Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $299.11/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −70.93 against this barn's trailing median of $370.04.

Average price

$299.11

16 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$40.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.79

vs SC average

−48.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	320.00	1,680	1thin
Medium and Large 2	537	300.45	1,614	13thin
Medium and Large 3	518	280.00	1,450	2thin

One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about $230 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

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 sale16 hd

299.11

—

SC average6 barns · 96 hd

304.90

−5.79

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−48.39

This barn, trailing median29 sales

370.04

−70.93

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	—	High	1,530	173.35	2,652	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,315	155.00	2,038	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,134	150.38	1,705	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	962	137.01	1,318	8thin

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)	1,045	$2,950	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,170	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	998	$2,350	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,241	$2,208	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	895	$2,650	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,105	$1,680	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	808	$1,151	2thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,937	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	337.61/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,891	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	397.54/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,332	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	605	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,921	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,114	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	394.76/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,945	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	510	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	218	447.59/cwt	445.00–450.00	976	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,191	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	640	287.52/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,065	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	305	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,040	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	403.17/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,540	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	895	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	290	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,131	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	265	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,232	1
Bulls	—	—	2,010	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	3,940	1
Bulls	—	—	1,670	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	3,257	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	115.38/cwt	100.00–125.00	1,110	3
Bulls	—	—	1,375	162.28/cwt	137.50–175.00	2,231	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,038	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	890	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	970	1,624.00/head	1,624.00–1,624.00	1,624	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,045	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,015	142.57/cwt	127.50–155.00	1,447	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	154.28/cwt	147.00–167.00	1,841	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	149.98/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,443	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	367.60/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,187	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,625	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	1,680.00/head	1,680.00–1,680.00	1,680	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,315	2,344.11/head	2,250.00–2,400.00	2,344	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	645	677.00/head	677.00–677.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	363.41/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,246	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	311.63/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	294.35/cwt	280.00–307.50	1,660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	288.75/cwt	285.00–292.50	1,761	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,981	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	363.80/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,732	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	341.66/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,599	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	347.78/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,175	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,751	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	490	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	347.91/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,496	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	333.75/cwt	322.50–345.00	1,719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	295.63/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,939	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	475	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	368.28/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,609	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	500	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	570	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	905	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	570	329.91/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,880	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	371.73/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,394	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	304.77/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,588	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	407.82/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,570	2

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 Jul 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 155Last week 524Year ago 509

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 73Year ago 110

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 64Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	380.00	380.00
3	350–400	375	370.00–375.00	371.73
3	400–450	425	360.00–370.00	363.41
2	500–550	515	322.50–345.00	333.75
2	550–600	560	325.00–350.00	337.61
1	600–650	610	317.50	317.50
4	650–700	656	290.00–300.00	295.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	405.00	405.00
2	300–350	335	395.00–400.00	397.54
3	350–400	382	395.00–415.00	403.17
1	400–450	400	395.00	395.00
1	450–500	465	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	630	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	445.00–450.00	447.59
1	300–350	305	455.00	455.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	342.50	342.50
1	500–550	500	337.50	337.50
2	550–600	570	325.00–335.00	329.91
2	600–650	640	285.00–290.00	287.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	365.00–370.00	367.60
1	450–500	485	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	575	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	600	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	430	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	490	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	510	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	570	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	605	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	400	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	455	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	525	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	275.00	275.00
1	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	445	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	480	312.50	312.50
2	500–550	518	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	355.00	355.00
2	300–350	338	335.00–360.00	347.78
1	350–400	360	360.00	360.00
5	400–450	430	337.50–355.00	347.91
4	450–500	468	330.00–352.50	341.66
7	500–550	521	290.00–315.00	304.77
4	550–600	564	280.00–307.50	294.35
2	600–650	610	285.00–292.50	288.75
1	650–700	675	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	395.00–420.00	407.82
2	400–450	425	390.00–400.00	394.76
1	450–500	460	390.00	390.00
5	500–550	533	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	590	350.00	350.00
9	600–650	609	335.00	335.00
1	650–700	690	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	437	350.00–380.00	368.28
8	450–500	476	340.00–375.00	363.80
1	500–550	515	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	570	347.50	347.50
3	600–650	618	295.00–330.00	311.63

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	2,650.00	2,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	2,950.00	2,950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,170	2,750.00	2,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,315	2,250.00–2,400.00	2,344.11
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	1,624.00	1,624.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	1,680.00	1,680.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	645	677.00	677.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,010	196.00	196.00
1	—	1,670	195.00	195.00
4	—	1,375	137.50–175.00	162.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	962	100.00–125.00	115.38
5	—	962	145.00–155.00	149.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	155.00	155.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,015	127.50–155.00	142.57
8	—	1,193	147.00–167.00	154.28

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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Williamston Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Upstate Livestock Exchange - Williamston, SC

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle