South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 147 priced lines covering 829 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 942 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 242 head. replacement cattle receipts at 102 head. Counted as USDA files them — 30 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 942Last week 1,190Year ago 2,196

Slaughter CattleReceipts 242Last week 248Year ago 437

Replacement CattleReceipts 102Last week 114Year ago 101

Compared to last week feeder cattle were sharply lower based on limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls 5.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	892	1,825.00–2,200.00	1,978.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,254.00	1,254.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	895	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	902	1,550.00–2,300.00	1,920.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,310	127.00	127.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	2,250.00	2,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,201	1,700.00–2,600.00	2,162.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,270	135.00	135.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,217	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,892.47
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	795	894.00–1,475.00	1,202.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	920	966.00	966.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	785	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	730	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	735	735.00	735.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	950	1,375.00–1,400.00	1,388.88
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	1,759.00	1,759.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	275.00	275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	2,280.00	2,280.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	743	851.00–998.00	924.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	1,056.00	1,056.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	665	914.00	914.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	1,235.00	1,235.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	645	1,451.00	1,451.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	1,628.00	1,628.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	710	974.00–1,160.00	1,040.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	692	946.00–1,124.00	1,036.42
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	969	1,276.00–1,584.00	1,428.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	970	1,631.00–1,967.00	1,836.60
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	770	1,805.00–1,911.00	1,858.69
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	660	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	1,269.00	1,269.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,030	200.00	200.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	790	235.00	235.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	115.00	115.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	640	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	1,825.00	1,825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,015	1,750.00–2,725.00	2,331.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	949	2,100.00–3,000.00	2,757.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	2,950.00	2,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	3,500.00	3,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	996	2,800.00–3,375.00	3,029.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,023	2,775.00–3,000.00	2,894.99
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	1,500.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,155	2,400.00–2,850.00	2,691.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,285	3,250.00	3,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	3,025.00	3,025.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,263	2,050.00–2,300.00	2,192.93
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	935	1,950.00	1,950.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	898	207.50–220.00	213.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,100	1,870.00	1,870.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,380	140.00–145.00	143.40
11	—	1,469	144.00–163.00	149.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,202	125.00–148.00	139.60
41	—	1,222	143.00–166.00	152.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,059	120.00–148.00	138.19
38	—	962	80.00–132.50	108.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,499	170.00–197.00	182.97
17	—	1,271	130.00–179.00	158.24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	405.00	405.00
4	250–300	277	390.00–445.00	405.19
5	300–350	319	407.50–435.00	418.22
5	350–400	363	387.50–435.00	408.78
2	400–450	403	385.00–410.00	397.58
3	500–550	535	345.00–367.50	355.69
2	550–600	555	335.00–342.50	338.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	300.00	300.00
6	250–300	271	270.00–365.00	332.86
5	300–350	327	315.00–352.50	333.46
6	350–400	373	325.00–355.00	339.34
7	400–450	429	310.00–350.00	335.45
16	450–500	472	300.00–350.00	324.40
5	500–550	517	277.50–317.50	303.69
1	550–600	570	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	705	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	755	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	360.00	360.00
1	300–350	325	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	393	345.00–365.00	354.94
5	400–450	417	280.00–360.00	331.10
6	450–500	483	305.00–330.00	323.64
5	500–550	526	270.00–310.00	294.72
15	550–600	561	260.00–307.50	293.62
1	600–650	640	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	670	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	218	380.00–400.00	394.83
7	250–300	281	375.00–405.00	395.74
7	300–350	320	347.50–400.00	379.15
16	350–400	379	360.00–395.00	379.94
34	400–450	428	350.00–395.00	377.49
18	450–500	476	335.00–365.00	354.76
14	500–550	517	310.00–350.00	332.83
24	550–600	567	280.00–332.50	317.53
20	600–650	625	265.00–306.00	290.37
15	650–700	669	270.00–300.00	285.65
10	700–750	715	282.50–295.00	288.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	397.50	397.50
1	550–600	560	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	370.00	370.00
6	400–450	429	320.00–385.00	370.47
2	450–500	493	347.50–350.00	348.74
4	500–550	514	300.00–345.00	329.06
4	550–600	587	325.00–327.50	325.62
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	305.00	305.00
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	668	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	680	270.00–275.00	272.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	228	365.00–375.00	370.00
8	250–300	276	320.00–380.00	358.78
10	300–350	331	290.00–365.00	342.51
10	350–400	366	330.00–347.50	337.63
16	400–450	432	292.50–350.00	331.91
25	450–500	472	300.00–327.50	314.28
31	500–550	519	270.00–330.00	307.13
24	550–600	573	270.00–295.00	288.74
12	600–650	619	270.00–285.00	278.98
3	650–700	670	270.00–280.00	275.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	335.00	335.00
2	250–300	268	330.00–335.00	332.43
11	300–350	328	290.00–345.00	315.11
14	350–400	374	275.00–350.00	317.76
10	400–450	417	270.00–325.00	310.77
11	450–500	474	265.00–324.00	299.72
2	500–550	510	270.00	270.00
4	550–600	583	265.00–280.00	276.20
5	600–650	617	257.50–275.00	264.44
4	650–700	660	250.00–272.50	262.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	400.00–410.00	403.41
1	250–300	285	375.00	375.00
1	350–400	350	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	400	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	615	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	250.00–337.50	289.37
4	400–450	423	260.00–332.50	309.43
7	450–500	470	280.00–317.50	307.19
14	500–550	515	250.00–300.00	284.00
5	550–600	580	242.50–290.00	262.70
1	600–650	605	227.50	227.50
2	650–700	670	245.00–255.00	249.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	517	260.00–272.50	269.99

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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