Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and feeder bulls 2.00 lower, feeder heifers 1.00 lower, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.27/cwt on 100 head.

Average price

$106.27

100 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$491

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$21.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.32

vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	459	116.52	535	19thin
Medium 2	495	109.11	541	32
Small 1-2	441	102.68	453	35
Medium and Large 3	443	94.85	420	14thin

One grade step is worth $21.67/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale100 hd

106.27

—

SC average4 barns · 322 hd

107.59

−1.32

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	—	Low	1,507	80.51	1,213	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,501	61.25	919	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,124	56.82	639	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	930	47.42	441	25

Every lot, as filed

98 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium 2	—	715	98.36/cwt	95.00–101.00	703	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	550	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	534	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	493	103.02/cwt	100.00–106.00	508	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	682	97.38/cwt	95.00–99.00	664	3
Bulls	—	—	1,358	71.59/cwt	67.00–75.00	972	4
Bulls	—	—	1,655	89.43/cwt	86.00–94.00	1,480	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	573	109.32/cwt	109.00–110.00	626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	283	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	276	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	94.62/cwt	90.00–99.00	457	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	578	101.45/cwt	99.00–104.00	586	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	326	102.02/cwt	100.00–105.00	333	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	578	106.75/cwt	106.00–107.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	619	103.79/cwt	102.00–105.00	642	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	300	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	285	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	97.02/cwt	96.00–98.00	415	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	680	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	632	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	433	103.33/cwt	101.00–105.00	447	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	283	104.92/cwt	100.00–112.50	297	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	613	108.32/cwt	105.00–111.00	664	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	477	121.56/cwt	116.00–125.00	580	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	128.48/cwt	127.00–130.00	588	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	305	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	405	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	425	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	505	112.00/cwt	111.00–113.00	566	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	519	105.48/cwt	103.00–107.00	547	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	725	97.48/cwt	96.00–99.00	707	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	97.51/cwt	97.00–98.00	463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	121.25/cwt	119.00–125.00	583	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	474	113.73/cwt	111.00–116.00	539	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	663	108.00/cwt	107.00–109.00	716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	140.34/cwt	136.00–149.00	452	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	714	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	279	124.65/cwt	120.00–135.00	348	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	711	108.75/cwt	108.00–109.00	773	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	370	125.16/cwt	120.00–129.00	463	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	363	112.59/cwt	110.00–115.00	409	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	102.43/cwt	97.50–108.00	382	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,501	61.25/cwt	56.00–70.00	919	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	44.77/cwt	34.00–53.00	407	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	62.27/cwt	55.00–73.00	739	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	54.25/cwt	52.00–57.00	534	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,059	51.19/cwt	42.00–56.00	542	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	121.97/cwt	120.00–125.00	438	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	115.00/cwt	114.00–116.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	469	110.84/cwt	105.00–114.00	520	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	436	111.63/cwt	110.00–114.00	487	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	285	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	328	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	481	102.85/cwt	100.00–106.00	495	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	378	106.03/cwt	102.50–110.00	401	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	600	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	94.00/cwt	93.00–95.00	501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	116.80/cwt	114.00–118.00	529	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	117.69/cwt	116.00–119.00	488	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	360	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	890	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	4,628	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	820	481.40/cwt	400.00–550.00	3,947	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	615.71/cwt	560.00–670.00	7,142	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	950	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	4,608	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	743	450.58/cwt	300.00–570.00	3,348	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	10,733	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	965	560.57/cwt	550.00–570.00	5,410	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	805	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,508	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	1,040.00/cwt	1,040.00–1,040.00	14,144	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,020	684.93/cwt	650.00–725.00	6,986	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	968	428.60/cwt	380.00–475.00	4,149	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	338	124.31/cwt	116.00–132.50	420	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	585	107.49/cwt	106.00–109.00	629	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	680	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	632	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	260	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	260	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	740	666.00/cwt	666.00–666.00	4,928	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	514	106.45/cwt	104.00–110.00	547	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	360	115.94/cwt	112.00–120.00	417	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	516	102.90/cwt	99.00–106.00	531	8
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	837	469.42/cwt	450.00–503.00	3,929	3
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	810	695.10/cwt	693.00–697.00	5,630	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	650	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	3,803	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	425	116.67/cwt	115.00–120.00	496	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	572	104.17/cwt	100.00–107.00	596	6
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	640	98.99/cwt	95.00–102.00	634	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	428	109.12/cwt	106.00–112.50	467	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	127.37/cwt	124.00–130.00	540	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	605	105.99/cwt	105.00–107.00	641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	275	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	309	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	138.90/cwt	135.00–143.00	535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	354	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	578	116.20/cwt	115.00–117.00	672	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	520	117.62/cwt	115.00–121.00	612	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	510	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	473	111.02/cwt	107.00–115.00	525	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	333	104.96/cwt	100.00–110.00	350	2

How this sale compares

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 9, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 309Last week 194Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 116Last week 100Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 33Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	715	95.00–101.00	98.36
3	—	573	109.00–110.00	109.32
2	—	505	111.00–113.00	112.00
4	—	474	111.00–116.00	113.73
3	—	425	115.00–120.00	116.67
4	—	605	105.00–107.00	105.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	116.00	116.00
4	—	481	119.00–125.00	121.25
6	—	424	124.00–130.00	127.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	97.00	97.00
2	—	475	97.00–98.00	97.51
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	100.00–106.00	103.02
3	—	682	95.00–99.00	97.38
4	—	519	103.00–107.00	105.48
2	—	725	96.00–99.00	97.48
6	—	572	100.00–107.00	104.17
3	—	640	95.00–102.00	98.99
2	—	428	106.00–112.50	109.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	283	97.50	97.50
3	—	483	90.00–99.00	94.62
1	—	300	95.00	95.00
1	—	605	90.00	90.00
3	—	428	96.00–98.00	97.02
1	—	370	95.00	95.00
2	—	533	93.00–95.00	94.00
1	—	560	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	99.00–104.00	101.45
6	—	326	100.00–105.00	102.02
1	—	680	93.00	93.00
3	—	433	101.00–105.00	103.33
4	—	283	100.00–112.50	104.92
7	—	481	100.00–106.00	102.85
3	—	378	102.50–110.00	106.03
1	—	600	95.00	95.00
8	—	516	99.00–106.00	102.90
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	578	106.00–107.00	106.75
5	—	619	102.00–105.00	103.79
10	—	469	105.00–114.00	110.84
5	—	436	110.00–114.00	111.63
1	—	285	115.00	115.00
5	—	514	104.00–110.00	106.45
2	—	360	112.00–120.00	115.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	109.00	109.00
3	—	622	110.00	110.00
4	—	359	120.00–125.00	121.97
2	—	518	114.00–116.00	115.00
5	—	453	114.00–118.00	116.80
3	—	415	116.00–119.00	117.69
1	—	300	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	105.00–111.00	108.32
6	—	477	116.00–125.00	121.56
2	—	663	107.00–109.00	108.00
7	—	279	120.00–135.00	124.65
4	—	711	108.00–109.00	108.75
3	—	370	120.00–129.00	125.16
2	—	338	116.00–132.50	124.31
5	—	578	115.00–117.00	116.20
3	—	520	115.00–121.00	117.62
2	—	425	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	123.00	123.00
2	—	458	127.00–130.00	128.48
6	—	322	136.00–149.00	140.34
1	—	605	118.00	118.00
2	—	385	135.00–143.00	138.90
1	—	225	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	100.00	100.00
2	—	373	97.50–108.00	102.43
1	—	275	112.50	112.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	105.00	105.00
2	—	363	110.00–115.00	112.59
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
2	—	585	106.00–109.00	107.49
1	—	680	93.00	93.00
1	—	260	100.00	100.00
4	—	473	107.00–115.00	111.02
2	—	333	100.00–110.00	104.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,358	67.00–75.00	71.59
4	—	1,655	86.00–94.00	89.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,501	56.00–70.00	61.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	908	34.00–53.00	44.77
7	—	985	52.00–57.00	54.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,187	55.00–73.00	62.27
29	—	1,059	42.00–56.00	51.19

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	890	520.00	520.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	820	400.00–550.00	481.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	743	300.00–570.00	450.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	805	560.00	560.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,160	560.00–670.00	615.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,325	810.00	810.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,360	1,040.00	1,040.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	485.00	485.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	965	550.00–570.00	560.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,020	650.00–725.00	684.93
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	968	380.00–475.00	428.60
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	740	666.00	666.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	837	450.00–503.00	469.42
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	810	693.00–697.00	695.10
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	585.00	585.00

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.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Upstate Livestock Exchange - Williamston, SC

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle