Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2025-06-02

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Jun 2
● Final132 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
689 head
270 vs last sale 419 197 vs year ago 492 · +40.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
30 vs last sale 49 51 vs year ago 130 · 39.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
31 vs last sale 27 47 vs year ago 11 · +427.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to no sale last week. Heavy offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation and light demand for cattle with excessive hair

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $304.28/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 66.28 against this barn's trailing median of $370.56.
Average price
$304.28
45 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$39.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.77
vs SC average
33.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533324.511,72812thin
Medium and Large 2552298.121,64630
Medium and Large 3560285.001,5973thin
One grade step is worth $39.51/cwt here — about $131 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

28 sales
421380338297median 370.5601/0503/0904/2707/0608/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $407.08, low $311.13, median $370.56 across 28 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 sale45 hd
304.28
SC average6 barns · 155 hd
305.06
−0.77
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
−33.96
This barn, trailing median28 sales
370.56
−66.28
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
BullsAverage1,483179.972,6699thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,533153.432,3536thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,170148.521,73728
CowsLean 85-90%Low945136.551,29120

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,247$2,4313thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,145$2,2903thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)932$1,8576
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)925$1,8501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,214$1,8464thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$1,6632thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,298$2,6422thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,090$2,2563thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)893$2,3728
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)868$1,5466
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)818$2,0112thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)817$1,58714
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)844$1,2384thin

Every lot, as filed

132 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 1Fancy350–400355430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5271
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy250–300270420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1342
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy300–350305410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2511
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0001,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Stock CowsMedium and Large 28201,565.34/head1,503.00–1,630.001,5652
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29251,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 37631,185.67/head1,160.00–1,214.001,1862
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0702,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1882,334.74/head2,300.00–2,375.002,3352
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400368378.30/cwt367.50–390.001,3928
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550527325.91/cwt320.00–347.501,71810
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350327374.30/cwt360.00–390.001,22411
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29142,440.29/head2,150.00–2,600.002,4404
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0201,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29382,487.26/head2,425.00–2,525.002,4873
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350338390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3182
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450406363.93/cwt350.00–380.001,4787
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500455337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,5362
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy300–350320420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3441
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350333402.03/cwt390.00–415.001,3392
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300290415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,2041
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400373395.79/cwt390.00–407.501,4766
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550502361.09/cwt358.00–370.001,8137
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600563354.11/cwt345.00–360.001,9943
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450405385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5591
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550540352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,9041
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400365390.45/cwt380.00–405.001,4258
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600566362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,0497
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650635335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1271
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750715309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,2091
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600560317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7782
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650603300.01/cwt297.50–302.501,8092
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300269376.79/cwt370.00–390.001,0145
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy650–700660260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7161
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy450–500472303.25/cwt297.50–310.001,4316
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy250–300265300.00/cwt300.00–300.007951
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650635315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0003
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500452383.68/cwt381.00–387.501,7343
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450415400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2851,952.63/head1,800.00–2,025.001,9533
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1301,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Stock CowsMedium and Large 18001,820.00/head1,820.00–1,820.001,8201
Stock CowsSmall 3728951.95/head893.00–1,025.009524
Bred CowsSmall 17801,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Stock CowsSmall 26901,052.00/head1,052.00–1,052.001,0521
BullsMedium and Large 11,2982,642.20/head2,500.00–2,800.002,6422
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0001,839.38/head1,800.00–1,875.001,8392
Stock CowsMedium and Large 28182,011.24/head1,976.00–2,043.002,0112
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 36801,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 28131,337.69/head1,200.00–1,450.001,3382
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 16751,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 28101,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Stock CowsSmall 3868910.43/head907.00–914.009102
Bred CowsSmall 37201,206.00/head1,206.00–1,206.001,2061
HeifersMedium and Large 3200–250218330.00/cwt330.00–330.007192
Bulls1,416177.34/cwt160.00–190.002,5118
Bulls2,020201.00/cwt201.00–201.004,0601
CowsLean 85-90%864119.58/cwt85.00–135.001,0337
CowsLean 85-90%989145.69/cwt137.50–155.001,44113
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,481151.11/cwt146.00–155.002,2385
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,795165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,9621
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0602,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
BullsMedium and Large 11,0902,255.62/head1,525.00–2,850.002,2563
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2472,430.75/head2,275.00–2,675.002,4313
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0452,152.46/head2,025.00–2,313.002,1522
CowsBoner 80-85%1,074140.13/cwt133.00–145.001,5058
CowsBoner 80-85%1,208151.87/cwt146.00–167.001,83520
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550525312.62/cwt300.00–320.001,6413
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500480340.00/cwt335.00–345.001,6322
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600570280.35/cwt270.00–290.001,5982
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600568270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5342
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29701,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 29192,195.07/head1,925.00–2,479.002,1956
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300278316.68/cwt275.00–335.008803
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500473312.92/cwt305.00–325.001,4804
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500471321.23/cwt310.00–337.501,5135
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550545315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7171
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450431311.92/cwt295.00–330.001,3449
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300268308.51/cwt295.00–330.008273
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450420319.47/cwt300.00–330.001,3424
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added400–450437342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,4973
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400370335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2401
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400378301.65/cwt300.00–305.001,1403
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350325305.00/cwt295.00–325.009913
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added650–700695262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,8241
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added600–650605295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7851
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added550–600585322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,8871
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450418321.06/cwt310.00–330.001,3424
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550522312.26/cwt295.00–335.001,6307
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350335320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0721
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300285350.00/cwt350.00–350.009981
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700667294.88/cwt290.00–297.501,9673
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400388380.10/cwt375.00–385.001,4752
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy550–600560279.64/cwt260.00–300.001,5662
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy350–400389331.40/cwt320.00–337.501,2894
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy400–450428317.09/cwt310.00–327.501,3576
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800755297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,2461
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy400–450415342.41/cwt340.00–345.001,4212
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy450–500483342.46/cwt340.00–345.001,6542
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy550–600566316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,7895
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy600–650625285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7814
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400368372.99/cwt350.00–385.001,37314
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450429353.77/cwt315.00–365.001,51814
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy450–500485337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,6372
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy400–450437332.47/cwt325.00–337.501,4533
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350329363.40/cwt350.00–375.001,1969
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy550–600582307.44/cwt300.00–312.501,7893
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy500–550523284.98/cwt280.00–290.001,4902
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750720272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,9621
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300278351.77/cwt345.00–355.009783
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy500–550507331.64/cwt325.00–335.001,6813
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550525308.17/cwt290.00–319.001,61814
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650629301.14/cwt285.00–312.501,8948
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500471348.35/cwt340.00–360.001,64110
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550522345.87/cwt332.50–350.001,80510
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600567333.36/cwt320.00–347.501,8906
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700669284.11/cwt275.00–300.001,9016
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700660263.73/cwt262.50–265.001,7412
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300270350.00/cwt350.00–350.009451
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500469323.61/cwt310.00–335.001,51815
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350332342.42/cwt337.50–350.001,1373
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650622291.42/cwt282.50–300.001,8135
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400374353.06/cwt340.00–365.001,3207
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350340375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2751
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550526341.27/cwt320.00–360.001,79515
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500463364.79/cwt357.50–377.501,68933
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600587291.66/cwt260.00–302.501,71212
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650632313.35/cwt300.00–320.001,9803
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450422339.92/cwt330.00–352.501,43416
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600572331.11/cwt320.00–350.001,89411
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450424370.90/cwt350.00–380.001,57313
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750700292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,0481

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.