Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2025-08-18

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Aug 18
● Final120 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
351 head
205 vs last sale 556 21 vs year ago 372 · 5.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
47 vs last sale 90 14 vs year ago 57 · 24.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
19 vs last sale 37 11 vs year ago 7 · +157.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 4.00 higher, feeder heifers too few to trend, feeder bulls 6.00 higher, slaughter cows 3.50 higher, slaughter bulls 9.50 higher. Moderate offering of average 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 $314.81/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 2 of 28 comparable sales and sits 55.75 against this barn's trailing median of $370.56.
Average price
$314.81
34 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,698
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$121
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.94
vs SC average
44.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510332.541,6964thin
Medium and Large 2545313.831,71127
Medium and Large 3525300.001,5753thin
One grade step is worth $32.54/cwt here — about $121 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 sale34 hd
314.81
SC average6 barns · 171 hd
330.75
−15.94
National average158 barns · 7,895 hd
359.80
−44.99
This barn, trailing median28 sales
370.56
−55.75
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
BullsHigh1,657210.783,49311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,551179.682,78713
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,211175.972,13110
CowsLean 85-90%Average972150.881,4665thin

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)1,140$2,5752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,215$2,3632thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,120$2,2201thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$2,0893thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)875$1,9251thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)835$2,3501thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)905$2,0001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,140$1,9841thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)805$1,8975
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)665$1,0811thin

Every lot, as filed

120 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
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500455422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,9221
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550514362.49/cwt347.50–372.501,8638
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600553351.01/cwt345.00–360.001,9416
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350324420.75/cwt415.00–430.001,3635
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy200–250240450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,0801
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500470392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,8451
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800750287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,1561
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750700290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0301
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300290390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1311
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400379419.71/cwt405.00–430.001,5915
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450419409.52/cwt400.00–420.001,7165
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800750282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,1191
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550510332.54/cwt330.00–335.001,6964
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450428442.46/cwt440.00–445.001,8942
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650607319.60/cwt316.00–325.001,9405
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350318386.73/cwt365.00–395.001,2306
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250235390.00/cwt390.00–390.009171
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450410377.50/cwt375.00–380.001,5482
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700663303.19/cwt292.50–313.002,0104
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4811
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373382.41/cwt377.50–387.501,4266
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500465346.05/cwt340.00–352.501,6092
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650640300.00/cwt290.00–310.001,9202
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600560367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,0581
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500457393.54/cwt380.00–397.501,7987
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500455425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9341
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300285415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,1831
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550534374.84/cwt360.00–382.502,0026
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750710310.56/cwt309.00–318.002,2057
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added300–350318397.56/cwt395.00–400.001,2642
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550533383.87/cwt375.00–392.502,0462
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy550–600585310.41/cwt305.00–316.001,8165
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added300–350315445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,4021
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy300–350325405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3161
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy250–300295450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3281
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450413441.23/cwt440.00–442.501,8222
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400375435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6311
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300267418.06/cwt405.00–435.001,1163
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450405437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,7721
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1202,220.00/head2,220.00–2,220.002,2201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2802,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4202,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,1401,984.00/head1,984.00–1,984.001,9841
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4102,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 28751,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Stock CowsMedium and Large 28291,910.17/head1,566.00–2,026.001,9104
Stock CowsSmall 36651,081.00/head1,081.00–1,081.001,0811
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,520178.19/cwt176.00–180.002,7083
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,687166.51/cwt164.00–169.002,8093
CowsBoner 80-85%1,193165.71/cwt163.00–169.001,9773
Bulls1,724218.22/cwt214.00–225.003,7626
CowsLean 85-90%976157.97/cwt155.00–160.001,5424
Bred CowsMedium and Large 28602,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 28352,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,219180.37/cwt175.00–185.002,1997
Bulls1,577201.86/cwt195.00–209.003,1835
CowsLean 85-90%955122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,1701
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,506185.96/cwt182.00–194.002,8017
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400380325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2351
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550525300.00/cwt290.00–310.001,5753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0202,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0101,982.80/head1,900.00–2,050.001,9832
Stock CowsMedium and Large 17101,846.00/head1,846.00–1,846.001,8461
BullsMedium and Large 29052,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 3700–750735232.53/cwt230.00–235.001,7092
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450411328.49/cwt320.00–330.001,3507
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500475324.58/cwt315.00–335.001,5422
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600565300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6951
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450400325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3001
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400360335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2061
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350305300.00/cwt300.00–300.009151
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650605280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6941
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600578306.22/cwt300.00–312.501,7702
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500484311.93/cwt300.00–325.001,5105
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added700–750700295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0651
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added500–550540350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8901
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added500–550500340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7001
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added550–600565345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9491
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added250–300290385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1171
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400365325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1861
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550521346.40/cwt335.00–360.001,8055
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350338360.22/cwt350.00–370.001,2182
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650638303.33/cwt295.00–315.001,9353
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600569310.93/cwt295.00–319.001,76914
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500490335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6421
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500495340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6831
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600550365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0081
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350343410.04/cwt405.00–415.001,4062
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450410415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7021
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500490360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7641
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy450–500484327.23/cwt320.00–330.001,58410
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650618327.41/cwt320.00–335.002,0232
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added350–400375400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5001
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650645345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2251
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy550–600590280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6521
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy400–450420350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4701
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy650–700650280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8201
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650619307.18/cwt290.00–319.001,9018
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700668301.08/cwt290.00–310.002,0119
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy450–500470342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,6101
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy600–650605297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,8001
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy400–450415332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,3801
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600576325.22/cwt320.00–331.001,8739
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300290385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1171
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400373378.26/cwt365.00–390.001,4112
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy500–550520306.31/cwt300.00–312.501,5932
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy350–400355350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2431
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy600–650605280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6941
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500462340.00/cwt335.00–345.001,5717
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450424351.31/cwt340.00–367.501,4909
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650627288.24/cwt280.00–295.001,8073
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750708289.51/cwt287.50–291.002,0503
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450429370.88/cwt360.00–380.001,5916
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500484357.90/cwt345.00–377.501,7327
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600588335.10/cwt327.50–342.501,9702
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550514320.86/cwt300.00–335.001,6499
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250245375.00/cwt375.00–375.009191
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750700265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8551
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400372370.13/cwt365.00–375.001,3773
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550531337.20/cwt325.00–347.501,79111

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.