Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-14

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. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $339.08/cwt on 23 head, up $41.10 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 28 comparable sales and sits −64.31 against this barn's trailing median of $403.39.

Average price

$339.08

▲ 41.10 vs prior sale

23 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,843

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$27.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.14

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	346.31	1,885	17thin
Medium and Large 2	542	318.62	1,725	6thin

One grade step is worth $27.68/cwt here — about $159 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

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $454.14, low $297.99, median $403.39 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 sale23 hd

339.08

—

SC average6 barns · 95 hd

323.94

+15.14

This barn, trailing median28 sales

403.39

−64.31

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	1,723	198.01	3,412	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,403	160.09	2,246	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,257	156.64	1,969	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,016	131.82	1,339	12

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)	950	$2,650	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,375	$2,573	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,158	$2,225	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	873	$1,192	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	763	$1,992	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	970	$1,900	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	830	$1,473	1thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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 3	400–450	410	295.00/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,210	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	620	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	317.46/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,978	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	361.18/cwt	357.50–365.00	1,365	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	309.82/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,512	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	288.70/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,891	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	270.27/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,800	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	625	1,797.00/head	1,797.00–1,797.00	1,797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	360.00/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	268.75/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,868	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	950	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,070	1,584.00/head	1,584.00–1,584.00	1,584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	430	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	300.80/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,585	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	275.00/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,228	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	590	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	480	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	590	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	340.93/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	328.73/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,916	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	830	1,473.00/head	1,473.00–1,473.00	1,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,883	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	300	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	292.42/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,658	5
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	675	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,453	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,005	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,836	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	160.75/cwt	152.00–174.00	2,042	4
Bulls	—	—	1,723	198.01/cwt	195.00–201.00	3,412	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	130.06/cwt	122.50–137.50	1,298	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,136	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	140.61/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,554	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	160.09/cwt	152.00–170.00	2,246	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	139.95/cwt	130.00–148.00	1,702	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	422.22/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,790	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	970	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	250	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	800	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	397.41/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,629	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,375	2,572.85/head	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,573	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	353.75/cwt	330.00–367.50	1,825	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	295	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,401	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	318	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,010	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,786	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	427.09/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,567	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,036	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,716	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	427.32/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,773	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	379.13/cwt	372.50–385.00	1,990	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	354.93/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,981	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,310	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	900	2,187.00/head	2,187.00–2,187.00	2,187	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	399.80/cwt	390.00–412.50	1,523	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	311.16/cwt	302.50–317.50	1,942	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	392.36/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,287	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	337.93/cwt	320.00–357.50	1,946	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	285.59/cwt	282.00–288.00	2,499	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	318.75/cwt	317.50–320.00	2,292	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	613	264.90/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	372.44/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,818	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	318.48/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,134	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,931	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,005	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	289.64/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	663	245.09/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	328.56/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,712	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	347.98/cwt	340.00–357.50	1,663	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,875	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 Sep 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 212Last week 218Year ago 396

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 16Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 9Year ago 24

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	410	280.00–310.00	295.00
1	450–500	490	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	375.00	375.00
1	300–350	345	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	378	357.50–365.00	361.18
1	400–450	415	350.00	350.00
4	450–500	488	300.00–322.50	309.82
3	500–550	527	300.00–302.50	300.80
5	550–600	567	280.00–310.00	292.42
1	600–650	645	260.00	260.00
2	650–700	695	267.50–270.00	268.75
1	700–750	705	223.00	223.00
1	800–850	810	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	395.00	395.00
3	300–350	328	375.00–410.00	392.36
4	350–400	381	390.00–412.50	399.80
2	400–450	410	390.00–405.00	397.41
1	450–500	455	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	510	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	558	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	610	297.50	297.50
1	700–750	745	262.50	262.50
1	750–800	785	267.50	267.50
1	800–850	840	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	620	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	495	355.00–365.00	360.00
3	500–550	525	335.00–347.50	340.93
2	550–600	583	327.50–330.00	328.73
4	600–650	623	310.00–325.00	317.46
2	650–700	655	282.50–295.00	288.70
2	800–850	810	270.00–280.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	420.00–440.00	427.09
5	400–450	424	400.00–435.00	422.22
2	450–500	488	360.00–385.00	372.44
3	500–550	525	372.50–385.00	379.13
2	550–600	558	340.00–370.00	354.93
2	600–650	600	335.00	335.00
5	650–700	670	315.00–322.50	318.48
4	700–750	719	317.50–320.00	318.75
4	850–900	875	282.00–288.00	285.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	410.00	410.00
1	400–450	430	390.00	390.00
4	450–500	478	340.00–357.50	347.98
4	500–550	521	320.00–340.00	328.56
1	550–600	575	327.50	327.50
2	600–650	623	280.00–300.00	289.64
7	650–700	666	255.00–280.00	270.27
1	700–750	700	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	790	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	430	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	480	375.00	375.00
1	550–600	590	270.00	270.00
2	600–650	613	260.00–270.00	264.90
2	650–700	663	240.00–250.00	245.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	450.00	450.00
1	300–350	305	475.00	475.00
3	350–400	365	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	415	420.00–435.00	427.32
1	450–500	480	380.00	380.00
9	500–550	516	330.00–367.50	353.75
8	550–600	576	320.00–357.50	337.93
4	600–650	624	302.50–317.50	311.16
1	650–700	660	292.50	292.50
3	700–750	727	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	815	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	510.00	510.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	625	1,797.00	1,797.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	1,473.00	1,473.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	1,900.00	1,900.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	2,187.00	2,187.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	2,650.00	2,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	1,584.00	1,584.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	675	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,375	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,572.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,310	2,450.00	2,450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	207.00	207.00
4	—	1,270	152.00–174.00	160.75
4	—	1,216	130.00–148.00	139.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	998	122.50–137.50	130.06
2	—	1,105	139.00–142.00	140.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,403	152.00–170.00	160.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,723	195.00–201.00	198.01

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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How this sale compares

Upstate Livestock Exchange - Williamston, SC

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