Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and feeder bulls 4.00 higher, feeder heifers unevenly steady, slaughter cows 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls 5.00 higher. Heavy 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 $118.78/cwt on 205 head.

Average price

$118.78

205 head · 431 lb average

Value per head Derived

$512

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$27.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.69

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	395	127.78	504	99
Medium and Large 2	465	114.41	532	64
Small 1-2	478	105.10	502	35
Medium and Large 3	397	100.00	397	7thin

One grade step is worth $27.78/cwt here — about $107 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 sale205 hd

118.78

—

SC average5 barns · 515 hd

114.09

+4.69

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	1,396	80.83	1,129	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	61.85	915	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,093	58.89	644	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	897	50.21	450	8thin

Every lot, as filed

102 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	264	152.35/cwt	145.00–157.50	402	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	111.78/cwt	107.00–115.00	597	10
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	470	123.81/cwt	117.50–128.00	582	13
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	626	95.00/cwt	93.00–99.00	595	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	479	106.39/cwt	105.00–110.00	510	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	925	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	4,366	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	420	131.01/cwt	120.00–137.50	550	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	765.00/cwt	765.00–765.00	6,962	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,880	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	768	456.95/cwt	335.00–575.00	3,509	2
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	750	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	3,518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	754	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	594	111.75/cwt	110.00–114.00	664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	123.70/cwt	120.00–129.00	580	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	165.44/cwt	159.00–172.50	528	31
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,187	683.79/cwt	650.00–735.00	8,117	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	859	557.42/cwt	488.00–626.00	4,788	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	166.11/cwt	160.00–173.00	445	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,015	854.41/cwt	835.00–875.00	8,672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	120.49/cwt	120.00–121.00	765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	142.98/cwt	139.00–147.00	726	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	746	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	132.50/cwt	129.00–136.00	738	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	159.32/cwt	153.00–169.00	674	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	114.45/cwt	111.00–117.50	715	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	119.16/cwt	118.00–123.00	621	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	165.46/cwt	157.50–174.00	617	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	167.25/cwt	163.00–175.00	709	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	131.75/cwt	125.00–140.00	426	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	129.23/cwt	125.00–134.00	481	28
Steers	Small 1-2	—	318	128.94/cwt	120.00–135.00	410	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	575	104.00/cwt	100.00–107.00	598	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	605	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,239	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	619	109.16/cwt	108.00–110.00	676	6
Steers	Small 1-2	—	423	133.29/cwt	132.50–135.00	564	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	458	127.67/cwt	123.00–132.50	585	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	522	103.39/cwt	100.00–105.00	540	11
Bulls	—	—	1,192	69.90/cwt	61.00–76.00	833	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	215	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	237	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	371	130.80/cwt	122.50–138.00	485	8
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	425	109.13/cwt	105.00–110.00	464	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	260	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	286	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	735	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	373	110.79/cwt	110.00–112.50	413	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	285	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	371	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	215	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	269	1
Bulls	—	—	1,453	83.86/cwt	78.00–90.00	1,218	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,039	51.30/cwt	41.00–56.00	533	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	62.82/cwt	57.00–71.00	704	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	61.85/cwt	56.00–66.00	915	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	915	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	9,379	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	902	44.80/cwt	42.00–48.00	404	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	805	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	5,313	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,012	601.76/cwt	560.00–670.00	6,090	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,015	534.14/cwt	490.00–577.00	5,422	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	418	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	894	53.46/cwt	52.00–56.00	478	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	772	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	110.33/cwt	110.00–111.00	513	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	230	113.83/cwt	112.50–115.00	262	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	10,433	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	688	96.00/cwt	95.00–97.00	660	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	940	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	425	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	148.45/cwt	140.00–156.00	557	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	572	107.51/cwt	105.00–110.00	615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	135.69/cwt	129.00–149.00	642	23
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	740	73.50/cwt	67.00–80.00	544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	369	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	586	125.78/cwt	122.00–129.00	737	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	710	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	156.69/cwt	155.00–158.00	658	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	158.22/cwt	153.00–164.00	720	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	135.64/cwt	134.00–137.50	761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	126.44/cwt	123.00–132.00	531	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	150.14/cwt	140.00–157.50	507	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	121.74/cwt	119.00–126.00	644	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	116.26/cwt	112.00–119.00	552	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	659	108.61/cwt	106.00–110.00	716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	285	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	135.34/cwt	132.50–140.00	386	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	121.12/cwt	117.00–126.00	686	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	139.55/cwt	135.00–150.00	646	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	133.19/cwt	124.00–137.50	694	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	226	151.29/cwt	144.00–157.50	342	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	133.69/cwt	129.00–138.00	694	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	117.50/cwt	112.50–121.00	497	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	613	97.51/cwt	95.00–100.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	146.65/cwt	142.50–152.50	614	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	105.49/cwt	101.00–108.00	648	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	105.47/cwt	100.00–109.00	600	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	713	103.01/cwt	100.00–106.00	734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	118.72/cwt	113.00–123.00	452	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	118.99/cwt	117.00–121.00	723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	433	112.53/cwt	107.50–118.00	487	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	376	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	376	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	117.35/cwt	113.00–121.00	373	4

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 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 798Last week 726Year ago 524

Slaughter CattleReceipts 121Last week 134Year ago 103

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 53Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	110.00	110.00
1	—	380	110.00	110.00
1	—	715	108.00	108.00
2	—	230	112.50–115.00	113.83
1	—	585	109.00	109.00
1	—	335	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	264	145.00–157.50	152.35
29	—	375	140.00–156.00	148.45
5	—	586	122.00–129.00	125.78
3	—	420	155.00–158.00	156.69
3	—	338	140.00–157.50	150.14
5	—	463	135.00–150.00	139.55
4	—	521	124.00–137.50	133.19
5	—	226	144.00–157.50	151.29
2	—	608	117.00–121.00	118.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	319	159.00–172.50	165.44
13	—	268	160.00–173.00	166.11
1	—	220	172.50	172.50
2	—	508	139.00–147.00	142.98
1	—	455	164.00	164.00
6	—	373	157.50–174.00	165.46
6	—	424	163.00–175.00	167.25
4	—	561	134.00–137.50	135.64
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	318	120.00–135.00	128.94
3	—	423	132.50–135.00	133.29
2	—	458	123.00–132.50	127.67
8	—	371	122.50–138.00	130.80
2	—	285	130.00	130.00
1	—	215	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	534	107.00–115.00	111.78
11	—	475	112.00–119.00	116.26
18	—	423	112.50–121.00	117.50
4	—	614	101.00–108.00	105.49
6	—	569	100.00–109.00	105.47
1	—	655	99.00	99.00
10	—	381	113.00–123.00	118.72
4	—	318	113.00–121.00	117.35
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	626	93.00–99.00	95.00
5	—	479	105.00–110.00	106.39
3	—	575	100.00–107.00	104.00
11	—	522	100.00–105.00	103.39
2	—	215	110.00	110.00
6	—	425	105.00–110.00	109.13
1	—	260	110.00	110.00
3	—	373	110.00–112.50	110.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	469	120.00–129.00	123.70
7	—	521	118.00–123.00	119.16
21	—	323	125.00–140.00	131.75
28	—	372	125.00–134.00	129.23
12	—	420	123.00–132.00	126.44
1	—	215	132.50	132.50
6	—	285	132.50–140.00	135.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	100.00	100.00
4	—	376	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	470	117.50–128.00	123.81
13	—	420	120.00–137.50	131.01
4	—	594	110.00–114.00	111.75
6	—	619	108.00–110.00	109.16
1	—	735	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	116.00	116.00
2	—	635	120.00–121.00	120.49
6	—	557	129.00–136.00	132.50
16	—	423	153.00–169.00	159.32
4	—	455	153.00–164.00	158.22
8	—	519	129.00–138.00	133.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	625	111.00–117.50	114.45
23	—	473	129.00–149.00	135.69
10	—	529	119.00–126.00	121.74
5	—	659	106.00–110.00	108.61
19	—	566	117.00–126.00	121.12
15	—	419	142.50–152.50	146.65
2	—	713	100.00–106.00	103.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	110.00–111.00	110.33
2	—	688	95.00–97.00	96.00
3	—	572	105.00–110.00	107.51
1	—	710	96.00	96.00
1	—	515	100.00	100.00
2	—	613	95.00–100.00	97.51
6	—	433	107.50–118.00	112.53
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	740	67.00–80.00	73.50

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	472.00	472.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,012	560.00–670.00	601.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,015	490.00–577.00	534.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,360	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,187	650.00–735.00	683.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	768	335.00–575.00	456.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	910	765.00	765.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	469.00	469.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	859	488.00–626.00	557.42
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	660.00	660.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,015	835.00–875.00	854.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	1,025.00	1,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	605	370.00	370.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,192	61.00–76.00	69.90
18	—	1,453	78.00–90.00	83.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,039	41.00–56.00	51.30
29	—	1,121	57.00–71.00	62.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,480	56.00–66.00	61.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	902	42.00–48.00	44.80
5	—	894	52.00–56.00	53.46

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