South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 174 priced lines covering 1,073 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 975 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 240 head. replacement cattle receipts at 145 head. Counted as USDA files them — 36 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 975Last week 1,261Year ago 1,725

Slaughter CattleReceipts 240Last week 251Year ago 407

Replacement CattleReceipts 145Last week 81Year ago 143

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle unevenly steady based on limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 1.00 higher.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	855	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,054	1,325.00–1,800.00	1,533.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,087	122.00–123.00	122.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	828	930.00–950.00	939.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	1,039.00	1,039.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,048	1,525.00–1,700.00	1,600.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,018	120.00–128.00	123.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,063	1,150.00–1,400.00	1,282.15
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	695	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	665	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	835	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,225	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,283	1,525.00–1,925.00	1,740.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,228	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,225	116.00	116.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,215	1,544.00–1,575.00	1,560.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,295	1,425.00–1,575.00	1,504.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,160	1,462.00	1,462.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	995	109.00	109.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	880	1,386.00	1,386.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	770	982.00	982.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	755	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	708	1,402.00–1,693.00	1,509.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,290	116.00	116.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,308	1,539.00–2,747.00	2,078.45
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	978	1,975.00–2,350.00	2,135.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	948	1,375.00–1,775.00	1,592.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	1,650.00–2,225.00	1,963.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	986	2,200.00–3,000.00	2,411.77
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	788	1,600.00–1,825.00	1,713.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	740	1,500.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	475	675.00	675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	685	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	625	1,675.00	1,675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,175	2,850.00–2,950.00	2,897.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	2,875.00	2,875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,183	1,725.00–1,925.00	1,854.05
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	1,062.00	1,062.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	610	732.00	732.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	763	490.00–652.00	576.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	799	90.00–109.00	99.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	573	115.00–120.00	117.64
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	930	1,131.00–1,374.00	1,234.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	813	119.00–127.00	122.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	873	1,034.00–1,042.00	1,037.88
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	755	1,431.00–1,510.00	1,472.12
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,163	1,416.00–1,476.00	1,445.29
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	872	1,429.00–1,900.00	1,668.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,115	117.00–129.00	122.88

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	279	345.00–362.00	357.94
2	300–350	300	365.00	365.00
1	350–400	350	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	405	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	220	315.00–325.00	319.05
6	250–300	278	300.00–330.00	313.98
13	300–350	321	300.00–340.00	324.38
20	350–400	373	300.00–345.00	325.88
25	400–450	420	305.00–345.00	323.50
4	450–500	460	285.00–295.00	291.17
1	600–650	605	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	280.00	280.00
7	450–500	482	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	280.00–300.00	290.23
4	250–300	279	290.00–305.00	295.94
13	300–350	319	280.00–305.00	293.71
7	350–400	372	265.00–295.00	280.85
20	400–450	424	265.00–300.00	281.38
27	450–500	474	255.00–300.00	270.19
20	500–550	523	245.00–285.00	262.21
6	550–600	568	250.00–280.00	263.53
6	600–650	615	235.00–250.00	241.65
4	650–700	671	210.00–242.50	228.04
3	700–750	715	222.50–235.00	230.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	265.00	265.00
4	500–550	535	230.00–240.00	237.59
1	550–600	590	232.50	232.50
1	700–750	705	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	245.00–275.00	258.11
4	300–350	329	240.00–262.50	251.48
3	350–400	387	240.00–275.00	256.42
8	400–450	424	210.00–250.00	234.80
17	450–500	473	230.00–265.00	248.34
7	500–550	514	235.00–250.00	238.90
14	550–600	574	215.00–250.00	234.40
5	600–650	613	205.00–220.00	209.94
5	650–700	682	200.00–220.00	208.50
2	700–750	713	200.00–210.00	204.98
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	245	255.00–275.00	265.00
7	250–300	275	260.00–287.50	266.99
13	300–350	323	240.00–287.50	260.95
19	350–400	380	239.00–285.00	260.86
19	400–450	422	230.00–267.50	245.14
27	450–500	473	235.00–272.50	248.18
17	500–550	522	227.50–260.00	241.18
11	550–600	561	222.50–250.00	231.70
10	600–650	615	215.00–235.00	223.71
2	650–700	685	210.00–217.50	213.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	220.00	220.00
3	600–650	607	200.00–212.50	205.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	250.00	250.00
2	250–300	273	230.00–240.00	234.86
5	300–350	313	180.00–235.00	217.22
14	350–400	383	205.00–237.50	222.04
17	400–450	428	200.00–240.00	221.95
15	450–500	471	215.00–232.50	223.55
14	500–550	525	190.00–235.00	215.58
11	550–600	572	200.00–225.00	212.54
5	600–650	632	195.00–200.00	195.95
4	650–700	674	190.00–214.00	202.19
3	700–750	725	195.00–209.00	201.31
2	750–800	787	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	331	280.00–335.00	307.00
2	450–500	465	267.50–270.00	268.76
1	550–600	570	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	295.00	295.00
7	250–300	283	285.00–315.00	296.73
8	300–350	321	275.00–300.00	289.36
5	350–400	384	280.00–302.50	286.06
7	400–450	409	255.00–295.00	273.94
10	450–500	481	252.50–268.00	262.50
19	500–550	523	242.50–265.00	250.62
12	550–600	566	220.00–267.50	245.36
1	600–650	615	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	385.00	385.00
3	350–400	368	350.00–360.00	353.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	320.00–345.00	329.36
1	300–350	325	320.00	320.00
11	350–400	372	300.00–350.00	324.11
12	400–450	422	310.00–335.00	318.22
3	450–500	483	277.50–290.00	282.56
8	500–550	524	282.50–300.00	295.13
2	550–600	560	285.00–295.00	289.91
1	600–650	625	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	735	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	300.00	300.00
1	250–300	280	295.00	295.00
5	300–350	330	285.00–315.00	298.79
5	350–400	392	277.50–310.00	299.02
8	400–450	418	270.00–300.00	285.57
8	450–500	486	262.50–290.00	275.03
12	500–550	516	260.00–275.00	270.21
20	550–600	577	240.00–267.50	255.06
5	600–650	614	240.00–258.00	249.73
2	650–700	670	227.50–260.00	243.51
2	700–750	715	221.00–225.00	222.99
1	800–850	840	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	260.00–270.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	329	260.00–275.00	267.64
2	350–400	393	250.00–260.00	254.97
2	400–450	415	240.00–245.00	242.53
10	450–500	476	230.00–260.00	248.83
3	500–550	528	230.00–245.00	238.36
3	550–600	562	230.00–245.00	238.37
1	600–650	645	222.50	222.50
6	650–700	678	225.00–227.50	227.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	295.00	295.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,047	100.00–123.00	114.27
20	—	931	40.00–108.00	87.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,166	104.00–119.00	112.72
90	—	1,193	114.00–139.00	126.64
4	—	1,283	139.00–147.00	142.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,465	116.00–131.00	124.69
3	—	1,245	112.00–120.00	116.67
1	—	1,560	140.00	140.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,659	117.50–157.00	148.45
7	—	1,221	117.50–132.00	128.07
5	—	1,941	160.00–170.00	163.65

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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