South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 206 priced lines covering 1,697 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,679 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 404 head. replacement cattle receipts at 126 head. Counted as USDA files them — 35 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,679Last week 2,099Year ago 866

Slaughter CattleReceipts 404Last week 575Year ago 358

Replacement CattleReceipts 126Last week 182Year ago 111

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	755	925.00–1,150.00	1,041.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	1,775.00	1,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	848	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	810	925.00–1,175.00	1,053.86
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,024	1,150.00–1,575.00	1,349.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	157.50	157.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	848	1,050.00–1,312.00	1,199.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,125	119.00–125.00	121.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,030	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	895	1,150.00–1,475.00	1,308.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,163	1,275.00–2,325.00	1,864.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	895	1,100.00–1,500.00	1,241.84
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,310	1,975.00	1,975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,290	1,400.00–1,775.00	1,575.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,113	1,425.00–1,500.00	1,462.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	2,325.00	2,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,250	1,215.00–1,710.00	1,540.27
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	770	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	728	670.00–730.00	702.37
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,025	1,850.00–2,000.00	1,916.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	960	1,750.00–2,125.00	1,925.78
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,011	1,875.00–2,425.00	2,063.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	998	1,125.00–1,675.00	1,509.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	974	1,950.00–2,325.00	2,189.09
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	1,200.00	1,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	973	900.00–1,000.00	953.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,070	1,975.00–2,600.00	2,326.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,133	1,550.00–1,675.00	1,611.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,129	2,175.00–2,425.00	2,316.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,155	2,575.00	2,575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,485	1,485.00	1,485.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	864	1,114.00–1,850.00	1,482.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	137.50	137.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	795	1,425.00–1,650.00	1,566.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	931	1,047.00–1,144.00	1,111.62
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	161.00	161.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	126.00	126.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	715	965.00	965.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	777	986.00–1,591.00	1,180.49
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	670	425.00–728.00	585.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	725.00	725.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	783	849.00–995.00	932.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,725	117.00–128.00	122.48
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	650	1,056.00	1,056.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	967	1,027.00–1,532.00	1,383.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,160	1,717.00	1,717.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,215	135.00–137.00	135.87
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	900	132.00–132.50	132.24
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	715	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,020	1,500.00	1,500.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	221	315.00–350.00	327.38
4	250–300	273	280.00–355.00	330.69
9	300–350	319	300.00–365.00	335.29
16	350–400	374	280.00–365.00	338.02
27	400–450	419	280.00–355.00	320.95
39	450–500	475	260.00–320.00	286.02
47	500–550	518	245.00–315.00	272.80
19	550–600	567	230.00–280.00	259.91
21	600–650	620	220.00–270.00	245.60
5	650–700	665	225.00–252.50	238.88
3	700–750	705	225.00–230.00	226.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	220	360.00–395.00	379.27
14	250–300	279	360.00–392.50	377.01
24	300–350	328	350.00–400.00	379.63
36	350–400	371	350.00–400.00	376.93
26	400–450	425	320.00–390.00	359.94
10	450–500	459	290.00–380.00	315.23
7	500–550	540	270.00–285.00	272.16
1	550–600	580	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	615	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	675	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	220	405.00–435.00	416.63
11	250–300	275	400.00–440.00	417.12
20	300–350	320	380.00–425.00	413.26
1	400–450	410	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	357.50	357.50
1	350–400	390	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	207	220.00–250.00	239.84
11	250–300	265	220.00–285.00	257.31
8	300–350	326	255.00–285.00	268.02
24	350–400	369	240.00–280.00	265.51
15	400–450	416	200.00–275.00	253.90
15	450–500	477	210.00–267.50	239.73
7	500–550	517	220.00–255.00	244.47
4	550–600	575	210.00–230.00	219.32
5	600–650	622	210.00–230.00	217.08
5	650–700	670	190.00–220.00	201.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	300.00–330.00	314.29
6	350–400	377	280.00–325.00	306.75
9	400–450	414	225.00–315.00	294.58
10	450–500	480	260.00–290.00	274.87
13	500–550	521	242.50–275.00	261.67
9	550–600	575	210.00–250.00	232.84
3	600–650	613	236.00	236.00
2	650–700	668	215.00–222.50	218.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	216	255.00–280.00	263.01
8	250–300	273	250.00–275.00	259.32
27	300–350	330	225.00–285.00	247.67
23	350–400	379	230.00–295.00	252.76
39	400–450	425	230.00–272.50	249.09
58	450–500	471	220.00–270.00	248.89
52	500–550	517	215.00–259.00	241.02
41	550–600	577	215.00–248.00	239.15
15	600–650	622	205.00–240.00	219.15
7	650–700	664	205.00–228.00	217.26
6	700–750	726	209.00–212.50	209.59
1	750–800	755	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	227	270.00–320.00	289.14
8	250–300	261	285.00–320.00	293.59
20	300–350	327	265.00–320.00	291.24
36	350–400	374	257.50–305.00	279.53
18	400–450	425	260.00–290.00	276.89
22	450–500	467	252.50–300.00	263.04
20	500–550	519	245.00–270.00	255.35
11	550–600	574	232.50–257.50	248.97
4	600–650	612	230.00–235.00	231.90
1	700–750	710	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	228	320.00–365.00	344.01
5	250–300	270	300.00–355.00	319.70
8	300–350	318	295.00–330.00	310.00
7	350–400	368	290.00	290.00
3	400–450	420	285.00–300.00	295.18
1	500–550	500	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	212.50	212.50
2	400–450	420	210.00–212.50	211.31
9	450–500	479	180.00–222.50	210.63
6	500–550	527	200.00–235.00	219.29
7	550–600	571	190.00–212.50	205.62
6	600–650	614	195.00–205.00	203.30
2	650–700	660	205.00–210.00	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	230.00	230.00
1	300–350	330	260.00	260.00
2	700–750	705	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	231	220.00–255.00	234.51
7	250–300	265	210.00–235.00	221.37
4	300–350	328	200.00–260.00	219.58
5	350–400	371	195.00–245.00	213.88
8	400–450	424	205.00–225.00	217.30
7	450–500	469	185.00–230.00	206.28
5	500–550	525	190.00–220.00	209.85
2	550–600	583	205.00–210.00	207.47
2	600–650	603	210.00	210.00
13	650–700	673	175.00–210.00	195.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	410.00–425.00	417.57
3	300–350	320	375.00–420.00	404.38
4	350–400	385	365.00–375.00	367.50
2	400–450	410	360.00–380.00	369.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	370.00	370.00
4	300–350	328	345.00–402.50	365.59
7	350–400	381	340.00–400.00	379.05
14	400–450	425	320.00–355.00	335.48
2	450–500	463	328.00–330.00	328.98
21	500–550	525	284.00–300.00	291.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	240.00–275.00	258.45
3	300–350	327	295.00–330.00	315.05
3	350–400	377	280.00–332.50	307.68
6	400–450	429	265.00–335.00	297.18
11	450–500	476	270.00–340.00	294.71
8	500–550	528	25.00–302.50	213.42
12	550–600	577	240.00–275.00	259.53
6	600–650	623	237.50–260.00	247.22
8	650–700	662	220.00–250.00	231.34
8	700–750	724	210.00–215.00	214.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	460	190.00	190.00
1	550–600	560	242.50	242.50
1	600–650	645	205.00	205.00
2	650–700	683	225.00–241.00	232.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	398	357.50	357.50
7	450–500	497	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	220.00–245.00	232.60
5	400–450	429	200.00–285.00	233.93
6	450–500	473	230.00–280.00	251.25
4	500–550	519	225.00–265.00	245.39
3	550–600	585	215.00–230.00	221.70
2	600–650	628	200.00–212.50	206.18
5	650–700	678	210.00–221.00	217.63
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	160.00	160.00
1	350–400	350	140.00	140.00
1	400–450	410	165.00	165.00
1	450–500	480	170.00	170.00
2	550–600	585	170.00–250.00	209.32
1	650–700	660	159.00	159.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	190.00	190.00
1	650–700	695	197.50	197.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,025	100.00–130.00	113.81
51	—	976	60.00–109.00	90.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,177	110.00–138.00	123.31
7	—	1,182	134.00–148.00	142.50
45	—	1,166	76.00–115.00	103.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,446	90.00–114.00	108.25
30	—	1,477	110.00–130.00	121.53
8	—	1,347	131.00–149.00	137.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,940	167.00–171.00	169.67
24	—	1,648	135.00–163.00	147.33
22	—	1,418	105.00–139.00	124.45

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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