South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 174 priced lines covering 1,401 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,420 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 344 head. replacement cattle receipts at 148 head. Counted as USDA files them — 83 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,420Last week 1,939Year ago 1,631

Slaughter CattleReceipts 344Last week 415Year ago 369

Replacement CattleReceipts 148Last week 111Year ago 115

Compared to last week feeder steers and feeder heifers were mostly steady, feeder bulls were 8.00 higher, slaughter cows were steady, slaughter bulls were 3.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,373	101.00–122.00	112.84
30	—	1,570	124.00–145.00	134.09
13	—	1,773	142.50–153.00	147.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,016	93.00–107.00	100.54
11	—	1,284	124.00–137.00	131.17
134	—	1,178	104.00–131.00	118.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,570	95.00–106.00	100.66
7	—	1,416	125.00–141.00	129.11
28	—	1,469	110.00–129.00	118.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,010	98.00–118.00	106.95
22	—	946	80.00–103.00	91.35

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,014	1,825.00–2,050.00	1,903.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,058	1,660.00–2,025.00	1,873.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,019	1,525.00–1,975.00	1,767.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	988	1,975.00–2,150.00	2,060.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	34	—	1,039	1,675.00–1,925.00	1,781.99
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	884	1,175.00–1,675.00	1,380.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	956	1,075.00–1,600.00	1,368.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	973	1,275.00–1,650.00	1,541.65
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	660	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	1,175.00	1,175.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	875.00	875.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	773	951.00–1,052.00	1,005.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	121.00	121.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	895	886.00–1,461.00	1,119.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	1,011.00	1,011.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	793	157.50–185.00	168.34
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	1,403.00	1,403.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	705	735.00–845.00	795.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	101.00	101.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	689.00	689.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	780	852.00–969.00	915.75
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	630	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	753	546.00–692.00	619.73
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	601.00	601.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	638	581.00–630.00	605.21
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	880	889.00	889.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,025	1,150.00–1,350.00	1,247.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	991	804.00–1,400.00	1,130.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,000	1,075.00–1,170.00	1,124.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,058	1,025.00–1,325.00	1,172.52
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,179	1,350.00–1,700.00	1,534.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,220	1,435.00	1,435.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,165	1,360.00	1,360.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	765	810.00	810.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	910.00	910.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	790	672.00	672.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	755	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	680	550.00	550.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	945	1,361.00	1,361.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,085	1,454.00	1,454.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,192	1,502.00–1,700.00	1,601.64
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	900	1,425.00	1,425.00
Heifer Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	580	935.00	935.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	280.00–287.50	283.68
1	300–350	310	285.00	285.00
5	350–400	375	270.00–295.00	277.76
1	400–450	410	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	450	266.00	266.00
1	500–550	530	254.00	254.00
8	550–600	559	257.00–259.00	257.49
2	600–650	628	232.00–235.00	233.46
1	650–700	665	229.00	229.00
1	750–800	765	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	218	190.00–210.00	201.51
4	250–300	268	200.00–215.00	205.02
5	300–350	322	195.00–222.50	204.44
6	350–400	375	195.00–215.00	208.67
10	400–450	432	195.00–210.00	201.75
1	450–500	470	195.00	195.00
5	500–550	527	192.50–208.00	199.87
3	550–600	587	190.00–200.00	195.00
3	650–700	650	185.00	185.00
1	700–750	735	170.00	170.00
1	750–800	765	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	270.00–285.00	277.15
6	350–400	390	267.50–280.00	277.97
49	400–450	438	255.00–312.50	270.14
10	450–500	477	252.00	252.00
5	700–750	743	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	250.00	250.00
6	250–300	271	250.00–260.00	253.29
18	300–350	323	240.00–275.00	263.99
29	350–400	368	240.00–270.00	258.09
32	400–450	424	239.00–260.00	245.52
34	450–500	459	237.50–257.50	243.42
21	500–550	513	230.00–247.50	238.87
21	550–600	581	220.00–237.50	226.82
6	600–650	610	215.00–230.00	221.61
1	650–700	665	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	700	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	231	230.00–235.00	233.96
8	250–300	271	220.00–245.00	234.94
11	300–350	330	220.00–240.00	230.37
13	350–400	374	222.50–240.00	232.86
17	400–450	426	205.00–235.00	225.05
13	450–500	463	217.50–235.00	227.90
15	500–550	527	210.00–232.50	223.65
9	550–600	568	210.00–222.50	214.73
5	600–650	637	200.00	200.00
2	650–700	653	195.00–205.00	200.02
1	700–750	710	190.00	190.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	210.00	210.00
1	300–350	305	215.00	215.00
1	400–450	415	140.00	140.00
3	650–700	665	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	270.00	270.00
4	250–300	279	265.00–280.00	272.69
3	300–350	335	225.00–265.00	251.48
6	350–400	383	250.00–285.00	264.89
1	400–450	435	255.00	255.00
2	500–550	530	245.00–275.00	260.28
1	550–600	595	210.00	210.00
2	600–650	600	215.00–225.00	220.00
2	650–700	670	190.00–227.50	209.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	300.00–305.00	302.47
1	250–300	275	312.50	312.50
3	300–350	330	290.00–305.00	294.70
9	350–400	374	270.00–310.00	290.35
10	400–450	421	275.00–305.00	291.25
10	450–500	482	262.50–290.00	275.61
11	500–550	527	255.00–287.50	268.96
12	550–600	574	245.00–287.50	258.12
14	600–650	619	230.00–267.50	247.72
7	650–700	669	230.00–267.50	242.09
2	700–750	723	215.00–227.00	221.02
1	750–800	750	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	272	312.50–325.00	322.09
7	300–350	319	320.00–330.00	325.27
18	350–400	382	315.00–337.50	322.17
11	400–450	420	310.00–325.00	317.64
15	450–500	470	290.00–317.50	305.42
15	500–550	520	275.00–313.00	291.76
19	550–600	579	250.00–285.00	265.01
4	600–650	616	260.00–280.00	269.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	320.00	320.00
21	450–500	463	318.00	318.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	748	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	702	244.00	244.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	216	245.00–260.00	252.43
10	250–300	274	250.00–280.00	263.50
4	300–350	323	245.00–275.00	263.49
9	350–400	371	250.00–275.00	263.94
5	400–450	418	255.00–270.00	261.08
5	450–500	475	250.00–270.00	261.12
10	500–550	522	220.00–250.00	237.74
6	550–600	573	220.00–250.00	231.61
5	600–650	617	220.00–240.00	225.41
2	700–750	723	205.00–224.00	214.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	320.00	320.00
8	250–300	276	310.00–330.00	323.20
13	300–350	323	305.00–335.00	321.39
29	350–400	372	307.50–335.00	319.17
33	400–450	417	300.00–330.00	314.50
40	450–500	473	280.00–320.00	302.72
10	500–550	523	265.00–300.00	284.40
3	550–600	578	275.00–285.00	278.26
2	600–650	618	255.00–270.00	262.35
1	700–750	705	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	300.00–302.50	301.28
7	250–300	276	290.00–315.00	304.03
13	300–350	327	280.00–310.00	296.98
28	350–400	379	280.00–305.00	294.42
15	400–450	430	270.00–300.00	288.23
5	450–500	480	265.00–290.00	282.90
12	500–550	520	245.00–280.00	265.08
8	550–600	574	245.00–282.00	258.09
7	600–650	616	225.00–267.50	241.26
1	650–700	695	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	790	175.00	175.00

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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