Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2025-09-15

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Sep 15
● Final125 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
396 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 381▼ 90 vs year ago 486 · −18.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 62▼ 67 vs year ago 110 · −60.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 27▼ 4 vs year ago 28 · −14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and feeder bulls 4.50 higher, feeder heifers too few to trend based on limited comparable sales, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 6.00 lower. Moderate offering of average 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 $335.84/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 13 of 30 comparable sales and sits −26.11 against this barn's trailing median of $361.95.
Average price
$335.84
39 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,841
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$336
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$39.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.01
vs SC average
−23.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565360.002,0341thin
Medium and Large 2549336.031,84436
Medium and Large 3530320.351,6982thin
One grade step is worth $39.65/cwt here — about $336 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 sale39 hd
335.84
—
SC average6 barns · 220 hd
344.85
−9.01
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
−23.82
This barn, trailing median30 sales
361.95
−26.11
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—Low1,523189.112,8808thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,417167.782,3785thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,139162.431,85011
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,034152.131,57419

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)1,168$2,8742thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)813$2,4002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,148$2,2183thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)972$1,7903thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)615$1,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)715$3,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,273$2,9252thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)858$1,5646
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)933$1,3214thin

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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy280552.63/cwt545.00–560.001,5472
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2288427.70/cwt420.00–435.001,2322
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy300555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,6651
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6491
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5561
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390442.47/cwt440.00–445.001,7262
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7011
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430445.19/cwt435.00–455.001,9143
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3435367.56/cwt365.00–370.001,5992
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457431.77/cwt420.00–445.001,9733
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460302.53/cwt300.00–305.001,3922
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470389.37/cwt380.00–392.501,8305
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy472371.73/cwt370.00–375.001,7553
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515388.68/cwt385.00–392.502,0022
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523365.23/cwt355.00–377.501,9106
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy545342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8671
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3555295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6371
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565384.21/cwt375.00–395.002,1713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,0201
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added573370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1202
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy588332.49/cwt330.00–335.001,9553
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0301
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy628299.82/cwt285.00–315.001,8832
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3635310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9691
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,2944
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2662331.13/cwt326.00–337.502,1923
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy690297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,0531
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3200300.00/cwt300.00–300.006001
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy225539.56/cwt520.00–560.001,2142
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225430.00/cwt430.00–430.009681
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273386.24/cwt370.00–400.001,0542
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy278479.55/cwt470.00–490.001,3332
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3280340.00/cwt340.00–340.009521
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy320452.73/cwt445.00–460.001,4492
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334431.02/cwt425.00–435.001,4405
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335312.13/cwt300.00–325.001,0462
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2941
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373436.45/cwt420.00–455.001,6286
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3377323.54/cwt305.00–335.001,2203
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383380.42/cwt360.00–400.001,4574
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy383347.52/cwt345.00–350.001,3312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415339.94/cwt335.00–345.001,4112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417431.34/cwt415.00–445.001,79910
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423396.85/cwt390.00–405.001,6798
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy430344.77/cwt330.00–360.001,4834
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460390.00/cwt385.00–395.001,7942
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477363.05/cwt350.00–375.001,73211
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy477344.17/cwt340.00–347.501,6423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480320.08/cwt310.00–330.001,5364
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy518322.62/cwt317.50–327.501,6712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527343.54/cwt332.50–357.501,81014
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530320.35/cwt307.50–332.501,6982
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added535360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9261
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added565360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0341
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2567333.30/cwt320.00–347.501,89015
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy576320.68/cwt315.00–327.501,8474
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added607352.34/cwt347.50–354.002,1394
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,0141
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2622320.88/cwt310.00–330.001,9969
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0251
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy690270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls38 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3225380.00/cwt380.00–380.008551
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy233554.68/cwt525.00–590.001,2923
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2240420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,0081
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy264546.02/cwt530.00–570.001,4414
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1662
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3285390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1121
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,4211
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy316534.72/cwt515.00–565.001,6904
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3323376.01/cwt370.00–385.001,2154
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325436.67/cwt430.00–440.001,4193
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340463.43/cwt450.00–480.001,5763
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy358502.45/cwt495.00–510.001,7992
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370466.17/cwt440.00–490.001,72511
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3377364.92/cwt355.00–375.001,3767
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2387426.68/cwt420.00–430.001,6513
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy395375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3414360.87/cwt345.00–380.001,4945
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418413.95/cwt400.00–425.001,7304
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422437.43/cwt430.00–460.001,84610
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy440379.94/cwt375.00–385.001,6722
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6791
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468418.82/cwt415.00–430.001,9609
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473395.31/cwt385.00–420.001,8706
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy485375.76/cwt370.00–380.001,8223
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518387.30/cwt375.00–397.502,0068
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532364.04/cwt355.00–370.001,9373
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3532326.58/cwt320.00–330.001,7373
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558378.74/cwt377.50–380.002,1132
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3580285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6531
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2588333.66/cwt322.50–347.501,9624
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy590319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,8821
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2612314.97/cwt307.50–330.001,9286
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633322.51/cwt317.50–325.002,0413
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1669320.32/cwt310.00–325.002,1434
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2678292.47/cwt290.00–295.001,9832
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0651
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,2541
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy715240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7161
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,433194.73/cwt187.00–205.002,7906
Bulls——1,793172.25/cwt171.00–175.003,0882
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%880170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4961
Cows—Lean 85-90%928136.79/cwt130.00–142.501,2693
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,066154.01/cwt147.00–167.501,64215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,067149.68/cwt142.00–155.001,5973
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166167.21/cwt162.00–177.001,9508
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,388170.72/cwt168.00–173.002,3704
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,3951
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 17153,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2352,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3103,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 17302,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28952,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29501,959.47/head1,675.00–2,250.001,9592
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29752,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,0151,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1682,873.88/head2,800.00–2,950.002,8742
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2352,202.37/head1,981.00–2,400.002,2022
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 18151,360.43/head1,341.00–1,376.001,3602
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 38351,411.00/head1,411.00–1,411.001,4111
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 18651,730.00/head1,730.00–1,730.001,7301
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29051,414.69/head1,283.00–1,558.001,4153
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29081,759.79/head1,686.00–1,872.001,7602
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 31,0151,040.00/head1,040.00–1,040.001,0401
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small 16151,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001

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.