Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2021-02-22

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Feb 22
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
308 head
▲ 232 vs last sale 76▼ 50 vs year ago 358 · −14.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
▲ 81 vs last sale 26▲ 42 vs year ago 65 · +64.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 19▲ 1 vs year ago 15 · +6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. 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 $117.70/cwt on 102 head.
Average price
$117.70
102 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$515
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$30.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.74
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2390128.4650038
Medium and Large 2464116.5854134
Small 1-2499106.8153325
Medium and Large 332198.023145thin
One grade step is worth $30.44/cwt here — about $186 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 sale102 hd
117.70
—
SC average5 barns · 243 hd
115.96
+1.74
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—Average1,78188.901,5839thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50873.711,1123thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24373.2091036
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04256.1858613

Every lot, as filed

85 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—464112.24/cwt110.00–113.005214
BullsSmall 1-2—705105.03/cwt101.00–109.007402
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3—575450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,5881
BullsSmall 1-2—1,135851.00/cwt851.00–851.009,6591
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—361129.66/cwt125.00–133.004684
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—429153.09/cwt149.00–159.006578
SteersSmall 1-2—335122.57/cwt120.00–125.004112
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24373.37/cwt65.00–78.0091229
BullsSmall 1-2—570110.51/cwt110.00–111.006302
HeifersSmall 1-2—515106.85/cwt104.00–110.005505
HeifersSmall 1-2—433107.49/cwt105.00–110.004652
HeifersSmall 1-2—615101.68/cwt99.00–105.006253
HeifersSmall 1-2—360102.50/cwt102.50–102.503691
HeifersSmall 1-2—574104.88/cwt100.00–107.006027
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—693337.84/cwt290.00–390.002,3413
Stock CowsSmall 3—623302.14/cwt279.00–330.001,8822
BullsSmall 1-2—483116.46/cwt115.00–118.005632
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2551,117.00/cwt1,117.00–1,117.0014,0181
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—313172.48/cwt172.00–173.005402
SteersSmall 1-2—383126.54/cwt123.00–133.004854
BullsSmall 1-2—625105.00/cwt105.00–105.006561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—420167.41/cwt165.00–170.007032
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—369152.88/cwt150.00–159.005644
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—568126.55/cwt125.00–128.007192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—466124.02/cwt121.00–126.005787
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—421126.52/cwt123.00–131.005339
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—463147.36/cwt144.00–152.006825
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50873.71/cwt72.00–76.001,1123
SteersSmall 1-2—235130.00/cwt130.00–130.003061
HeifersSmall 1-2—318110.08/cwt107.50–112.503503
BullsSmall 1-2—780100.00/cwt100.00–100.007801
CowsLean 85-90%—94446.40/cwt40.00–54.004385
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10462.30/cwt57.00–66.006888
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—615375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3061
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,010685.00/cwt685.00–685.006,9191
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25562.20/cwt60.00–64.007813
BullsMedium and Large 3—67594.00/cwt94.00–94.006351
SteersMedium and Large 3—485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005581
Bulls——1,78188.90/cwt81.00–96.001,5839
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23680.21/cwt79.00–81.009914
BullsMedium and Large 2—895759.88/cwt734.00–782.006,8012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,060784.00/cwt784.00–784.008,3101
BullsMedium and Large 2—518122.74/cwt118.00–128.006364
BullsMedium and Large 2—775102.00/cwt102.00–102.007911
Stock CowsMedium and Large 3—640360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3041
BullsMedium and Large 3—570100.00/cwt100.00–100.005701
BullsMedium and Large 3—415107.47/cwt105.00–110.004462
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415119.57/cwt115.00–124.0049610
HeifersMedium and Large 2—574110.08/cwt108.00–117.006328
SteersMedium and Large 3—325110.00/cwt110.00–110.003581
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2—1,023797.33/cwt732.00–854.008,1572
HeifersMedium and Large 3—31197.53/cwt95.00–100.003034
BullsMedium and Large 2—472134.75/cwt127.00–142.006367
SteersMedium and Large 2—675115.91/cwt113.00–119.007822
SteersMedium and Large 2—330138.19/cwt132.50–147.504563
HeifersMedium and Large 3—360100.00/cwt100.00–100.003601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—410157.50/cwt157.50–157.506461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—275162.50/cwt162.50–162.504471
BullsMedium and Large 2—630116.37/cwt112.00–119.007333
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—336132.70/cwt127.50–137.004469
BullsMedium and Large 2—421129.85/cwt120.00–140.005475
BullsMedium and Large 2—570118.69/cwt116.00–122.006774
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—511126.84/cwt122.00–132.506484
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—326158.18/cwt155.00–163.005164
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—238131.50/cwt127.50–137.503133
SteersMedium and Large 2—530132.00/cwt132.00–132.007001
SteersMedium and Large 2—615120.37/cwt116.00–127.007405
SteersMedium and Large 2—555132.00/cwt132.00–132.007331
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—466150.66/cwt144.00–155.007026
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—520130.83/cwt125.00–137.006802
SteersMedium and Large 2—379139.37/cwt130.00–147.5052810
HeifersMedium and Large 2—510120.00/cwt120.00–120.006121
HeifersMedium and Large 2—600104.00/cwt104.00–104.006241
HeifersMedium and Large 2—460119.09/cwt116.00–122.0054810
SteersMedium and Large 2—710118.00/cwt118.00–118.008381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—263130.00/cwt130.00–130.003422
HeifersMedium and Large 2—270120.00/cwt120.00–120.003241
BullsMedium and Large 2—654114.00/cwt114.00–114.007464
BullsMedium and Large 2—724105.24/cwt103.00–107.007624
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320117.50/cwt117.50–117.503761
SteersMedium and Large 2—278144.03/cwt143.00–145.004002
SteersMedium and Large 2—490141.48/cwt140.00–143.006932
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373117.42/cwt115.00–120.004382
BullsMedium and Large 3—523100.00/cwt100.00–100.005232
BullsMedium and Large 3—467101.68/cwt100.00–105.004753

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.