South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 165 priced lines covering 1,922 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,059 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 325 head. replacement cattle receipts at 121 head. Counted as USDA files them — 26 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,059Last week 1,925Year ago 2,532

Slaughter CattleReceipts 325Last week 395Year ago 426

Replacement CattleReceipts 121Last week 190Year ago 155

Compared to last week feeder steers and feeder bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 higher.

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,020	490.00–625.00	580.94
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	472.00	472.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,099	500.00–840.00	690.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,201	690.00–880.00	795.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,360	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,365	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,207	650.00–750.00	701.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,228	750.00–975.00	856.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	940	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	858	560.00–765.00	656.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	965	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	771	335.00–640.00	543.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	770	385.00	385.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	695	350.00	350.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	645	500.00–600.00	552.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	890	360.00–525.00	456.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	765	440.00	440.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,113	800.00–1,225.00	990.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	975.00	975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,015	835.00–875.00	854.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,171	720.00–940.00	871.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	1,025.00	1,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	375.00	375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	680	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	605	370.00	370.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	872	700.00–830.00	758.02
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	675.00	675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	768	425.00–500.00	454.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	932	600.00–750.00	680.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,185	995.00	995.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	910	765.00	765.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	809	592.00–705.00	651.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,080	53.00–77.00	66.78
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	80.00	80.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	835	383.00–626.00	521.20
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	469.00	469.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	592.00	592.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,250	841.00–1,095.00	936.92

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	581	100.00–114.00	107.47
24	—	471	105.00–128.00	119.51
22	—	421	105.00–137.50	122.24
8	—	615	100.00–110.00	107.16
1	—	735	100.00	100.00
8	—	522	100.00–114.00	105.70
1	—	655	97.00	97.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	470	140.00–164.00	150.53
32	—	423	150.00–171.00	159.45
1	—	650	116.00	116.00
12	—	558	128.00–136.00	132.23
4	—	628	118.00–121.00	119.75
29	—	514	129.00–140.00	133.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	467	90.00–111.00	99.57
11	—	431	90.00–118.00	108.36
8	—	575	86.00–110.00	97.25
6	—	526	91.00–102.00	95.25
6	—	681	85.00–97.00	90.53
2	—	763	89.00–91.00	90.02
4	—	616	93.00–100.00	95.73
1	—	710	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	473	115.00–149.00	133.14
9	—	666	100.00–110.00	106.40
2	—	713	100.00–106.00	103.01
18	—	620	103.00–117.50	109.95
45	—	421	115.00–152.50	139.71
33	—	526	110.00–139.00	120.28
39	—	570	105.00–126.00	117.41
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	373	100.00–112.50	105.93
9	—	571	100.00–107.00	102.77
8	—	274	100.00–112.50	106.67
12	—	423	100.00–110.00	105.65
15	—	467	100.00–110.00	104.24
5	—	623	93.00–100.00	95.98
11	—	328	100.00–110.00	104.73
7	—	211	105.00–110.00	107.92
18	—	526	100.00–105.00	102.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	670	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	132.50	132.50
14	—	516	117.00–123.00	119.39
4	—	613	110.00–115.00	112.52
3	—	567	114.00–115.00	114.66
41	—	470	117.00–129.00	122.30
43	—	325	120.00–140.00	130.65
27	—	421	120.00–132.00	124.19
7	—	286	132.50–140.00	135.44
38	—	372	120.00–134.00	128.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	524	90.00–95.00	92.22
5	—	619	90.00–95.00	92.57
5	—	376	87.50–100.00	97.51
4	—	676	88.00–94.00	91.99
10	—	418	90.00–100.00	94.34
19	—	572	90.00–96.00	93.35
2	—	473	93.00–95.00	93.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	369	110.00–123.00	116.84
50	—	423	105.00–121.00	114.28
19	—	573	100.00–112.00	107.29
9	—	616	95.00–108.00	103.08
3	—	228	115.00–125.00	120.15
42	—	471	105.00–120.00	112.80
9	—	284	110.00–125.00	115.18
7	—	668	96.00–103.00	98.55
33	—	526	102.50–115.00	109.10
16	—	327	110.00–121.00	114.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	460	145.00–164.00	150.95
14	—	426	150.00–175.00	163.21
2	—	703	114.00–117.00	115.51
3	—	652	119.00–133.00	123.99
1	—	600	138.00	138.00
18	—	271	150.00–173.00	164.04
7	—	521	135.00–148.00	139.89
1	—	220	172.50	172.50
33	—	372	145.00–174.00	156.34
13	—	566	126.00–140.00	132.73
52	—	320	150.00–172.50	163.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	674	123.00–129.00	127.36
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	228	115.00–125.00	120.99
1	—	675	110.00	110.00
23	—	376	110.00–138.00	122.18
3	—	462	116.00–132.50	123.71
7	—	271	115.00–130.00	123.68
20	—	323	110.00–135.00	123.97
3	—	423	132.50–135.00	133.29
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	103.00	103.00
5	—	320	100.00–110.00	106.09
2	—	728	96.00–108.00	101.90
2	—	280	100.00–112.50	106.03
1	—	415	98.00	98.00
1	—	610	110.00	110.00
1	—	655	107.50	107.50
1	—	585	109.00	109.00
2	—	370	110.00	110.00
4	—	231	100.00–115.00	109.42
1	—	465	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	226	130.00–157.50	140.75
19	—	421	121.00–158.00	135.67
1	—	790	107.00	107.00
6	—	265	135.00–157.50	147.81
6	—	626	114.00–122.00	117.47
6	—	668	107.00–119.00	114.02
17	—	325	130.00–157.50	139.89
2	—	740	103.00–105.00	103.99
14	—	574	115.00–129.00	122.80
17	—	518	118.00–137.50	126.27
13	—	469	125.00–150.00	133.81
60	—	375	130.00–156.00	142.56
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	55.00	55.00
1	—	960	54.00	54.00
1	—	940	55.00	55.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	77.50	77.50
2	—	740	67.00–80.00	73.50
1	—	890	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,593	76.00–98.00	86.68
12	—	1,526	61.00–84.00	73.10
1	—	1,935	97.00	97.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,066	38.00–56.00	49.63
124	—	1,208	50.00–75.00	60.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,475	51.00–70.00	59.36
1	—	1,640	42.00	42.00
1	—	1,540	70.00	70.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	879	49.00–67.00	55.36
19	—	851	30.00–48.00	40.35

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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