Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons on feeder steers and feeder heifers due to limited comparable sales, feeder bulls 2.00 lower, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.66/cwt on 130 head.

Average price

$120.66

130 head · 452 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$28.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.16

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	431	129.86	560	50
Medium and Large 2	467	120.09	561	48
Small 1-2	466	109.80	512	22
Medium and Large 3	450	101.25	455	10thin

One grade step is worth $28.60/cwt here — about $105 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 sale130 hd

120.66

—

SC average5 barns · 748 hd

120.82

−0.16

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	1,611	81.14	1,307	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,162	59.98	697	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,576	57.56	907	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	934	52.58	491	11

Every lot, as filed

117 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 1-2	—	331	130.22/cwt	127.50–132.50	431	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	120.20/cwt	115.00–126.00	519	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	315	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	347	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	121.56/cwt	115.00–126.00	580	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	119.67/cwt	115.00–123.00	623	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	488	103.77/cwt	102.50–105.00	506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	121.27/cwt	120.00–122.50	315	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	245	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	245	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	415	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	623	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	126.54/cwt	122.00–128.00	654	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	570	112.97/cwt	110.00–115.00	644	7
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	660	106.98/cwt	100.00–111.00	706	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	619	108.24/cwt	105.00–111.00	670	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	467	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	730	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	411	104.92/cwt	100.00–110.00	431	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	124.93/cwt	120.00–130.00	532	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	131.11/cwt	125.00–135.00	618	10
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	480	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	586	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	443	118.99/cwt	118.00–120.00	527	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	113.51/cwt	111.00–116.00	690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	108.97/cwt	108.00–110.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	517	108.27/cwt	100.00–115.00	560	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	705	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	754	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	116.21/cwt	115.00–120.00	664	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	466	103.35/cwt	100.00–110.00	482	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	630	107.46/cwt	105.00–110.00	677	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	12,856	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	615.22/cwt	610.00–621.00	5,678	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	770	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	4,081	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	730.52/cwt	620.00–810.00	8,898	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	920	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	6,532	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	850	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,738	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	849.40/cwt	816.00–875.00	8,494	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	980	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	8,954	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	825	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	5,445	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	845	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,549	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	804.96/cwt	800.00–810.00	9,619	2
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	695	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,655	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	850.16/cwt	810.00–910.00	9,989	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	8,691	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	625	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,750	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	895	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	3,768	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	801	544.11/cwt	500.00–567.00	4,358	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	829.56/cwt	780.00–870.00	10,436	2
Bulls	—	—	1,390	74.26/cwt	71.00–78.00	1,032	4
Bulls	—	—	1,758	85.72/cwt	80.00–91.00	1,507	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	48.54/cwt	48.00–49.00	396	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	60.98/cwt	57.00–65.00	712	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	55.40/cwt	50.00–59.00	628	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	60.07/cwt	57.00–64.00	960	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	53.37/cwt	52.00–54.00	821	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	53.48/cwt	51.00–57.00	514	9
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	137.90/cwt	135.00–140.00	652	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	141.17/cwt	135.00–147.50	572	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	543	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	630	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	760	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	851	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	410	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	529	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	610	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	163.53/cwt	157.50–168.00	594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	606	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	791	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	606	121.00/cwt	119.00–125.00	733	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	233	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	291	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	400	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	656	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	340	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	425	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	290	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	139.22/cwt	134.00–144.00	671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	150.50/cwt	150.00–151.00	614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	164.26/cwt	160.00–167.50	545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	669	118.49/cwt	117.00–120.00	793	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	137.79/cwt	132.50–145.00	440	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	235	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	259	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	114.96/cwt	110.00–120.00	383	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	118.65/cwt	118.00–120.00	870	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	143.64/cwt	141.00–147.50	621	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	137.58/cwt	135.00–140.00	714	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	113.26/cwt	110.00–115.00	521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	671	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	238	135.80/cwt	120.00–147.50	323	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	124.53/cwt	122.50–127.00	725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	883	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	329	170.91/cwt	165.00–176.00	562	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	525	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	706	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	688	102.99/cwt	100.00–106.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	379	106.56/cwt	100.00–115.00	404	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	137.71/cwt	130.00–146.00	516	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	623	107.25/cwt	105.00–110.00	668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	428	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	561	8
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	372	111.64/cwt	110.00–115.00	415	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	420	115.12/cwt	110.00–120.00	484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	295	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	353	168.30/cwt	165.00–170.00	594	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	275	115.00/cwt	110.00–120.00	316	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	578	108.98/cwt	105.00–113.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	122.82/cwt	119.00–125.00	456	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	124.57/cwt	123.00–127.00	653	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	130.95/cwt	127.00–138.00	550	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	131.00/cwt	128.00–138.00	482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	116.45/cwt	114.00–120.00	661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	295	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	295	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	495	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	532	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	128.64/cwt	127.00–131.00	597	6

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 Nov 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 428Last week 527Year ago 248

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 76Year ago 44

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 26Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	331	127.50–132.50	130.22
7	—	524	123.00–127.00	124.57
12	—	420	127.00–138.00	130.95
1	—	255	132.50	132.50
6	—	368	128.00–138.00	131.00
6	—	464	127.00–131.00	128.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	432	115.00–126.00	120.20
13	—	477	115.00–126.00	121.56
1	—	325	125.00	125.00
9	—	521	115.00–123.00	119.67
2	—	260	120.00–122.50	121.27
2	—	610	109.00	109.00
9	—	371	119.00–125.00	122.82
7	—	568	114.00–120.00	116.45
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	110.00	110.00
2	—	688	100.00–106.00	102.99
4	—	623	105.00–110.00	107.25
6	—	372	110.00–115.00	111.64
2	—	420	110.00–120.00	115.12
3	—	275	110.00–120.00	115.00
2	—	578	105.00–113.00	108.98
1	—	495	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	100.00	100.00
1	—	590	105.00	105.00
2	—	355	100.00	100.00
2	—	488	102.50–105.00	103.77
1	—	245	100.00	100.00
1	—	445	105.00	105.00
1	—	730	95.00	95.00
1	—	295	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	526	127.50	127.50
8	—	428	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	517	122.00–128.00	126.54
4	—	426	120.00–130.00	124.93
10	—	471	125.00–135.00	131.11
2	—	608	111.00–116.00	113.51
4	—	571	115.00–120.00	116.21
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	570	110.00–115.00	112.97
5	—	660	100.00–111.00	106.98
7	—	619	105.00–111.00	108.24
1	—	480	122.00	122.00
2	—	443	118.00–120.00	118.99
1	—	705	107.00	107.00
2	—	543	115.00–117.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	411	100.00–110.00	104.92
2	—	573	108.00–110.00	108.97
3	—	517	100.00–115.00	108.27
6	—	466	100.00–110.00	103.35
2	—	630	105.00–110.00	107.46
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	473	135.00–140.00	137.90
1	—	565	127.00	127.00
1	—	515	135.00	135.00
2	—	405	135.00–147.50	141.17
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	760	112.00	112.00
1	—	410	129.00	129.00
1	—	610	119.00	119.00
2	—	233	125.00	125.00
1	—	585	120.00	120.00
1	—	340	125.00	125.00
1	—	290	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	157.50–168.00	163.53
1	—	455	142.50	142.50
2	—	408	150.00–151.00	150.50
3	—	332	160.00–167.50	164.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	606	130.50	130.50
1	—	400	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	606	119.00–125.00	121.00
3	—	482	134.00–144.00	139.22
4	—	669	117.00–120.00	118.49
4	—	319	132.50–145.00	137.79
3	—	733	118.00–120.00	118.65
3	—	432	141.00–147.50	143.64
7	—	519	135.00–140.00	137.58
3	—	238	120.00–147.50	135.80
3	—	582	122.50–127.00	124.53
1	—	755	117.00	117.00
1	—	295	145.00	145.00
5	—	375	130.00–146.00	137.71
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	110.00	110.00
2	—	333	110.00–120.00	114.96
3	—	460	110.00–115.00	113.26
7	—	379	100.00–115.00	106.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	329	165.00–176.00	170.91
1	—	295	167.50	167.50
3	—	353	165.00–170.00	168.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	525	134.50	134.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,375	935.00	935.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	910.00	910.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	923	610.00–621.00	615.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,218	620.00–810.00	730.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	740.00	740.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,195	800.00–810.00	804.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,175	810.00–910.00	850.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,258	780.00–870.00	829.56
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	770	530.00	530.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	660.00	660.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	710.00	710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	775.00	775.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	421.00	421.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	801	500.00–567.00	544.11
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,000	816.00–875.00	849.40
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	695	382.00	382.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	625	440.00	440.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,390	71.00–78.00	74.26
6	—	1,758	80.00–91.00	85.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	815	48.00–49.00	48.54
9	—	961	51.00–57.00	53.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,168	57.00–65.00	60.98
5	—	1,134	50.00–59.00	55.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,598	57.00–64.00	60.07
3	—	1,538	52.00–54.00	53.37

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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