Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2022-12-05

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Dec 5
● Final138 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,018 head
▲ 512 vs last sale 506▲ 60 vs year ago 958 · +6.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 137▼ 25 vs year ago 132 · −18.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 32▲ 3 vs year ago 24 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers were 5.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers were 4.00 higher, feeder bulls were 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows were steady. Slaughter bulls were 3.00 lower. Heavy offering of good to 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 $137.22/cwt on 384 head.
Average price
$137.22
384 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$242
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$46.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.45
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2488148.87727213
Medium and Large 2479127.78612120
Small 1-2419114.7748135
Medium and Large 3475101.9948416thin
One grade step is worth $46.88/cwt here — about $242 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 sale384 hd
137.22
—
SC average5 barns · 844 hd
132.77
+4.45
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—Low1,20985.281,0319thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20274.6389755
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,44869.491,0065thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average87861.0153620

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)838$8382thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)881$6339
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)650$4501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,038$9295

Every lot, as filed

138 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
SteersMedium and Large 3—235124.79/cwt120.00–130.002932
SteersMedium and Large 3—295130.00/cwt130.00–130.003841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—418209.13/cwt207.50–210.008743
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—283144.24/cwt140.00–147.504083
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—282215.80/cwt215.00–217.506093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—524187.98/cwt184.00–193.009854
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—615177.48/cwt176.00–179.001,0922
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—323210.57/cwt200.00–220.0068018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—235160.00/cwt160.00–160.003761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—427140.91/cwt139.00–145.0060219
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—659145.57/cwt140.00–147.009595
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—442161.50/cwt161.50–161.507149
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—483194.51/cwt193.00–196.009392
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—680168.24/cwt167.50–169.001,1442
HeifersSmall 1-2—468111.24/cwt110.00–115.005214
HeifersSmall 1-2—526110.20/cwt110.00–111.005805
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—675130.54/cwt129.00–132.008812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—522158.66/cwt148.00–163.0082820
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—461156.64/cwt150.00–158.0072212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—760125.00/cwt125.00–125.009501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—570136.16/cwt133.00–140.007766
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421131.21/cwt125.00–137.5055214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—521139.90/cwt134.00–145.007297
HeifersSmall 1-2—260122.55/cwt120.00–125.003192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—382150.77/cwt140.00–157.5057625
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—616123.77/cwt120.00–130.007627
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473127.82/cwt120.00–137.0060530
HeifersMedium and Large 2—200130.00/cwt130.00–130.002601
HeifersSmall 1-2—570108.38/cwt105.00–110.006183
HeifersSmall 1-2—353118.35/cwt115.00–120.004183
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—471139.90/cwt139.00–145.0065931
HeifersSmall 1-2—321118.52/cwt115.00–120.003807
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—322150.30/cwt140.00–157.004843
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325130.09/cwt125.00–135.004235
HeifersMedium and Large 2—650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007151
HeifersMedium and Large 2—572124.98/cwt115.00–130.0071515
HeifersMedium and Large 2—364128.33/cwt122.50–135.0046710
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525128.75/cwt115.00–132.5067638
HeifersMedium and Large 3—527101.71/cwt100.00–105.005365
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430103.06/cwt100.00–105.004435
HeifersMedium and Large 3—469101.32/cwt100.00–105.004756
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—415198.09/cwt190.00–207.008228
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—450191.00/cwt191.00–191.008601
BullsSmall 1-2—422132.17/cwt130.00–140.005587
BullsSmall 1-2—473131.74/cwt125.00–140.006236
BullsSmall 1-2—695108.00/cwt108.00–108.007511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—617145.93/cwt140.00–154.009007
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—793157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2458
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—700105.00/cwt105.00–105.007351
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—585107.00/cwt107.00–107.006261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—228170.00/cwt170.00–170.003882
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—524194.30/cwt190.00–201.001,01823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—498198.00/cwt198.00–198.009866
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—372185.29/cwt175.00–195.0068916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—662158.51/cwt154.00–159.001,04910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—590177.10/cwt170.00–178.501,04532
SteersSmall 1-2—225140.00/cwt140.00–140.003151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—523174.90/cwt170.00–180.009153
SteersSmall 1-2—319135.02/cwt130.00–140.004314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—484181.32/cwt175.00–189.008787
SteersSmall 1-2—485125.00/cwt125.00–125.006061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—723135.97/cwt127.00–145.009832
SteersSmall 1-2—367136.88/cwt130.00–145.005025
SteersMedium and Large 2—473152.09/cwt140.00–160.007195
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—330184.20/cwt175.00–197.5060811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—835128.35/cwt116.00–141.001,0722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—271179.79/cwt175.00–190.004874
SteersMedium and Large 2—533148.86/cwt140.00–165.007937
SteersMedium and Large 3—375122.57/cwt120.00–125.004602
SteersMedium and Large 2—573158.73/cwt156.00–164.009105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—421188.57/cwt177.50–197.507949
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—616162.91/cwt159.00–169.001,0049
SteersMedium and Large 2—632144.01/cwt139.50–150.009107
SteersMedium and Large 3—300120.00/cwt120.00–120.003601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—810138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1181
SteersMedium and Large 2—225154.85/cwt150.00–160.003483
SteersMedium and Large 2—388152.92/cwt150.00–157.505936
SteersMedium and Large 2—267156.91/cwt150.00–165.004193
SteersMedium and Large 2—313161.22/cwt160.00–162.505052
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—373206.61/cwt200.00–215.0077118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—572154.63/cwt144.00–158.5088434
SteersMedium and Large 2—415160.00/cwt160.00–160.006641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—574186.06/cwt180.00–191.001,0687
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,16892.51/cwt91.00–94.001,0812
Stock CowsSmall 1-2—65178.29/cwt77.50–80.005104
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—955840.00/head840.00–840.008401
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2—84382.63/cwt81.00–85.006973
Bulls——1,21876.51/cwt73.00–79.009322
Bulls——1,20687.79/cwt86.00–89.001,0597
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38062.00/cwt62.00–62.008561
CowsLean 85-90%—88969.47/cwt68.00–72.006186
CowsLean 85-90%—87357.39/cwt48.00–65.0050114
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11562.10/cwt56.00–67.0069210
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46571.36/cwt69.00–73.001,0454
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22177.02/cwt69.00–86.0094043
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22386.00/cwt86.00–86.001,0522
HeifersSmall 1-2—420115.10/cwt110.00–120.0048311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—603115.50/cwt115.00–116.006962
HeifersMedium and Large 2—740100.00/cwt100.00–100.007401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—615140.03/cwt137.00–144.008613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—428155.73/cwt154.00–162.506675
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—885129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1421
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—467174.62/cwt170.00–182.5081510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—366165.20/cwt160.00–170.0060510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—725138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0011
HeifersMedium and Large 2—262130.00/cwt130.00–130.003413
BullsMedium and Large 3—695100.00/cwt100.00–100.006951
BullsSmall 1-2—610112.52/cwt110.00–115.006862
BullsMedium and Large 2—469160.46/cwt150.00–168.007536
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—720127.99/cwt124.00–132.009224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—335163.85/cwt160.00–169.005493
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—643146.50/cwt146.50–146.509425
BullsMedium and Large 2—718112.97/cwt110.00–117.008113
BullsMedium and Large 2—580137.49/cwt130.00–145.0079712
BullsSmall 1-2—563123.34/cwt120.00–125.006943
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—521162.69/cwt160.00–170.008487
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—665133.00/cwt131.00–135.008844
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—430178.75/cwt170.00–185.0076910
BullsMedium and Large 2—785110.49/cwt110.00–111.008672
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—500190.00/cwt190.00–190.009501
BullsMedium and Large 3—430110.00/cwt110.00–110.004731
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—568153.22/cwt150.00–155.008704
BullsSmall 1-2—509128.01/cwt120.00–135.006525
BullsMedium and Large 2—613129.54/cwt120.00–138.007945
BullsMedium and Large 2—673120.89/cwt117.00–127.008143
BullsMedium and Large 3—580107.44/cwt105.00–110.006232
BullsMedium and Large 3—545110.00/cwt110.00–110.006001
BullsMedium and Large 3—483107.56/cwt105.00–110.005202
BullsMedium and Large 2—423157.23/cwt150.00–167.5066514
BullsMedium and Large 2—530147.96/cwt140.00–155.0078411
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1981,213.27/head1,085.00–1,325.001,2132
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—955858.30/head785.00–925.008582
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—885500.00/head500.00–500.005001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—914683.24/head600.00–760.006835
Bred CowsSmall 2—800481.33/head425.00–520.004813
Bred CowsSmall 2—650450.00/head450.00–450.004501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—838837.54/head835.00–840.008382
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—97597.00/cwt97.00–97.009461

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.