South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 194 priced lines covering 1,786 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,925 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 395 head. replacement cattle receipts at 190 head. Counted as USDA files them — 35 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,925Last week 1,597Year ago 2,144

Slaughter CattleReceipts 395Last week 262Year ago 351

Replacement CattleReceipts 190Last week 104Year ago 76

Compared to last week all feeder steers and feeder bulls unevenly steady, feeder heifers steady, slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	990	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	872	450.00	450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	960	650.00–800.00	737.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,038	600.00–975.00	697.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,060	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,020	610.00–650.00	629.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,210	61.00–62.00	61.42
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,121	675.00–950.00	815.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,378	70.00–75.00	72.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,260	900.00–1,025.00	991.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,195	77.00	77.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	853	580.00–800.00	692.58
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	630	375.00	375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	995	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	840	500.00–700.00	587.13
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	807	400.00–575.00	497.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	770	410.00	410.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	785	45.00	45.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	995	525.00	525.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	998	472.00–604.00	534.82
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	833	84.00–87.00	85.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	577.00	577.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	88.00	88.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	76.00	76.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	683	75.00–78.00	76.48
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	58.00	58.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	655.00	655.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,900	46.00	46.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	300.00	300.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	708	550.00	550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	879	655.00–975.00	787.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	830.00	830.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,008	775.00–950.00	865.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,262	1,050.00–1,275.00	1,172.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,070	1,050.00–1,250.00	1,160.75
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	480.00	480.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	980	925.00–1,170.00	1,044.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,107	925.00–1,275.00	1,091.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,090	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,083	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,213.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,236	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,125	1,300.00–1,335.00	1,316.49
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	708	675.00	675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	425.00	425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	685	325.00–475.00	403.83
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	780	610.00	610.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	524	100.00–115.00	108.07
11	—	572	100.00–112.00	104.66
11	—	477	105.00–120.00	111.69
6	—	423	110.00–125.00	116.68
3	—	672	95.00–100.00	97.65
3	—	640	95.00–105.00	98.31
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	91.00–107.50	99.52
5	—	671	90.00–97.00	93.76
1	—	770	93.00	93.00
2	—	425	91.00–105.00	97.75
3	—	577	91.00–105.00	96.71
4	—	623	90.00–92.00	90.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	423	120.00–169.00	156.96
4	—	560	128.00–135.00	131.26
5	—	462	150.00–164.00	156.54
11	—	523	130.00–135.00	131.21
6	—	656	115.00–120.00	116.82
8	—	623	119.00–125.00	120.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	414	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	524	110.00–125.00	118.18
32	—	477	115.00–140.00	129.36
3	—	662	95.00–109.00	100.57
23	—	423	115.00–145.00	133.56
2	—	715	95.00–108.00	101.59
11	—	619	102.00–112.00	107.66
19	—	570	110.00–123.00	116.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	373	104.00–110.00	108.09
1	—	210	120.00	120.00
8	—	329	105.00–112.00	108.49
7	—	267	100.00–120.00	112.65
13	—	527	100.00–107.50	102.43
8	—	565	100.00–105.00	102.13
6	—	423	100.00–110.00	105.94
7	—	482	100.00–107.50	103.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	471	122.00–123.00	122.24
16	—	395	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	206	104.00	104.00
6	—	324	100.00–130.00	106.39
5	—	421	95.00–105.00	98.32
15	—	614	90.00–96.00	92.24
24	—	527	90.00–108.00	95.74
2	—	293	104.00–112.50	108.29
7	—	670	90.00–97.00	93.77
3	—	367	89.00–104.00	97.78
3	—	470	92.00–95.00	93.32
19	—	574	90.00–104.00	94.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	328	120.00–139.00	130.54
25	—	473	117.00–128.00	121.54
40	—	367	120.00–136.00	127.92
4	—	575	114.00–120.00	116.55
56	—	419	117.50–135.00	124.41
14	—	277	125.00–146.00	136.49
4	—	233	127.50–140.00	134.18
25	—	523	115.00–123.00	119.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	110.00	110.00
2	—	473	110.00–112.50	111.26
1	—	505	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	288	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	664	101.00	101.00
26	—	375	110.00–145.00	117.56
19	—	319	110.00–125.00	114.79
61	—	474	105.00–118.00	112.02
15	—	565	105.00–125.00	108.35
48	—	427	110.00–143.00	120.72
9	—	624	100.00–105.00	102.46
3	—	270	115.00–123.00	118.76
1	—	244	117.50	117.50
36	—	525	105.00–113.00	108.76
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	100.00	100.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	380	110.00–135.00	124.98
10	—	572	105.00–119.00	111.01
7	—	529	100.00–115.00	109.66
8	—	324	106.00–135.00	119.89
6	—	427	110.00–130.00	118.45
10	—	477	115.00–129.00	122.27
1	—	610	109.00	109.00
1	—	710	95.00	95.00
6	—	276	112.50–130.00	119.21
5	—	230	115.00–145.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	170.00–175.00	172.42
3	—	412	170.00–171.00	170.32
1	—	230	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	673	117.00–123.00	119.66
8	—	465	140.00–165.00	151.72
53	—	369	137.50–170.00	154.79
30	—	422	140.00–166.00	154.62
6	—	620	119.00–125.00	122.33
13	—	518	130.00–145.00	139.16
3	—	707	116.00	116.00
4	—	210	150.00–155.00	152.62
11	—	567	131.00–140.00	136.41
29	—	322	137.50–171.00	159.44
15	—	276	142.50–167.50	157.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	135.00	135.00
1	—	575	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	471	141.00	141.00
13	—	530	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	105.00–110.00	107.55
1	—	655	99.00	99.00
9	—	369	100.00–127.50	113.79
8	—	475	105.00–122.50	115.62
4	—	324	100.00–127.50	114.62
4	—	621	90.00–106.00	98.24
4	—	284	110.00–120.00	116.40
5	—	427	110.00–120.00	112.57
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	396	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	575	116.00–130.00	123.61
11	—	271	123.00–150.00	131.66
11	—	327	130.00–155.00	144.48
1	—	755	112.00	112.00
8	—	711	105.00–113.00	108.54
30	—	377	125.00–155.00	140.87
18	—	427	112.00–147.50	135.60
37	—	474	120.00–146.00	133.26
19	—	519	115.00–130.00	123.59
4	—	234	130.00–142.50	138.15
3	—	627	103.00–123.00	113.66
7	—	680	101.00–113.00	105.26
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	302	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	404	125.00	125.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	74.00	74.00
7	—	527	83.00	83.00
1	—	655	78.00	78.00
1	—	240	70.00	70.00
2	—	791	50.00–75.00	62.59
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	55.00–65.00	59.95
1	—	575	35.00	35.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,716	75.00–90.00	83.35
2	—	1,840	95.00–96.00	95.53
18	—	1,372	46.00–72.00	65.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,451	47.00–59.00	53.85
2	—	1,543	36.00–39.00	37.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	884	30.00–46.00	40.53
73	—	1,021	47.00–65.00	54.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,341	73.00–79.00	75.01
29	—	1,177	31.00–56.00	44.97
123	—	1,214	49.00–69.00	57.79

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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