South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 170 priced lines covering 1,647 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,740 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 393 head. replacement cattle receipts at 153 head. Counted as USDA files them — 20 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 4, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,740Last week 1,697Year ago 1,636

Slaughter CattleReceipts 393Last week 417Year ago 529

Replacement CattleReceipts 153Last week 98Year ago 173

Compared to last week feeder steers and bulls were steady to 1.00 lower, feeder heifers were 3.00 higher, slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls were 2.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	130.00	130.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	142.50	142.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	120.00	120.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,102	1,135.00–1,500.00	1,375.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,162	1,100.00–2,079.00	1,514.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,108	1,425.00–1,625.00	1,488.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,215	109.00	109.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	890	110.00–125.00	117.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	845	115.00	115.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	830	120.00	120.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	968	112.00–114.00	113.02
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,138	920.00–1,425.00	1,207.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	934	865.00–1,275.00	972.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	992	830.00–1,425.00	1,128.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	892	840.00–1,350.00	1,058.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,025	875.00–1,035.00	951.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	795	825.00–1,073.00	953.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,128	110.00–115.00	112.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,065	1,010.00–1,100.00	1,045.02
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	790	635.00–850.00	745.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	720	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	765	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	677	675.00–775.00	719.62
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	890.00	890.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,088	1,800.00–2,150.00	2,000.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	900	1,025.00–1,950.00	1,506.88
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	685	1,425.00	1,425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	875.00	875.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	620	1,025.00	1,025.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	806	687.00–944.00	827.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	843	90.00–98.00	93.77
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	765	1,085.00–1,117.00	1,100.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	848	812.00–1,053.00	905.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	975	1,012.00–1,133.00	1,075.91
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	1,170.00	1,170.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	707	560.00–617.00	597.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	768	741.00–755.00	747.89
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	98.00	98.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	783	92.50–105.00	98.66
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	75.00	75.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	695	120.00	120.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	670	978.00	978.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	1,203.00	1,203.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	1,232.00	1,232.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,440	1,829.00	1,829.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,280	1,685.00	1,685.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,440	1,900.00	1,900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,190	102.50–122.00	112.02
3	—	1,765	143.00–146.00	144.63
24	—	1,517	116.00–139.00	128.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	1,174	91.00–118.00	106.64
11	—	1,290	114.00–128.00	119.62
35	—	1,101	77.00–98.00	89.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,439	101.00–118.00	109.13
4	—	1,455	81.50–95.00	90.35
1	—	1,545	116.00	116.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	995	95.00–113.00	101.00
31	—	927	70.00–92.00	83.73

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	269	200.00–220.00	211.37
1	—	225	220.00	220.00
34	—	610	190.00–205.00	194.63
6	—	670	185.00–195.00	190.20
1	—	835	160.00	160.00
15	—	319	200.00–225.00	211.14
30	—	424	192.50–220.00	207.33
29	—	368	195.00–225.00	209.59
38	—	520	192.50–215.00	200.91
58	—	562	192.00–207.50	195.83
3	—	718	182.50–190.00	185.82
39	—	469	195.00–225.00	207.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	426	220.00–234.00	227.59
10	—	374	220.00–230.00	228.08
42	—	535	210.00–217.00	215.38
3	—	663	200.00	200.00
16	—	457	210.00–235.00	222.39
20	—	565	205.00–226.00	218.17
7	—	306	227.50–235.00	230.90
1	—	295	232.50	232.50
2	—	613	200.00–209.00	204.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	228.00–234.00	230.66
2	—	425	255.00	255.00
1	—	330	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	180.00–185.00	182.44
7	—	229	205.00	205.00
5	—	284	190.00–200.00	193.93
7	—	661	157.50–185.00	176.84
17	—	518	180.00–198.00	187.08
8	—	568	170.00–192.50	183.11
23	—	421	185.00–200.00	188.45
17	—	474	180.00–210.00	189.17
13	—	327	180.00–205.00	196.84
15	—	373	180.00–207.50	192.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	190.00–220.00	204.70
4	—	426	195.00–217.50	205.83
7	—	574	195.00–205.00	197.61
5	—	515	180.00–210.00	196.96
5	—	667	190.00–197.50	193.51
1	—	480	205.00	205.00
1	—	305	200.00	200.00
18	—	612	185.00–207.00	199.81
5	—	715	192.50–195.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	482	207.50	207.50
3	—	415	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	686	195.00–220.00	199.11
19	—	469	220.00–235.00	225.19
24	—	509	205.00–235.00	221.92
2	—	285	195.00–240.00	216.71
9	—	325	225.00–240.00	232.19
24	—	429	220.00–237.50	230.50
22	—	384	215.00–245.00	232.13
18	—	565	215.00–230.00	221.60
44	—	624	200.00–227.50	223.23
2	—	745	198.00	198.00
1	—	245	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	644	236.00–238.00	236.76
3	—	735	210.00	210.00
11	—	581	230.00–245.00	232.83
6	—	376	245.00–262.50	251.62
34	—	515	230.00–256.00	241.01
20	—	415	240.00–250.00	246.77
7	—	335	250.00–275.00	257.57
23	—	481	240.00–250.00	245.32
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	57.00	57.00
2	—	562	85.00	85.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	230.00–235.00	232.00
7	—	330	250.00–265.00	255.65
1	—	245	235.00	235.00
3	—	612	210.00–215.00	212.46
2	—	285	272.50–275.00	273.77
1	—	680	200.00	200.00
7	—	378	240.00–255.00	246.47
20	—	414	225.00–245.00	235.43
2	—	538	215.00–217.50	216.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	277.50	277.50
2	—	323	275.00–282.50	278.60
2	—	285	277.50–280.00	278.79
1	—	435	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	381	190.00–210.00	198.46
8	—	615	165.00–205.00	189.32
5	—	570	184.00–197.50	189.33
21	—	470	170.00–210.00	195.29
12	—	426	182.50–210.00	198.28
4	—	275	180.00–210.00	195.15
1	—	775	140.00	140.00
4	—	225	200.00–220.00	211.47
3	—	665	162.50–180.00	174.12
14	—	519	180.00–205.00	188.30
2	—	720	155.00–160.00	157.47
2	—	325	195.00–215.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	175.00	175.00
26	—	421	195.00–230.00	214.38
26	—	574	182.00–212.50	193.23
4	—	674	180.00–207.50	191.69
1	—	260	215.00	215.00
34	—	470	207.50–225.00	214.90
6	—	615	180.00–210.00	197.91
13	—	328	210.00–235.00	224.72
17	—	526	195.00–212.50	205.31
27	—	375	190.00–235.00	218.64
5	—	240	222.50–235.00	232.50

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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