Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to sale being closed last week for July 4th holiday. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive flesh and hair.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $370.04/cwt on 42 head, down $1.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 28 comparable sales and sits −0.52 against this barn's trailing median of $370.56.

Average price

$370.04

▼ 1.04 vs prior sale

42 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,039

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$328

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

$70.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.55

vs SC average

−46.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	380.96	2,080	27
Medium and Large 2	559	356.61	1,994	13thin
Medium and Large 3	565	310.00	1,752	2thin

One grade step is worth $70.96/cwt here — about $328 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

28 sales

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 sale42 hd

370.04

—

SC average3 barns · 96 hd

376.60

−6.55

National average149 barns · 8,242 hd

416.11

−46.07

This barn, trailing median28 sales

370.56

−0.52

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	1,423	215.25	3,063	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,201	195.25	2,344	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,548	191.32	2,962	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,004	152.48	1,530	3thin

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)	1,125	$3,350	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,330	$2,503	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	925	$1,632	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	995	$2,046	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	670	$1,900	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	950	$2,033	1thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	402.54/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	344.98/cwt	332.50–357.50	1,987	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,266	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	455.85/cwt	437.50–475.00	1,714	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	555	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,067	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	485	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	405.88/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,563	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	324.96/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	624	343.94/cwt	335.00–349.00	2,146	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,142	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,731	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	403.07/cwt	397.50–407.50	2,080	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	387.65/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,853	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	442.24/cwt	425.00–465.00	1,185	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	670	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	468	451.71/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,114	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	454.88/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,956	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	995	1,642.00/head	1,642.00–1,642.00	1,642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	454.11/cwt	447.50–465.00	2,134	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	406.40/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,280	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	553	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,107	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	510	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	396.12/cwt	390.00–402.50	1,901	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	592	343.01/cwt	340.00–348.00	2,031	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	450.75/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	685	347.10/cwt	340.00–354.00	2,378	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	605	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,420	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	670	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	540	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,039	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	335	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	715	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	690	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,263	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	218.24/cwt	205.00–230.00	2,298	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	191.80/cwt	184.00–200.00	2,532	6
Bulls	—	—	1,423	215.25/cwt	210.00–220.00	3,063	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,741	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,849	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	141.22/cwt	127.50–155.00	1,423	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	191.32/cwt	187.00–195.00	2,962	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	780	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	295	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,549	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	713	355.49/cwt	352.00–359.00	2,535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	215	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	892	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	995	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	438.54/cwt	430.00–447.50	2,315	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	818	323.02/cwt	321.00–325.00	2,642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	725	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	425	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	549	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,092	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,330	2,502.82/head	2,350.00–2,650.00	2,503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	428.52/cwt	420.00–437.50	2,443	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	341.24/cwt	340.00–342.50	2,092	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	375.64/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,100	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	447.55/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,450	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	516	442.27/cwt	440.00–446.00	2,282	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	431.23/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,803	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	532.70/cwt	525.00–540.00	1,481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	386.09/cwt	380.00–397.50	1,985	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	950	2,033.00/head	2,033.00–2,033.00	2,033	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	536.83/cwt	525.00–550.00	1,761	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	378.60/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,359	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	426.10/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,237	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	462.80/cwt	442.50–475.00	1,671	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	567	448.62/cwt	441.00–449.00	2,544	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	425	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	619	424.25/cwt	415.00–434.00	2,626	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,324	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	667	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,728	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	690	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,291	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	925	1,632.00/head	1,575.00–1,686.00	1,632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	765	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	405	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	497.89/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,892	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	369.90/cwt	355.00–377.50	1,960	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	394.50/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,296	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	360	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,332	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	485	409.13/cwt	397.50–420.00	1,984	3

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 6, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 269Last week 226Year ago 171

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 26Year ago 41

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 16Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	445	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	540	377.50	377.50
3	550–600	592	340.00–348.00	343.01
6	600–650	624	335.00–349.00	343.94
1	650–700	690	328.00	328.00
1	700–750	715	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	268	425.00–465.00	442.24
3	300–350	315	395.00–415.00	406.40
5	350–400	385	395.00–420.00	405.88
4	400–450	418	390.00–410.00	402.54
12	450–500	478	370.00–395.00	387.65
5	500–550	530	355.00–377.50	369.90
4	550–600	576	332.50–357.50	344.98
1	700–750	725	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	425.00	425.00
15	500–550	549	381.00	381.00
4	550–600	553	381.00	381.00
1	650–700	690	332.00	332.00
1	700–750	725	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	425	407.50	407.50
1	500–550	535	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	595	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	525.00	525.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	495.00	495.00
4	300–350	324	435.00–460.00	447.55
5	350–400	361	442.50–475.00	462.80
4	400–450	418	430.00–435.00	431.23
1	450–500	450	395.00	395.00
4	500–550	514	380.00–397.50	386.09
4	550–600	559	365.00–380.00	375.64
2	600–650	613	340.00–342.50	341.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	425	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	430.00–470.00	450.75
5	350–400	376	437.50–475.00	455.85
3	400–450	430	450.00–460.00	454.88
1	450–500	485	430.00	430.00
5	500–550	516	397.50–407.50	403.07
5	550–600	582	387.50–400.00	394.50
2	600–650	620	320.00–330.00	324.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	397.50–420.00	409.13
1	500–550	510	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	435	425.00	425.00
2	450–500	480	390.00–402.50	396.12
1	500–550	540	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	510.00	510.00
2	250–300	278	525.00–540.00	532.70
2	300–350	328	525.00–550.00	536.83
3	350–400	380	480.00–510.00	497.89
1	400–450	400	475.00	475.00
4	500–550	525	415.00–435.00	426.10
1	550–600	560	415.00	415.00
6	600–650	623	370.00–390.00	378.60
1	650–700	665	342.50	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	450.00–455.00	451.71
1	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	605	400.00	400.00
2	650–700	685	340.00–354.00	347.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	410.00	410.00
1	550–600	555	372.50	372.50
1	650–700	670	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	437.50	437.50
3	450–500	470	447.50–465.00	454.11
1	600–650	630	340.00	340.00
1	850–900	860	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	528	430.00–447.50	438.54
2	550–600	570	420.00–437.50	428.52
1	750–800	755	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	472.50	472.50
5	500–550	516	440.00–446.00	442.27
21	550–600	567	441.00–449.00	448.62
4	600–650	619	415.00–434.00	424.25
3	650–700	667	409.00	409.00
2	700–750	713	352.00–359.00	355.49
2	750–800	765	350.00	350.00
2	800–850	818	321.00–325.00	323.02

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	995	1,642.00	1,642.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	995	2,450.00	2,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	1,900.00	1,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,330	2,350.00–2,650.00	2,502.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	3,350.00	3,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	925	1,575.00–1,686.00	1,632.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	2,033.00	2,033.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,053	205.00–230.00	218.24
6	—	1,320	184.00–200.00	191.80
1	—	780	170.00	170.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	175.00	175.00
2	—	1,008	127.50–155.00	141.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	187.00–195.00	191.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,423	210.00–220.00	215.25

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Upstate Livestock Exchange - Williamston, SC

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