Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average to plain quality cattle due to wet conditions in the area with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $357.24/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 4 of 26 comparable sales and sits −47.15 against this barn's trailing median of $404.39.

Average price

$357.24

24 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,983

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$480

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

$72.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.02

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	372.42	2,070	14thin
Medium and Large 2	556	340.00	1,892	9thin
Medium and Large 3	530	300.00	1,590	1thin

One grade step is worth $72.42/cwt here — about $480 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $454.14, low $321.67, median $404.39 across 26 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 sale24 hd

357.24

—

SC average6 barns · 71 hd

334.23

+23.02

This barn, trailing median26 sales

404.39

−47.15

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	—	Average	1,561	172.92	2,699	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,505	166.39	2,504	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,279	159.17	2,036	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,268	143.97	1,826	4thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	970	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,110	$2,305	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,275	$1,925	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	978	$1,657	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	655	$950	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,273	$2,200	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	905	$2,575	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	918	$2,236	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	844	$1,734	8

Every lot, as filed

92 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 1Value Added	500–550	507	347.51/cwt	347.00–348.00	1,762	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	409.23/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,571	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	308.58/cwt	297.50–322.50	2,067	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,161	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	410	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	367.13/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,314	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	635	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,254	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	528	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,144	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,105	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	330	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,460	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	592	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,036	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	355.06/cwt	347.50–360.00	2,024	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	303.13/cwt	295.00–317.00	1,873	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,315	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,128	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,918	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	379.20/cwt	375.00–382.50	2,040	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	402.54/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,147	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	402.53/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,485	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,008	2,270.60/head	2,150.00–2,375.00	2,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	337.50/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,755	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	290	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,218	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,533	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	655	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	318	420.12/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,336	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,185	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Stock Cows	Small 1	—	751	1,485.58/head	1,438.00–1,564.00	1,486	5
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	765	1,014.00/head	1,014.00–1,014.00	1,014	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	166.39/cwt	164.00–169.00	2,504	3
Bulls	—	—	1,403	170.31/cwt	161.00–179.00	2,389	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,096	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	158.95/cwt	149.00–171.00	2,057	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	145.71/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,872	3
Bulls	—	—	2,350	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	4,371	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,275	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,360	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	905	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	918	2,236.15/head	2,228.00–2,244.00	2,236	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	970	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,268	143.97/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,826	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	487	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,899	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	408	306.18/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,249	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	570	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,824	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	943	1,960.92/head	1,892.00–2,020.00	1,961	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,086	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	725	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,103	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	537	351.63/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,888	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	335.81/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,085	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	305.26/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,055	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	435	377.67/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	329.03/cwt	322.50–335.00	1,392	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	321.30/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,002	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	320	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	418	334.41/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,398	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	328.18/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,539	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	329.40/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,924	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	415	360.80/cwt	360.00–362.50	1,497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	478	327.56/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,566	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	615	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,168	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	369.22/cwt	367.50–370.00	1,595	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	373.26/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,784	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	343.77/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	485	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,758	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	388.79/cwt	382.50–395.00	1,703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	560	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	470	343.20/cwt	337.50–352.50	1,613	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	750–800	795	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,928	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	465	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	347.55/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,287	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	326.00/cwt	324.00–328.00	1,793	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,860	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 May 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 209Last week 385Year ago 355

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 48Year ago 83

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 33Year ago 71

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average to plain quality cattle due to wet conditions in the area with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	360.00–362.50	360.80
2	450–500	485	362.50	362.50
6	500–550	507	347.00–348.00	347.51
4	550–600	550	324.00–328.00	326.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	335.00	335.00
2	350–400	373	345.00	345.00
3	400–450	423	322.50–335.00	329.03
4	450–500	469	320.00–335.00	328.18
1	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	625	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	375.00	375.00
1	250–300	255	390.00	390.00
1	300–350	340	385.00	385.00
2	350–400	358	350.00–385.00	367.13
1	400–450	420	365.00	365.00
3	450–500	462	345.00–350.00	347.55
3	500–550	520	335.00–340.00	337.50
1	550–600	560	337.50	337.50
3	600–650	618	295.00–317.00	303.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	420.00	420.00
2	300–350	318	415.00–425.00	420.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	408	295.00–317.50	306.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	418	332.50–340.00	334.41
4	450–500	478	325.00–335.00	327.56
1	550–600	570	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	290.00	290.00
2	750–800	795	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	430.00	430.00
4	350–400	384	400.00–420.00	409.23
1	400–450	435	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	515	372.50	372.50
1	550–600	575	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	610	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	442.50	442.50
2	400–450	410	413.00	413.00
1	450–500	465	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	635	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	370.00	370.00
2	400–450	438	382.50–395.00	388.79
1	700–750	745	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	615	352.50	352.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	360.00	360.00
3	400–450	432	367.50–370.00	369.22
3	450–500	478	370.00–377.50	373.26
2	500–550	530	342.50–345.00	343.77
4	550–600	584	320.00–335.00	329.40
2	600–650	623	320.00–322.50	321.30
4	650–700	670	297.50–322.50	308.58
1	700–750	725	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	528	406.00	406.00
3	550–600	592	344.00	344.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	400.00–405.00	402.54
4	350–400	369	395.00–415.00	402.53
1	400–450	435	390.00	390.00
1	450–500	465	387.50	387.50
3	500–550	538	375.00–382.50	379.20
4	550–600	570	347.50–360.00	355.06
1	600–650	600	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	395.00	395.00
2	400–450	435	370.00–385.00	377.67
3	450–500	487	390.00	390.00
3	500–550	537	350.00–355.00	351.63
1	700–750	725	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	335.00	335.00
2	300–350	323	320.00–350.00	335.81
2	450–500	483	295.00–315.00	305.26
1	500–550	530	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	337.50–352.50	343.20

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,315	2,375.00	2,375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,190	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,275	1,925.00	1,925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,008	2,150.00–2,375.00	2,270.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	655	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	765	1,014.00	1,014.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,110	2,525.00	2,525.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	751	1,438.00–1,564.00	1,485.58
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	918	2,228.00–2,244.00	2,236.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	943	1,892.00–2,020.00	1,960.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,185	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,360	2,600.00	2,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	2,575.00	2,575.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,505	164.00–169.00	166.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	181.00	181.00
15	—	1,294	149.00–171.00	158.95
3	—	1,285	142.00–148.00	145.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,268	140.00–151.00	143.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,403	161.00–179.00	170.31
1	—	2,350	186.00	186.00

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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How this sale compares

Upstate Livestock Exchange - Williamston, SC

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