South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 164 priced lines covering 1,577 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,793 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 422 head. replacement cattle receipts at 104 head. Counted as USDA files them — 22 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,793Last week 1,030Year ago 704

Slaughter CattleReceipts 422Last week 340Year ago 248

Replacement CattleReceipts 104Last week 141Year ago 53

Compared to last week feeder steers 5.50 lower, feeder heifers unevenly steady, feeder bulls too few to trend, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 7.00 higher.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	910	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	868	1,125.00–1,375.00	1,252.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	625	600.00–750.00	678.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	785	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	710	575.00	575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	91.00	91.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	115.00	115.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	142.00	142.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,035	119.00	119.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,003	1,175.00–1,275.00	1,225.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,007	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,395.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,065	122.00	122.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	943	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,083	1,300.00–1,575.00	1,417.03
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	923	1,070.00–1,325.00	1,206.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,205	1,375.00–1,850.00	1,596.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,135	1,325.00–1,650.00	1,524.52
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	765	123.00–165.00	144.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	765	132.50	132.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	807	645.00–960.00	831.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	823	115.00–116.00	115.50
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	625	79.00	79.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	147.00	147.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	833	1,040.00–1,415.00	1,340.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	105.00	105.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	920	100.00–116.00	110.48
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	728	160.00–165.00	162.27
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	753	1,150.00–1,475.00	1,272.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	1,225.00	1,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	630	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	575.00	575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	1,285.00	1,285.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	2,025.00	2,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	775	1,050.00–1,300.00	1,221.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	1,375.00	1,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	910	2,075.00–2,100.00	2,088.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	873	1,525.00–2,100.00	1,829.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,038	1,500.00–2,400.00	1,879.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,065	132.50–157.00	145.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,000	1,475.00	1,475.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	231	215.00–250.00	229.46
1	250–300	285	225.00	225.00
14	300–350	322	225.00–255.00	245.31
30	350–400	371	215.00–255.00	238.09
31	400–450	420	200.00–245.00	231.88
5	450–500	480	220.00–235.00	227.96
23	500–550	532	200.00–235.00	220.27
6	550–600	572	200.00–225.00	207.29
7	600–650	611	190.00–230.00	204.94
2	650–700	663	202.50–205.00	203.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	295.00	295.00
10	250–300	284	280.00–315.00	294.96
6	300–350	313	290.00–312.50	298.38
1	350–400	390	285.00	285.00
15	400–450	433	265.00–282.50	277.87
22	450–500	472	250.00–265.00	258.34
24	500–550	523	240.00–262.00	249.56
20	550–600	580	235.00–255.00	243.40
7	600–650	617	230.00–245.00	237.14
3	650–700	670	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	305.00	305.00
1	300–350	315	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	215	265.00–280.00	273.36
19	250–300	284	255.00–280.00	269.29
15	300–350	324	250.00–280.00	268.36
38	350–400	368	245.00–275.00	257.58
42	400–450	419	235.00–265.00	247.35
30	450–500	475	222.50–252.50	236.64
14	500–550	521	217.50–245.00	231.82
16	550–600	567	215.00–245.00	228.47
7	600–650	636	210.00–245.00	216.86
2	650–700	670	210.00–215.00	212.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	440	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	284	290.00	290.00
7	450–500	490	286.00	286.00
5	550–600	575	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	240.00	240.00
1	450–500	475	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	235	275.00–300.00	293.48
6	250–300	277	250.00–305.00	284.29
11	300–350	335	250.00–305.00	284.25
28	350–400	373	230.00–305.00	277.91
21	400–450	423	260.00–295.00	275.10
19	450–500	475	225.00–285.00	267.94
20	500–550	522	220.00–265.00	248.83
14	550–600	572	230.00–265.00	255.64
13	600–650	626	195.00–255.00	225.95
1	650–700	655	225.00	225.00
7	700–750	710	193.00	193.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	272	330.00–340.00	333.60
12	300–350	328	330.00–345.00	334.92
17	350–400	368	315.00–340.00	329.87
34	400–450	412	320.00–342.50	329.81
3	450–500	472	300.00–315.00	308.36
4	500–550	510	297.50–315.00	305.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	345.00–350.00	347.44
7	350–400	379	345.00–360.00	352.17
3	400–450	402	345.00–350.00	346.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	232	290.00–320.00	305.22
11	250–300	275	300.00–325.00	314.56
22	300–350	323	310.00–325.00	316.69
31	350–400	378	280.00–325.00	308.45
39	400–450	426	280.00–320.00	307.58
29	450–500	475	265.00–300.00	283.07
22	500–550	515	265.00–284.00	273.73
8	550–600	570	260.00–282.50	271.75
23	600–650	623	234.00–270.00	245.84
3	650–700	675	210.00–220.00	215.01
1	700–750	730	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	285.00	285.00
2	250–300	275	265.00–285.00	274.45
4	300–350	344	240.00–295.00	281.61
3	350–400	372	270.00–290.00	281.93
2	400–450	420	270.00–275.00	272.44
3	450–500	465	270.00–280.00	275.05
8	500–550	535	220.00–265.00	252.16
13	550–600	571	265.00	265.00
7	600–650	621	220.00–260.00	240.60
1	650–700	650	235.00	235.00
4	700–750	715	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	200	350.00–355.00	352.50
1	250–300	295	325.00	325.00
6	300–350	322	320.00–347.50	330.17
5	350–400	376	335.00–345.00	341.60
5	400–450	427	312.50–335.00	324.40
9	450–500	462	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	520	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	560	299.00	299.00
3	600–650	635	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	408	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	228	280.00–310.00	297.08
2	250–300	268	310.00–320.00	314.95
2	300–350	320	300.00–320.00	309.84
5	350–400	376	305.00–325.00	312.85
15	400–450	423	280.00–329.00	308.13
17	450–500	471	270.00–316.00	284.61
5	500–550	514	250.00–290.00	276.90
21	550–600	586	260.00–287.00	268.28
2	600–650	615	245.00–250.00	247.44
4	650–700	665	245.00–250.00	246.22
5	700–750	733	232.00–240.00	238.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	564	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	605	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	260	332.50	332.50
12	350–400	368	322.50–325.00	323.34
9	500–550	522	302.50	302.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	177.50	177.50
1	700–750	705	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,335	140.00–155.00	144.27
38	—	1,096	105.00–125.00	118.56
173	—	1,212	119.00–146.00	132.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,536	141.00–148.00	143.17
4	—	1,623	115.00–125.00	121.27
32	—	1,491	120.00–140.00	132.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,007	114.00–136.00	122.75
25	—	918	95.00–116.00	107.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,650	146.00–170.00	158.50
12	—	1,290	120.00–149.00	136.50
2	—	1,923	167.00–173.00	170.57

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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