South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 228 priced lines covering 2,799 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,842 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 521 head. replacement cattle receipts at 158 head. Counted as USDA files them — 24 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,842Last week 1,855Year ago 2,217

Slaughter CattleReceipts 521Last week 382Year ago 436

Replacement CattleReceipts 158Last week 90Year ago 192

No trends available.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	930	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,090	50.00–76.00	66.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,227	67.00–84.00	75.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,243	40.00–61.00	51.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	997	600.00–1,025.00	781.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	68.00	68.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,131	66.00–84.00	73.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,185	775.00	775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	910	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,003	650.00–850.00	756.83
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	865	290.00–490.00	390.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	53.00	53.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	460.00	460.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	49.00	49.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,030	640.00–710.00	668.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	767	600.00–650.00	632.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,080	760.00–850.00	808.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,148	525.00–950.00	780.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	882	69.00–750.00	574.44
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	810	460.00	460.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	830	500.00–600.00	543.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	841	500.00–560.00	522.54
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,083	560.00–670.00	616.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,102	550.00–625.00	584.57
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,024	790.00–1,000.00	902.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	760.00	760.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	995	725.00–1,150.00	973.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,270	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	665	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	1,080.00	1,080.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,195	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,053	950.00–1,150.00	1,070.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	842	610.00–620.00	613.37
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	897	47.00–84.00	72.41
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	640	48.00	48.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	762	67.00–75.00	72.89
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	944	57.00–86.00	73.16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,942	96.00–98.00	97.36
19	—	1,340	47.00–78.00	65.62
26	—	1,596	70.00–94.00	81.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,280	70.00–77.00	73.47
20	—	1,156	38.00–47.00	43.57
166	—	1,255	50.00–72.00	61.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,477	48.00–67.00	57.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,072	47.00–68.00	56.41
79	—	910	30.00–48.00	41.27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	488	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	519	128.00–139.00	132.29
1	—	700	90.00	90.00
4	—	665	109.00–111.00	110.00
16	—	571	124.00–143.00	130.06
33	—	470	135.00–155.00	142.88
42	—	422	137.50–164.00	148.86
1	—	810	90.00	90.00
15	—	619	114.00–122.00	117.12
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	669	74.00–93.00	85.39
4	—	635	75.00–100.00	91.15
25	—	469	100.00–115.00	107.35
12	—	424	100.00–130.00	110.03
15	—	523	100.00–115.00	105.70
7	—	573	90.00–110.00	103.92
3	—	725	70.00–80.00	75.28
1	—	780	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	80.00	80.00
1	—	430	82.50	82.50
1	—	534	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	573	108.00–128.00	117.04
8	—	719	91.00–111.00	98.12
24	—	616	85.00–115.00	106.12
34	—	423	115.00–142.50	129.31
4	—	764	87.00–102.00	94.44
45	—	472	114.00–137.50	125.41
10	—	669	88.00–110.00	104.06
59	—	524	105.00–132.00	118.67
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	666	95.00	95.00
1	—	430	107.50	107.50
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	40.00	40.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	668	74.00–94.00	87.65
2	—	769	75.00–85.00	80.11
4	—	519	90.00–102.50	95.72
12	—	565	90.00–110.00	95.46
4	—	622	91.00–105.00	97.66
1	—	895	80.00	80.00
7	—	429	90.00–120.00	104.24
8	—	471	90.00–112.00	100.76
4	—	725	80.00–92.00	88.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	110.00	110.00
2	—	531	102.00–115.00	108.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	117.50	117.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	536	92.00	92.00
1	—	618	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	97.50	97.50
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	725	92.00	92.00
1	—	600	65.00	65.00
1	—	960	59.00	59.00
1	—	220	60.00	60.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	54.00	54.00
1	—	355	75.00	75.00
2	—	560	85.00	85.00
7	—	610	89.00	89.00
8	—	411	42.50–94.50	87.22
8	—	478	93.00	93.00
6	—	502	70.00–91.00	87.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	466	140.00–159.00	146.19
6	—	658	120.00–126.00	122.75
15	—	281	155.00–175.00	166.78
1	—	1,075	83.00	83.00
4	—	216	150.00–175.00	161.47
7	—	716	110.00–121.00	115.59
18	—	619	117.00–126.00	121.78
2	—	760	101.00–120.00	110.38
30	—	323	150.00–178.00	165.00
1	—	910	84.00	84.00
40	—	373	150.00–176.00	159.55
19	—	570	128.00–136.00	131.21
28	—	426	140.00–158.00	150.20
2	—	810	101.00–102.00	101.49
17	—	523	130.00–145.00	136.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	722	104.00	104.00
14	—	786	123.50	123.50
9	—	413	147.00	147.00
15	—	490	138.50	138.50
79	—	630	136.25	136.25
74	—	530	124.00–134.50	132.93
77	—	675	136.50	136.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	371	110.00–135.00	122.06
2	—	404	110.00–125.00	117.57
4	—	474	110.00–125.00	119.80
10	—	276	110.00–133.00	123.35
1	—	668	80.00	80.00
3	—	593	101.00–116.00	107.72
2	—	519	100.00–115.00	107.77
6	—	326	120.00–130.00	124.96
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	107.50–117.50	112.71
11	—	375	110.00–132.50	121.82
6	—	224	115.00–123.00	120.04
3	—	518	100.00–117.50	106.54
3	—	468	100.00–119.00	108.76
1	—	665	108.00	108.00
1	—	792	85.00	85.00
3	—	315	107.50–127.50	116.68
1	—	630	100.00	100.00
2	—	711	94.00–100.00	96.98
5	—	281	107.50–130.00	119.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	825	101.00–110.00	105.50
15	—	428	125.00–141.00	133.07
6	—	233	132.50–147.50	140.06
54	—	375	122.50–155.00	142.39
40	—	526	95.00–132.00	124.02
19	—	475	119.00–141.00	130.29
16	—	270	130.00–150.00	138.25
29	—	327	127.50–155.00	143.75
5	—	767	105.00–114.00	110.81
11	—	729	90.00–115.00	106.68
22	—	574	110.00–125.00	119.22
15	—	673	90.00–118.00	109.22
11	—	616	105.00–118.00	112.65
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	105.00	105.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	107.50	107.50
1	—	305	112.50	112.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	96.00	96.00
1	—	738	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	413	157.50–171.00	164.73
4	—	336	180.00–183.00	180.77
1	—	360	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	586	110.00	110.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	616	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	90.00	90.00
1	—	595	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	432	90.00–115.00	102.96
4	—	322	110.00–112.50	110.66
13	—	523	90.00–105.00	95.05
4	—	383	105.00–110.00	108.13
3	—	677	92.00–94.00	93.35
2	—	233	110.00	110.00
10	—	471	90.00–115.00	97.58
3	—	725	85.00–90.00	87.05
6	—	620	87.50–94.00	90.57
9	—	567	91.00–105.00	97.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	105.00	105.00
1	—	590	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	92.00–100.00	95.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	619	95.00–102.50	99.10
1	—	380	110.00	110.00
1	—	508	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	675	125.25	125.25
11	—	447	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	672	104.00–110.00	106.77
61	—	420	120.00–136.00	124.27
1	—	840	101.00	101.00
25	—	525	115.00–124.00	118.89
59	—	470	115.00–128.00	121.79
3	—	273	135.00	135.00
4	—	711	92.00–106.00	99.76
26	—	616	103.00–118.00	111.03
28	—	372	123.00–140.00	131.90
24	—	324	125.00–140.00	132.60
15	—	572	114.00–122.50	116.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	324	92.50–130.00	108.05
16	—	428	100.00–106.00	102.35
15	—	375	92.50–113.00	106.58
9	—	476	100.00–105.00	102.33
11	—	523	100.00–105.00	102.17
5	—	572	100.00–105.00	101.24
5	—	233	110.00–120.00	111.85
5	—	276	105.00–110.00	107.99
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	706	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	572	100.00–112.00	107.71
6	—	672	100.00–109.00	104.20
2	—	775	90.00–96.00	92.92
47	—	522	100.00–120.00	109.82
18	—	621	91.00–110.00	102.22
9	—	278	115.00–127.50	121.72
47	—	423	105.00–120.00	112.75
3	—	707	86.00–105.00	98.39
49	—	373	110.00–127.50	120.30
23	—	325	112.50–125.00	118.71
2	—	803	90.00–92.00	91.00
52	—	474	102.00–119.00	113.35
2	—	229	117.50–123.00	120.29
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	76.00	76.00
3	—	361	90.00–105.00	94.84

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.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the South Carolina barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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