South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 160 priced lines covering 1,330 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,331 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 305 head. replacement cattle receipts at 96 head. Counted as USDA files them — 11 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,331Last week 2,138Year ago 2,497

Slaughter CattleReceipts 305Last week 284Year ago 495

Replacement CattleReceipts 96Last week 93Year ago 164

No comparisons made this week due to sales being closed for holidays.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	435.00	435.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	680	408.00	408.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	746	414.00–500.00	453.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	752	52.00–69.00	58.64
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,005	607.00–721.00	664.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	958	485.00–568.00	516.68
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	682	46.00–48.00	46.64
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	327.00	327.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,230	767.00–946.00	849.95
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	846	500.00–565.00	534.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	787	400.00–525.00	480.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	728	475.00	475.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	968	570.00–825.00	660.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,028	530.00–750.00	645.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,023	675.00–720.00	690.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	675.00	675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,000	725.00–850.00	786.93
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	873	456.00–600.00	523.26
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,140	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,295	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,186	660.00–975.00	815.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	588.00	588.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,448	1,000.00–1,125.00	1,069.52
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	940	750.00	750.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,362	847.00–1,285.00	1,056.06
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,370	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	955	775.00–800.00	790.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,160	1,025.00–1,135.00	1,086.64
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	948	820.00–975.00	897.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	865	790.00–1,175.00	999.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,003	925.00–940.00	932.11
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	785	525.00	525.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	479	102.50–120.00	112.21
7	—	574	105.00–110.00	107.91
3	—	717	97.00–99.00	98.01
4	—	629	105.00–106.00	105.25
5	—	526	110.00–117.00	112.81
3	—	685	101.00	101.00
5	—	418	110.00–120.00	116.17
1	—	775	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	421	128.00–165.00	147.63
22	—	468	130.00–157.00	146.84
8	—	686	113.00	113.00
3	—	580	125.00–132.00	128.34
17	—	517	128.00–147.50	138.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	776	82.00–90.00	87.81
3	—	663	88.00–100.00	92.63
3	—	573	90.00–105.00	95.48
3	—	418	100.00–102.50	100.81
1	—	735	89.00	89.00
2	—	635	90.00–91.00	90.49
6	—	461	91.00–100.00	96.11
5	—	520	90.00–106.00	94.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	102.00–106.00	104.03
20	—	575	114.00–121.00	116.99
8	—	528	115.00–130.00	120.66
1	—	710	107.00	107.00
28	—	471	112.00–140.00	125.84
20	—	423	110.00–140.00	129.58
7	—	626	100.00–115.00	108.61
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	327	100.00–115.00	104.33
1	—	605	102.00	102.00
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
1	—	685	97.00	97.00
22	—	428	100.00–112.50	106.96
8	—	482	100.00–108.00	104.10
15	—	517	100.00–106.00	102.34
6	—	277	100.00–115.00	104.10
9	—	364	100.00–110.00	107.41
8	—	568	100.00–109.00	104.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	523	115.00–123.00	117.52
12	—	623	103.00–113.00	108.82
31	—	467	115.00–129.00	120.49
13	—	371	120.00–134.00	125.50
3	—	270	120.00–142.50	128.98
12	—	426	120.00–133.00	125.21
10	—	330	125.00–145.00	132.08
26	—	559	115.00–122.00	117.77
1	—	695	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	83.00	83.00
10	—	523	90.00–100.00	92.43
3	—	463	92.00–94.00	93.00
5	—	575	90.00–96.00	93.21
5	—	618	92.00–99.00	94.98
4	—	310	97.50–100.00	99.40
1	—	755	86.00	86.00
3	—	358	90.00–95.00	93.35
9	—	424	90.00–95.00	93.43
6	—	665	92.00–97.50	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	329	110.00–125.00	118.57
2	—	750	100.00–101.00	100.50
13	—	477	105.00–113.00	109.78
29	—	420	108.00–122.50	113.81
3	—	288	115.00–125.00	120.00
18	—	562	100.00–111.00	106.37
15	—	612	99.00–105.00	102.91
11	—	672	93.00–105.00	99.82
3	—	707	94.00–95.00	94.67
22	—	378	110.00–121.00	117.29
8	—	527	105.00–112.00	108.45
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	566	100.00–110.00	105.97
3	—	235	108.00–120.00	115.91
17	—	368	100.00–125.00	112.84
3	—	473	112.00–121.00	116.73
1	—	790	98.00	98.00
9	—	326	110.00–127.50	117.93
2	—	428	115.00–120.00	117.43
1	—	665	110.00	110.00
5	—	265	110.00–125.00	115.09
3	—	528	104.00–108.00	105.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	728	111.00–113.00	112.00
29	—	369	145.00–165.00	153.15
5	—	274	147.50–165.00	156.67
21	—	326	140.00–162.50	151.51
3	—	663	119.00	119.00
2	—	755	114.00–116.00	115.00
10	—	611	111.00–125.00	118.02
16	—	559	125.00–139.50	135.20
22	—	421	137.50–167.50	150.67
30	—	525	125.00–145.00	130.91
15	—	468	120.00–156.00	142.81
2	—	215	120.00–150.00	133.95
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	90.00–105.00	97.75
1	—	440	111.00	111.00
3	—	677	90.00–95.00	92.66
4	—	614	94.00–105.00	97.76
5	—	319	100.00–117.50	107.74
1	—	705	93.00	93.00
4	—	478	101.00–110.00	106.31
6	—	282	105.00–120.00	112.50
2	—	535	90.00–94.00	92.04
4	—	369	105.00–112.50	108.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	769	100.00–111.00	105.75
22	—	375	120.00–140.00	128.08
4	—	626	105.00–115.00	110.32
13	—	573	112.00–125.00	120.11
5	—	529	120.00–130.00	124.39
14	—	463	110.00–140.00	127.16
14	—	327	120.00–145.00	131.98
19	—	424	115.00–145.00	129.33
9	—	673	109.00–115.00	112.98
3	—	727	100.00–115.00	106.57
1	—	255	137.50	137.50
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	54.00	54.00
3	—	565	59.00–67.00	61.94
1	—	720	80.00	80.00
4	—	645	55.00–80.00	73.75
1	—	380	62.50	62.50
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	77.50	77.50
1	—	345	45.00	45.00
1	—	475	52.50	52.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	94.00	94.00
19	—	1,525	50.00–77.00	69.65
26	—	1,645	76.00–90.00	82.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,079	30.00–56.00	45.98
1	—	1,345	71.00	71.00
118	—	1,292	47.00–68.00	57.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	834	31.00–43.00	38.68
38	—	922	46.00–57.00	50.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,493	49.00–64.00	57.39

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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