Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and feeder heifers 2.00 lower, feeder bulls too few to trend, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady. 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 $127.56/cwt on 98 head.

Average price

$127.56

98 head · 478 lb average

Value per head Derived

$610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$30.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.47

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	469	133.53	626	59
Medium and Large 2	491	123.80	608	26
Small 1-2	429	118.11	506	4thin
Medium and Large 3	522	103.50	541	9thin

One grade step is worth $30.03/cwt here — about $85 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 sale98 hd

127.56

—

SC average5 barns · 544 hd

126.09

+1.47

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	—	Average	1,398	85.77	1,199	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,176	68.78	809	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,369	63.67	872	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	923	60.54	559	17

Every lot, as filed

92 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	Medium and Large 2	—	529	121.01/cwt	120.00–124.00	640	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	125.00/cwt	120.00–130.00	400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	303	142.98/cwt	141.00–145.00	433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	129.54/cwt	125.00–136.00	614	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	127.12/cwt	125.00–129.00	540	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	418	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	119.49/cwt	119.00–120.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	122.01/cwt	120.00–123.00	708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	111.55/cwt	110.00–113.00	636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	213	176.68/cwt	175.00–180.00	376	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	109.17/cwt	107.50–110.00	515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	800	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	125.98/cwt	122.00–131.00	653	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	618	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	675	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	146.99/cwt	146.00–148.00	669	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	622	116.16/cwt	114.00–117.00	723	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	140.98/cwt	135.00–145.00	613	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	117.50/cwt	115.00–120.00	711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	628	111.92/cwt	109.00–115.00	703	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	644	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	423	126.69/cwt	120.00–130.00	536	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	577	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	692	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,312	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	6,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	975	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,263	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	910	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	6,006	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,090	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,448	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	720	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	4,104	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	930	840.00/cwt	830.00–850.00	7,812	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	9,558	1
Bulls	—	—	1,375	89.10/cwt	82.00–95.00	1,225	7
Bulls	—	—	1,290	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	877	2
Bulls	—	—	1,775	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,740	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	62.70/cwt	56.00–67.00	740	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	72.54/cwt	68.00–80.00	852	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	51.07/cwt	40.00–59.00	401	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	63.46/cwt	61.00–68.00	612	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,434	67.04/cwt	62.00–72.00	961	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,208	55.26/cwt	50.00–61.00	668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	430	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	699	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	524	120.11/cwt	115.00–124.00	629	8
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	478	123.68/cwt	120.00–128.00	591	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	116.96/cwt	115.00–119.00	789	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	148.43/cwt	143.00–151.00	615	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	572	119.14/cwt	115.00–122.00	681	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	136.33/cwt	134.00–138.00	762	3
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	635	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	720	121.53/cwt	119.00–124.00	875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	986	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	120.99/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,062	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	132.02/cwt	131.00–133.00	684	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	141.46/cwt	138.00–145.00	587	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	147.50/cwt	140.00–150.00	457	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,021	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	164.94/cwt	157.50–170.00	541	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	154.86/cwt	150.00–160.00	423	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	127.04/cwt	125.00–129.00	779	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	134.34/cwt	133.00–135.00	648	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	433	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	132.51/cwt	120.00–140.00	498	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	125.02/cwt	120.00–130.00	710	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	162.41/cwt	153.00–170.00	606	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	250	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	126.99/cwt	126.00–128.00	855	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	410	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	492	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	375	118.72/cwt	117.50–120.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	125.50/cwt	123.00–128.00	759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	210	187.44/cwt	185.00–190.00	394	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fancy	—	370	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	130.60/cwt	127.00–134.00	680	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	135.29/cwt	130.00–139.00	492	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	132.87/cwt	128.00–136.00	623	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	132.80/cwt	129.00–137.00	562	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	121.26/cwt	115.00–126.00	815	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	126.72/cwt	126.00–128.00	707	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	119.67/cwt	119.00–121.00	796	3

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 Aug 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 410Last week 523Year ago 418

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 69Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 25Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	529	120.00–124.00	121.01
2	—	320	120.00–130.00	125.00
1	—	290	130.00	130.00
7	—	425	125.00–129.00	127.12
1	—	375	126.00	126.00
2	—	610	119.00–120.00	119.49
3	—	580	120.00–123.00	122.01
3	—	475	125.00	125.00
3	—	665	119.00–121.00	119.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	303	141.00–145.00	142.98
2	—	605	123.00–128.00	125.50
16	—	521	127.00–134.00	130.60
7	—	364	130.00–139.00	135.29
8	—	469	128.00–136.00	132.87
11	—	423	129.00–137.00	132.80
3	—	672	115.00–126.00	121.26
7	—	558	126.00–128.00	126.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	100.00	100.00
2	—	418	100.00	100.00
1	—	370	100.00	100.00
1	—	655	105.00	105.00
3	—	472	107.50–110.00	109.17
1	—	800	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	213	175.00–180.00	176.68
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	120.00	120.00
1	—	555	115.00	115.00
2	—	375	117.50–120.00	118.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	474	125.00–136.00	129.54
10	—	518	122.00–131.00	125.98
3	—	435	135.00–145.00	140.98
2	—	605	115.00–120.00	117.50
3	—	577	120.00	120.00
2	—	675	115.00–119.00	116.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	110.00–113.00	111.55
2	—	628	109.00–115.00	111.92
1	—	490	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	120.00	120.00
2	—	455	146.00–148.00	146.99
1	—	555	116.00	116.00
4	—	414	143.00–151.00	148.43
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	118.00	118.00
7	—	622	114.00–117.00	116.16
3	—	423	120.00–130.00	126.69
8	—	524	115.00–124.00	120.11
4	—	478	120.00–128.00	123.68
8	—	572	115.00–122.00	119.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	137.00	137.00
3	—	559	134.00–138.00	136.33
1	—	795	124.00	124.00
2	—	878	120.00–122.00	120.99
2	—	415	138.00–145.00	141.46
2	—	823	124.00	124.00
3	—	328	157.50–170.00	164.94
2	—	273	150.00–160.00	154.86
9	—	373	153.00–170.00	162.41
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
2	—	720	119.00–124.00	121.53
1	—	490	120.00	120.00
2	—	433	120.00	120.00
1	—	545	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	131.00–133.00	132.02
4	—	310	140.00–150.00	147.50
2	—	613	125.00–129.00	127.04
3	—	482	133.00–135.00	134.34
5	—	376	120.00–140.00	132.51
2	—	568	120.00–130.00	125.02
4	—	673	126.00–128.00	126.99
1	—	425	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	109.00	109.00
1	—	250	110.00	110.00
1	—	605	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	210	185.00–190.00	187.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	155.00	155.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	105.00	105.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	770	560.00	560.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,000	660.00	660.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	930	830.00–850.00	840.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	910	660.00	660.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,090	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,180	810.00	810.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	570.00	570.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,375	82.00–95.00	89.10
2	—	1,290	68.00	68.00
1	—	1,775	98.00	98.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,180	56.00–67.00	62.70
21	—	1,174	68.00–80.00	72.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	785	40.00–59.00	51.07
13	—	965	61.00–68.00	63.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,434	62.00–72.00	67.04
2	—	1,208	50.00–61.00	55.26

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