South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 228 priced lines covering 1,838 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,671 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 357 head. replacement cattle receipts at 71 head. Counted as USDA files them — 13 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 8, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,671Last week 1,542Year ago 2,718

Slaughter CattleReceipts 357Last week 269Year ago 465

Replacement CattleReceipts 71Last week 65Year ago 144

Compared to last week feeder steers 2.00 higher, feeder heifers 5.00 higher, feeder bulls 6.00 higher, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	238	128.00–135.00	132.01
12	—	572	120.00–135.00	128.11
11	—	326	125.00–140.00	131.61
9	—	278	130.00–142.50	136.06
21	—	475	120.00–140.00	130.69
4	—	780	110.00–116.00	111.78
8	—	426	120.00–136.00	131.03
14	—	376	120.00–140.00	132.05
5	—	680	115.00–128.00	121.04
15	—	625	120.00–135.00	125.27
1	—	895	97.50	97.50
5	—	720	113.00–125.00	117.86
12	—	518	120.00–140.00	129.03
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	95.00	95.00
4	—	568	105.00–120.00	112.42
2	—	418	112.50–127.50	119.87
3	—	670	110.00–120.00	115.02
3	—	320	120.00–135.00	125.74
2	—	258	125.00	125.00
1	—	205	125.00	125.00
3	—	392	105.00–132.50	120.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	130.00–137.00	133.79
23	—	322	140.00–160.00	149.35
28	—	574	139.00–157.50	144.88
9	—	270	140.00–147.50	144.27
45	—	522	140.00–155.00	146.78
31	—	377	140.00–164.00	149.87
53	—	470	134.00–165.00	151.18
19	—	621	132.50–148.00	141.65
45	—	423	140.00–162.50	150.53
5	—	763	120.00–137.50	130.49
3	—	227	140.00–145.00	143.27
13	—	670	125.00–142.50	135.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	345	162.50	162.50
5	—	298	150.00	150.00
2	—	675	143.00	143.00
9	—	405	155.00	155.00
17	—	583	145.00–154.00	151.16
3	—	466	140.00	140.00
30	—	540	145.00–152.00	149.03
25	—	633	139.00–152.00	146.21
5	—	372	140.00–152.50	145.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	521	132.50–135.00	133.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	100.00–101.00	100.33
4	—	320	110.00–117.50	113.75
4	—	479	105.00–112.50	107.65
2	—	368	110.00–122.50	116.38
5	—	572	106.00–125.00	113.16
2	—	725	82.50–105.00	93.91
5	—	424	95.00–115.00	108.38
1	—	275	115.00	115.00
3	—	620	103.00–110.00	106.01
2	—	510	105.00–116.00	110.45
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	80.00–85.00	82.48
1	—	295	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	160.00–167.00	163.50
14	—	413	160.00–165.00	163.12
3	—	323	160.00–165.00	161.99
1	—	765	127.50	127.50
2	—	623	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	135.00	135.00
1	—	780	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	385	187.50–188.00	187.95
4	—	439	180.00–190.00	185.54
3	—	278	190.00–197.50	194.02
3	—	625	173.00–178.00	175.30
3	—	332	185.00–190.00	187.50
2	—	468	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	135.00	135.00
1	—	200	145.00	145.00
1	—	845	75.00	75.00
5	—	267	120.00–155.00	132.38
1	—	540	130.00	130.00
1	—	380	140.00	140.00
1	—	645	135.00	135.00
1	—	495	142.00	142.00
2	—	415	142.50–145.00	143.73
8	—	340	110.00–140.00	123.19
1	—	700	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	357	165.00–175.00	171.88
60	—	581	153.00–174.50	166.16
10	—	710	145.00–159.00	156.08
3	—	678	165.00	165.00
55	—	633	164.00–177.00	166.71
17	—	484	172.50–183.00	179.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	156.00–165.00	160.48
4	—	381	162.50	162.50
2	—	640	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	156.00	156.00
17	—	380	170.00–185.00	175.61
2	—	278	170.00–175.00	172.61
13	—	720	141.00–157.00	149.52
10	—	326	160.00–180.00	173.11
6	—	518	168.00–175.00	170.52
11	—	424	162.50–185.00	174.77
4	—	820	142.50–147.50	145.00
10	—	675	150.00–163.00	154.84
7	—	769	142.50–155.00	148.82
11	—	460	170.00–180.00	177.95
18	—	620	150.00–170.00	163.31
19	—	572	155.00–179.00	170.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	203	135.00	135.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	462	130.00–142.00	133.00
7	—	269	130.00–145.00	135.84
2	—	523	131.00–140.00	135.31
4	—	425	135.00–142.50	138.01
6	—	384	125.00–140.00	132.46
15	—	326	120.00–155.00	137.28
6	—	573	120.00–135.00	127.90
3	—	233	127.50–130.00	129.14
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	220	150.00–160.00	155.45
4	—	710	122.00–140.00	130.50
11	—	592	142.50–160.00	156.20
1	—	810	135.00	135.00
4	—	774	117.50–147.00	137.01
6	—	420	145.00–165.00	154.46
6	—	672	130.00–147.50	138.69
9	—	264	142.50–165.00	155.01
15	—	524	140.00–160.00	153.09
30	—	320	142.50–165.00	157.07
25	—	369	140.00–165.00	153.13
8	—	485	143.00–165.00	157.91
7	—	631	130.00–155.00	143.04
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	108.00	108.00
2	—	328	130.00	130.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	102.50	102.50
1	—	465	135.00	135.00
1	—	545	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	577	115.00–135.00	125.73
1	—	725	110.00	110.00
22	—	472	125.00–142.50	132.78
1	—	665	130.00	130.00
1	—	765	90.00	90.00
10	—	428	130.00–145.00	137.33
5	—	619	115.00–125.00	120.53
15	—	522	115.00–135.00	123.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	132.00–136.00	134.36
9	—	619	144.00–160.00	154.73
19	—	517	150.00–168.00	162.56
15	—	471	150.00–175.00	164.84
4	—	669	140.00–145.00	142.01
19	—	422	157.50–180.00	172.01
1	—	870	126.00	126.00
2	—	758	125.00–130.00	127.51
14	—	570	155.00–166.00	160.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	429	145.00–165.00	155.25
1	—	955	85.00	85.00
1	—	705	130.00	130.00
4	—	769	120.00–127.50	123.15
8	—	674	125.00–135.00	130.48
16	—	625	120.00–140.00	131.39
17	—	569	132.50–154.00	143.67
20	—	516	135.00–155.00	144.43
39	—	470	142.50–165.00	156.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	432	165.00	165.00
2	—	577	140.00	140.00
10	—	493	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	541	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	503	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	110.00–135.00	119.84
2	—	720	102.50–112.50	107.36
6	—	423	115.00–130.00	121.26
1	—	825	100.00	100.00
4	—	784	108.00	108.00
7	—	476	115.00–130.00	120.84
3	—	513	110.00–115.00	113.30
2	—	623	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	160.00–166.00	163.33
3	—	523	160.00	160.00
2	—	420	170.00–175.00	172.56
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	917	117.50	117.50
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	87.50	87.50
1	—	770	90.00	90.00
1	—	465	84.00	84.00
2	—	723	93.00–103.00	97.84
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	90.00	90.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	170.00	170.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,000	890.00	890.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	998	1,034.00–1,080.00	1,057.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	735	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,245	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	918	1,100.00–1,185.00	1,150.49
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	810.00	810.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,690.00	1,690.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,220	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	910	1,620.00–1,660.00	1,640.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	630	500.00	500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	665	525.00	525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	660	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	950.00	950.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	80.00	80.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	758	95.00–114.00	101.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	638	506.00–900.00	657.42
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	772	90.00–92.00	90.56
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	685	521.00	521.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	507.00	507.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	478.00	478.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	898	641.00–698.00	669.61
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	856	742.00–881.00	824.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	760	617.00–686.00	658.54
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,221	1,035.00–1,397.00	1,209.56
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	888	72.50–90.00	80.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	820	640.00	640.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	945	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,023	900.00–961.00	923.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	895	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	84.00	84.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,205	1,072.00	1,072.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	853	800.00–920.00	866.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,098	950.00–1,175.00	1,078.13
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	805	540.00	540.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	925	650.00–690.00	663.19
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	780.00	780.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	865	790.00	790.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,541	90.00–116.00	106.48
10	—	1,301	74.00–94.00	85.80
8	—	1,709	114.00–128.00	119.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	961	51.00–74.00	65.89
50	—	990	62.00–91.00	77.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,133	64.00–79.00	72.86
121	—	1,226	75.00–97.00	86.83
11	—	1,399	95.00–98.00	96.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,522	81.00–92.00	87.49
3	—	1,610	94.00–98.00	95.81

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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