South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 180 priced lines covering 1,803 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,138 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 284 head. replacement cattle receipts at 93 head. Counted as USDA files them — 19 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,138Last week 2,861Year ago 1,573

Slaughter CattleReceipts 284Last week 415Year ago 341

Replacement CattleReceipts 93Last week 181Year ago 143

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle 4.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	274	100.00–112.50	109.42
7	—	571	90.00–105.00	96.23
6	—	231	104.00–110.00	107.51
27	—	472	100.00–111.00	103.73
22	—	522	80.00–107.00	101.00
25	—	421	100.00–110.00	103.37
1	—	705	94.00	94.00
2	—	623	94.00–96.00	94.96
20	—	320	100.00–112.00	108.06
29	—	376	100.00–112.00	106.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	150.00	150.00
1	—	485	127.50	127.50
1	—	310	162.50	162.50
1	—	500	130.00	130.00
1	—	255	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	524	111.00–120.00	118.46
3	—	648	105.00	105.00
30	—	465	115.00–123.00	118.23
1	—	575	120.00	120.00
18	—	327	125.00–135.00	128.05
11	—	277	125.00–135.00	129.58
45	—	374	120.00–139.00	127.30
5	—	234	125.00–140.00	131.88
28	—	424	118.00–136.00	124.19
2	—	698	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	527	90.00–100.00	93.01
1	—	265	92.00	92.00
4	—	330	90.00–100.00	96.53
20	—	464	90.00–98.00	92.92
8	—	672	77.50–97.00	91.97
5	—	376	90.00–100.00	95.09
12	—	615	89.00–96.00	91.77
18	—	563	85.00–98.00	91.92
2	—	718	84.00–91.00	87.56
12	—	426	90.00–100.00	92.85
4	—	764	90.00–93.00	91.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	569	100.00–112.00	104.93
12	—	665	96.00–108.00	101.10
48	—	422	105.00–120.00	112.73
25	—	619	94.00–106.00	100.28
6	—	228	115.00–125.00	118.18
21	—	324	110.00–120.00	116.32
13	—	273	110.00–120.00	116.33
53	—	471	105.00–117.00	110.88
38	—	371	110.00–121.00	116.94
43	—	520	100.00–114.00	107.85
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	110.00	110.00
4	—	225	100.00–135.00	115.67
4	—	428	105.00–120.00	111.29
1	—	735	107.00	107.00
26	—	371	110.00–130.00	119.79
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
15	—	316	110.00–130.00	120.09
11	—	275	100.00–135.00	117.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	257	185.00	185.00
1	—	375	175.00	175.00
1	—	310	175.00	175.00
3	—	202	175.00–202.50	192.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	275	140.00–175.00	154.89
6	—	230	145.00–175.00	155.61
5	—	611	120.00–126.00	122.20
18	—	326	140.00–170.00	151.71
21	—	522	125.00–145.00	130.39
18	—	416	135.00–160.00	143.55
26	—	464	125.00–155.00	138.86
3	—	674	120.00	120.00
10	—	567	123.00–135.00	128.70
1	—	700	126.00	126.00
25	—	368	138.00–167.50	150.46
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	286	100.00–110.00	106.16
2	—	618	90.00–95.00	92.45
4	—	318	100.00–107.50	103.69
4	—	671	92.00–105.00	97.79
1	—	765	96.00	96.00
1	—	420	112.50	112.50
7	—	381	97.50–110.00	106.57
1	—	575	111.00	111.00
1	—	510	110.00	110.00
1	—	35	108.00	108.00
2	—	475	95.00–105.00	100.05
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	575	115.00–125.00	118.96
18	—	473	120.00–140.00	130.92
3	—	778	108.00–114.00	111.96
6	—	218	125.00–145.00	131.74
1	—	735	119.00	119.00
20	—	274	120.00–150.00	135.85
25	—	427	110.00–140.00	128.05
2	—	663	115.00–120.00	117.55
15	—	521	110.00–128.00	122.43
36	—	374	115.00–145.00	136.65
28	—	324	127.50–145.00	137.34
9	—	625	100.00–121.00	113.54
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	99.00	99.00
16	—	423	95.00–117.50	111.22
19	—	575	95.00–110.00	105.10
6	—	618	100.00–107.00	103.57
25	—	522	100.00–117.50	106.99
10	—	472	100.00–116.00	107.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	88.00	88.00
2	—	765	89.00–92.00	90.51
15	—	619	90.00–100.00	94.50
3	—	708	88.00–94.00	90.99
10	—	667	87.00–100.00	92.77
14	—	474	90.00–110.00	98.14
17	—	524	85.00–109.00	95.87
5	—	426	92.00–105.00	98.05
13	—	565	85.00–107.00	93.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	513	125.00–135.00	129.88
27	—	467	129.00–150.00	141.65
1	—	560	123.00	123.00
33	—	423	134.00–155.00	143.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	473	120.00–137.50	124.56
7	—	666	101.00–107.00	103.71
14	—	620	103.00–111.00	108.02
24	—	569	105.00–122.00	115.07
37	—	428	115.00–137.00	128.56
29	—	521	114.00–125.00	117.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	400	140.00–143.00	141.50
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	75.00	75.00
6	—	841	80.00	80.00
1	—	425	62.00	62.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	52.50	52.50
1	—	395	47.50	47.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	560.00	560.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	575.00	575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	680	450.00	450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	450.00	450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	815	525.00–775.00	674.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	858	700.00–825.00	758.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	890.00	890.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	890	700.00–740.00	718.20
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	960.00	960.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	825.00	825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,208	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,368.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	760.00	760.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	796	57.00–66.00	60.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	350.00	350.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	829	61.00–76.00	71.58
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	901	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	830	45.00–56.00	50.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	628	600.00	600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	985	539.00–725.00	650.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	908	47.00–69.00	56.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	915	468.00–474.00	471.05
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	620.00	620.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	594.00	594.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	647	600.00–885.00	675.67
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	389.00	389.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,205	540.00	540.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,195	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,195	705.00	705.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	615.00	615.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,093	640.00–670.00	655.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,015	575.00	575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	989	450.00–750.00	606.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	56.00	56.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	765	625.00	625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	860	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	760	53.00	53.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	845	560.00	560.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	770	310.00	310.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	940	470.00–530.00	501.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	795	490.00	490.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,245	802.00–1,121.00	990.97
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	705	335.00–570.00	446.67
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	845	456.00	456.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,758	70.00–95.00	80.93
11	—	1,353	55.00–73.00	64.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,236	44.00–65.00	52.45
35	—	1,196	34.00–56.00	47.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,627	46.00–53.00	48.95
18	—	1,327	45.00–60.00	51.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	975	45.00–56.00	49.59
22	—	923	34.00–48.00	40.21

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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