Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2020-07-06

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Jul 6
● Final110 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
479 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 497▲ 77 vs year ago 402 · +19.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 120▼ 16 vs year ago 128 · −12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 19▼ 21 vs year ago 47 · −44.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago feeder steers and feeder bulls unevenly steady, feeder heifers 2.00 higher, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady. 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 $118.02/cwt on 155 head.
Average price
$118.02
155 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$29.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.44
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2479125.3560073
Medium and Large 2503115.6858258
Small 1-2515104.5153815thin
Medium and Large 345996.244419thin
One grade step is worth $29.11/cwt here — about $158 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 sale155 hd
118.02
—
SC average2 barns · 258 hd
113.58
+4.44
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,47489.841,32412
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19765.5478540
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48860.218964thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98059.1458012

Every lot, as filed

110 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersSmall 1-2—63595.00/cwt95.00–95.006031
HeifersSmall 1-2—530110.00/cwt110.00–110.005831
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39056.09/cwt55.00–57.007802
Bulls——1,36392.10/cwt88.00–97.001,2552
CowsLean 85-90%—92853.99/cwt44.00–57.005014
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58564.32/cwt61.00–68.001,0192
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2—851644.66/cwt591.00–680.005,4865
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,005722.39/cwt670.00–790.007,2603
Bulls——1,26976.92/cwt70.00–79.009766
Bulls——1,838108.08/cwt107.00–109.001,9874
HeifersMedium and Large 3—62590.00/cwt90.00–90.005631
BullsMedium and Large 3—540100.00/cwt100.00–100.005401
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21667.73/cwt64.00–73.0082427
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00661.71/cwt58.00–66.006218
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,105780.00/cwt780.00–780.008,6191
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,155785.34/cwt776.00–795.009,0712
SteersMedium and Large 3—410100.00/cwt100.00–100.004101
SteersMedium and Large 3—270105.00/cwt105.00–105.002841
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,082945.16/cwt710.00–1,060.0010,2273
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1501,035.00/cwt1,035.00–1,035.0011,9031
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—72573.00/cwt70.00–76.005292
HeifersMedium and Large 3—41095.00/cwt95.00–95.003901
HeifersMedium and Large 3—57395.49/cwt95.00–96.005472
HeifersMedium and Large 3—33398.89/cwt92.50–105.003292
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—68563.00/cwt63.00–63.004321
SteersMedium and Large 3—305108.42/cwt100.00–115.003313
BullsMedium and Large 3—440100.00/cwt100.00–100.004401
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565113.54/cwt110.00–115.006429
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—54555.00/cwt55.00–55.003001
SteersMedium and Large 3—377108.12/cwt100.00–110.004085
SteersMedium and Large 3—230107.50/cwt107.50–107.502471
HeifersMedium and Large 3—45896.19/cwt92.50–100.004412
BullsMedium and Large 2—626113.01/cwt111.00–116.007074
SteersMedium and Large 2—338133.99/cwt133.00–135.004532
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365100.00/cwt100.00–100.003651
BullsMedium and Large 3—65595.00/cwt95.00–95.006221
BullsMedium and Large 3—58893.49/cwt92.00–95.005502
BullsMedium and Large 3—483104.92/cwt100.00–110.005072
HeifersMedium and Large 2—358124.77/cwt122.50–127.004472
SteersMedium and Large 2—630115.00/cwt115.00–115.007251
BullsMedium and Large 2—73394.98/cwt94.00–96.006962
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468118.50/cwt115.00–121.005554
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428122.17/cwt115.00–126.0052320
HeifersMedium and Large 2—656102.50/cwt102.50–102.506729
SteersMedium and Large 2—590128.50/cwt128.00–129.007582
SteersMedium and Large 2—745114.00/cwt114.00–114.008491
HeifersMedium and Large 2—280120.00/cwt120.00–120.003362
HeifersMedium and Large 2—300125.00/cwt125.00–125.003751
HeifersMedium and Large 2—532116.29/cwt114.00–118.006197
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620104.73/cwt101.00–108.006494
BullsMedium and Large 2—568117.98/cwt115.00–121.006708
BullsMedium and Large 2—525122.81/cwt120.00–124.006455
SteersMedium and Large 2—370129.60/cwt124.00–133.0048012
SteersMedium and Large 2—512125.71/cwt120.00–130.006443
SteersMedium and Large 2—277130.63/cwt130.00–132.003623
SteersMedium and Large 2—476129.61/cwt126.00–134.006175
BullsMedium and Large 2—763100.01/cwt98.00–102.007632
BullsMedium and Large 2—678104.50/cwt104.00–105.007092
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—470125.84/cwt122.00–130.0059123
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—655116.00/cwt116.00–116.007601
BullsMedium and Large 2—478124.74/cwt120.00–130.0059622
BullsMedium and Large 2—417127.44/cwt122.00–132.505319
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—324135.02/cwt134.00–136.004374
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—365131.24/cwt129.00–135.004793
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—625114.49/cwt114.00–115.007162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—316141.25/cwt140.00–142.504464
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—521129.75/cwt126.00–138.006765
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—471134.25/cwt133.00–136.006324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—445137.00/cwt137.00–137.006101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—675107.00/cwt107.00–107.007221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—275144.00/cwt144.00–144.003961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—560120.29/cwt118.00–124.0067410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—415129.58/cwt127.00–133.005387
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—560125.32/cwt123.00–127.007023
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—445137.00/cwt136.00–138.006102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—210160.00/cwt160.00–160.003361
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—545138.00/cwt138.00–138.007521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—511124.58/cwt120.00–126.5063721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—710123.99/cwt123.00–125.008802
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—705121.00/cwt121.00–121.008531
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,123846.54/cwt806.00–888.009,5072
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,265900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,3851
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—940985.00/cwt985.00–985.009,2591
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—285130.00/cwt130.00–130.003712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—605136.00/cwt136.00–136.008231
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,263929.59/cwt865.00–996.0011,7412
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,350771.00/cwt771.00–771.0010,4091
HeifersSmall 1-2—245100.00/cwt100.00–100.002451
SteersSmall 1-2—255125.00/cwt125.00–125.003191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—475138.20/cwt132.00–145.006563
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—603118.00/cwt118.00–118.007122
BullsSmall 1-2—525111.92/cwt110.00–114.005882
Stock CowsSmall 1-2—733494.64/cwt460.00–530.003,6262
BullsSmall 1-2—475116.52/cwt115.00–118.005532
BullsSmall 1-2—73095.00/cwt95.00–95.006941
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,100965.00/cwt965.00–965.0010,6151
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1251,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0012,6561
HeifersSmall 1-2—581103.79/cwt100.00–107.006036
HeifersSmall 1-2—65595.00/cwt95.00–95.006221
HeifersSmall 1-2—423108.69/cwt105.00–112.004602
SteersSmall 1-2—485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005821
SteersSmall 1-2—345127.50/cwt127.50–127.504401
HeifersSmall 1-2—463107.54/cwt105.00–110.004982
HeifersSmall 1-2—395112.50/cwt112.50–112.504441
SteersSmall 1-2—376121.91/cwt120.00–125.004584
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13259.41/cwt57.00–63.0067312
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,48080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1841
BullsSmall 1-2—413110.18/cwt100.00–120.004552
BullsSmall 1-2—570112.34/cwt111.00–114.006403

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.