Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to sales being closed for holidays. Light offering of average quality cattle due to extremely wet conditions, with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.51/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$116.51

81 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$26.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.09

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	457	123.60	565	39
Medium and Large 2	474	113.42	538	24
Small 1-2	468	108.34	507	13thin
Medium and Large 3	459	97.31	447	5thin

One grade step is worth $26.29/cwt here — about $118 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 sale81 hd

116.51

—

SC average2 barns · 173 hd

113.42

+3.09

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	1,678	76.11	1,277	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,211	49.17	596	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	901	40.60	366	4thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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	Small 1-2	—	400	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	118.60/cwt	116.00–123.00	613	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	149.94/cwt	143.00–157.00	700	12
Steers	Small 1-2	—	325	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	414	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	315	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	362	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	138.55/cwt	132.00–145.00	722	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	815	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	271	154.48/cwt	147.50–165.00	419	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	153.50/cwt	148.00–160.00	663	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,370	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	16,440	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	950	940.00/cwt	940.00–940.00	8,930	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	767.00/cwt	767.00–767.00	10,124	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	126.49/cwt	123.00–133.00	535	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	120.47/cwt	117.00–124.00	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	128.34/cwt	125.00–132.00	744	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	137.31/cwt	131.00–141.00	722	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	152.29/cwt	144.00–165.00	640	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	104.01/cwt	103.00–106.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	129.08/cwt	124.00–134.00	470	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	150.66/cwt	145.00–162.50	490	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	151.34/cwt	145.00–157.50	551	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	136.12/cwt	132.50–145.00	441	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	137.28/cwt	128.00–139.50	763	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	137.69/cwt	133.00–140.00	442	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	710	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	760	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	588.00/cwt	588.00–588.00	5,527	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	680	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,774	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,225	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	513	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	539	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	775	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	721	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	4,899	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	5,512	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	723	98.01/cwt	97.00–99.00	709	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	355	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	426	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	623	105.51/cwt	105.00–106.00	657	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	493	115.99/cwt	114.00–118.00	572	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	485	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	524	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	572	107.68/cwt	105.00–109.00	616	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	685	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	692	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	355	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	391	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	525	114.69/cwt	112.00–117.00	602	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	437	108.47/cwt	105.00–112.50	474	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,008	42.33/cwt	30.00–47.00	427	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,364	54.30/cwt	51.00–60.00	741	8
Bulls	—	—	1,378	61.72/cwt	50.00–70.00	851	3
Bulls	—	—	1,790	81.50/cwt	77.00–86.00	1,459	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	484	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,655	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	995	607.00/cwt	607.00–607.00	6,040	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,068	703.91/cwt	690.00–720.00	7,518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	288	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	331	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	858	38.46/cwt	32.00–43.00	330	3
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	271	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,610	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	18,113	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	550	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	557	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,258	913.15/cwt	847.00–978.00	11,487	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	488	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	249	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	110.01/cwt	109.00–111.00	704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	108.70/cwt	105.00–112.50	397	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	98.81/cwt	97.50–100.00	311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	583	94.47/cwt	93.00–96.00	551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	96.78/cwt	93.00–99.00	651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	389	120.00/cwt	118.00–121.00	467	6
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	119.41/cwt	115.00–122.50	504	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	123.64/cwt	121.00–125.00	406	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	135.22/cwt	132.50–138.00	561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	117.26/cwt	114.00–121.00	692	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	114.49/cwt	114.00–115.00	776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	255	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	351	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	118.40/cwt	116.00–122.00	673	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	148.86/cwt	144.00–156.00	706	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	133.71/cwt	127.00–137.50	568	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	134.45/cwt	130.00–140.00	510	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	134.49/cwt	125.00–140.00	650	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	371	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	775	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	122.83/cwt	116.00–129.00	570	8

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 Jan 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 266Last week 602Year ago 591

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 50Year ago 116

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 32Year ago 64

No comparisons made this week due to sales being closed for holidays. Light offering of average quality cattle due to extremely wet conditions, with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	120.00	120.00
1	—	775	93.00	93.00
2	—	723	97.00–99.00	98.01
2	—	623	105.00–106.00	105.51
2	—	493	114.00–118.00	115.99
3	—	685	101.00	101.00
3	—	525	112.00–117.00	114.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	467	143.00–157.00	149.94
8	—	521	132.00–145.00	138.55
3	—	580	125.00–132.00	128.34
10	—	420	144.00–165.00	152.29
8	—	686	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	107.00	107.00
2	—	640	109.00–111.00	110.01
4	—	590	114.00–121.00	117.26
3	—	425	127.00–137.50	133.71
8	—	483	125.00–140.00	134.49
1	—	670	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	105.00	105.00
1	—	525	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	517	116.00–123.00	118.60
4	—	423	123.00–133.00	126.49
3	—	630	103.00–106.00	104.01
6	—	364	124.00–134.00	129.08
5	—	324	132.50–145.00	136.12
5	—	568	116.00–122.00	118.40
1	—	260	142.50	142.50
8	—	464	116.00–129.00	122.83
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	115.00	115.00
2	—	513	105.00	105.00
1	—	485	108.00	108.00
3	—	572	105.00–109.00	107.68
1	—	355	110.00	110.00
5	—	437	105.00–112.50	108.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	125.00	125.00
4	—	673	93.00–99.00	96.78
6	—	389	118.00–121.00	120.00
1	—	640	99.00	99.00
1	—	595	107.00	107.00
1	—	705	94.00	94.00
5	—	422	115.00–122.50	119.41
3	—	328	121.00–125.00	123.64
1	—	490	113.00	113.00
1	—	545	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	97.50–100.00	98.81
1	—	500	100.00	100.00
2	—	583	93.00–96.00	94.47
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	127.50	127.50
2	—	355	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	271	147.50–165.00	154.48
3	—	432	148.00–160.00	153.50
2	—	615	117.00–124.00	120.47
1	—	650	119.00	119.00
4	—	526	131.00–141.00	137.31
8	—	325	145.00–162.50	150.66
10	—	364	145.00–157.50	151.34
8	—	556	128.00–139.50	137.28
5	—	474	144.00–156.00	148.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	321	133.00–140.00	137.69
1	—	505	125.00	125.00
2	—	415	132.50–138.00	135.22
1	—	575	125.00	125.00
2	—	678	114.00–115.00	114.49
1	—	255	137.50	137.50
1	—	625	115.00	115.00
6	—	379	130.00–140.00	134.45
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	100.00	100.00
2	—	288	115.00	115.00
1	—	440	111.00	111.00
2	—	365	105.00–112.50	108.70
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	77.50	77.50
1	—	475	52.50	52.50
1	—	345	45.00	45.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	815	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	588.00	588.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,295	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	530.00	530.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,068	690.00–720.00	703.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,370	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	940.00	940.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,320	767.00	767.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	680	408.00	408.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	485.00	485.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	607.00	607.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,610	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,258	847.00–978.00	913.15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,008	30.00–47.00	42.33
8	—	1,364	51.00–60.00	54.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	47.00	47.00
3	—	858	32.00–43.00	38.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,378	50.00–70.00	61.72
8	—	1,790	77.00–86.00	81.50

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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Williamston Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle