Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales, light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $386.70/cwt on 30 head, up $4.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 29 comparable sales and sits +16.66 against this barn's trailing median of $370.04.

Average price

$386.70

▲ 4.17 vs prior sale

30 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,127

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

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

$71.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.72

vs SC average

−41.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	396.67	2,202	3thin
Medium and Large 2	548	387.93	2,125	26
Medium and Large 3	590	325.00	1,918	1thin

One grade step is worth $71.67/cwt here — about $284 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

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 sale30 hd

386.70

—

SC average6 barns · 90 hd

371.98

+14.72

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

−41.66

This barn, trailing median29 sales

370.04

+16.66

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	—	Low	1,412	203.22	2,869	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,555	184.82	2,874	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,141	170.30	1,943	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,086	135.72	1,474	16

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	805	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,430	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	940	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	650	$1,850	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	880	$1,500	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,160	$2,320	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	803	$1,630	4thin

Every lot, as filed

101 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	860	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,915	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	905	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	470	519.11/cwt	502.50–540.00	2,440	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	429	495.83/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,127	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	575	377.43/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,170	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	487	433.75/cwt	430.00–467.50	2,112	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	835	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	667	348.25/cwt	337.50–360.00	2,323	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	470	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	492.35/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	418	459.85/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,922	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	657	409.26/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,689	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	555	396.67/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,202	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	527.46/cwt	525.00–530.00	1,714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,058	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,081	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	457.52/cwt	445.00–467.50	2,004	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	454.04/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,066	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	382.39/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,199	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	380	492.40/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,871	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	400.58/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,087	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	700	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	620	354.81/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,200	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	518	400.50/cwt	392.50–415.00	2,075	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	449.87/cwt	442.50–457.50	2,609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	568	455.31/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,586	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	476.38/cwt	465.00–487.50	2,096	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	630	395.05/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,489	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	439	509.98/cwt	507.50–512.50	2,239	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	385	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,098	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	660	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,426	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	481.75/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,520	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	718	378.64/cwt	376.00–380.00	2,719	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	535	431.72/cwt	422.50–437.50	2,310	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	758	333.66/cwt	325.00–342.50	2,529	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	507.01/cwt	455.00–520.00	2,611	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	380	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	569	424.46/cwt	400.00–437.50	2,415	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	459	481.23/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,209	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	517.98/cwt	500.00–535.00	2,134	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	460	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,174	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	490	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,058	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	450–500	460	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	580	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	3,045	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	121.74/cwt	100.00–145.00	1,323	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	159.03/cwt	150.00–170.00	1,724	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	184.82/cwt	177.00–198.00	2,874	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	179.33/cwt	173.00–190.00	2,251	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	981	146.44/cwt	130.00–163.00	1,437	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	980	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,985	1
Bulls	—	—	1,105	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,779	1
Bulls	—	—	1,473	211.66/cwt	197.50–218.00	3,118	5
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	783	1,253.75/head	1,181.00–1,346.00	1,254	2
Stock Cows	Large 3	—	700	1,295.00/head	1,295.00–1,295.00	1,295	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	880	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Small 1	—	650	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	805	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	945	2,718.00/head	2,718.00–2,718.00	2,718	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	940	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,430	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,160	2,320.00/head	2,320.00–2,320.00	2,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	492.25/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,847	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	383.66/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	791	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,555	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,275	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,167	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	425	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,192	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	466.39/cwt	440.00–495.00	2,187	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	585	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	485	393.75/cwt	380.00–407.50	1,910	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	537.48/cwt	535.00–540.00	1,844	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,373	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	529.28/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,948	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	448.36/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,345	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,934	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	574.91/cwt	565.00–585.00	1,656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	427.49/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,428	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	850–900	880	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,420	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 Apr 6, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 259Last week 337Year ago 225

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 54Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 34Year ago 16

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales, light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	545.00	545.00
6	450–500	470	502.50–540.00	519.11
6	500–550	515	455.00–520.00	507.01
2	550–600	568	445.00–465.00	455.31
5	650–700	657	400.00–420.00	409.26
3	700–750	718	376.00–380.00	378.64
4	850–900	860	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	485.00	485.00
4	400–450	439	507.50–512.50	509.98
4	450–500	459	470.00–490.00	481.23
3	500–550	535	422.50–437.50	431.72
7	550–600	569	400.00–437.50	424.46
3	600–650	630	385.00–405.00	395.05
1	650–700	660	367.50	367.50
2	750–800	758	325.00–342.50	333.66
1	900–950	905	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	465.00–487.50	476.38
1	450–500	490	477.50	477.50
1	500–550	525	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	523	470.00–495.00	481.75
2	550–600	580	442.50–457.50	449.87
1	700–750	745	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	415.00	415.00
1	750–800	775	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	485.00–500.00	492.40
5	400–450	429	490.00–500.00	495.83
1	450–500	470	480.00	480.00
3	550–600	555	395.00–400.00	396.67
1	750–800	775	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	455.00–465.00	459.85
16	450–500	487	430.00–467.50	433.75
5	500–550	518	392.50–415.00	400.50
7	550–600	575	360.00–395.00	377.43
3	600–650	620	340.00–375.00	354.81
3	650–700	667	337.50–360.00	348.25
1	700–750	700	320.00	320.00
15	750–800	791	323.00	323.00
1	800–850	835	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	500.00	500.00
2	300–350	325	525.00–530.00	527.46
2	350–400	368	485.00–500.00	492.35
1	400–450	410	507.50	507.50
1	600–650	640	357.50	357.50
1	650–700	655	357.50	357.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	450.00	450.00
1	250–300	255	430.00	430.00
1	300–350	315	440.00	440.00
3	400–450	438	445.00–467.50	457.52
5	450–500	455	435.00–465.00	454.04
8	500–550	521	395.00–405.00	400.58
5	550–600	575	370.00–390.00	382.39
1	600–650	640	342.50	342.50
1	750–800	750	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	880	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	415.00	415.00
4	450–500	479	375.00–390.00	383.66
1	550–600	590	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	460.00	460.00
2	450–500	485	380.00–407.50	393.75
1	550–600	585	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	520.00	520.00
2	250–300	288	565.00–585.00	574.91
2	300–350	343	535.00–540.00	537.48
9	350–400	368	500.00–550.00	529.28
8	400–450	412	500.00–535.00	517.98
2	450–500	455	500.00	500.00
1	500–550	510	482.50	482.50
1	550–600	585	442.50	442.50
1	600–650	620	417.50	417.50
1	650–700	655	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	472.50	472.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	420.00	420.00
1	850–900	880	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	425.00	425.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	525.00	525.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	485.00–500.00	492.25
1	400–450	440	492.50	492.50
6	450–500	469	440.00–495.00	466.39
3	500–550	523	445.00–450.00	448.36
2	550–600	568	425.00–430.00	427.49
1	600–650	620	392.50	392.50
1	700–750	700	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	455	425.00	425.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,087	100.00–145.00	121.74
6	—	1,084	150.00–170.00	159.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,555	177.00–198.00	184.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,255	173.00–190.00	179.33
4	—	981	130.00–163.00	146.44
1	—	980	202.50	202.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	161.00	161.00
5	—	1,473	197.50–218.00	211.66

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	783	1,181.00–1,346.00	1,253.75
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	1,295.00	1,295.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	2,718.00	2,718.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	805	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	650	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,430	2,550.00	2,550.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,160	2,320.00	2,320.00

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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