South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 155 priced lines covering 1,845 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,504 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 361 head. replacement cattle receipts at 56 head. Counted as USDA files them — 8 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 2, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,504Last week 1,808Year ago 2,333

Slaughter CattleReceipts 361Last week 495Year ago 368

Replacement CattleReceipts 56Last week 136Year ago 150

Compared to last week, feeder steers were up to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers were mostly steady. Feeder bulls were too few to trend. Slaughter cows were 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	703	170.00	170.00
23	—	474	170.00–195.00	181.98
50	—	676	169.00–185.00	171.59
19	—	567	170.00–190.00	181.12
40	—	525	170.00–192.00	183.38
16	—	376	170.00–200.00	187.11
30	—	424	170.00–195.00	184.18
25	—	622	170.00–189.00	182.39
6	—	322	180.00–199.00	186.92
12	—	292	180.00–197.50	194.65
4	—	234	180.00–195.00	187.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	477	192.50–212.50	201.94
27	—	375	200.00–220.00	210.42
13	—	325	195.00–220.00	207.27
3	—	215	200.00–205.00	203.45
12	—	276	200.00–220.00	209.50
22	—	583	190.00–200.00	192.70
73	—	529	185.00–208.50	204.11
43	—	426	190.00–215.00	204.23
14	—	625	182.50–207.00	194.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	548	210.00–220.00	219.38
24	—	371	220.00–235.00	226.35
2	—	615	205.00–210.00	207.52
5	—	277	225.00–235.00	228.99
13	—	322	225.00–240.00	230.33
21	—	462	215.00–223.00	220.41
9	—	411	215.00–225.00	218.91
3	—	217	220.00–235.00	228.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	285	240.00	240.00
21	—	586	235.00	235.00
15	—	390	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	180.00	180.00
17	—	520	180.00	180.00
12	—	617	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	464	210.00	210.00
6	—	350	220.00	220.00
11	—	569	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	570	185.00–214.00	194.90
4	—	620	185.00–205.00	189.88
13	—	680	185.00–210.00	196.80
6	—	361	190.00–220.00	209.73
1	—	765	180.00	180.00
11	—	429	175.00–220.00	197.19
21	—	324	210.00–212.50	212.02
16	—	468	180.00–215.00	199.60
1	—	260	205.00	205.00
7	—	531	182.50–205.00	193.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	280.00–290.00	285.08
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	376	205.00–240.00	220.11
27	—	475	210.00–240.00	222.65
5	—	714	205.00–215.00	209.01
1	—	810	181.00	181.00
26	—	573	205.00–237.50	217.93
32	—	529	210.00–237.50	219.53
12	—	422	225.00–245.00	236.25
5	—	766	195.00–200.00	199.02
4	—	628	205.00–220.00	212.56
56	—	674	210.00–222.00	214.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	672	208.00–212.00	210.10
6	—	457	230.00	230.00
11	—	334	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	236.00	236.00
7	—	616	220.00–245.00	232.36
13	—	367	250.00–260.00	254.83
33	—	518	227.50–265.00	250.86
10	—	577	240.00–260.00	249.34
7	—	321	250.00–270.00	259.76
18	—	474	245.00–261.00	252.45
17	—	426	240.00–260.00	254.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	460	242.00–253.00	244.03
7	—	574	230.00–235.00	232.79
11	—	448	256.00	256.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	872	134.00	134.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	120.00	120.00
2	—	740	140.00–141.00	140.50
4	—	563	100.00	100.00
1	—	695	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	373	245.00–272.50	253.64
2	—	473	240.00–245.00	242.43
9	—	330	250.00–275.00	261.86
6	—	265	265.00–270.00	267.44
12	—	415	240.00–260.00	244.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	541	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	515	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	280.00	280.00
4	—	318	272.50–285.00	276.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	616	195.00–210.00	201.68
35	—	528	200.00–225.00	207.70
3	—	228	220.00–235.00	226.61
27	—	420	210.00–235.00	223.53
1	—	650	195.00	195.00
29	—	474	200.00–225.00	215.41
16	—	370	200.00–245.00	225.41
6	—	275	220.00–245.00	229.32
12	—	325	220.00–245.00	228.15
31	—	571	196.00–217.50	206.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	419	190.00–210.00	201.04
18	—	614	180.00–199.00	190.45
3	—	283	200.00–215.00	208.26
18	—	373	200.00–215.00	206.71
11	—	575	180.00–199.00	189.73
9	—	667	177.50–197.00	185.03
18	—	475	180.00–210.00	198.96
9	—	324	190.00–215.00	204.37
7	—	513	180.00–195.00	188.64
1	—	245	200.00	200.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	107.50	107.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	720	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	830	525.00	525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,046	1,085.00–1,225.00	1,139.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,055	950.00–960.00	955.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	974	876.00–1,075.00	963.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	955	774.00	774.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	973	783.00–990.00	895.28
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,360	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	930	735.00	735.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	840	731.00	731.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	860.00	860.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,030	890.00	890.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	775	660.00	660.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	740	620.00	620.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,285	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,455	1,411.00	1,411.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,063	1,400.00–1,800.00	1,620.24
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	625	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	875.00	875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	1,320.00	1,320.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	1,100.00	1,100.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	643	640.00–685.00	658.97
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	783	128.00–142.50	132.91
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	680	90.00–115.00	103.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	727	473.00–580.00	529.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	620.00	620.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	774.00	774.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	938	720.00–1,050.00	948.90
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	898	850.00–860.00	855.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	695	165.00	165.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	733	662.00–685.00	675.11
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	1,006.00	1,006.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,165	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	782	1,208.00–1,269.00	1,233.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,778	118.00–129.00	125.01
17	—	1,445	94.00–119.00	111.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	112.50	112.50
106	—	1,221	87.00–111.00	95.70
69	—	1,129	70.00–95.00	84.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	904	61.00–92.00	79.13
21	—	938	85.00–104.00	92.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,478	89.00–111.00	96.22
2	—	1,498	89.00–98.00	93.52

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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