South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 184 priced lines covering 986 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,009 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 143 head. replacement cattle receipts at 160 head. Counted as USDA files them — 10 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,009Last week 1,950Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 143Last week 351Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 160Last week 142Year ago 0

Compared to last week feeder steers and feeder bulls 3.00 lower, feeder heifers 3.00 higher all based on a light test, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls 2.00 higher based on a light test.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	875	1,980.00–2,248.00	2,111.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	953	1,378.00–2,291.00	1,902.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	992	1,337.00–2,090.00	1,585.24
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	673	1,088.00–1,128.00	1,108.97
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	740	1,199.00–1,458.00	1,353.19
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,275	2,188.00–2,390.00	2,316.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,160	1,704.00–1,885.00	1,783.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	890	210.00–252.50	230.29
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	693	816.00–956.00	903.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	658	802.00–914.00	874.69
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	162.50	162.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	1,540.00	1,540.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	195.00	195.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	765	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	60	—	881	2,700.00–3,600.00	3,079.41
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,105	1,900.00–2,300.00	2,158.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	973	2,000.00–2,700.00	2,372.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	985	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,892.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,018	1,800.00–2,275.00	2,050.92
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,253	2,300.00–2,450.00	2,371.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,165	2,850.00	2,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,295	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,287	1,510.00–1,896.00	1,640.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,355	2,750.00–2,900.00	2,831.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,291	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,331.75
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	645	1,742.00	1,742.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	805	956.00–969.00	962.14
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	675	1,005.00–1,450.00	1,217.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	835	177.50	177.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	1,850.00	1,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,078	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,549.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	3,000.00	3,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	3,200.00	3,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	3,550.00	3,550.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	923	170.00–210.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	883	1,389.00–1,479.00	1,435.40
(<2 yrs)	N/A	11	—	986	1,490.00–2,250.00	1,930.19
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	955	198.00	198.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	930	230.00	230.00
Heifer Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	2,400.00	2,400.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	207	450.00–480.00	463.39
1	300–350	345	480.00	480.00
1	350–400	375	500.00	500.00
1	500–550	515	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	420.00–440.00	429.79
4	250–300	274	415.00–440.00	429.06
5	300–350	321	395.00–430.00	415.24
26	350–400	373	390.00–425.00	412.05
11	400–450	408	390.00–410.00	399.53
7	450–500	457	390.00	390.00
7	500–550	512	340.00–350.00	344.63
1	550–600	560	370.00	370.00
7	650–700	674	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	422.50	422.50
1	400–450	410	385.00	385.00
7	500–550	526	340.00–357.50	346.65
7	600–650	628	320.00–325.00	321.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	232	320.00–340.00	329.57
3	250–300	283	327.50–380.00	352.03
8	300–350	315	310.00–350.00	332.95
8	350–400	377	305.00–362.50	342.67
12	400–450	425	310.00–340.00	326.20
10	450–500	475	315.00–342.50	329.86
1	500–550	505	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	560	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	620	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	391	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	420	370.00	370.00
4	500–550	528	320.00–340.00	333.32
4	550–600	568	310.00–327.50	319.37
1	600–650	610	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	340.00–350.00	345.00
9	400–450	432	330.00–375.00	354.25
7	450–500	475	317.50–340.00	328.52
7	500–550	518	275.00–315.00	299.23
7	550–600	569	275.00–305.00	294.15
3	600–650	615	250.00–285.00	267.89
2	650–700	660	260.00–270.00	265.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	380.00–395.00	387.58
7	250–300	270	360.00–417.50	380.08
1	300–350	340	395.00	395.00
8	350–400	377	365.00–387.50	379.91
27	400–450	425	362.50–390.00	374.96
21	450–500	469	320.00–365.00	349.75
18	500–550	527	290.00–337.50	318.10
12	550–600	568	310.00–332.50	319.84
11	600–650	615	280.00–302.50	293.82
5	650–700	674	280.00–302.50	290.08
1	700–750	725	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	485.00	485.00
2	300–350	325	500.00–510.00	504.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	225	455.00–495.00	465.34
7	250–300	279	420.00–465.00	445.42
12	300–350	325	410.00–460.00	435.88
15	350–400	369	400.00–450.00	431.60
24	400–450	422	400.00–430.00	408.99
3	450–500	477	382.50–390.00	385.09
2	500–550	538	372.50	372.50
2	600–650	610	317.50–322.50	320.04
1	700–750	700	310.00	310.00
9	750–800	784	318.00	318.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	237	340.00–350.00	346.62
10	250–300	276	340.00–385.00	366.96
6	300–350	322	315.00–380.00	358.16
7	350–400	362	350.00–375.00	361.39
2	400–450	443	335.00–370.00	352.40
10	450–500	470	310.00–370.00	337.59
7	500–550	517	300.00–337.50	320.80
2	550–600	590	310.00–327.50	318.82
2	600–650	615	275.00–297.50	286.43
1	750–800	790	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	355.00	355.00
3	350–400	392	365.00–380.00	370.04
2	400–450	430	340.00–347.50	343.84
16	450–500	469	322.50–357.50	339.95
8	500–550	527	280.00–340.00	318.09
6	550–600	575	270.00–322.50	303.90
3	650–700	675	272.50–280.00	275.79
2	750–800	799	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	228	385.00–405.00	393.76
4	250–300	271	385.00–415.00	399.17
3	300–350	318	400.00–415.00	405.18
11	350–400	373	360.00–415.00	397.49
19	400–450	419	370.00–405.00	385.95
9	450–500	457	365.00–395.00	381.37
22	500–550	527	290.00–362.50	339.06
26	550–600	570	295.00–350.00	326.03
16	600–650	627	280.00–317.50	302.63
6	650–700	665	295.00–307.50	299.17
1	700–750	735	277.50	277.50
1	750–800	770	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	322.50	322.50
1	550–600	575	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	435.00	435.00
2	350–400	370	425.00–435.00	430.14
6	400–450	413	400.00–427.50	421.06
2	450–500	468	422.50–425.00	423.70
1	600–650	600	347.50	347.50
3	700–750	718	317.50–325.00	319.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	490.00	490.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	420.00–480.00	449.21
5	500–550	541	365.00–389.00	384.38
8	600–650	610	330.00–348.00	344.71
6	650–700	660	325.00	325.00
2	700–750	743	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	385.00–415.00	400.26
5	300–350	323	370.00–425.00	399.12
12	350–400	391	350.00–405.00	397.09
6	400–450	435	375.00–407.50	397.24
8	450–500	479	350.00–392.50	371.12
4	500–550	535	350.00–362.50	355.65
8	550–600	554	300.00–350.00	313.76
1	600–650	615	335.00	335.00
1	650–700	650	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	425.00	425.00
10	450–500	490	390.00–400.00	391.70
2	500–550	515	360.00–365.00	362.52
1	550–600	595	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	345.00	345.00
2	350–400	385	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	415	370.00	370.00
3	450–500	482	320.00–357.50	332.85
3	500–550	525	300.00–335.00	315.22
1	550–600	555	312.50	312.50
1	600–650	605	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	480	372.50	372.50
1	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	655	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	735	287.50	287.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,083	130.00–154.00	141.83
21	—	1,085	60.00–137.00	104.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,219	122.50–159.00	142.72
33	—	1,240	148.00–174.00	161.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,537	129.00–143.00	133.84
4	—	1,501	151.00–169.00	162.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,287	140.00–182.00	167.92
3	—	1,995	188.00–194.00	191.36
1	—	1,930	202.00	202.00

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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