Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to no sale coverage last week. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive flesh.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $318.48/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −85.91 against this barn's trailing median of $404.39.

Average price

$318.48

26 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$314

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

$38.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.64

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	348.91	1,895	5thin
Medium and Large 2	553	311.30	1,721	20
Medium and Large 3	510	310.00	1,581	1thin

One grade step is worth $38.91/cwt here — about $314 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

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 sale26 hd

318.48

—

SC average5 barns · 79 hd

317.84

+0.64

This barn, trailing median26 sales

404.39

−85.91

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	1,313	157.31	2,065	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,179	150.98	1,780	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,425	144.92	2,065	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	932	125.15	1,166	14

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)	855	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,273	$1,976	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	983	$1,833	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,205	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	895	$1,450	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	815	$1,365	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	865	$2,450	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	990	$2,280	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	703	$1,628	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	845	$1,584	1thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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 3	250–300	273	345.14/cwt	340.00–350.00	942	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	338.75/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,880	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,135	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,069	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	418.22/cwt	407.50–435.00	1,334	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	355.69/cwt	345.00–367.50	1,903	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	421.82/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,002	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	668	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,204	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	595	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,934	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	430	324.74/cwt	310.00–332.50	1,396	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	517	284.65/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,472	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	390	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	605	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	485	282.53/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,370	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	482	324.37/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,563	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	578	273.76/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,582	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	640	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	650–700	665	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	685	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	376.92/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,594	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	590	278.75/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,645	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	970	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	990	2,280.00/head	2,280.00–2,280.00	2,280	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	830	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,273	1,976.03/head	1,950.00–2,000.00	1,976	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Small 1	—	730	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Small 1	—	785	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	745	894.00/head	894.00–894.00	894	1
Stock Cows	Small 1	—	645	1,451.00/head	1,451.00–1,451.00	1,451	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,130	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	110.36/cwt	90.00–132.50	988	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	144.86/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,421	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	153.79/cwt	149.00–165.00	1,789	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	145.01/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,759	8
Bulls	—	—	1,308	176.94/cwt	174.00–180.00	2,314	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	143.22/cwt	140.00–145.00	2,044	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	845	1,584.00/head	1,584.00–1,584.00	1,584	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	895	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	900	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	855	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	760	1,805.00/head	1,805.00–1,805.00	1,805	1
Bulls	—	—	1,318	137.68/cwt	130.00–146.00	1,815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	288.66/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,091	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,022	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	477	268.27/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,280	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,065	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	258.78/cwt	257.50–260.00	1,612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	313.36/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,498	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	340.10/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,269	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	432	301.83/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,304	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	301.79/cwt	290.00–315.00	981	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	258.55/cwt	250.00–267.50	1,732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	523	301.11/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	500–550	517	269.99/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,396	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	380.74/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,447	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	413	351.57/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,452	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,069	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,037	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	331.63/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,731	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	308.29/cwt	295.00–326.00	1,606	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	389.62/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,297	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	223	367.30/cwt	365.00–370.00	819	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	314.81/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,483	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	350.17/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,677	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	311.76/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,793	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	293.03/cwt	285.00–306.00	1,843	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	286.78/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,901	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	610	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	280.03/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	288.29/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	335.47/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,204	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	358.32/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,175	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	928	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,777	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	348.74/cwt	347.50–350.00	1,719	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	328.91/cwt	317.50–347.50	1,441	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	260	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	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 Oct 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 393Last week 424Year ago 596

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 65Year ago 109

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 29Year ago 14

No comparisons made this week due to no sale coverage last week. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive flesh.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	300.00	300.00
2	250–300	273	340.00–350.00	345.14
1	300–350	340	330.00	330.00
2	350–400	373	325.00–355.00	340.10
1	400–450	405	325.00	325.00
6	450–500	478	300.00–325.00	313.36
1	500–550	510	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	445.00	445.00
5	300–350	319	407.50–435.00	418.22
3	350–400	367	415.00–435.00	421.82
1	400–450	405	410.00	410.00
3	500–550	535	345.00–367.50	355.69
2	550–600	555	335.00–342.50	338.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	345.00	345.00
3	400–450	413	345.00–360.00	351.57
5	450–500	482	305.00–330.00	324.37
4	500–550	523	285.00–310.00	301.11
2	550–600	590	277.50–280.00	278.75
1	600–650	640	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	400.00	400.00
1	250–300	285	375.00	375.00
2	300–350	333	380.00–400.00	389.62
7	350–400	380	360.00–395.00	380.74
11	400–450	423	360.00–395.00	376.92
8	450–500	479	335.00–365.00	350.17
5	500–550	522	320.00–345.00	331.63
9	550–600	575	295.00–325.00	311.76
9	600–650	629	285.00–306.00	293.03
10	650–700	663	270.00–300.00	286.78
1	700–750	705	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	400.00	400.00
1	250–300	285	375.00	375.00
1	350–400	350	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	400	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	250.00	250.00
3	400–450	430	310.00–332.50	324.74
2	450–500	485	280.00–285.00	282.53
9	500–550	517	275.00–290.00	284.65
3	550–600	578	260.00–290.00	273.76
1	600–650	605	227.50	227.50
1	650–700	685	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	335.00	335.00
1	250–300	260	335.00	335.00
3	300–350	325	290.00–315.00	301.79
3	350–400	378	275.00–295.00	288.66
3	400–450	432	295.00–310.00	301.83
3	450–500	477	265.00–270.00	268.27
2	600–650	623	257.50–260.00	258.78
2	650–700	670	250.00–267.50	258.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	517	260.00–272.50	269.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	365.00–370.00	367.30
1	250–300	265	350.00	350.00
3	300–350	328	355.00–360.00	358.32
7	350–400	359	330.00–345.00	335.47
5	400–450	438	317.50–347.50	328.91
17	450–500	471	300.00–327.50	314.81
14	500–550	521	295.00–326.00	308.29
6	550–600	577	282.50–295.00	288.29
3	600–650	608	270.00–285.00	280.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	397.50	397.50
1	550–600	560	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	668	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	305.00	305.00
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	385.00	385.00
2	450–500	493	347.50–350.00	348.74
1	500–550	515	345.00	345.00

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	—	1,100	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	2,250.00	2,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,273	1,950.00–2,000.00	1,976.03
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,205	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	730	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	785	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	745	894.00	894.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	895	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	855	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	1,450.00	1,450.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	2,280.00	2,280.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	645	1,451.00	1,451.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	1,584.00	1,584.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	760	1,805.00	1,805.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	2,800.00	2,800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	150.00	150.00
3	—	1,427	140.00–145.00	143.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	895	90.00–132.50	110.36
6	—	981	140.00–148.00	144.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,163	149.00–165.00	153.79
8	—	1,213	138.00–148.00	145.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,308	174.00–180.00	176.94
2	—	1,318	130.00–146.00	137.68

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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Upstate Livestock Exchange - Williamston, SC

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