Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2024-08-12

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Aug 12
● Final112 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
333 head
176 vs last sale 509 252 vs year ago 585 · 43.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
74 vs last sale 110 57 vs year ago 93 · 61.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
2 vs last sale 22 16 vs year ago 8 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to no report issued last week. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $245.29/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 158.71 against this barn's trailing median of $404.00.
Average price
$245.29
31 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,330
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$43.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.95
vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503274.171,3793thin
Medium and Large 2550245.211,34922
Medium and Large 3533231.131,2316thin
One grade step is worth $43.05/cwt here — about $148 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
468415361308median 404.0012/1502/2304/2006/2208/10
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $454.14, low $321.67, median $404.00 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale31 hd
245.29
SC average5 barns · 75 hd
235.34
+9.95
This barn, trailing median27 sales
404.00
−158.71
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
BullsAverage1,528165.322,5279thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,198154.631,85327
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,607151.592,4365thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low951117.371,1165thin

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)1,142$1,5353thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)982$1,4183thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)938$1,3852thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)620$8681thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,043$1,6522thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)710$1,4731thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)781$1,6194thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,005$1,7052thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)771$1,5084thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)848$1,1052thin

Every lot, as filed

112 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
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550505210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0611
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy200–250205350.00/cwt350.00–350.007181
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300288295.85/cwt287.50–305.008523
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600572246.03/cwt240.00–258.001,4073
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450424252.47/cwt247.00–257.501,0705
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500495240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1881
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy300–350345215.00/cwt215.00–215.007421
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700690230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5871
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250245265.00/cwt265.00–265.006491
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300285270.00/cwt270.00–270.007701
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250233277.37/cwt275.00–280.006462
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350343272.59/cwt260.00–285.009352
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy550–600563228.74/cwt227.50–230.001,2882
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350333258.68/cwt250.00–270.008616
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy550–600588219.48/cwt215.00–224.001,2912
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450423260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1002
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750745227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6911
BullsMedium and Large 2Full550–600565237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,3421
BullsMedium and Large 2Full700–750715205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4661
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy650–700670217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4541
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy500–550524239.97/cwt232.50–245.001,2575
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy600–650615219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3471
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650630223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4051
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy450–500473220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0412
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy500–550525223.35/cwt222.50–225.001,1733
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy500–550515243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,2511
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0131,564.44/head1,525.00–1,600.001,5642
BullsMedium and Large 27101,473.00/head1,473.00–1,473.001,4731
Stock CowsMedium and Large 27531,463.79/head1,434.00–1,493.001,4642
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300283314.34/cwt300.00–330.008902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1381,552.75/head1,500.00–1,600.001,5532
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy550–600579230.98/cwt222.50–237.501,3375
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1501,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350315287.50/cwt287.50–287.509062
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450405297.47/cwt295.00–300.001,2052
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250205300.00/cwt300.00–300.006151
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fancy450–500465257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,1971
BullsMedium and Large 21,0551,656.00/head1,656.00–1,656.001,6561
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550503274.17/cwt272.50–277.501,3793
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550515283.86/cwt280.00–287.501,4622
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450405260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0532
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250225310.00/cwt310.00–310.006981
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,0051,705.33/head1,556.00–1,817.001,7052
Stock CowsMedium and Large 17881,552.44/head1,550.00–1,555.001,5522
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500480285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3681
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy300–350345360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2421
BullsMedium and Large 11,0301,648.00/head1,648.00–1,648.001,6481
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373273.72/cwt270.00–277.501,0212
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550535265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4181
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550520272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,4171
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350343340.04/cwt335.00–345.001,1662
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400365340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2411
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy250–300260342.45/cwt340.00–345.008902
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy300–350343342.46/cwt337.50–347.501,1752
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350324328.88/cwt317.50–335.001,0664
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400374314.76/cwt295.00–332.501,1779
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350318230.03/cwt225.00–235.007313
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300275255.00/cwt255.00–255.007011
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,607151.59/cwt145.00–158.002,4365
CowsLean 85-90%935101.72/cwt70.00–122.509512
Bulls1,473167.41/cwt161.00–176.002,4667
Bulls1,895180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,4111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,248135.44/cwt135.00–136.001,6902
CowsBoner 80-85%1,183153.43/cwt143.00–160.001,81520
Stock CowsSmall 3770924.00/head924.00–924.009241
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 17951,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred CowsSmall 19201,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 16351,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600575206.07/cwt200.00–212.001,1853
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350305250.00/cwt250.00–250.007631
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600575220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2651
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy450–500480230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1041
Bred CowsSmall 3620868.00/head868.00–868.008681
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 38851,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450430235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0111
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 38101,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500478246.98/cwt225.00–257.501,1816
BullsMedium and Large 3200–250230250.00/cwt250.00–250.005751
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450413223.06/cwt210.00–230.009213
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650645198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2771
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400380236.33/cwt225.00–250.008984
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added450–500465257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,1971
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added550–600580257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,4941
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added600–650625240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5001
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300278242.43/cwt240.00–245.006742
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450433240.77/cwt220.00–250.001,0434
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added400–450405270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0941
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29381,385.40/head1,300.00–1,475.001,3852
Stock CowsMedium and Large 29251,286.00/head1,286.00–1,286.001,2861
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added450–500475255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2111
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600563228.78/cwt227.50–230.001,2882
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550524233.35/cwt220.00–245.001,2235
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600564226.33/cwt220.00–239.001,2776
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600564250.70/cwt240.00–257.501,4147
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550519261.89/cwt250.00–270.001,3594
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500487273.54/cwt267.50–280.001,3326
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700680217.50/cwt215.00–220.001,4792
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450422277.38/cwt265.00–292.501,1715
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400365257.50/cwt257.50–257.509401
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400368271.46/cwt250.00–280.009996
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500474241.85/cwt232.50–247.501,1464
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650614230.64/cwt225.00–236.001,4167
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550523237.95/cwt225.00–250.001,24413
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650626220.98/cwt218.00–224.001,3835
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550518260.22/cwt250.00–267.501,3484
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500455287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,3081
CowsBoner 80-85%1,238167.13/cwt164.00–170.002,0695
CowsLean 85-90%962127.81/cwt121.00–133.001,2303
Bulls1,550136.00/cwt136.00–136.002,1081
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500465230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0702
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500465225.93/cwt220.00–230.001,0513
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400350220.00/cwt220.00–220.007701

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.