Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2026-04-06

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Apr 6
● Final101 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
259 head
▼ 78 vs last sale 337▲ 34 vs year ago 225 · +15.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 54▼ 5 vs year ago 47 · −10.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 34▼ 6 vs year ago 16 · −37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales, light offering of average 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 $386.70/cwt on 30 head, up $4.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 30 comparable sales and sits +24.75 against this barn's trailing median of $361.95.
Average price
$386.70
▲ 4.17 vs prior sale
30 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,127
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$284
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$71.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.72
vs SC average
−41.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555396.672,2023thin
Medium and Large 2548387.932,12526
Medium and Large 3590325.001,9181thin
One grade step is worth $71.67/cwt here — about $284 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale30 hd
386.70
—
SC average6 barns · 90 hd
371.98
+14.72
National average175 barns · 10,626 hd
428.36
−41.66
This barn, trailing median30 sales
361.95
+24.75
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—Low1,412203.222,8696thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,555184.822,8744thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,141170.301,94312
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,086135.721,47416

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)805$3,0001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,430$2,5501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)940$2,0001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)650$1,8501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)880$1,5001thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,160$2,3201thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)803$1,6304thin

Every lot

101 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added380485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8431
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added385545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,0981
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added439509.98/cwt507.50–512.502,2394
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440476.38/cwt465.00–487.502,0962
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added459481.23/cwt470.00–490.002,2094
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added470519.11/cwt502.50–540.002,4406
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,3401
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added515507.01/cwt455.00–520.002,6116
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523481.75/cwt470.00–495.002,5203
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,3631
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3530415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,2001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added535431.72/cwt422.50–437.502,3103
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added568455.31/cwt445.00–465.002,5862
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added569424.46/cwt400.00–437.502,4157
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580449.87/cwt442.50–457.502,6092
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added630395.05/cwt385.00–405.002,4893
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added657409.26/cwt400.00–420.002,6895
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added660367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,4261
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added718378.64/cwt376.00–380.002,7193
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,6451
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added758333.66/cwt325.00–342.502,5292
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3775325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5191
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added860339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,9154
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2Value Added905297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,6921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,0581
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,0971
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4751
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,3861
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325527.46/cwt525.00–530.001,7142
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368492.35/cwt485.00–500.001,8122
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added380492.40/cwt485.00–500.001,8712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410507.50/cwt507.50–507.502,0811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added418459.85/cwt455.00–465.001,9222
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy425460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9551
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added429495.83/cwt490.00–500.002,1275
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438457.52/cwt445.00–467.502,0043
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8472
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455454.04/cwt435.00–465.002,0665
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added470480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,2561
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3479383.66/cwt375.00–390.001,8384
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy485393.75/cwt380.00–407.501,9102
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added487433.75/cwt430.00–467.502,11216
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added518400.50/cwt392.50–415.002,0755
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521400.58/cwt395.00–405.002,0878
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added555396.67/cwt395.00–400.002,2023
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575382.39/cwt370.00–390.002,1995
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added575377.43/cwt360.00–395.002,1707
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy585325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3590325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9181
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added620354.81/cwt340.00–375.002,2003
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,2881
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,1921
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,3421
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added667348.25/cwt337.50–360.002,3233
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added700320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2401
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3251
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added775310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4031
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added791323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,55515
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2Value Added835290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4221
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2880295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,5961
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,1701
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1288574.91/cwt565.00–585.001,6562
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3305450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3731
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1343537.48/cwt535.00–540.001,8442
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368529.28/cwt500.00–550.001,9489
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378492.25/cwt485.00–500.001,8612
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1412517.98/cwt500.00–535.002,1348
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,1671
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,2752
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3455425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9341
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added460472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,1741
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3Fleshy460425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9551
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469466.39/cwt440.00–495.002,1876
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy490420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,0581
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510482.50/cwt482.50–482.502,4611
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523448.36/cwt445.00–450.002,3453
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568427.49/cwt425.00–430.002,4282
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy580525.00/cwt525.00–525.003,0451
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,5891
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,5891
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,4341
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4561
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1001
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2Fleshy880275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4201
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,105161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,7791
Bulls——1,473211.66/cwt197.50–218.003,1185
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%980202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,9851
Cows—Boner 80-85%981146.44/cwt130.00–163.001,4374
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,084159.03/cwt150.00–170.001,7246
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,087121.74/cwt100.00–145.001,32310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255179.33/cwt173.00–190.002,2517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555184.82/cwt177.00–198.002,8744
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,1602,320.00/head2,320.00–2,320.002,3201
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Large 37001,295.00/head1,295.00–1,295.001,2951
Stock Cows—Small 27831,253.75/head1,181.00–1,346.001,2542
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29452,718.00/head2,718.00–2,718.002,7181
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 16501,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28053,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28801,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29402,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4302,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501

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.