Sale reports / South Carolina / Williamston Livestock Auction / 2026-10-19

Williamston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Williamston, South Carolina · Mon, Oct 19
● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1958
Feeder Cattle receipts
410 head
▲ 333 vs last sale 77▲ 410 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 27▲ 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 5▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.62/cwt on 46 head, down $3.87 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 30 comparable sales and sits −52.33 against this barn's trailing median of $361.95.
Average price
$309.62
▼ 3.87 vs prior sale
46 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$296
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$65.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.50
vs SC average
−67.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514333.361,7136thin
Medium and Large 2545307.051,67539
Medium and Large 3530267.501,4181thin
One grade step is worth $65.86/cwt here — about $296 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale46 hd
309.62
—
SC average6 barns · 150 hd
317.12
−7.50
National average186 barns · 22,034 hd
377.02
−67.40
This barn, trailing median30 sales
361.95
−52.33
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
421374327279median 361.9503/0204/2007/0608/2410/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $407.08, low $293.36, median $361.95 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Bulls—Low1,959172.993,3895thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,526138.932,1205thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,190135.351,61119
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,113118.951,32410

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,005$2,8501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,008$1,9252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,263$1,9002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,183$1,7972thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)826$1,7964thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,090$3,4002thin
Open HeifersN/A(<2 yrs)935$2,2671thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)832$2,2523thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)870$1,7283thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)828$1,3792thin

Every lot, as filed

106 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,4941
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378444.97/cwt440.00–450.001,6822
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3871
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420418.93/cwt415.00–422.501,7602
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423437.35/cwt432.50–442.501,8502
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460307.50/cwt295.00–320.001,4152
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474404.91/cwt395.00–415.001,9199
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485354.79/cwt345.00–365.001,7212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518392.73/cwt380.00–405.002,03412
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535357.64/cwt340.00–370.001,9133
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy540285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5391
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558368.71/cwt357.50–382.502,0578
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5241
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2591345.08/cwt330.00–348.002,0396
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added611310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8944
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614336.55/cwt325.00–350.002,06610
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9681
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670330.22/cwt322.50–345.002,2127
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2672303.41/cwt292.50–310.002,0393
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added690295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0362
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added700287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,0131
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719318.72/cwt312.50–325.002,2924
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3181
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2815290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3641
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3210325.00/cwt325.00–325.006831
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,0291
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3275332.50/cwt320.00–345.009142
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278434.37/cwt420.00–455.001,2083
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324415.35/cwt395.00–435.001,3464
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370299.86/cwt295.00–305.001,1092
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376399.10/cwt390.00–430.001,5018
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385374.97/cwt365.00–385.001,4444
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419387.27/cwt375.00–410.001,6236
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2901
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431363.54/cwt340.00–372.501,56714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1452372.49/cwt370.00–377.501,6843
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475347.35/cwt330.00–365.001,65016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy477315.09/cwt310.00–325.001,5033
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3482268.27/cwt260.00–275.001,2933
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514333.36/cwt330.00–337.501,7136
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526319.00/cwt305.00–327.501,67817
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy529286.89/cwt280.00–292.501,5184
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,4181
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2567304.93/cwt280.00–317.501,72916
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy570262.72/cwt250.00–275.001,4982
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600310.00/cwt307.50–312.501,8602
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2614288.74/cwt280.00–305.001,7736
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670283.47/cwt262.50–300.001,8994
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,0271
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy720230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6561
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725261.25/cwt252.50–270.001,8942
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9881
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,1091
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2830257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,1371
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240469.48/cwt445.00–495.001,1272
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270494.91/cwt490.00–505.001,3363
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2331
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2329416.49/cwt390.00–435.001,3709
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3335325.30/cwt315.00–335.001,0902
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5011
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5621
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3365309.86/cwt305.00–315.001,1312
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373388.72/cwt370.00–410.001,45010
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415405.10/cwt380.00–417.501,68114
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3415315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3071
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424425.41/cwt420.00–450.001,80410
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy440372.50/cwt370.00–375.001,6392
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1453413.73/cwt410.00–417.501,8742
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy470349.79/cwt340.00–360.001,6442
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475381.17/cwt350.00–402.501,81116
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3515315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6221
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518371.24/cwt365.00–377.501,9234
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523378.73/cwt360.00–387.501,9814
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy528319.14/cwt312.50–325.001,6853
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy550292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,6091
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560340.99/cwt335.00–347.501,9105
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578325.32/cwt310.00–335.001,88014
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3603257.53/cwt250.00–265.001,5532
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608322.17/cwt320.00–324.001,9593
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2624310.89/cwt290.00–319.001,9405
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0481
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2673294.72/cwt280.00–310.001,9832
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,1881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,040150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5601
Bulls——2,189178.74/cwt171.00–185.003,9134
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,101116.38/cwt112.50–122.001,2818
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,160129.21/cwt127.50–131.001,4992
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178139.04/cwt134.00–148.001,63812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,211129.02/cwt124.00–132.001,5627
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,0851
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,9901
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,562138.89/cwt135.00–144.002,1693
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 18261,796.16/head1,651.00–1,950.001,7964
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0203,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1603,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 37951,371.00/head1,371.00–1,371.001,3711
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28281,379.28/head1,285.00–1,473.001,3792
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28322,251.58/head1,937.00–2,448.002,2523
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 18702,088.00/head2,088.00–2,088.002,0881
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29451,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19851,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0052,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0302,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1831,796.68/head1,654.00–1,950.001,7972
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2631,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Replacement Cattle · Open Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Open Heifers—Medium and Large 19352,267.00/head2,267.00–2,267.002,2671

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.