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Williamston Livestock Auction

Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Sep 7

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958

← Aug 31Sep 7Sep 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

218 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 212▼ 163 vs year ago 381 · −42.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 27▼ 46 vs year ago 62 · −74.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 12▼ 18 vs year ago 27 · −66.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh..

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.89/cwt on 38 head, up $1.97 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 25 comparable sales and sits −47.84 against this barn's trailing median of $397.73.

Average price

$349.89

▲ 1.97 vs prior sale

38 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,889

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$31.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.09

vs SC average

−40.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	355.66	1,907	31
Medium and Large 2	556	324.34	1,803	7thin

One grade step is worth $31.32/cwt here — about $104 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 sale38 hd

349.89

—

SC average5 barns · 115 hd

330.80

+19.09

National average134 barns · 6,067 hd

390.59

−40.70

This barn, trailing median25 sales

397.73

−47.84

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

25 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.71, low $337.05, median $397.73 across 25 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,490	182.41	2,718	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,420	158.45	2,250	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	158.34	2,122	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,046	128.85	1,347	4thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,015	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	760	$1,300	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,105	$2,250	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,012	$2,800	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	850	$2,150	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	730	$1,624	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,010	$1,596	1thin

Every lot

86 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Value Added	330	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,493	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Value Added	335	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,131	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	373	446.83/cwt	427.50–467.50	1,667	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,568	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	415	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,453	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	435	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,784	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	460	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,817	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	475	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,758	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,686	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	520	321.02/cwt	307.50–330.00	1,669	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	523	361.07/cwt	342.50–367.00	1,888	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,762	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	565	347.28/cwt	327.50–357.50	1,962	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	583	326.83/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,905	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	630	326.36/cwt	325.00–327.50	2,056	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	661	324.57/cwt	315.00–327.00	2,145	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	685	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,832	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,873	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,180	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	731	300.46/cwt	292.00–311.00	2,196	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	755	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,265	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	775	284.01/cwt	283.00–285.00	2,201	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	943	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Fancy	295	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,357	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	330	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	924	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,037	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	365	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,241	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,168	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	375	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,406	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,443	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	348.73/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,458	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	314.00/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,313	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	428	269.92/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,155	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,485	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	304.09/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,441	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,152	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	493	318.74/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,571	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,525	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	315.85/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,649	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	525	267.29/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,403	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	528	317.47/cwt	312.50–322.50	1,676	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	283.27/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,515	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	277.28/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,567	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	572	301.88/cwt	296.00–310.00	1,727	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	595	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,636	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,969	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	625	292.26/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,827	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	261.69/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,641	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	675	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,688	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	683	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,032	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	718	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,154	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	830	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,179	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	245	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,054	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	438.16/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,161	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	357.54/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,090	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,480	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,275	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	337.06/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,416	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	435	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,196	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,643	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,103	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	318.81/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,546	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	282.68/cwt	270.00–302.50	1,476	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,723	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	545	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,226	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,513	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,762	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	263.53/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,642	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,690	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	265.04/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,882	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,490	182.41/cwt	160.00–190.00	2,718	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	888	114.89/cwt	102.50–130.00	1,020	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,203	142.81/cwt	139.00–147.00	1,718	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,340	158.34/cwt	149.00–165.00	2,122	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,420	158.45/cwt	152.00–167.00	2,250	4
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,105	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1	850	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 3	995	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,015	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,025	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	730	1,624.00/head	1,624.00–1,624.00	1,624	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,010	1,596.00/head	1,596.00–1,596.00	1,596	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 2	760	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,015	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1

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.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Upstate Livestock Exchange - Williamston, SC

Mon Sep 7, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Columbia, SC (LS-CO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 218Last week 212Year ago 381

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 27Year ago 62

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 12Year ago 27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	382.50	382.50
1	450–500	475	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	337.50	337.50
3	450–500	475	370.00	370.00
3	500–550	520	307.50–330.00	321.02
4	550–600	583	315.00–335.00	326.83
1	650–700	685	267.50	267.50
1	700–750	700	267.50	267.50
2	750–800	775	283.00–285.00	284.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	452.50	452.50
2	350–400	373	427.50–467.50	446.83
1	400–450	435	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	460	395.00	395.00
21	500–550	523	342.50–367.00	361.07
9	550–600	565	327.50–357.50	347.28
14	600–650	630	325.00–327.50	326.36
5	650–700	661	315.00–327.00	324.57
6	700–750	731	292.00–311.00	300.46
1	750–800	755	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	317.50	317.50
3	700–750	710	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	545	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	355.00–360.00	357.54
1	350–400	375	340.00	340.00
5	400–450	420	325.00–350.00	337.06
2	450–500	485	312.50–325.00	318.81
3	500–550	522	270.00–302.50	282.68
1	550–600	550	275.00	275.00
3	600–650	623	250.00–270.00	263.53
1	650–700	650	260.00	260.00
2	700–750	710	260.00–270.00	265.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	430.00	430.00
2	250–300	265	420.00–455.00	438.16
1	350–400	370	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	450	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	530	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	555	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	325.00	325.00
1	300–350	340	305.00	305.00
1	350–400	365	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	418	300.00–327.50	314.00
6	450–500	474	275.00–320.00	304.09
3	500–550	535	280.00–290.00	283.27
2	550–600	565	265.00–290.00	277.28
3	600–650	627	250.00–275.00	261.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	440	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	493	317.50–320.00	318.74
1	500–550	500	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	595	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	675	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	260.00–280.00	269.92
1	450–500	480	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	415	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	528	312.50–322.50	317.47
3	550–600	572	296.00–310.00	301.88
2	600–650	625	285.00–300.00	292.26
3	650–700	683	297.50	297.50
4	700–750	718	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	830	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	370.00	370.00
2	400–450	418	345.00–352.50	348.73
1	450–500	450	330.00	330.00
3	500–550	522	312.50–317.50	315.85
4	600–650	625	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	260.00–275.00	267.29

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	2,900.00	2,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	2,800.00	2,800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	2,150.00	2,150.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	2,700.00	2,700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	1,624.00	1,624.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	1,596.00	1,596.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	760	1,300.00	1,300.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,015	2,600.00	2,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,105	2,250.00	2,250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,340	149.00–165.00	158.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,203	139.00–147.00	142.81
2	—	888	102.50–130.00	114.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,420	152.00–167.00	158.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,490	160.00–190.00	182.41

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.