South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 174 priced lines covering 1,779 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,939 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 415 head. replacement cattle receipts at 111 head. Counted as USDA files them — 20 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,939Last week 1,326Year ago 1,563

Slaughter CattleReceipts 415Last week 252Year ago 376

Replacement CattleReceipts 111Last week 62Year ago 128

Compared to last week, feeder steers were 7.00 lower, feeder heifers were 6.00 lower, and feeder bulls were 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows were steady, and slaughter bulls were 2.00 higher.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	620	115.00	115.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	990	1,000.00–1,025.00	1,012.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	1,070.00	1,070.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,060	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,064.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	80.00	80.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	82.00	82.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	900	750.00–1,025.00	898.96
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,355	108.00	108.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	968	1,125.00–1,500.00	1,280.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,095	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,165	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,313.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,293	1,325.00–1,525.00	1,432.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,169	1,275.00–1,635.00	1,452.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,175	1,400.00–1,425.00	1,412.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	920	102.50	102.50
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	795	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	792	775.00–920.00	860.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	785	810.00–900.00	854.14
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	865	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	795	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	780.00	780.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	715	725.00	725.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,030	1,275.00–1,450.00	1,360.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,335	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,045	132.50	132.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	828	975.00–1,025.00	999.14
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,395	1,675.00	1,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	903	1,375.00–1,975.00	1,682.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	1,200.00–1,425.00	1,325.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,008	1,125.00–1,750.00	1,432.91
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	615	670.00	670.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	713	78.00–96.00	85.59
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,028	1,140.00–1,990.00	1,545.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	889	92.50–115.00	105.15
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	682	700.00–800.00	744.62
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	754	875.00–1,015.00	970.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	786	85.00–94.00	90.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	680	110.00	110.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	795	70.00	70.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	218	200.00–235.00	215.29
5	250–300	276	200.00–220.00	213.06
7	300–350	334	200.00–220.00	209.28
12	350–400	377	190.00–220.00	209.75
11	400–450	424	180.00–220.00	208.98
9	450–500	470	190.00–215.00	202.30
7	500–550	523	185.00–210.00	195.15
4	550–600	571	175.00–205.00	188.83
2	600–650	640	180.00–192.00	186.05
1	750–800	775	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	217	280.00–285.00	283.42
5	250–300	284	265.00–285.00	274.10
4	300–350	314	270.00–280.00	276.18
2	350–400	363	265.00–270.00	267.59
1	400–450	410	265.00	265.00
3	450–500	470	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	200–250	235	220.00–245.00	229.09
13	250–300	274	220.00–245.00	233.38
18	300–350	331	220.00–245.00	233.38
34	350–400	376	220.00–245.00	234.73
40	400–450	425	210.00–245.00	224.45
25	450–500	471	200.00–245.00	220.01
24	500–550	524	200.00–220.00	210.26
13	550–600	572	195.00–225.00	210.15
4	600–650	609	190.00–205.00	200.03
5	650–700	665	185.00–195.00	190.56
1	750–800	750	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	390	275.00	275.00
11	450–500	454	247.50–265.00	257.11
5	550–600	560	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	200–250	236	250.00–265.00	258.97
16	250–300	278	250.00–270.00	259.57
29	300–350	327	245.00–265.00	255.30
32	350–400	368	250.00–265.00	258.15
41	400–450	422	240.00–259.00	246.70
43	450–500	475	225.00–258.00	241.73
48	500–550	529	220.00–245.00	230.18
23	550–600	566	211.00–232.50	224.03
13	600–650	613	211.00–230.00	221.02
4	650–700	670	222.50	222.50
2	700–750	703	205.00	205.00
2	800–850	835	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	645	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	311	250.00–285.00	267.62
1	350–400	385	260.00	260.00
4	400–450	433	265.00–285.00	280.09
5	500–550	520	195.00–230.00	215.29
3	550–600	578	195.00–230.00	214.90
2	600–650	603	200.00–210.00	204.98
1	700–750	705	227.50	227.50
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	97.50	97.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	400	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	295.00–310.00	305.03
10	350–400	374	275.00–315.00	300.59
8	400–450	423	270.00–310.00	295.73
9	450–500	461	270.00–295.00	284.12
15	500–550	533	247.50–281.00	268.88
8	550–600	566	255.00–275.00	266.58
3	600–650	630	225.00–250.00	235.13
2	650–700	683	222.50	222.50
1	700–750	735	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	320.00–332.50	325.53
4	350–400	373	325.00–345.00	331.06
8	400–450	413	300.00–345.00	318.11
21	450–500	478	290.00–315.00	303.21
12	500–550	525	285.00–320.00	295.22
1	550–600	560	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	605	240.00–244.00	242.02
3	700–750	745	219.00	219.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	190.00	190.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	377	152.50–220.00	214.06
24	500–550	506	100.00–214.00	209.11
2	550–600	568	130.00–145.00	137.67
5	750–800	766	166.00	166.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	150.00	150.00
1	400–450	435	155.00	155.00
1	450–500	460	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	228	300.00–315.00	304.88
3	250–300	282	285.00–310.00	298.88
35	300–350	324	280.00–310.00	297.20
28	350–400	373	270.00–310.00	296.92
49	400–450	425	270.00–305.00	287.96
46	450–500	466	260.00–295.00	276.91
26	500–550	518	237.50–295.00	260.99
12	550–600	566	230.00–270.00	249.99
13	600–650	633	210.00–235.00	221.34
15	650–700	672	190.00–220.00	209.60
7	700–750	707	175.00–195.00	181.59
2	750–800	765	172.50–177.50	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	230	235.00–290.00	266.07
27	250–300	274	250.00–285.00	269.04
12	300–350	320	255.00–275.00	265.42
16	350–400	372	255.00–275.00	263.84
13	400–450	416	240.00–275.00	260.36
19	450–500	469	220.00–265.00	242.21
15	500–550	526	205.00–250.00	224.90
18	550–600	561	207.50–235.00	227.33
10	600–650	622	190.00–235.00	205.10
6	650–700	681	180.00–210.00	195.32
1	700–750	705	192.50	192.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	340.00–345.00	342.56
1	350–400	350	335.00	335.00
6	400–450	433	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	525	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	610	259.00	259.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	270	315.00–325.00	320.36
20	300–350	329	310.00–330.00	321.26
49	350–400	373	310.00–340.00	324.00
28	400–450	417	300.00–330.00	309.84
18	450–500	467	280.00–315.00	294.99
21	500–550	522	270.00–300.00	283.08
5	550–600	572	255.00–265.00	258.98
9	600–650	617	230.00–245.00	237.01
14	700–750	715	195.00	195.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	120.00	120.00
73	—	990	93.00–117.50	104.27
43	—	880	72.00–96.00	87.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	1,215	95.00–126.00	116.18
9	—	1,222	70.00–115.00	95.47
18	—	1,305	122.00–135.00	128.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,493	88.00–121.00	114.83
10	—	1,561	120.00–133.00	125.94
3	—	1,557	96.00–100.00	97.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,830	143.00–149.00	146.46
28	—	1,549	112.00–140.00	131.44
7	—	1,194	98.00–124.00	111.19

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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