South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 213 priced lines covering 1,416 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,246 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 317 head. replacement cattle receipts at 125 head. Counted as USDA files them — 26 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 31, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,246Last week 2,084Year ago 1,030

Slaughter CattleReceipts 317Last week 366Year ago 340

Replacement CattleReceipts 125Last week 145Year ago 141

Compared to last week feeder steers 4.50 higher, feeder heifers 3.00 higher, feeder bulls 8.00 higher, slaughter cows 5.00 lower, slaughter

bulls 2.00 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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	710	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	2,850.00	2,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	3,050.00	3,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	2,450.00	2,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,033	2,650.00–2,825.00	2,739.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	765	1,825.00	1,825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	910	2,600.00–2,725.00	2,663.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	1,775.00	1,775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	901	2,000.00–2,525.00	2,229.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	2,650.00	2,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,023	2,125.00–2,700.00	2,391.73
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	680	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	715	1,375.00	1,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	903	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,298.61
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	660	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,002	1,186.00–1,850.00	1,490.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	860	172.00	172.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,080	1,250.00–1,725.00	1,597.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	835	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,038	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,898.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,003	1,625.00–1,750.00	1,683.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	910	1,550.00–1,875.00	1,713.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	912	1,100.00–1,625.00	1,408.34
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	753	943.00–1,064.00	1,020.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	738	1,150.00–1,300.00	1,223.73
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,275	1,750.00–1,975.00	1,891.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,248	1,600.00–1,975.00	1,808.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,168	1,750.00–2,125.00	1,958.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,120	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	760	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	870	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	823	1,350.00–1,725.00	1,554.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	835	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	715	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	993	1,275.00–1,500.00	1,395.15
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	1,175.00	1,175.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	938	164.00–190.00	176.48
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	975	165.00–197.00	178.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,033	1,875.00–1,880.00	1,877.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,215	1,917.00–2,525.00	2,175.71
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	730	1,129.00–1,238.00	1,184.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	713	1,056.00–1,085.00	1,071.77
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	1,403.00–1,790.00	1,595.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	893	1,314.00–1,472.00	1,391.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	917	1,108.00–1,624.00	1,346.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	705	969.00	969.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	790	128.00–162.50	144.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	857	90.00–134.00	118.09
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	101.00	101.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	620	965.00	965.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	735	1,178.00–1,368.00	1,266.24
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,095	1,811.00–2,059.00	1,938.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,370	150.00	150.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,195	1,400.00	1,400.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	850	1,325.00–1,350.00	1,337.87
Bred Heifers — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	665	950.00	950.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	600	1,000.00	1,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,707	155.00–185.00	174.01
3	—	1,863	187.00–193.00	189.61
8	—	1,250	137.50–163.00	151.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,177	120.00–150.00	133.68
88	—	1,198	130.00–159.00	145.64
4	—	1,238	162.00–196.00	171.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,396	136.00–156.00	143.76
1	—	1,450	154.00	154.00
9	—	1,451	110.00–135.00	127.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,070	46.00–125.00	108.44
32	—	1,078	104.00–139.00	128.74

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	450.00–455.00	452.44
2	550–600	565	356.00–362.50	359.25
1	600–650	600	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	457	385.00	385.00
23	550–600	580	347.50–362.50	357.61
4	600–650	638	350.00	350.00
29	700–750	709	308.00–311.00	310.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	455.00	455.00
4	250–300	289	400.00–445.00	431.41
6	300–350	331	390.00–435.00	414.83
4	350–400	370	360.00–400.00	387.57
9	400–450	416	360.00–420.00	392.33
5	450–500	473	370.00–377.50	374.42
28	500–550	508	340.00–373.00	357.22
8	550–600	580	332.50–348.00	344.14
3	600–650	610	315.00–330.00	320.04
2	650–700	667	307.00	307.00
1	700–750	700	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	385.00–390.00	386.66
6	350–400	368	360.00–385.00	374.22
17	400–450	427	335.00–385.00	362.02
17	450–500	477	335.00–392.50	346.34
5	500–550	521	315.00–340.00	328.32
20	550–600	582	316.00–325.00	316.63
10	600–650	619	262.50–300.00	287.59
9	650–700	689	264.00–295.00	270.27
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	420	305.00–325.00	314.64
1	500–550	510	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	675	225.00–260.00	242.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	430	355.00	355.00
5	450–500	491	310.00–355.00	341.93
2	500–550	510	300.00–320.00	310.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	615	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	486	319.00	319.00
1	500–550	540	312.50	312.50
5	650–700	658	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	345.00–355.00	350.28
12	250–300	278	340.00–370.00	349.13
27	300–350	323	315.00–365.00	349.96
24	350–400	379	317.50–365.00	341.99
26	400–450	426	322.50–347.50	331.24
25	450–500	471	313.00–345.00	326.58
26	500–550	510	289.00–325.00	305.80
13	550–600	569	270.00–310.00	282.52
1	600–650	635	286.00	286.00
3	650–700	688	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	785	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	595	282.50	282.50
3	600–650	602	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	225	325.00–335.00	327.50
8	250–300	269	305.00–335.00	323.25
10	300–350	322	280.00–340.00	320.40
21	350–400	375	280.00–335.00	310.79
24	400–450	419	270.00–327.50	301.33
17	450–500	473	267.50–315.00	294.47
21	500–550	527	250.00–285.00	268.73
28	550–600	577	250.00–290.00	275.76
7	600–650	619	250.00–285.00	264.99
3	650–700	688	225.00–255.00	244.09
6	700–750	715	235.00–255.00	240.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	300.00	300.00
5	250–300	270	250.00–310.00	277.70
5	300–350	320	250.00–280.00	270.23
3	350–400	388	262.50–295.00	273.38
4	400–450	438	235.00–295.00	266.26
4	450–500	469	230.00–270.00	242.14
2	500–550	538	235.00–250.00	242.47
4	600–650	634	215.00–217.00	216.50
1	650–700	650	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	310.00	310.00
1	350–400	370	305.00	305.00
4	400–450	418	285.00–290.00	286.21
5	450–500	474	262.50–285.00	270.60
3	500–550	517	225.00–255.00	244.84
3	550–600	557	205.00–245.00	230.64
3	600–650	632	200.00–242.50	222.73
1	650–700	680	237.50	237.50
1	700–750	705	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	520	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	212	380.00–410.00	402.58
1	250–300	255	405.00	405.00
3	300–350	325	375.00–380.00	378.36
2	350–400	358	360.00–375.00	367.34
2	400–450	405	360.00–365.00	362.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	222	440.00–470.00	456.84
5	250–300	264	435.00–480.00	454.20
7	300–350	312	435.00–462.50	448.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	445.00	445.00
7	400–450	422	412.50	412.50
4	600–650	634	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	725	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	365.00	365.00
4	350–400	361	330.00–365.00	356.28
12	400–450	424	330.00–360.00	346.23
7	450–500	479	330.00–345.00	338.20
2	500–550	540	275.00–295.00	285.00
4	550–600	566	224.00–262.50	233.69
1	700–750	700	237.50	237.50
1	750–800	760	232.50	232.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	233	400.00–430.00	411.94
14	250–300	283	400.00–455.00	445.10
23	300–350	320	370.00–435.00	421.61
19	350–400	367	395.00–422.50	406.44
20	400–450	414	390.00–417.50	401.91
8	450–500	457	367.50–387.50	379.07
18	500–550	515	310.00–360.00	328.73
3	550–600	563	320.00–335.00	325.76
6	600–650	617	300.00–325.00	310.43
4	650–700	674	275.00–330.00	304.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	210	385.00–400.00	395.24
7	250–300	284	365.00–395.00	377.67
10	300–350	326	375.00–395.00	384.16
20	350–400	374	350.00–395.00	384.10
31	400–450	419	360.00–397.50	378.47
26	450–500	477	320.00–370.00	343.90
13	500–550	522	277.50–332.50	307.16
14	550–600	571	280.00–330.00	301.30
8	600–650	625	235.00–303.00	273.54
4	650–700	670	237.50–282.50	265.03
3	700–750	705	235.00–265.00	248.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	213	305.00–355.00	331.47
6	250–300	273	310.00–345.00	330.23
7	300–350	325	300.00–365.00	334.49
3	350–400	370	335.00–365.00	355.14
8	400–450	426	297.50–332.50	310.61
8	450–500	469	300.00–340.00	316.03
2	500–550	523	290.00–315.00	302.08
2	600–650	610	250.00–275.00	262.40
3	650–700	670	215.00–240.00	226.60
3	700–750	712	235.00–255.00	243.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	335.00	335.00
1	500–550	545	265.00	265.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	615	150.00–170.00	156.67
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	212.50	212.50

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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