Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2025-09-22

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Sep 22
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
407 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 396▲ 138 vs year ago 269 · +51.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 43▼ 32 vs year ago 102 · −31.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 24▲ 15 vs year ago 9 · +166.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. 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 $327.55/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 12 of 30 comparable sales and sits −34.41 against this barn's trailing median of $361.95.
Average price
$327.55
49 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$447
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.54
vs SC average
−38.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1581340.491,97813thin
Medium and Large 2551325.031,79233
Medium and Large 3512299.101,5313thin
One grade step is worth $41.39/cwt here — about $447 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 sale49 hd
327.55
—
SC average6 barns · 237 hd
335.08
−7.54
National average172 barns · 11,458 hd
365.85
−38.30
This barn, trailing median30 sales
361.95
−34.41
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—Low1,651181.142,9919thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,469162.292,38419
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,249160.112,00027
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,087149.041,6199thin

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)1,033$2,9502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,023$2,3992thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)980$2,3443thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,157$2,0763thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,013$1,9304thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)840$2,4001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)865$2,2762thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,022$2,1833thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,150$2,1041thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)973$1,8233thin

Every lot

99 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy215570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,2261
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2215420.00/cwt420.00–420.009031
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2295400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1801
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373473.26/cwt470.00–475.001,7653
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421445.00/cwt435.00–460.001,8734
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423409.20/cwt395.00–425.001,7312
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470446.60/cwt435.00–465.002,0993
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475403.68/cwt380.00–422.501,9179
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3490366.61/cwt340.00–375.001,7964
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513371.90/cwt365.00–377.501,9084
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0253
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy545325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7711
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562377.86/cwt375.00–390.002,1246
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2589360.73/cwt345.00–374.002,12515
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624348.48/cwt347.00–365.002,17512
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0631
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3628317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,9942
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673314.31/cwt305.00–320.002,1153
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4621
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5684
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200390.00/cwt390.00–390.007801
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy230538.26/cwt520.00–555.001,2382
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,0561
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3255320.00/cwt320.00–320.008161
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy273474.96/cwt460.00–490.001,2975
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273422.57/cwt415.00–430.001,1542
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278411.71/cwt400.00–425.001,1452
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,1811
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320436.09/cwt420.00–455.001,3954
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1901
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy345500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7251
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372426.96/cwt415.00–435.001,58810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388392.52/cwt390.00–395.001,5232
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414414.32/cwt405.00–425.001,7157
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429383.68/cwt375.00–395.001,6468
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435325.46/cwt305.00–345.001,4162
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2464367.89/cwt357.50–380.001,7077
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy476335.99/cwt320.00–350.001,5998
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3483335.97/cwt330.00–347.501,6233
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3512299.10/cwt280.00–317.501,5313
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy523324.50/cwt317.50–330.001,69710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532353.43/cwt347.50–360.001,8803
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563328.09/cwt320.00–355.001,84713
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy579307.94/cwt300.00–317.501,7837
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581340.49/cwt332.50–347.001,97813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2609309.21/cwt297.50–323.001,8835
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,0566
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3655277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,8181
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy660280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8481
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,1531
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678292.31/cwt285.00–300.001,9822
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,0871
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2253427.57/cwt420.00–435.001,0822
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285495.18/cwt485.00–505.001,4112
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy295530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,5641
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy305515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,5711
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1329458.25/cwt440.00–480.001,5086
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4791
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy340385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3091
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366467.61/cwt440.00–490.001,71111
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy370380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4061
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2374423.81/cwt405.00–435.001,5854
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428391.23/cwt385.00–400.001,6744
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431422.32/cwt410.00–440.001,8204
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3455365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6611
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2462394.41/cwt385.00–410.001,8225
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy482368.29/cwt365.00–370.001,7753
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3500315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1507380.00/cwt377.50–382.501,9273
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2514361.12/cwt355.00–370.001,8567
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy525340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7852
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555361.65/cwt357.50–367.502,0073
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2566340.36/cwt330.00–355.001,9266
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy575300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7251
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2624310.04/cwt300.00–327.501,9356
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627326.81/cwt322.50–330.002,0493
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668298.41/cwt290.00–310.001,9938
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1683319.07/cwt310.00–327.502,1793
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,568170.52/cwt165.00–174.002,6743
Bulls——1,693186.45/cwt184.00–189.003,1576
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,021143.66/cwt139.00–145.001,4674
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,139153.34/cwt147.50–159.001,7475
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194151.15/cwt145.00–156.001,8057
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268163.25/cwt157.00–170.002,07020
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,386151.58/cwt146.00–158.002,1014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,491165.14/cwt161.00–170.002,46215
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,0222,183.04/head2,142.00–2,237.002,1833
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,1502,104.00/head2,104.00–2,104.002,1041
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29001,822.05/head1,750.00–1,881.001,8222
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,1201,826.00/head1,826.00–1,826.001,8261
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29151,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29553,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29802,343.62/head2,300.00–2,450.002,3443
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0131,930.37/head1,575.00–2,175.001,9304
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0232,398.90/head2,250.00–2,550.002,3992
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1102,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2782,214.73/head2,125.00–2,300.002,2152
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28402,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28652,276.30/head2,200.00–2,350.002,2762

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.