South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 163 priced lines covering 1,708 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,991 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 400 head. replacement cattle receipts at 115 head. Counted as USDA files them — 23 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,991Last week 2,155Year ago 2,161

Slaughter CattleReceipts 400Last week 514Year ago 361

Replacement CattleReceipts 115Last week 100Year ago 109

Compared to last week feeder steers were 3.00 higher, feeder heifers were 3.00 lower, feeder bulls were 3.00 higher, slaughter cows were 3.00 lower, 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 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	925.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	790	442.00	442.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	755	770.00	770.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	823	685.00–706.00	695.72
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,022	1,125.00–1,425.00	1,235.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	115.00	115.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,155	1,150.00–1,365.00	1,267.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,167	1,100.00–1,375.00	1,278.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,180	1,135.00	1,135.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,043	950.00–1,160.00	1,052.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	942	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,125.82
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	785	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	775	667.00	667.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	705	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	848	685.00–825.00	773.22
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,403	1,550.00–1,785.00	1,683.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,173	1,750.00–1,825.00	1,786.46
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	785	525.00	525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	680	525.00	525.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	665	350.00	350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	865	600.00–660.00	633.45
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	910	810.00	810.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	820	1,000.00	1,000.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	847	832.00–1,580.00	1,206.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,061	922.00–1,415.00	1,130.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	960	788.00–972.00	888.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	750	157.50–175.00	164.81
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	878.00	878.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	753	126.00–130.00	128.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	757	604.00–735.00	668.15
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	688.00	688.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	734.00	734.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	815.00	815.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	620	481.00	481.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	1,154.00	1,154.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	1,238.00	1,238.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	809	110.00–125.00	116.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	728.00	728.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	931	1,400.00–1,700.00	1,588.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,025	1,100.00–1,375.00	1,214.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	990	1,250.00–1,375.00	1,318.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	1,675.00	1,675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	673	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	1,225.00	1,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	680.00	680.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,175	1,975.00–2,150.00	2,065.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,118	1,600.00–1,725.00	1,661.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	1,575.00	1,575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	1,060.00	1,060.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	953	130.00–137.00	132.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,448	130.00	130.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,210	1,400.00	1,400.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	428	210.00–237.50	222.50
10	—	329	215.00–240.00	226.69
2	—	233	200.00–205.00	202.47
2	—	713	192.50–200.00	196.29
24	—	576	195.00–219.00	206.67
10	—	276	220.00–235.00	228.37
24	—	381	200.00–242.50	226.38
12	—	625	195.00–214.00	206.86
4	—	663	202.50–210.00	206.65
73	—	474	190.00–237.50	219.38
23	—	528	195.00–225.00	213.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	516	230.00–240.00	233.50
2	—	243	240.00–247.50	243.79
18	—	475	235.00–257.50	239.93
1	—	610	220.00	220.00
8	—	431	227.50–257.50	240.66
8	—	316	250.00–265.00	258.47
3	—	552	220.00–230.00	226.68
11	—	373	245.00–260.00	252.98
7	—	280	250.00–265.00	259.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	185.00–187.50	186.24
18	—	422	195.00–220.00	204.84
17	—	382	190.00–220.00	202.27
8	—	279	195.00–220.00	211.41
3	—	202	190.00–195.00	191.65
11	—	621	185.00–203.00	187.69
25	—	532	185.00–217.50	202.51
17	—	572	180.00–209.00	196.84
15	—	474	190.00–217.50	203.40
19	—	329	195.00–220.00	207.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	231	200.00–220.00	210.30
40	—	472	200.00–215.00	207.42
32	—	426	197.50–222.50	206.37
17	—	321	200.00–220.00	207.65
2	—	660	190.00–195.00	192.52
14	—	613	195.00–200.00	196.72
27	—	373	200.00–225.00	208.25
58	—	526	195.00–215.00	202.68
46	—	570	195.00–213.00	199.88
5	—	273	200.00–222.50	213.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	460	206.00–225.00	217.15
9	—	579	209.00–220.00	211.01
7	—	318	215.00–235.00	226.00
1	—	235	232.50	232.50
14	—	372	215.00–235.00	227.59
49	—	430	210.00–235.00	220.30
1	—	625	202.50	202.50
3	—	283	215.00–230.00	219.59
52	—	529	208.00–227.00	220.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	571	180.00–198.00	189.24
6	—	277	190.00–200.00	194.91
10	—	321	185.00–202.50	193.62
19	—	427	180.00–197.50	188.31
10	—	624	180.00–190.00	182.63
13	—	373	180.00–205.00	192.02
3	—	215	190.00–200.00	196.59
3	—	662	180.00–186.00	183.66
16	—	472	180.00–200.00	189.98
10	—	515	180.00–195.00	188.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	574	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	596	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	220.00	220.00
30	—	521	226.00–260.00	240.56
8	—	377	230.00–270.00	254.68
5	—	618	225.00–247.50	241.61
1	—	245	265.00	265.00
1	—	260	255.00	255.00
8	—	331	236.00–265.00	250.84
4	—	568	240.00–250.00	246.27
33	—	472	230.00–260.00	244.30
13	—	675	235.00–240.00	239.53
26	—	422	230.00–269.00	249.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	653	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	340	195.00–215.00	205.93
4	—	619	195.00–205.00	197.51
1	—	510	210.00	210.00
6	—	470	180.00–220.00	197.44
2	—	658	190.00–215.00	202.45
1	—	250	220.00	220.00
1	—	575	202.50	202.50
2	—	420	200.00–210.00	204.76
4	—	378	212.50–232.50	218.65
1	—	240	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	225.00	225.00
20	—	515	215.00–240.00	227.98
30	—	620	202.00–240.00	218.40
5	—	334	235.00–250.00	239.07
7	—	376	210.00–240.00	227.06
7	—	422	200.00–242.50	221.97
7	—	716	200.00–210.00	205.69
4	—	275	240.00–250.00	243.89
22	—	569	215.00–241.00	229.47
12	—	468	200.00–230.00	219.71
4	—	678	200.00–215.00	209.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	250.00	250.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	100.00	100.00
1	—	270	112.50	112.50
1	—	240	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,577	122.00–142.00	131.76
19	—	1,386	96.00–130.00	114.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	973	70.00–99.00	86.96
21	—	1,014	90.00–110.00	101.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,572	85.00–94.00	90.78
2	—	1,555	122.00–131.00	127.18
42	—	1,479	98.00–119.00	107.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,144	73.00–104.00	91.14
116	—	1,231	90.00–118.00	104.37

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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