South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 194 priced lines covering 1,715 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,824 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 347 head. replacement cattle receipts at 101 head. Counted as USDA files them — 21 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,824Last week 2,531Year ago 2,138

Slaughter CattleReceipts 347Last week 442Year ago 284

Replacement CattleReceipts 101Last week 88Year ago 93

Compared to last week feeder steers 3.00 higher, feeder heifers unevenly steady, feeder bulls 5.00 higher, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	929	53.00–61.00	56.58
29	—	874	40.00–52.50	46.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,140	41.00–56.00	49.34
8	—	1,324	73.00–79.00	76.15
107	—	1,242	54.00–75.00	62.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,643	76.00–83.00	79.41
19	—	1,555	55.00–71.00	63.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,955	100.00	100.00
25	—	1,695	82.00–99.00	90.25
4	—	1,389	68.00–86.00	74.06

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,325	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,123	800.00–830.00	816.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,023	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,170	775.00–825.00	796.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	1,210.00	1,210.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,055	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	640.00	640.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	790.00	790.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	818	800.00–870.00	831.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	610.00	610.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,161	1,025.00–1,300.00	1,151.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	665	52.00	52.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	815	500.00–530.00	512.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	50.00	50.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	950	625.00–690.00	656.09
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,110	53.00–70.00	63.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,040	700.00–775.00	737.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	560.00	560.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	425.00	425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	890.00	890.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	440.00	440.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,118	700.00–735.00	714.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	957	725.00–975.00	842.65
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	707.00	707.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,067	725.00–870.00	811.04
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,160	635.00	635.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,158	785.00–948.00	869.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,125	800.00–1,075.00	907.90
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	780	450.00	450.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	695	410.00	410.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	839	750.00–835.00	790.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	925	625.00–775.00	694.73
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	695	385.00–420.00	403.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	810	59.00–73.00	67.90
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	340.00	340.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	823	559.00–565.00	561.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	790	56.00–95.00	82.08
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	640.00	640.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,028	856.00–945.00	904.72
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,155	102.00	102.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,076	80.00–103.00	91.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	865	700.00	700.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	870	766.00	766.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	165.00–172.50	169.43
4	—	465	160.00–170.00	164.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	516	138.00–164.00	148.27
34	—	471	142.50–165.00	155.40
7	—	671	125.00–135.00	129.92
10	—	571	138.00–150.00	142.45
26	—	424	150.00–170.00	159.76
8	—	631	129.00–136.00	132.52
3	—	720	120.00–130.00	124.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	417	90.00–100.00	93.94
1	—	535	110.00	110.00
5	—	479	95.00–105.00	100.77
5	—	676	93.00–114.00	104.13
12	—	618	90.00–100.00	91.94
11	—	571	90.00–102.00	93.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	118.00	118.00
3	—	321	147.00	147.00
6	—	659	112.00–121.00	114.39
12	—	426	130.00–150.00	141.77
2	—	618	125.00–127.00	125.99
7	—	721	106.00–121.00	112.44
16	—	519	122.50–145.00	132.28
25	—	473	124.00–149.00	133.45
21	—	576	115.00–135.00	128.28
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	477	105.00–125.00	115.63
8	—	568	100.00–124.00	110.27
16	—	529	105.00–128.00	118.37
1	—	325	125.00	125.00
14	—	424	110.00–130.00	120.89
6	—	668	100.00–105.00	101.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	600	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	612	135.00–150.00	140.00
4	—	771	120.00–128.00	125.56
7	—	720	125.00–133.00	129.42
17	—	513	142.50–161.00	150.07
8	—	576	143.00–155.00	148.00
2	—	228	175.00–180.00	177.47
17	—	470	148.00–168.00	157.93
24	—	324	155.00–177.50	166.98
6	—	679	130.00–135.00	133.15
2	—	813	124.00–127.00	125.51
36	—	431	146.00–175.00	159.32
11	—	274	160.00–177.50	167.11
43	—	369	150.00–175.00	163.75
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	114.00	114.00
2	—	455	130.00–137.50	133.71
4	—	584	110.00–125.00	118.82
2	—	733	102.50–105.00	103.74
11	—	323	115.00–172.50	131.95
6	—	272	120.00–135.00	125.41
12	—	363	120.00–132.50	125.94
3	—	625	115.00–120.00	117.28
1	—	430	130.00	130.00
4	—	231	125.00–130.00	127.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	757	139.00–144.00	142.81
9	—	587	153.00	153.00
13	—	478	163.00	163.00
21	—	600	145.50	145.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	107.50	107.50
4	—	271	105.00–110.00	108.69
12	—	321	105.00–110.00	107.48
3	—	383	105.00–115.00	109.89
1	—	245	110.00	110.00
1	—	505	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	280	180.00–190.00	185.45
12	—	322	175.00–192.50	184.99
10	—	371	170.00–188.00	180.02
2	—	218	182.50–207.50	193.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	415	130.00–150.00	140.00
5	—	717	110.00–115.00	111.49
6	—	282	135.00–145.00	140.40
22	—	374	135.00–155.00	144.39
8	—	565	118.00–139.00	123.46
5	—	467	132.50–151.00	143.20
5	—	224	137.50–150.00	145.06
16	—	318	127.50–155.00	144.58
7	—	669	110.00–125.00	114.91
8	—	531	130.00–145.00	140.03
2	—	638	125.00–129.00	126.99
1	—	780	115.00	115.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	130.00–132.50	131.27
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	584	96.00	96.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	70.00	70.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	75.00–79.00	76.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	568	112.50–124.00	117.92
24	—	471	110.00–127.50	121.33
22	—	427	114.00–132.00	122.57
20	—	328	115.00–130.00	121.23
15	—	370	110.00–125.00	120.73
3	—	230	120.00–135.00	126.20
3	—	278	115.00–130.00	123.02
22	—	525	110.00–130.00	119.79
2	—	633	111.00–120.00	115.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	100.00	100.00
4	—	371	100.00–110.00	106.30
1	—	205	120.00	120.00
4	—	319	100.00–107.50	104.37
4	—	523	92.50–100.00	95.13
6	—	668	90.00–95.00	94.19
1	—	290	110.00	110.00
3	—	707	90.00–95.00	91.99
1	—	445	100.00	100.00
2	—	623	90.00–93.00	91.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	235	130.00–140.00	134.71
12	—	278	130.00–147.50	137.53
14	—	612	120.00–131.00	124.76
2	—	730	111.00–116.00	113.52
39	—	467	125.00–141.00	132.80
54	—	427	127.00–141.00	134.63
37	—	574	120.00–135.00	127.80
33	—	521	125.00–137.00	129.82
42	—	374	129.00–145.00	136.93
3	—	668	114.00–120.00	116.36
16	—	326	130.00–148.00	139.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
5	—	322	110.00–115.00	112.84
7	—	479	102.50–120.00	109.53
3	—	240	115.00–120.00	118.33
4	—	279	112.50–120.00	115.62
1	—	745	103.00	103.00
2	—	640	107.00–112.00	109.52
5	—	572	101.00–109.00	105.58
11	—	372	109.00–118.00	112.88
3	—	408	100.00–120.00	110.38
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	117.50	117.50
1	—	630	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	431	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	518	139.00	139.00
19	—	620	126.00	126.00
58	—	690	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	135.00	135.00
1	—	330	157.50	157.50
1	—	420	143.00	143.00
2	—	353	150.00–152.50	151.26
2	—	458	142.50–143.00	142.75

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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