Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle unevenly steady, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls too few to trend. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.12/cwt on 146 head.

Average price

$105.12

146 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$516

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$28.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.24

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	505	112.79	570	47
Medium and Large 2	493	105.18	519	74
Small 1-2	434	95.61	415	14thin
Medium and Large 3	482	84.11	406	11thin

One grade step is worth $28.68/cwt here — about $165 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 sale146 hd

105.12

—

SC average5 barns · 517 hd

104.89

+0.24

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	1,639	71.92	1,178	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,170	51.87	607	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,509	46.21	697	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,113	41.69	464	16

Every lot, as filed

113 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	Small 1-2	—	290	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	290	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	950	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,750	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	725	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,175	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	945	552.62/cwt	510.00–600.00	5,222	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	532.32/cwt	525.00–540.00	6,111	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	993	450.23/cwt	420.00–480.00	4,471	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	250	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	319	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	141.03/cwt	132.00–147.50	525	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	145.72/cwt	143.00–150.00	475	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	124.46/cwt	120.00–131.00	666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	652	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	730	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	119.83/cwt	116.00–125.00	443	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	107.99/cwt	107.00–109.00	680	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	313	94.87/cwt	90.00–100.00	297	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	505	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	104.49/cwt	100.00–106.00	553	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	110.27/cwt	105.00–115.00	410	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	990	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	6,584	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	780	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,262	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	570	101.75/cwt	100.00–104.00	580	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	710	95.50/cwt	95.00–96.00	678	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	10,920	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	817.18/cwt	710.00–910.00	7,968	2
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	895	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	3,204	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,515	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	15,908	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	1,104.74/cwt	1,010.00–1,190.00	13,644	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	490	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	92.97/cwt	90.00–96.00	479	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	495	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	113.23/cwt	109.00–118.00	588	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	669	104.18/cwt	101.00–108.00	697	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	121.97/cwt	118.00–127.00	624	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	121.02/cwt	119.00–123.00	881	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	650	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	650	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	460	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	115.21/cwt	113.00–120.00	612	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	760	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	3,268	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	765	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,142	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	7,722	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	515.82/cwt	500.00–530.00	6,386	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	890	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	4,539	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	765	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,825	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	735	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,624	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,080	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	562	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	648.05/cwt	600.00–690.00	8,379	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	117.67/cwt	116.00–120.00	680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	367	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	108.19/cwt	106.00–109.00	564	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	622	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	373	92.44/cwt	90.00–97.50	345	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	645	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	84.08/cwt	80.00–87.50	389	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	845	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	104.15/cwt	100.00–110.00	493	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	102.94/cwt	100.00–108.00	584	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	671	101.02/cwt	98.00–104.00	678	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	111.23/cwt	109.00–115.00	527	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	118.31/cwt	115.00–124.00	496	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	360	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	42.03/cwt	39.00–45.00	643	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	43.42/cwt	40.00–47.00	457	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	957	35.35/cwt	28.00–41.00	338	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	52.48/cwt	52.00–53.00	776	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,313	49.84/cwt	46.00–54.00	654	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	54.12/cwt	48.00–63.00	650	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	721	133.75/cwt	132.50–135.00	964	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	124.32/cwt	122.50–126.00	697	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	121.01/cwt	120.00–123.00	745	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	137.96/cwt	137.00–140.00	579	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	725	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	747	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	385	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	424	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	684	114.02/cwt	108.00–116.00	780	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	114.59/cwt	110.00–118.00	714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	341	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	123.82/cwt	117.00–125.50	965	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	125.00/cwt	124.00–128.00	838	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	269	145.12/cwt	142.50–148.00	390	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	126.30/cwt	121.00–132.00	597	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	550	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	591	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	400	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	306	1
Bulls	—	—	1,606	68.13/cwt	65.00–70.00	1,094	4
Bulls	—	—	1,682	76.97/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,295	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	530	102.34/cwt	100.00–105.00	542	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	755	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	633	90.52/cwt	89.00–92.00	573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	121.28/cwt	115.00–125.00	467	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	785	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	5,260	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	950	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	4,608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	127.70/cwt	124.00–136.00	598	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	579	108.27/cwt	106.00–111.00	627	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	116.72/cwt	110.00–120.00	557	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	93.98/cwt	93.00–95.00	398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	675	91.49/cwt	91.00–92.00	618	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	623	100.99/cwt	100.00–102.00	629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	103.15/cwt	101.00–106.00	641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	106.85/cwt	105.00–111.00	461	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	268	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	83.00/cwt	80.00–85.00	350	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	428	100.29/cwt	98.00–102.50	429	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	572	95.66/cwt	92.00–98.00	547	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	670	100.46/cwt	98.00–103.00	673	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	414	105.40/cwt	102.50–109.00	436	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	116.85/cwt	113.00–121.00	661	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	134.43/cwt	128.00–143.00	566	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	726	101.81/cwt	100.00–103.00	739	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	621	105.24/cwt	102.00–107.00	654	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	550	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	495	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 Oct 21, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 456Last week 484Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 48Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 11Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	100.00	100.00
3	—	313	90.00–100.00	94.87
1	—	505	99.00	99.00
3	—	373	90.00–97.50	92.44
1	—	645	90.00	90.00
2	—	428	98.00–102.50	100.29
3	—	572	92.00–98.00	95.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	652	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	370	116.00–125.00	119.83
3	—	630	107.00–109.00	107.99
7	—	521	106.00–109.00	108.19
5	—	571	108.00–110.00	109.00
10	—	474	109.00–115.00	111.23
6	—	419	115.00–124.00	118.31
1	—	305	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	89.00	89.00
3	—	463	80.00–87.50	84.08
1	—	845	89.00	89.00
1	—	335	80.00	80.00
5	—	422	80.00–85.00	83.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	529	100.00–106.00	104.49
7	—	372	105.00–115.00	110.27
4	—	331	110.00–112.00	111.00
19	—	473	100.00–110.00	104.15
10	—	567	100.00–108.00	102.94
4	—	671	98.00–104.00	101.02
6	—	621	101.00–106.00	103.15
12	—	431	105.00–111.00	106.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	127.50	127.50
4	—	531	113.00–120.00	115.21
3	—	578	116.00–120.00	117.67
1	—	715	116.00	116.00
7	—	684	108.00–116.00	114.02
3	—	623	110.00–118.00	114.59
1	—	245	139.00	139.00
4	—	385	115.00–125.00	121.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	372	132.00–147.50	141.03
5	—	326	143.00–150.00	145.72
4	—	535	120.00–131.00	124.46
2	—	728	119.00–123.00	121.02
5	—	561	122.50–126.00	124.32
4	—	616	120.00–123.00	121.01
3	—	420	137.00–140.00	137.96
5	—	779	117.00–125.50	123.82
4	—	670	124.00–128.00	125.00
4	—	269	142.50–148.00	145.12
2	—	473	121.00–132.00	126.30
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	100.00	100.00
1	—	460	100.00	100.00
1	—	725	103.00	103.00
1	—	535	110.00	110.00
1	—	385	110.00	110.00
1	—	550	107.50	107.50
1	—	400	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	90.00	90.00
1	—	340	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	721	132.50–135.00	133.75
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	100.00–104.00	101.75
2	—	710	95.00–96.00	95.50
1	—	490	102.50	102.50
3	—	530	100.00–105.00	102.34
1	—	755	95.00	95.00
2	—	623	100.00–102.00	100.99
2	—	670	98.00–103.00	100.46
4	—	414	102.50–109.00	105.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	90.00–96.00	92.97
1	—	495	90.00	90.00
2	—	633	89.00–92.00	90.52
2	—	423	93.00–95.00	93.98
2	—	675	91.00–92.00	91.49
1	—	550	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	519	109.00–118.00	113.23
5	—	669	101.00–108.00	104.18
1	—	400	120.00	120.00
7	—	579	106.00–111.00	108.27
9	—	477	110.00–120.00	116.72
5	—	726	100.00–103.00	101.81
8	—	621	102.00–107.00	105.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	512	118.00–127.00	121.97
6	—	468	124.00–136.00	127.70
5	—	566	113.00–121.00	116.85
10	—	421	128.00–143.00	134.43

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	500.00	500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	945	510.00–600.00	552.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	993	420.00–480.00	450.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	510.00	510.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	52.00	52.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	725	300.00	300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	760	430.00	430.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	765	500.00	500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	735	221.00	221.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,148	525.00–540.00	532.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,170	660.00	660.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,238	500.00–530.00	515.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,293	600.00–690.00	648.05
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	765	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	990	665.00	665.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	975	710.00–910.00	817.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,235	1,010.00–1,190.00	1,104.74
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	290.00	290.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	358.00	358.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	485.00	485.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,040	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,515	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	785	670.00	670.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,530	39.00–45.00	42.03
2	—	1,478	52.00–53.00	52.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,053	40.00–47.00	43.42
30	—	1,201	48.00–63.00	54.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	957	28.00–41.00	35.35
7	—	1,313	46.00–54.00	49.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,606	65.00–70.00	68.13
3	—	1,682	75.00–80.00	76.97

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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Replacement Cattle

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