South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 251 priced lines covering 2,164 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,084 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 366 head. replacement cattle receipts at 145 head. Counted as USDA files them — 20 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,084Last week 939Year ago 1,941

Slaughter CattleReceipts 366Last week 347Year ago 401

Replacement CattleReceipts 145Last week 142Year ago 129

Compared to last week feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers 7.0 lower, feeder bulls 3.0 lower, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 6.00 higher all based on limited comparable sales.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	681	600.00–979.00	810.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	625	766.00	766.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	650	802.00–904.00	856.53
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	748	750.00–1,250.00	1,045.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	728	1,008.00–1,078.00	1,051.35
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	793	925.00–1,012.00	971.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	122.50	122.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	757	1,100.00–2,000.00	1,312.75
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	1,795.00	1,795.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	1,663.00	1,663.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,103	155.00–161.00	157.90
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	145.00	145.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	765	1,250.00–1,399.00	1,327.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	142.00	142.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	908	1,161.00–1,404.00	1,293.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	859	1,336.00–1,551.00	1,453.87
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	840	110.00–122.50	115.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	748	132.50–155.00	142.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	994.00	994.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	1,195.00	1,195.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	1,900.00	1,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	755	1,775.00–2,275.00	2,023.34
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	2,625.00	2,625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,040	2,375.00	2,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	2,475.00	2,475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	973	1,675.00–1,900.00	1,799.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	883	1,725.00–2,675.00	2,274.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	908	2,225.00–2,650.00	2,505.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	985	2,550.00	2,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	715	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	665	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	735	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	735	1,099.00–1,165.00	1,129.76
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	650	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,235	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,145	1,825.00	1,825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	148.00	148.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,163	2,175.00–2,200.00	2,188.06
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	126.00	126.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,040	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	148.00	148.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	947	1,375.00–1,766.00	1,600.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	865	1,215.00–1,674.00	1,394.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,028	1,375.00–1,650.00	1,485.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	982	1,450.00–1,950.00	1,626.15
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	990	1,250.00–1,475.00	1,373.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,135	1,362.00	1,362.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	620	1,475.00	1,475.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	790	145.00	145.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	2,075.00	2,075.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,285	180.00	180.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	875	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,450	177.00	177.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,133	1,750.00–2,106.00	1,892.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	995	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	—	911	1,127.00–2,150.00	1,595.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	938	151.00–187.50	168.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,020	142.00–151.00	146.83

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	232	320.00–335.00	326.83
6	250–300	279	270.00–340.00	310.54
6	300–350	329	280.00–350.00	318.91
10	350–400	378	290.00–382.50	333.81
4	400–450	425	295.00–345.00	327.75
15	450–500	470	270.00–340.00	310.49
9	500–550	522	270.00–315.00	294.03
6	550–600	567	240.00–290.00	262.03
2	600–650	630	252.50–257.50	255.02
2	650–700	673	200.00–210.00	205.13
1	700–750	720	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	385.00	385.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	231	395.00–430.00	406.10
13	250–300	280	400.00–430.00	418.47
22	300–350	323	400.00–440.00	416.40
31	350–400	377	350.00–437.50	412.12
24	400–450	419	385.00–430.00	405.13
4	450–500	480	350.00–385.00	366.95
14	500–550	522	308.00–365.00	327.03
7	550–600	570	300.00–340.00	314.12
6	600–650	613	300.00–305.00	302.50
5	650–700	669	285.00–290.00	285.97
1	700–750	710	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	755	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	350	270.00	270.00
10	400–450	429	280.00–355.00	332.22
17	450–500	471	280.00–347.50	326.80
7	500–550	524	260.00–290.00	283.36
4	550–600	581	285.00–297.50	289.28
1	650–700	690	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	715	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	262	455.00	455.00
2	300–350	313	450.00	450.00
4	650–700	653	296.00	296.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	505	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	215	355.00–390.00	371.90
8	250–300	278	350.00–405.00	376.05
18	300–350	330	315.00–395.00	370.59
20	350–400	376	300.00–395.00	368.62
21	400–450	424	355.00–397.50	378.09
26	450–500	470	300.00–380.00	342.16
29	500–550	521	300.00–332.50	320.09
20	550–600	573	270.00–337.50	311.47
6	600–650	637	252.50–295.00	278.76
9	650–700	666	230.00–282.50	266.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	228	440.00–480.00	449.63
4	250–300	280	450.00–465.00	456.38
16	300–350	320	440.00–455.00	447.40
12	350–400	367	430.00–460.00	439.15
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	300.00–310.00	305.09
3	300–350	330	310.00–320.00	314.87
2	350–400	375	300.00–330.00	315.60
4	400–450	414	310.00–335.00	322.43
6	450–500	485	300.00–330.00	314.10
1	500–550	520	307.50	307.50
1	650–700	670	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	236	465.00–495.00	472.62
2	300–350	323	455.00–460.00	457.64
10	350–400	374	430.00–449.00	444.41
5	400–450	420	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	450.00	450.00
14	250–300	281	420.00–465.00	447.67
8	300–350	324	365.00–435.00	410.70
15	350–400	373	370.00–425.00	401.62
38	400–450	421	360.00–415.00	402.28
18	450–500	480	340.00–403.00	366.31
8	500–550	535	335.00–382.50	356.91
22	550–600	587	295.00–352.50	311.04
25	600–650	607	297.50–321.50	317.60
1	650–700	655	312.50	312.50
35	700–750	720	260.00–279.00	273.11
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	385	355.00	355.00
2	450–500	455	282.50–320.00	301.04
10	500–550	517	270.00–325.00	280.70
1	600–650	600	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	670	222.50	222.50
1	700–750	732	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	390.00	390.00
1	250–300	265	375.00	375.00
8	300–350	337	350.00–400.00	382.46
10	350–400	386	331.00–385.00	354.33
20	400–450	438	330.00–395.00	361.83
25	450–500	478	300.00–387.50	351.89
35	500–550	525	297.50–357.50	332.22
9	550–600	579	290.00–347.50	311.18
4	600–650	619	260.00–327.50	294.82
7	650–700	662	285.00–287.50	285.36
3	700–750	708	250.00–275.00	265.06
4	750–800	769	222.50–260.00	244.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	400.00	400.00
8	300–350	335	430.00	430.00
5	400–450	429	375.00	375.00
15	450–500	480	356.00–404.00	368.58
15	500–550	521	330.00–347.00	345.91
6	550–600	581	315.00	315.00
12	600–650	634	305.00	305.00
22	700–750	748	263.00	263.00
14	750–800	784	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	400	390.00	390.00
1	650–700	680	290.00	290.00
11	700–750	706	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	275.00–295.00	285.28
10	300–350	323	235.00–307.50	261.13
6	350–400	369	240.00–315.00	272.08
7	400–450	422	225.00–302.50	277.85
8	450–500	468	227.50–290.00	257.83
5	500–550	509	225.00–265.00	244.25
1	550–600	585	210.00	210.00
4	600–650	638	200.00–242.50	219.90
2	650–700	658	200.00–210.00	205.02
1	700–750	730	217.50	217.50
1	750–800	770	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	395.00	395.00
11	250–300	283	365.00–395.00	382.52
9	300–350	328	365.00–390.00	380.86
13	350–400	367	340.00–380.00	355.23
1	450–500	455	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	228	345.00–365.00	354.34
17	250–300	275	325.00–370.00	354.03
26	300–350	326	337.50–370.00	356.26
42	350–400	372	315.00–365.00	348.18
35	400–450	420	314.00–350.00	331.81
35	450–500	486	306.00–345.00	317.33
28	500–550	534	285.00–325.00	298.01
20	550–600	569	275.00–295.00	284.74
10	600–650	611	265.00–285.00	274.26
6	650–700	672	260.00–280.00	264.98
7	700–750	724	243.00–285.00	251.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	290.00	290.00
2	250–300	258	280.00–295.00	287.28
6	300–350	329	270.00–282.50	280.41
6	350–400	381	277.50–300.00	287.83
11	400–450	418	260.00–295.00	278.64
12	450–500	474	250.00–290.00	270.21
7	500–550	523	247.50–270.00	256.43
6	550–600	570	235.00–265.00	247.91
7	600–650	637	221.00–247.50	226.79
1	750–800	750	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	355.00	355.00
3	350–400	398	325.00	325.00
22	400–450	432	310.00–311.00	310.96
15	500–550	521	280.00	280.00
8	550–600	591	266.00	266.00
9	600–650	618	241.00	241.00
26	650–700	659	260.00	260.00
29	750–800	762	222.00–242.50	232.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	281	400.00	400.00
15	300–350	324	320.00–403.00	397.37
7	350–400	356	360.00	360.00
20	400–450	436	332.50–340.00	337.29
3	450–500	482	339.00	339.00
3	650–700	682	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	220	300.00–335.00	323.18
16	250–300	276	300.00–335.00	321.47
16	300–350	325	295.00–345.00	319.14
25	350–400	373	290.00–350.00	318.55
28	400–450	419	295.00–325.00	311.08
43	450–500	476	280.00–325.00	302.13
32	500–550	525	270.00–307.50	288.94
12	550–600	575	250.00–285.00	263.74
32	600–650	613	251.00–275.00	256.34
8	650–700	669	215.00–255.00	239.89
16	700–750	708	200.00–255.00	222.83
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	207.50	207.50
1	600–650	620	205.00	205.00
1	650–700	665	225.00	225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,152	167.50–197.50	178.90
118	—	1,204	135.00–165.00	150.88
34	—	1,111	115.00–143.00	134.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,014	112.00–148.00	132.09
19	—	868	62.00–125.00	94.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,458	138.00–164.00	150.50
14	—	1,493	107.00–146.00	137.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,677	165.00–188.00	177.29
3	—	1,848	185.00–194.00	189.14
8	—	1,174	123.00–160.00	149.24

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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