South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 201 priced lines covering 1,879 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,983 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 264 head. replacement cattle receipts at 90 head. Counted as USDA files them — 34 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 17, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,983Last week 1,242Year ago 1,533

Slaughter CattleReceipts 264Last week 219Year ago 290

Replacement CattleReceipts 90Last week 96Year ago 225

Compared to last week feeder steers 5.00 higher, feeder heifers and feeder bulls steady, slaughter cows and 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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	890.00	890.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,245	970.00	970.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,070	760.00–830.00	794.84
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	920	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,235	815.00	815.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	665	450.00–500.00	476.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	590	375.00–450.00	411.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	528	220.00–270.00	243.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	635	375.00	375.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	878	580.00–630.00	603.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	800	510.00–590.00	552.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	775	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	895	700.00–730.00	714.58
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	775	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	910.00	910.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,276	860.00–931.00	907.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,240	558.00	558.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	963	925.00–1,000.00	959.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	988	950.00–1,100.00	1,033.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	1,075.00–1,235.00	1,165.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	910.00	910.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	760	700.00–950.00	824.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	840.00	840.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	815	675.00–900.00	804.75
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	600	675.00	675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	522	390.00–575.00	484.65
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,083	1,125.00–1,225.00	1,174.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,060	800.00–1,325.00	1,094.04
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	633	300.00–450.00	376.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	725	350.00–440.00	399.66
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	925	647.00–751.00	688.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	661.00	661.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	743	80.00–85.00	82.37
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	698	51.00–56.00	53.49
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	590	457.00	457.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	695	417.00	417.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,060	950.00	950.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	740	575.00–685.00	635.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,560	1,431.00–1,530.00	1,479.55
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,155	996.00–1,275.00	1,117.68
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	920	73.00	73.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,965	98.00–108.00	102.92
15	—	1,607	82.00–100.00	93.00
6	—	1,420	62.00–85.00	78.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,105	42.00–57.00	50.31
3	—	1,237	78.00–80.00	79.04
118	—	1,183	58.00–77.00	68.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	822	40.00–56.00	49.13
28	—	924	53.00–74.00	63.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	52.00	52.00
22	—	1,441	57.00–75.00	66.05

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	614	115.00–119.00	116.98
16	—	424	115.00–140.00	132.71
4	—	585	116.00–125.00	120.22
14	—	483	125.00–144.00	132.11
2	—	810	113.00	113.00
6	—	678	108.00–111.00	109.17
22	—	319	130.00–145.00	139.48
40	—	371	128.00–145.00	136.81
6	—	278	127.50–143.00	137.53
10	—	225	131.00–145.00	138.49
13	—	523	117.50–133.00	126.31
3	—	765	105.00–112.50	107.87
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	110.00–120.00	114.87
1	—	760	101.00	101.00
1	—	630	115.00	115.00
4	—	226	130.00–132.50	130.64
1	—	680	111.00	111.00
5	—	463	115.00–122.50	119.33
27	—	373	115.00–130.00	120.83
1	—	430	117.50	117.50
17	—	275	110.00–130.00	122.93
14	—	325	115.00–132.50	123.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	716	115.00–120.00	117.41
19	—	331	145.00–170.00	153.01
1	—	775	116.00	116.00
14	—	576	129.00–143.00	133.74
8	—	269	150.00–153.00	151.32
16	—	617	122.00–137.00	128.00
28	—	378	142.50–165.00	152.30
12	—	417	145.00–155.00	148.91
52	—	684	120.00–138.00	128.33
50	—	535	127.00–154.00	143.41
44	—	483	140.00–158.00	146.73
6	—	223	160.00–175.00	166.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	157.00	157.00
11	—	786	114.00	114.00
8	—	452	152.50	152.50
1	—	560	142.00	142.00
7	—	538	144.00–145.50	145.29
17	—	614	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	108.00	108.00
4	—	674	101.00–106.00	103.98
4	—	261	100.00–112.50	104.33
6	—	374	102.50–115.00	110.01
2	—	615	95.00–100.00	97.44
2	—	335	102.50–112.50	107.35
1	—	715	97.50	97.50
1	—	500	102.50	102.50
1	—	810	90.00	90.00
1	—	785	106.00	106.00
3	—	570	93.00–120.00	106.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	200.00	200.00
4	—	515	149.00	149.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	75.00	75.00
4	—	564	68.00–83.00	77.75
3	—	825	70.00	70.00
1	—	780	65.00	65.00
3	—	403	60.00–64.00	62.64
2	—	467	50.00–67.50	58.97
1	—	670	55.00	55.00
1	—	505	68.00	68.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	484	114.50	114.50
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	62.00	62.00
1	—	370	87.50	87.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
7	—	621	92.50–109.00	100.87
2	—	795	87.00–90.00	88.50
2	—	570	100.00–110.00	104.91
1	—	255	100.00	100.00
4	—	425	100.00–110.00	107.59
2	—	725	95.00–104.00	99.62
8	—	523	93.00–107.50	101.81
9	—	665	90.00–109.00	93.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	567	124.00–135.00	128.49
18	—	517	128.00–140.00	135.21
1	—	715	117.00	117.00
1	—	155	145.00	145.00
13	—	618	119.00–131.00	125.41
22	—	421	135.00–153.00	144.02
3	—	670	124.00–129.00	125.63
26	—	468	135.00–147.00	140.48
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	423	110.00–125.00	119.20
15	—	470	102.50–122.50	115.85
4	—	684	100.00–111.00	104.24
3	—	622	105.00–110.00	107.68
5	—	714	90.00–103.00	96.34
11	—	519	105.00–117.00	111.47
8	—	581	105.00–117.00	110.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	426	120.00–140.00	133.49
1	—	910	91.00	91.00
6	—	618	105.00–124.00	115.81
13	—	575	115.00–122.50	119.94
43	—	523	115.00–131.00	124.94
4	—	715	97.50–115.00	107.65
2	—	820	90.00–102.00	95.96
42	—	477	120.00–138.00	129.67
4	—	655	107.50–114.00	109.76
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	105.00	105.00
2	—	783	95.00–96.00	95.50
9	—	371	105.00–113.00	109.70
6	—	425	100.00–113.00	107.06
3	—	473	105.00–112.50	109.11
1	—	670	100.00	100.00
5	—	573	102.50–110.00	105.66
5	—	324	107.50–117.50	111.05
1	—	290	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	316	127.50–140.00	132.61
53	—	523	122.00–131.00	126.74
42	—	473	122.00–137.00	127.19
52	—	426	123.00–140.00	128.86
3	—	675	114.00–118.00	115.30
29	—	371	125.00–140.00	132.05
16	—	279	125.00–145.00	132.73
5	—	214	132.50–142.50	136.53
14	—	560	119.00–127.00	123.24
10	—	623	114.00–125.00	118.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	377	115.00–123.00	118.25
34	—	568	100.00–121.50	116.05
7	—	323	115.00–120.00	118.09
33	—	418	110.00–127.00	117.94
26	—	528	110.00–120.00	114.58
8	—	678	100.00–114.00	107.64
4	—	725	100.00–107.50	102.17
17	—	625	103.00–112.50	107.65
3	—	215	122.50–127.50	124.96
1	—	760	92.00	92.00
9	—	279	115.00–127.50	120.27
31	—	475	110.00–127.00	117.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	137.00	137.00
10	—	608	125.00	125.00
26	—	503	133.00–135.00	133.47
10	—	364	141.00–145.00	144.58
5	—	447	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	96.00–108.00	101.03
2	—	280	100.00–107.50	103.75
5	—	573	93.00–105.00	96.80
10	—	523	94.00–105.00	100.60
1	—	210	102.50	102.50
1	—	325	105.00	105.00
3	—	467	99.00–100.00	99.66
8	—	675	90.00–95.00	92.86
2	—	613	92.50–95.00	93.72
10	—	424	100.00–110.00	103.12
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	784	93.50	93.50

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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