South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 233 priced lines covering 1,943 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,950 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 351 head. replacement cattle receipts at 142 head. Counted as USDA files them — 38 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,950Last week 2,236Year ago 1,935

Slaughter CattleReceipts 351Last week 224Year ago 434

Replacement CattleReceipts 142Last week 115Year ago 131

Compared to last week feeder steers 3.50 higher, feeder heifers and feeder bulls unevenly steady, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 6.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,287	2,600.00–3,025.00	2,855.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,205	175.00	175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,650.00	1,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,205	1,800.00–2,875.00	2,508.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,175	2,125.00–2,700.00	2,348.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,265	1,973.00	1,973.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,135	2,050.00	2,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,136	2,600.00–3,025.00	2,869.11
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	770	1,395.00–1,775.00	1,583.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	918	1,700.00–1,725.00	1,712.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	1,925.00	1,925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	975	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	945	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	835	170.00	170.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	145.00	145.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	820	240.00	240.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,058	1,575.00–2,250.00	1,926.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,080	2,250.00–2,550.00	2,436.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	130.00	130.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	955	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,041	2,300.00–2,450.00	2,360.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,018	1,475.00–1,800.00	1,676.65
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	197.00	197.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	950	2,375.00–2,525.00	2,448.82
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,120	2,725.00	2,725.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	290.00	290.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	790	1,850.00	1,850.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	828	190.00–230.00	214.14
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	915	235.00	235.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	865	2,200.00–2,350.00	2,276.30
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	840	2,400.00	2,400.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,015	1,500.00–1,617.00	1,559.36
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	1,737.00	1,737.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	155.00	155.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	778	245.00–300.00	276.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	922	1,750.00–1,881.00	1,834.60
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	1,826.00	1,826.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	953	240.00–284.00	258.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	170.00	170.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	190.00	190.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	1,305.00	1,305.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	780	1,245.00–1,301.00	1,270.31
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	1,053.00	1,053.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	843	1,069.00–1,287.00	1,176.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,150	2,104.00	2,104.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,022	2,142.00–2,237.00	2,183.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	818	170.00–175.00	172.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,205	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,115	183.00	183.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,440	2,725.00	2,725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,180	1,772.00–2,750.00	2,219.94
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	997	2,400.00–3,775.00	3,139.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	890	2,525.00–2,975.00	2,705.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,069	2,100.00–3,300.00	2,652.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,003	2,650.00–3,500.00	3,035.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	3,200.00	3,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,060	2,250.00–3,200.00	2,783.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	995	3,600.00	3,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	640	1,925.00	1,925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	625	1,900.00	1,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	1,525.00	1,525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	1,850.00	1,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	1,725.00	1,725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	2,750.00	2,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	2,825.00	2,825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	2,625.00	2,625.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	3,150.00	3,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	3,775.00	3,775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,155	3,550.00	3,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,178	3,850.00	3,850.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	228	410.00–440.00	426.64
16	250–300	270	400.00–475.00	434.80
24	300–350	328	390.00–455.00	423.07
26	350–400	371	400.00–440.00	420.29
11	400–450	416	380.00–425.00	407.50
1	450–500	465	400.00	400.00
9	500–550	523	340.00–362.50	343.03
18	550–600	575	332.50–352.50	341.57
17	600–650	616	330.00–336.00	334.19
1	650–700	675	319.00	319.00
2	700–750	700	305.00	305.00
2	750–800	750	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	520.00–555.00	538.26
5	250–300	273	460.00–490.00	474.96
7	300–350	323	450.00–500.00	463.89
1	600–650	645	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	230	320.00–345.00	335.98
10	250–300	283	300.00–370.00	340.08
7	300–350	331	320.00–350.00	338.60
8	350–400	378	300.00–355.00	331.36
13	400–450	425	290.00–355.00	328.76
24	450–500	476	300.00–350.00	328.54
9	500–550	528	280.00–317.50	294.37
3	550–600	570	250.00–300.00	276.20
2	600–650	625	270.00–277.50	273.78
2	650–700	663	270.00–277.50	273.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	392.50	392.50
6	500–550	527	295.00–345.00	320.62
5	550–600	579	285.00–320.00	305.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	217	380.00–390.00	386.31
5	250–300	280	370.00–425.00	392.64
11	300–350	330	355.00–410.00	395.76
15	350–400	374	375.00–400.00	389.84
60	400–450	427	352.00–395.00	367.63
51	450–500	475	325.00–380.00	356.71
46	500–550	524	297.50–360.00	332.41
38	550–600	565	280.00–355.00	320.36
19	600–650	621	280.00–323.00	306.51
20	650–700	668	277.50–320.00	298.70
6	700–750	721	265.00–296.00	277.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	503	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	370.00	370.00
2	350–400	358	370.00–375.00	372.48
2	400–450	433	355.00	355.00
21	450–500	477	302.50–350.00	323.65
18	500–550	518	255.00–330.00	307.30
7	550–600	579	300.00–317.50	307.94
4	650–700	668	240.00–285.00	268.62
1	700–750	730	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	570.00	570.00
1	250–300	295	520.00	520.00
2	300–350	330	530.00–540.00	535.15
2	350–400	368	480.00–485.00	482.48
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	330.00	330.00
1	300–350	335	350.00	350.00
3	350–400	363	330.00–335.00	331.63
3	400–450	428	320.00–370.00	336.93
18	450–500	485	322.50–375.00	364.44
2	500–550	543	310.00–330.00	320.05
9	550–600	587	300.00–325.00	314.08
4	600–650	624	280.00–317.50	301.27
1	650–700	685	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	335.00	335.00
1	500–550	510	350.00	350.00
6	550–600	558	330.00–342.00	339.94
5	600–650	600	342.50	342.50
5	650–700	675	302.00	302.00
1	700–750	710	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	410.00–420.00	414.94
1	250–300	295	400.00	400.00
2	300–350	323	420.00	420.00
3	350–400	392	380.00–400.00	388.36
14	400–450	425	385.00–425.00	410.86
29	450–500	479	360.00–422.50	400.85
21	500–550	516	340.00–377.50	358.61
37	550–600	590	300.00–374.00	354.17
44	600–650	631	310.00–340.00	328.58
13	650–700	667	300.00–335.00	314.92
3	700–750	713	285.00–310.00	295.04
1	750–800	750	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	460	407.00	407.00
5	500–550	528	379.00	379.00
4	550–600	571	360.00	360.00
7	600–650	616	340.00–350.00	345.02
4	650–700	660	330.00	330.00
8	700–750	710	306.00–340.00	322.84
23	750–800	772	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	390.00	390.00
5	450–500	493	380.00–387.50	386.07
5	500–550	534	320.00–330.00	323.99
6	550–600	583	300.00–350.00	321.89
4	600–650	636	265.00–320.00	291.52
2	650–700	690	285.00–300.00	292.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	460.00–530.00	496.13
4	250–300	284	430.00–450.00	441.39
3	300–350	340	410.00–485.00	441.03
13	350–400	381	420.00–475.00	449.46
14	400–450	425	420.00–460.00	441.09
10	450–500	462	396.00–465.00	418.64
33	500–550	527	372.50–390.00	381.16
11	550–600	559	370.00–390.00	375.66
27	600–650	615	338.00–365.00	349.68
2	700–750	720	325.00–335.00	330.10
4	750–800	790	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	231	435.00–525.00	488.07
6	250–300	271	445.00–530.00	497.20
31	300–350	328	405.00–485.00	448.44
39	350–400	373	402.50–490.00	453.72
22	400–450	420	402.50–450.00	428.51
9	500–550	510	370.00–382.50	374.40
11	550–600	557	357.50–383.00	374.77
3	600–650	627	322.50–330.00	326.81
3	650–700	683	310.00–327.50	319.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	325.00	325.00
4	250–300	275	330.00–370.00	343.21
1	300–350	330	330.00	330.00
6	350–400	376	310.00–390.00	357.00
7	400–450	426	327.50–385.00	357.52
18	450–500	473	305.00–375.00	338.57
9	500–550	519	260.00–330.00	306.71
3	550–600	588	287.50–290.00	289.16
4	600–650	621	250.00–277.50	264.00
2	650–700	683	260.00–275.00	267.53
1	700–750	745	247.50	247.50
1	750–800	760	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	385.00	385.00
3	350–400	377	370.00–390.00	380.27
3	400–450	422	300.00–362.50	339.14
24	450–500	478	310.00–380.00	354.86
5	500–550	534	285.00–340.00	323.76
6	550–600	565	270.00–327.50	308.73
2	650–700	672	277.50	277.50
8	750–800	783	245.00–250.00	246.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	228	490.00–565.00	517.66
5	250–300	270	530.00–595.00	559.63
19	300–350	315	450.00–535.00	511.23
1	350–400	370	450.00	450.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	220	380.00–400.00	391.52
7	250–300	274	370.00–435.00	397.74
8	300–350	320	380.00–435.00	405.90
24	350–400	375	360.00–435.00	404.32
39	400–450	423	345.00–425.00	397.67
48	450–500	464	340.00–417.50	391.17
40	500–550	520	305.00–370.00	343.62
20	550–600	569	280.00–360.00	336.39
24	600–650	625	275.00–327.50	300.90
16	650–700	669	275.00–320.00	299.15
2	700–750	705	285.00	285.00
1	750–800	750	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	322.50	322.50
5	550–600	576	315.00	315.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,449	149.00–173.00	163.33
26	—	1,370	141.00–159.00	150.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,000	74.00–148.00	121.24
25	—	1,060	122.50–160.00	147.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,213	148.00–178.00	161.83
3	—	1,072	173.00–180.00	176.10
55	—	1,200	135.00–163.00	150.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,593	181.00–198.00	187.99
5	—	1,884	200.00–207.00	204.21
17	—	1,479	156.00–179.00	170.53

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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