Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 13.00 higher, slaughter bulls 5.00 higher. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.44/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −100.60 against this barn's trailing median of $370.04.

Average price

$269.44

17 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,431

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$50.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.95

vs SC average

−34.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	299.00	1,526	7thin
Medium and Large 2	546	248.75	1,358	10thin

One grade step is worth $50.25/cwt here — about $168 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $407.08, low $311.13, median $370.04 across 29 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 sale17 hd

269.44

—

SC average6 barns · 121 hd

252.49

+16.95

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−34.98

This barn, trailing median29 sales

370.04

−100.60

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	1,522	148.31	2,257	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,524	141.91	2,163	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,254	140.16	1,758	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	120.45	1,229	21

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,105	$1,700	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	965	$1,327	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$1,250	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	765	$850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	670	$575	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,013	$2,635	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	925	$1,375	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	793	$1,027	2thin

Every lot, as filed

104 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	200–250	210	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	963	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	372.54/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,267	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	260.77/cwt	257.50–265.00	1,643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	245.72/cwt	240.00–252.50	1,403	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	925	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	777	257.00/cwt	256.00–258.00	1,997	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	280.77/cwt	265.00–292.50	1,205	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	246.24/cwt	245.00–247.50	1,514	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	264.86/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,277	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	337.31/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,558	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	268.52/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,509	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	227.47/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	362.61/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	300	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,020	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	355.18/cwt	345.00–367.50	1,524	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	515	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	255.50/cwt	255.00–256.00	1,878	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	595	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	899	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,045	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	740	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	317.67/cwt	300.00–330.00	874	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	312.08/cwt	307.50–319.00	1,601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	942	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	220	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	748	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	670	575.00/head	575.00–575.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,328	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	885	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	328.96/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,365	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	248.52/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,417	2
Stock Cows	Small 1	—	735	864.00/head	864.00–864.00	864	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	765	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	128.59/cwt	117.50–133.00	1,499	9
Bulls	—	—	1,045	133.89/cwt	132.50–135.00	1,399	2
Bulls	—	—	2,010	166.33/cwt	164.00–169.00	3,343	2
Bulls	—	—	1,516	146.50/cwt	140.00–150.00	2,221	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	153.64/cwt	153.00–154.00	1,997	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	142.44/cwt	135.00–150.00	1,820	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,793	154.94/cwt	151.00–159.00	2,778	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,781	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	128.22/cwt	123.00–135.00	1,390	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,477	141.29/cwt	136.00–145.00	2,087	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	927	101.13/cwt	65.00–115.00	937	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	141.50/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,365	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	280.11/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,303	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	316.18/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,505	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	287.51/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,054	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	275.63/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,455	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	290	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	308	428.72/cwt	427.50–430.00	1,320	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	265	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,206	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	465	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	404.04/cwt	392.50–410.00	1,523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	263.70/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	315	369.76/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,165	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	365	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	281.46/cwt	272.50–295.00	1,300	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	245	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	348.56/cwt	320.00–377.50	1,157	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	987	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	327.20/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,220	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	487	241.78/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,177	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	256.93/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,326	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	379.99/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,444	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	298.46/cwt	289.00–307.50	1,749	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fancy	550–600	578	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,590	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	850	1,190.00/head	1,190.00–1,190.00	1,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	425	247.56/cwt	235.00–262.50	1,052	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	965	1,327.05/head	1,175.00–1,400.00	1,327	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	420.77/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,380	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,215	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	1,692.31/head	1,600.00–1,782.00	1,692	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	405	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	308	237.44/cwt	230.00–245.00	731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	317.93/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,647	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	310.28/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,312	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	385	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	473	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,471	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	367.45/cwt	355.00–377.50	1,694	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,013	2,634.57/head	2,500.00–2,750.00	2,635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	505	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,490	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	335	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	943	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	386.06/cwt	383.00–400.00	1,618	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	413.21/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,479	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	421.28/cwt	417.50–425.00	1,171	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	517	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,654	1

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 Jan 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 405Last week 227Year ago 423

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 39Year ago 67

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 21Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	280.00	280.00
1	250–300	290	310.00	310.00
1	300–350	345	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
6	400–450	429	265.00–292.50	280.77
3	450–500	482	255.00–270.00	264.86
5	500–550	516	240.00–265.00	256.93
4	550–600	571	240.00–252.50	245.72
2	600–650	615	245.00–247.50	246.24
2	650–700	668	225.00–230.00	227.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	250.00	250.00
1	350–400	370	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	405	232.50	232.50
1	450–500	490	215.00	215.00
1	750–800	760	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	230.00–245.00	237.44
3	400–450	425	235.00–262.50	247.56
3	450–500	487	225.00–250.00	241.78
1	550–600	595	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	740	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	340.00	340.00
1	250–300	290	360.00	360.00
2	300–350	315	365.00–375.00	369.76
1	350–400	365	357.50	357.50
1	500–550	517	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	350.00	350.00
2	250–300	290	325.00	325.00
5	300–350	332	320.00–377.50	348.56
14	350–400	373	300.00–350.00	327.20
27	400–450	423	295.00–325.00	310.28
14	450–500	462	272.50–295.00	281.46
1	500–550	530	298.00	298.00
3	600–650	603	260.00–269.00	263.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	405	362.50	362.50
8	450–500	473	311.00	311.00
5	500–550	505	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	385.00	385.00
2	300–350	340	370.00–375.00	372.54
11	350–400	380	370.00–392.50	379.99
6	400–450	429	345.00–367.50	355.18
1	450–500	455	360.00	360.00
3	500–550	513	307.50–319.00	312.08
8	550–600	562	260.00–280.00	268.52
3	600–650	630	257.50–265.00	260.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	340.00	340.00
3	250–300	275	300.00–330.00	317.67
1	350–400	385	345.00	345.00
2	400–450	415	320.00–337.50	328.96
6	450–500	476	300.00–335.00	316.18
7	500–550	528	260.00–290.00	275.63
2	550–600	570	240.00–257.50	248.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	455.00	455.00
2	300–350	308	427.50–430.00	428.72
1	450–500	465	425.00	425.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	420.00	420.00
2	250–300	278	417.50–425.00	421.28
6	300–350	328	410.00–425.00	420.77
3	350–400	358	400.00–425.00	413.21
13	400–450	419	383.00–400.00	386.06
5	450–500	461	355.00–377.50	367.45
6	500–550	518	312.50–320.00	317.93
1	550–600	575	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	578	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	345.00–380.00	362.61
1	400–450	400	370.00	370.00
3	450–500	462	330.00–352.50	337.31
1	500–550	535	320.00	320.00
4	550–600	586	289.00–307.50	298.46
1	650–700	650	270.00	270.00
2	700–750	735	255.00–256.00	255.50
3	750–800	777	256.00–258.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	270.00–290.00	280.11
2	500–550	543	285.00–290.00	287.51
1	550–600	550	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	392.50–410.00	404.04
1	450–500	460	377.50	377.50
2	500–550	528	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	445.00	445.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,013	2,500.00–2,750.00	2,634.57
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,725.00	1,725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	965	1,175.00–1,400.00	1,327.05
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	670	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	765	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,215	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,125	1,600.00–1,782.00	1,692.31
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	864.00	864.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	1,190.00	1,190.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,166	117.50–133.00	128.59
3	—	1,300	153.00–154.00	153.64
28	—	1,278	135.00–150.00	142.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,793	151.00–159.00	154.94
1	—	1,460	122.00	122.00
10	—	1,477	136.00–145.00	141.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,084	123.00–135.00	128.22
7	—	927	65.00–115.00	101.13
2	—	965	140.00–143.00	141.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,045	132.50–135.00	133.89
2	—	2,010	164.00–169.00	166.33
4	—	1,516	140.00–150.00	146.50

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Upstate Livestock Exchange - Williamston, SC

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