Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 5.00 higher, feeder heifers 2.00 higher, feeder bulls 3.00 higher, slaughter cows 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls 5.00 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 $106.99/cwt on 133 head.

Average price

$106.99

133 head · 456 lb average

Value per head Derived

$487

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$27.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.35

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	460	116.91	537	36
Medium 2	431	109.75	473	50
Small 1-2	498	99.77	497	32
Medium and Large 3	437	89.42	391	15thin

One grade step is worth $27.49/cwt here — about $146 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 sale133 hd

106.99

—

SC average5 barns · 566 hd

108.34

−1.35

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	—	Average	1,581	78.96	1,248	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,463	54.82	802	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,182	52.68	622	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	990	44.71	443	18

Every lot, as filed

120 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	116.77/cwt	113.00–119.00	541	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	111.65/cwt	108.00–116.00	635	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	116.83/cwt	113.00–121.00	492	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	700	82.50/cwt	82.00–83.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	416	90.05/cwt	85.00–95.00	375	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	376	90.83/cwt	90.00–95.00	342	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	255	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	287	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	725	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	718	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	770	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	716	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	305	102.50/cwt	100.00–105.00	313	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	570	95.79/cwt	90.00–102.00	546	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	628	94.51/cwt	94.00–95.00	594	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	479	103.29/cwt	100.00–113.00	495	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	524	95.47/cwt	92.00–100.00	500	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	690	95.52/cwt	91.00–102.00	659	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	375	101.63/cwt	97.50–110.00	381	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	424	102.86/cwt	100.00–107.50	436	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	200	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	270	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	660	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	805	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	332	131.24/cwt	128.00–136.00	436	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	605	116.32/cwt	114.00–120.00	704	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	419	129.96/cwt	125.00–134.00	545	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	461	124.14/cwt	117.00–130.00	572	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	515	116.50/cwt	114.00–118.00	600	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	559	116.22/cwt	114.00–119.00	650	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	366	130.39/cwt	125.00–138.00	477	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	123.41/cwt	120.00–127.00	831	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	151.04/cwt	147.50–157.50	412	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	130.23/cwt	125.00–135.00	546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	124.52/cwt	124.00–126.00	761	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	127.41/cwt	122.00–131.00	674	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	128.79/cwt	125.00–133.00	741	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	146.26/cwt	140.00–153.00	483	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	145.93/cwt	137.50–153.00	538	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	121.16/cwt	116.00–126.00	443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	121.79/cwt	119.00–124.00	397	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	107.50/cwt	107.00–108.00	747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	116.49/cwt	116.00–117.00	598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	131.58/cwt	125.00–137.50	368	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	417	111.52/cwt	106.00–117.00	465	14
Heifers	Medium 2	—	522	105.23/cwt	104.00–107.00	549	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	470	109.25/cwt	106.00–114.00	513	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	329	112.36/cwt	107.50–117.50	370	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	281	117.20/cwt	115.00–121.00	329	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	380	110.05/cwt	107.00–113.00	418	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	578	102.33/cwt	100.00–105.00	591	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	670	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	473	107.24/cwt	105.00–109.00	507	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	612	94.37/cwt	91.00–100.00	578	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	517	104.01/cwt	100.00–107.00	538	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	573	104.12/cwt	100.00–108.00	597	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	655	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	596	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	445	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	564	94.77/cwt	91.00–97.00	535	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	91.84/cwt	89.00–97.50	439	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	97.24/cwt	97.00–97.50	408	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	690	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	134.48/cwt	130.00–143.00	569	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	117.29/cwt	116.00–120.00	612	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	107.02/cwt	106.00–108.00	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	106.50/cwt	106.00–107.00	648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	117.99/cwt	116.00–120.00	682	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	574	108.26/cwt	102.00–112.00	621	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	531	109.83/cwt	107.00–114.00	583	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	416	121.58/cwt	114.00–128.00	506	8
Bulls	Medium 2	—	630	104.47/cwt	102.00–107.00	658	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	727	97.35/cwt	96.00–100.00	708	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	682	97.67/cwt	95.00–100.00	666	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	472	114.63/cwt	112.00–118.00	541	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	42.22/cwt	33.00–48.00	418	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	51.20/cwt	47.00–54.00	506	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	55.74/cwt	50.00–61.00	816	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	50.69/cwt	49.00–52.00	739	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,131	48.34/cwt	39.00–56.00	547	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	58.25/cwt	53.00–66.00	726	21
Bulls	—	—	1,622	81.87/cwt	78.00–89.00	1,328	9
Bulls	—	—	1,488	72.41/cwt	64.00–75.00	1,077	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	550	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	255	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	293	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	440	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	502	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	318	115.20/cwt	110.00–120.00	366	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	577	109.53/cwt	104.00–115.00	632	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	476	111.92/cwt	110.00–115.00	533	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	375	114.08/cwt	107.00–120.00	428	11
Dairy Heifers	Small 1-2	—	490	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	515	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	1,210	1,110.00/cwt	1,110.00–1,110.00	13,431	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	972.00/cwt	972.00–972.00	13,122	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,040	890.00/cwt	890.00–890.00	9,256	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	970	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,730	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	1,423.27/cwt	1,400.00–1,450.00	17,435	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	1,326.32/cwt	1,200.00–1,450.00	15,757	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	540	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,430	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	660	758.71/cwt	700.00–800.00	5,007	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,080	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	4,536	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,003	499.53/cwt	440.00–550.00	5,010	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	960	458.98/cwt	390.00–525.00	4,406	3
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	810	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	4,617	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	990	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,673	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	950	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,413	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,062	566.75/cwt	500.00–620.00	6,019	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,065	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,611	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,400	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	905	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	3,982	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	750	551.45/cwt	500.00–600.00	4,136	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	727	607.84/cwt	460.00–800.00	4,419	3
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	960	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,976	1
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	805	765.00/cwt	765.00–765.00	6,158	1
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	1,065	607.00/cwt	607.00–607.00	6,465	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	761.00/cwt	761.00–761.00	7,420	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	780	407.01/cwt	301.00–490.00	3,175	2
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	640	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,432	2
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	750	581.00/cwt	581.00–581.00	4,358	1

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 23, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 522Last week 579Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 142Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 24Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	463	113.00–119.00	116.77
8	—	569	108.00–116.00	111.65
9	—	421	113.00–121.00	116.83
4	—	366	116.00–126.00	121.16
4	—	326	119.00–124.00	121.79
2	—	695	107.00–108.00	107.50
2	—	513	116.00–117.00	116.49
2	—	280	125.00–137.50	131.58
1	—	605	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	90.00	90.00
1	—	490	91.00	91.00
2	—	700	82.00–83.00	82.50
5	—	416	85.00–95.00	90.05
6	—	376	90.00–95.00	90.83
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	112.50	112.50
1	—	725	99.00	99.00
1	—	770	93.00	93.00
2	—	305	100.00–105.00	102.50
2	—	570	90.00–102.00	95.79
2	—	628	94.00–95.00	94.51
4	—	479	100.00–113.00	103.29
4	—	524	92.00–100.00	95.47
4	—	690	91.00–102.00	95.52
5	—	375	97.50–110.00	101.63
6	—	424	100.00–107.50	102.86
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	417	106.00–117.00	111.52
9	—	522	104.00–107.00	105.23
6	—	470	106.00–114.00	109.25
6	—	329	107.50–117.50	112.36
6	—	281	115.00–121.00	117.20
4	—	380	107.00–113.00	110.05
3	—	578	100.00–105.00	102.33
1	—	670	99.00	99.00
1	—	605	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	135.00	135.00
1	—	660	122.00	122.00
3	—	332	128.00–136.00	131.24
3	—	605	114.00–120.00	116.32
4	—	419	125.00–134.00	129.96
4	—	461	117.00–130.00	124.14
4	—	515	114.00–118.00	116.50
4	—	559	114.00–119.00	116.22
8	—	366	125.00–138.00	130.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	129.00	129.00
2	—	673	120.00–127.00	123.41
3	—	273	147.50–157.50	151.04
4	—	419	125.00–135.00	130.23
4	—	611	124.00–126.00	124.52
5	—	529	122.00–131.00	127.41
5	—	575	125.00–133.00	128.79
7	—	330	140.00–153.00	146.26
11	—	369	137.50–153.00	145.93
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	100.00	100.00
1	—	505	90.00	90.00
1	—	550	100.00	100.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	115.00	115.00
1	—	440	114.00	114.00
2	—	318	110.00–120.00	115.20
3	—	577	104.00–115.00	109.53
4	—	476	110.00–115.00	111.92
11	—	375	107.00–120.00	114.08
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	105.00–109.00	107.24
3	—	612	91.00–100.00	94.37
3	—	517	100.00–107.00	104.01
2	—	573	100.00–108.00	104.12
1	—	655	91.00	91.00
1	—	445	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	564	91.00–97.00	94.77
3	—	478	89.00–97.50	91.84
2	—	420	97.00–97.50	97.24
1	—	690	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	423	130.00–143.00	134.48
3	—	522	116.00–120.00	117.29
2	—	660	106.00–108.00	107.02
2	—	608	106.00–107.00	106.50
2	—	578	116.00–120.00	117.99
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	574	102.00–112.00	108.26
10	—	531	107.00–114.00	109.83
8	—	416	114.00–128.00	121.58
4	—	630	102.00–107.00	104.47
3	—	727	96.00–100.00	97.35
3	—	682	95.00–100.00	97.67
3	—	472	112.00–118.00	114.63
Dairy Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	105.00	105.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	991	33.00–48.00	42.22
5	—	988	47.00–54.00	51.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,464	50.00–61.00	55.74
2	—	1,458	49.00–52.00	50.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,131	39.00–56.00	48.34
21	—	1,247	53.00–66.00	58.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,622	78.00–89.00	81.87
4	—	1,488	64.00–75.00	72.41

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,210	1,110.00	1,110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,350	972.00	972.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,040	890.00	890.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,225	1,400.00–1,450.00	1,423.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,188	1,200.00–1,450.00	1,326.32
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	540	450.00	450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	660	700.00–800.00	758.71
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,080	420.00	420.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,003	440.00–550.00	499.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	960	390.00–525.00	458.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	810	570.00	570.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	775.00	775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,062	500.00–620.00	566.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,220	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,165	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,300	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	440.00	440.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	750	500.00–600.00	551.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	727	460.00–800.00	607.84
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	310.00	310.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	765.00	765.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	607.00	607.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	761.00	761.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	780	301.00–490.00	407.01
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	640	380.00	380.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	581.00	581.00

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