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8851
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy655240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5721
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670269.15/cwt267.50–270.001,8033
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy705245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7271
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720268.69/cwt260.00–277.501,9352
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3223328.48/cwt315.00–345.007332
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3275310.00/cwt310.00–310.008531
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285408.57/cwt395.00–420.001,1643
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2285370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0551
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1313404.95/cwt395.00–415.001,2673
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3318327.09/cwt320.00–335.001,0402
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328373.50/cwt360.00–380.001,2253
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy350355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2431
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369394.81/cwt385.00–415.001,45710
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2374366.18/cwt350.00–385.001,37017
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3385340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3091
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5591
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420367.62/cwt347.50–380.001,5449
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3431322.80/cwt305.00–335.001,3917
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy445305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3571
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469345.47/cwt335.00–355.001,62010
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3490300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4701
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2510331.85/cwt327.50–335.001,6924
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy530311.73/cwt300.00–320.001,6527
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3545312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,7031
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy560310.83/cwt300.00–317.501,7413
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2569328.70/cwt320.00–340.001,8704
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623309.86/cwt300.00–315.001,9306
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660312.16/cwt311.00–313.002,0603
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2664302.79/cwt297.50–309.002,0116
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3695275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9111
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705296.26/cwt295.00–297.502,0892
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,249162.41/cwt152.50–169.002,0296
Bulls——1,552181.02/cwt177.00–183.002,8093
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%828126.68/cwt120.00–132.501,0492
Cows—Lean 85-90%971149.57/cwt145.00–155.001,4529
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,131152.01/cwt140.00–159.001,71912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223201.80/cwt189.00–220.002,4683
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,276167.34/cwt160.00–174.002,1358
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,364164.27/cwt162.00–168.002,2414
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,4341
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455157.97/cwt157.00–159.002,2983
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 29801,696.58/head1,567.50–1,818.001,6972
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows14 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 17101,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Small 27301,076.82/head1,065.00–1,088.001,0772
Bred Cows—Small 37581,226.73/head1,050.00–1,400.001,2272
Bred Cows—Small 37601,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 37701,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Small 27851,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 38801,373.00/head1,373.00–1,373.001,3731
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 39051,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29432,133.95/head2,000.00–2,250.002,1342
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29502,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29752,584.23/head2,350.00–2,800.002,5842
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29902,272.22/head1,950.00–2,500.002,2723
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0702,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1802,321.57/head2,125.00–2,550.002,3223
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs11 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 36501,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 27002,322.86/head2,100.00–2,450.002,3233
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 27772,515.40/head2,400.00–2,700.002,5156
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 28102,531.48/head2,350.00–2,700.002,5312
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 18602,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19302,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29453,850.00/head3,850.00–3,850.003,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 39652,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 39832,869.07/head2,650.00–3,000.002,8693
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0123,203.79/head3,100.00–3,350.003,2043
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1403,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows8 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 17101,811.00/head1,811.00–1,811.001,8111
Stock Cows—Small 27221,395.84/head1,350.00–1,550.001,3965
Stock Cows—Small 3745801.00/head801.00–801.008011
Stock Cows—Small 17881,181.43/head1,106.00–1,250.001,1812
Stock Cows—Small 27921,218.16/head1,200.00–1,243.001,2183
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28401,218.00/head1,218.00–1,218.001,2181
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29231,468.52/head1,434.00–1,500.001,4692
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,0351,821.74/head1,805.00–1,838.001,8222

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.