South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 205 priced lines covering 1,964 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,048 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 307 head. replacement cattle receipts at 126 head. Counted as USDA files them — 13 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,048Last week 2,384Year ago 1,461

Slaughter CattleReceipts 307Last week 352Year ago 292

Replacement CattleReceipts 126Last week 161Year ago 36

Compared to last week, feeder steers 2.00 lower, feeder heifers 2.50 lower, feeder bulls unevenly steady. Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 5.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	660	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,050	2,300.00–2,425.00	2,359.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	997	2,450.00–2,600.00	2,511.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	2,375.00	2,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	1,875.00	1,875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	943	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	600	1,150.00	1,150.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	761	95.00–125.00	112.24
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	560.00	560.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	786	32.00–125.00	79.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	743	881.00–1,351.00	1,174.25
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	655	78.00	78.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	847.00	847.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	645	645.00	645.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	625	490.00	490.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	778	1,033.00–1,095.00	1,055.14
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,210	114.00–139.00	129.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,093	136.00–140.00	138.01
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,020	114.00–121.00	117.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	903	105.00–129.00	120.94
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	753	1,404.00–1,558.00	1,508.04
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,290	121.00–138.00	129.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,106	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,670.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	1,475.00	1,475.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	132.50	132.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	891	1,000.00–1,375.00	1,184.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,034	1,350.00–1,675.00	1,542.51
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	705	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,230.00	1,230.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	710	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,165	56.00	56.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	132.00	132.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	780	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	985	84.00	84.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,525	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	929	1,054.00–1,675.00	1,458.56
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	895	129.00	129.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	995	121.00–160.00	138.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	913	1,573.00–1,589.00	1,581.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,135	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,550	154.00	154.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,272	144.00–181.00	161.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	65	1,205.00	1,205.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	142.00	142.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,032	1,575.00–1,675.00	1,636.51
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	132.00	132.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	275.00	275.00
3	300–350	325	230.00–250.00	241.87
5	350–400	379	245.00–255.00	251.53
8	400–450	423	230.00–267.50	247.82
15	450–500	471	225.00–255.00	244.55
21	500–550	522	200.00–247.50	232.83
10	550–600	575	225.00–260.00	241.66
9	600–650	622	210.00–235.00	218.29
10	650–700	679	207.50–230.00	221.54
2	700–750	723	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	488	235.00–257.50	246.62
5	500–550	526	222.50–245.00	234.55
8	550–600	573	225.00–247.50	230.10
2	600–650	620	220.00–225.00	222.52
2	650–700	678	185.00–225.00	204.93
1	700–750	715	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	623	222.00–235.00	228.73
1	650–700	670	237.50	237.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	285.00	285.00
5	250–300	269	270.00–290.00	284.05
8	300–350	318	230.00–295.00	277.60
5	350–400	368	285.00–305.00	292.65
45	400–450	426	260.00–300.00	282.05
45	450–500	470	250.00–290.00	274.69
37	500–550	521	247.50–285.00	265.07
34	550–600	567	239.00–275.00	257.96
7	600–650	616	228.00–265.00	241.64
3	650–700	672	219.00–245.00	234.94
5	700–750	717	225.00–235.00	229.48
1	750–800	755	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	261	355.00–385.00	360.75
7	300–350	328	320.00–357.50	343.25
12	400–450	403	327.50	327.50
1	500–550	525	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	220	325.00–350.00	334.24
11	250–300	270	307.50–350.00	334.53
26	300–350	330	295.00–347.50	329.40
30	350–400	375	300.00–337.50	318.54
33	400–450	429	287.50–317.50	300.25
4	450–500	465	287.50–295.00	290.60
5	500–550	519	267.50–290.00	280.47
1	550–600	555	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	448	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	215	230.00–255.00	241.74
5	250–300	274	200.00–267.50	229.60
22	300–350	323	215.00–245.00	220.13
3	350–400	385	202.50–230.00	217.47
15	400–450	421	212.50–255.00	231.26
24	450–500	477	215.00–245.00	230.16
27	500–550	525	200.00–245.00	225.43
8	550–600	579	220.00–245.00	229.48
8	600–650	632	215.00–235.00	221.80
6	650–700	663	205.00–220.00	210.82
5	700–750	711	210.00–217.00	215.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	195.00	195.00
1	650–700	665	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	208	320.00–350.00	334.46
3	250–300	282	315.00–320.00	316.98
1	350–400	360	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	240.00	240.00
1	450–500	460	225.00	225.00
1	500–550	545	225.00	225.00
8	550–600	567	185.00–239.00	219.45
1	600–650	610	217.50	217.50
1	650–700	665	217.50	217.50
1	700–750	700	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	595	232.50	232.50
2	700–750	710	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	280.00	280.00
3	250–300	290	265.00–280.00	273.42
18	300–350	326	245.00–285.00	265.42
31	350–400	381	245.00–277.50	259.18
51	400–450	427	240.00–270.00	260.70
59	450–500	476	245.00–263.00	250.88
32	500–550	526	240.00–260.00	245.04
38	550–600	565	235.00–250.00	243.81
20	600–650	625	200.00–244.00	229.69
12	650–700	655	220.00–232.00	225.17
2	700–750	708	176.00–220.00	197.92
3	750–800	752	205.00–215.00	208.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	223	290.00–320.00	300.76
10	250–300	276	285.00–315.00	299.32
14	300–350	327	290.00–315.00	301.11
28	350–400	378	275.00–302.50	283.04
11	400–450	405	275.00–280.00	277.90
10	450–500	476	260.00–275.00	263.98
21	500–550	518	255.00–272.50	264.23
51	550–600	597	232.00–255.00	249.74
18	600–650	606	237.50–249.00	245.35
5	950–1000	975	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	499	245.00	245.00
6	550–600	550	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	316.00	316.00
18	450–500	478	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	265.00	265.00
2	250–300	283	247.50	247.50
2	350–400	360	255.00	255.00
5	400–450	414	200.00–257.50	238.15
5	450–500	468	242.50–255.00	247.52
2	500–550	525	255.00	255.00
18	550–600	576	217.50–252.50	230.47
4	600–650	636	207.50–235.00	214.04
4	650–700	679	230.00–245.00	238.76
1	700–750	730	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	510	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	355.00	355.00
1	250–300	285	357.50	357.50
4	300–350	330	352.50–370.00	363.82
1	350–400	365	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	260.00	260.00
4	500–550	533	242.50–265.00	254.48
2	600–650	613	230.00–237.50	233.80
7	700–750	725	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	732	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	274	280.00–310.00	292.74
3	300–350	328	260.00–275.00	268.38
12	350–400	381	275.00–315.00	298.64
15	400–450	420	265.00–290.00	279.22
39	450–500	487	260.00–292.50	271.03
23	500–550	517	260.00–297.50	274.41
35	550–600	565	257.00–290.00	269.43
31	600–650	618	240.00–275.00	251.18
41	650–700	669	245.00–255.00	249.75
25	700–750	720	233.00–240.00	236.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	290	320.00–325.00	321.27
3	300–350	327	310.00–350.00	330.31
15	350–400	385	300.00–345.00	315.68
39	400–450	425	295.00–316.00	304.05
24	450–500	465	287.50–320.00	296.90
33	500–550	510	285.00–305.00	288.21
13	550–600	576	272.50–290.00	280.94
52	600–650	625	263.00–268.00	264.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	492	292.50	292.50
5	500–550	501	285.00	285.00
8	550–600	575	280.00	280.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	286	170.00	170.00
1	350–400	355	220.00	220.00
1	400–450	410	215.00	215.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,357	85.00–149.00	134.87
29	—	1,531	143.00–170.00	158.13
2	—	1,508	174.00–177.00	175.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,105	122.00–139.00	128.84
40	—	1,033	73.00–123.00	106.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,895	152.00	152.00
4	—	1,471	114.00–131.00	126.09
16	—	1,493	130.00–143.00	136.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,262	124.00–155.00	139.87
57	—	1,185	84.00–139.00	126.65

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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