Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2023-03-06

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Mar 6
● Final133 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
367 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 411▼ 249 vs year ago 616 · −40.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 122▼ 25 vs year ago 136 · −18.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 36▼ 18 vs year ago 49 · −36.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 13.00 higher, feeder heifers 5.00 higher, feeder bulls 10.00 higher, slaughter cows 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls too few to trend. Moderate 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 $173.83/cwt on 121 head.
Average price
$173.83
121 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$823
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$48.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.97
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2470186.4287667
Medium and Large 2499167.8383725
Small 1-2444159.4770816thin
Medium and Large 3477138.1665813thin
One grade step is worth $48.27/cwt here — about $218 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 sale121 hd
173.83
—
SC average5 barns · 502 hd
165.87
+7.97
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—Average1,481109.201,6179thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13798.301,11843
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52795.521,4595thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low90190.018117thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,063$1,1113thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)765$6801thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)942$1,5693thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)868$1,21610
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)820$1,0851thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)905$9113thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)702$5544thin
Stock CowsOpenAged (>8 yrs)675$3381thin

Every lot, as filed

133 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—523214.49/cwt214.00–215.001,1222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—560224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2541
SteersMedium and Large 3—330150.00/cwt150.00–150.004951
SteersMedium and Large 3—610155.00/cwt155.00–155.009461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—468231.16/cwt220.00–239.001,0823
HeifersSmall 1-2—255170.00/cwt170.00–170.004341
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—560220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—265240.58/cwt235.00–245.006385
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—628219.66/cwt218.00–220.001,3796
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—517226.97/cwt223.00–231.001,1735
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—439197.88/cwt197.00–198.008698
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—322186.18/cwt180.00–195.005993
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—290192.50/cwt192.50–192.505581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—610170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0371
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—235226.20/cwt225.00–227.505322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—665203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,3501
HeifersSmall 1-2—577154.95/cwt152.50–157.508943
HeifersMedium and Large 2—700145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—655168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,1001
HeifersSmall 1-2—430163.62/cwt160.00–167.507042
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—421187.94/cwt182.50–191.007915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—770149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,1471
HeifersSmall 1-2—478159.94/cwt157.50–162.507653
HeifersMedium and Large 2—240169.90/cwt165.00–175.004082
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—365185.75/cwt182.50–190.006783
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—510182.61/cwt177.50–189.009314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—620168.47/cwt165.00–175.001,0458
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—715155.02/cwt154.00–156.001,1082
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625155.00/cwt155.00–155.009691
HeifersMedium and Large 3—580135.91/cwt130.00–142.507883
HeifersSmall 1-2—745150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1181
HeifersSmall 1-2—388158.77/cwt157.50–160.006162
HeifersMedium and Large 2—482175.86/cwt175.00–177.508483
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—474188.42/cwt182.50–195.0089312
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315175.00/cwt175.00–175.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—560197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,1031
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375176.32/cwt175.00–177.506612
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573167.97/cwt160.00–176.009627
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—426232.62/cwt227.50–235.009914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—473188.98/cwt188.00–190.008942
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—325236.28/cwt227.50–245.0076811
SteersSmall 1-2—470170.00/cwt170.00–170.007991
SteersMedium and Large 2—327188.39/cwt180.00–195.006166
SteersMedium and Large 2—650162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,0561
SteersMedium and Large 2—490190.00/cwt190.00–190.009311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—295240.00/cwt240.00–240.007081
SteersMedium and Large 3—218151.64/cwt150.00–155.003313
SteersMedium and Large 2—265185.00/cwt185.00–185.004901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—320203.55/cwt195.00–210.006515
SteersMedium and Large 2—640190.00/cwt189.00–191.001,2162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—630205.73/cwt200.00–209.001,2963
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—373228.29/cwt220.00–245.0085213
SteersMedium and Large 2—358181.22/cwt180.00–182.506492
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—583216.51/cwt216.00–217.001,2622
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—432210.48/cwt200.00–217.009093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—210204.88/cwt200.00–210.004302
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—475202.50/cwt202.50–202.509621
SteersMedium and Large 3—378146.87/cwt140.00–150.005553
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—735178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,3081
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—530227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—478233.98/cwt230.00–238.001,1182
SteersSmall 1-2—378170.00/cwt170.00–170.006433
SteersSmall 1-2—345165.00/cwt165.00–165.005691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—273205.73/cwt200.00–212.505622
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—660194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—430225.00/cwt225.00–225.009681
SteersSmall 1-2—280160.00/cwt160.00–160.004481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—517209.98/cwt205.00–215.001,0863
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—368239.52/cwt230.00–250.008812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—663180.49/cwt180.00–181.001,1972
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—429205.92/cwt200.00–211.008834
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—640186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,1901
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—475205.00/cwt205.00–205.009741
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—557206.67/cwt205.00–209.001,1513
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,254105.43/cwt103.00–113.001,32213
CowsLean 85-90%—83086.00/cwt86.00–86.007141
CowsLean 85-90%—91390.68/cwt84.00–96.008286
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52795.52/cwt88.00–99.001,4595
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,03484.92/cwt84.00–87.008784
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09496.80/cwt88.00–102.001,05926
Bulls——1,418101.59/cwt94.00–109.001,4414
Bulls——1,13088.00/cwt88.00–88.009941
Bulls——1,631122.11/cwt121.00–123.001,9924
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—8971,507.40/head1,460.00–1,560.001,5073
Stock CowsSmall 1-2—700521.56/head461.00–569.005222
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—800880.00/head880.00–880.008801
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—765680.00/head680.00–680.006801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1951,226.88/head1,175.00–1,275.001,2272
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1451,585.00/head1,585.00–1,585.001,5851
Stock CowsSmall 3—703587.27/head582.00–592.005872
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2—1,45597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,4111
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—805146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1754
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2—9781,033.66/head954.00–1,128.001,0342
Stock CowsSmall 1-2—760665.00/head665.00–665.006651
Stock CowsSmall 3—675338.00/head338.00–338.003381
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525165.96/cwt162.00–170.008712
HeifersSmall 1-2—325160.51/cwt155.00–167.505224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—381199.15/cwt197.50–205.007595
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—420198.80/cwt197.00–200.008355
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428173.78/cwt165.00–182.507444
HeifersMedium and Large 3—640128.75/cwt127.50–130.008242
HeifersMedium and Large 3—675135.00/cwt135.00–135.009111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—688149.00/cwt148.00–150.001,0252
HeifersMedium and Large 3—235135.00/cwt135.00–135.003171
HeifersMedium and Large 3—285144.82/cwt140.00–150.004132
BullsSmall 1-2—411166.73/cwt160.00–174.006854
HeifersMedium and Large 3—400145.00/cwt145.00–145.005801
HeifersMedium and Large 3—535139.00/cwt139.00–139.007441
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380143.60/cwt140.00–147.505462
BullsSmall 1-2—583164.69/cwt162.00–167.509602
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—421220.98/cwt215.00–229.0093014
BullsMedium and Large 3—678137.65/cwt130.00–142.509333
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—635169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—455197.00/cwt197.00–197.008961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—257197.47/cwt192.50–200.005073
BullsMedium and Large 2—425182.50/cwt182.50–182.507761
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—468216.69/cwt212.00–221.001,0146
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—713166.74/cwt166.00–167.501,1892
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—510205.53/cwt200.00–210.001,0486
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—573195.51/cwt195.00–196.001,1202
BullsSmall 1-2—525175.00/cwt175.00–175.009191
BullsMedium and Large 3—480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
BullsMedium and Large 2—605160.00/cwt160.00–160.009681
BullsMedium and Large 2—585180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0531
BullsMedium and Large 2—462183.37/cwt180.00–187.508473
BullsMedium and Large 2—685160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0961
BullsMedium and Large 2—528189.05/cwt187.50–192.009983
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—8201,085.00/head1,085.00–1,085.001,0851
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3—723826.57/head800.00–860.008272
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—8301,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—8951,097.51/head1,065.00–1,125.001,0982
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—9421,569.42/head1,510.00–1,600.001,5693
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—7751,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251

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.