South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 203 priced lines covering 2,046 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,196 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 437 head. replacement cattle receipts at 101 head. Counted as USDA files them — 15 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,196Last week 2,091Year ago 758

Slaughter CattleReceipts 437Last week 493Year ago 365

Replacement CattleReceipts 101Last week 142Year ago 85

Compared to last week feeder steers 2.00 lower, feeder heifers steady to 1.5 higher, feeder bulls unevenly steady based on limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 5.50 lower, slaughter bulls steady.

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
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	715	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	883	1,050.00–1,150.00	1,105.52
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	835	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,030	138.00–141.00	139.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,169	120.00–136.00	127.33
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	766	1,193.00–1,304.00	1,249.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,018	1,442.00–1,533.00	1,486.94
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	833	123.00–135.00	128.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,040	116.00	116.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	918	1,156.00–1,190.00	1,172.58
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	105.00	105.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	698.00	698.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	682.00	682.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	125.00	125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	570.00	570.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	685	908.00–925.00	916.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	1,361.00	1,361.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,260	120.00–141.00	130.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,273	122.00–130.00	126.98
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	857	90.00–120.00	106.32
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	1,375.00	1,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	610	650.00	650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	1,350.00	1,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,345	2,025.00	2,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	1,900.00	1,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,195	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,060	1,725.00–2,025.00	1,875.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	1,775.00	1,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	1,875.00	1,875.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	980	1,350.00–1,700.00	1,558.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	995	1,100.00–1,225.00	1,166.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,060	113.00	113.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,254	95.00–111.00	104.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,015	96.00	96.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	92.00	92.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	1,090.00	1,090.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	965	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,110	112.50	112.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	95.00	95.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	860	80.00	80.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	765	700.00–816.00	758.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	915	105.00–113.00	109.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,175	96.00	96.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	610	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	678	800.00–925.00	861.81
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	805	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,040.99
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,432	101.00–114.00	107.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	130.00	130.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,212	1,175.00–1,700.00	1,463.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,610	99.00–112.00	105.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,163	1,350.00–1,675.00	1,513.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,375.00	1,375.00
Heifer Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	620	1,050.00	1,050.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	643	1,150.00–1,285.00	1,221.96

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	229	185.00–225.00	204.35
16	250–300	271	200.00–257.50	223.69
15	300–350	328	185.00–232.50	208.75
17	350–400	381	180.00–230.00	204.26
18	400–450	412	180.00–227.50	207.79
36	450–500	481	185.00–215.00	207.10
30	500–550	522	180.00–210.00	201.37
9	550–600	578	180.00–208.00	195.26
6	600–650	623	170.00–209.00	186.55
3	650–700	670	182.50–192.50	186.71
5	700–750	707	170.00–183.00	180.41
4	750–800	775	140.00–165.00	158.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	265.00	265.00
4	250–300	286	250.00–262.50	254.34
33	300–350	326	250.00–265.00	255.49
7	350–400	374	245.00–255.00	253.59
26	400–450	418	230.00–260.00	247.26
12	450–500	466	240.00–250.00	241.64
24	500–550	518	225.00–237.50	233.85
1	550–600	550	262.50	262.50
7	600–650	630	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	540	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	480	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	238	220.00–245.00	227.68
15	250–300	272	225.00–262.50	241.66
19	300–350	330	225.00–255.00	241.61
57	350–400	377	220.00–247.50	234.33
64	400–450	419	220.00–245.00	230.47
73	450–500	474	215.00–235.00	226.09
44	500–550	524	210.00–230.00	219.56
53	550–600	572	207.00–220.00	214.12
17	600–650	610	200.00–213.00	204.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	620	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	215.00	215.00
4	350–400	360	210.00–212.50	210.62
5	400–450	432	200.00–215.00	207.91
5	450–500	471	190.00–205.00	198.82
16	500–550	523	190.00–215.00	203.88
22	550–600	576	180.00–210.00	197.28
24	600–650	627	180.00–207.50	190.62
3	650–700	665	170.00–200.00	189.34
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	319	220.00–245.00	232.59
5	350–400	370	225.00–245.00	229.11
8	400–450	421	230.00–257.50	247.19
7	450–500	468	210.00–237.50	227.73
4	550–600	571	195.00–205.00	199.99
6	600–650	608	200.00–215.00	202.53
1	700–750	740	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	514	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	310.00	310.00
5	350–400	381	295.00–300.00	297.01
5	400–450	411	275.00–297.50	281.66
2	450–500	483	282.50–295.00	288.72
8	500–550	515	250.00–275.00	254.41
6	550–600	564	225.00–250.00	240.39
6	600–650	628	227.50	227.50
2	650–700	670	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	335.00–350.00	342.56
1	300–350	335	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	360	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	507	232.50	232.50
21	550–600	596	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	275.00–285.00	279.60
3	250–300	280	275.00–310.00	299.17
2	300–350	340	265.00–285.00	275.15
7	350–400	380	260.00–286.00	279.14
26	400–450	422	227.50–285.00	269.33
16	450–500	471	240.00–275.00	251.30
30	500–550	530	235.00–269.00	246.79
21	550–600	565	225.00–245.00	240.18
21	600–650	618	218.00–240.00	223.72
8	650–700	661	214.00–242.50	222.29
2	700–750	727	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	220.00	220.00
1	450–500	475	212.50	212.50
2	500–550	515	215.00–240.00	227.62
1	600–650	620	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	221	227.50–250.00	237.09
8	250–300	286	190.00–255.00	231.02
15	300–350	325	200.00–260.00	231.90
13	350–400	371	200.00–240.00	224.32
31	400–450	427	203.00–252.50	227.98
52	450–500	466	210.00–236.00	222.55
22	500–550	524	190.00–227.50	214.08
8	550–600	572	200.00–220.00	212.38
11	600–650	619	180.00–206.00	195.85
1	650–700	660	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	220	305.00–325.00	313.18
9	250–300	282	320.00–325.00	321.68
18	300–350	332	285.00–317.50	301.30
10	350–400	372	279.00–297.50	287.16
8	400–450	416	270.00–290.00	276.92
2	450–500	470	280.00–282.50	281.20
13	500–550	516	242.50–260.00	250.19
1	550–600	560	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	630	205.00	205.00
1	650–700	680	192.50	192.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	492	323.50	323.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	224	330.00–340.00	333.57
5	250–300	280	325.00–355.00	344.05
9	300–350	319	315.00–347.50	326.23
12	350–400	357	315.00–320.00	319.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	232	257.50–285.00	270.90
6	250–300	275	275.00–312.50	289.38
16	300–350	330	255.00–290.00	268.39
58	350–400	378	240.00–285.00	263.21
45	400–450	425	235.00–272.50	254.06
49	450–500	471	230.00–267.50	250.70
27	500–550	523	215.00–266.00	236.97
29	550–600	565	215.00–237.50	227.92
12	600–650	621	195.00–220.00	211.26
4	650–700	657	199.00–206.00	202.74
2	700–750	708	190.00–206.00	198.08
1	750–800	795	172.50	172.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	220.00–240.00	230.20
3	400–450	432	190.00–220.00	208.13
2	450–500	475	210.00–215.00	212.58
7	500–550	525	200.00–220.00	209.29
4	550–600	583	200.00–216.00	205.30
10	600–650	637	187.00–205.00	194.28
1	650–700	650	207.00	207.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	155.00	155.00
2	350–400	383	125.00–197.50	161.01
1	400–450	400	190.00	190.00
13	450–500	488	129.00	129.00
2	500–550	520	150.00–187.50	168.21
1	750–800	775	142.50	142.50
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	120.00	120.00
1	600–650	645	115.00	115.00
6	750–800	788	123.00	123.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,818	164.00–167.00	165.41
22	—	1,220	100.00–140.00	128.66
20	—	1,692	144.00–166.00	151.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,378	132.00–143.00	136.19
5	—	1,462	99.00–114.00	108.81
27	—	1,401	115.00–133.00	123.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,214	113.00–135.00	124.30
55	—	1,241	84.00–118.00	111.10
2	—	1,528	130.00–134.00	131.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,098	100.00–133.00	116.40
75	—	961	56.00–115.00	97.25

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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