South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 182 priced lines covering 1,196 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,225 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 213 head. replacement cattle receipts at 114 head. Counted as USDA files them — 15 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,225Last week 1,337Year ago 1,491

Slaughter CattleReceipts 213Last week 313Year ago 384

Replacement CattleReceipts 114Last week 115Year ago 120

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady, feeder bulls 4.0 higher, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls 3.00 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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,290	1,850.00–2,175.00	1,999.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,750	125.00	125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,108	1,975.00–2,550.00	2,239.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	947	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,181.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,165	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	988	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,215.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,025	1,600.00–1,850.00	1,738.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	137.00	137.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,078	1,625.00–2,300.00	1,967.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,018	1,475.00–1,625.00	1,569.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,095	134.00–135.00	134.50
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	753	1,000.00–1,500.00	1,262.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	740	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	1,113.00	1,113.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	167.50	167.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	978	1,620.00–2,262.00	2,071.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,238	1,521.00–1,669.00	1,591.26
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	881	225.00–275.00	241.67
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	1,750.00	1,750.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	653	1,080.00–1,305.00	1,206.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	1,015.00	1,015.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	795	1,041.00–1,155.00	1,096.21
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	660	1,699.00–1,912.00	1,806.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	1,422.00	1,422.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	655	868.00	868.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	615	142.50	142.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,208	1,313.00–1,670.00	1,539.10
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	965	2,006.00–2,139.00	2,052.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,018	141.00–170.00	151.62
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	780	240.00–260.00	251.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	805	1,204.00–1,350.00	1,272.01
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	837	155.00–167.50	159.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	1,375.00	1,375.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	900.00	900.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	1,800.00	1,800.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	805	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,771.27
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	200.00	200.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	700	1,325.00–1,625.00	1,486.07
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	810	1,256.00	1,256.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	860	2,500.00	2,500.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,250	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	—	920	182.50–202.50	191.35
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	550	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	665	1,550.00	1,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	1,800.00	1,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	1,675.00	1,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,253	2,475.00–2,575.00	2,530.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	975	2,275.00–2,950.00	2,643.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	908	2,375.00–3,050.00	2,741.32
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,320	2,950.00	2,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	3,425.00	3,425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	1,825.00	1,825.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	232	400.00–440.00	420.86
10	250–300	285	400.00–465.00	437.61
20	300–350	328	400.00–465.00	422.20
36	350–400	375	400.00–440.00	416.48
9	400–450	417	400.00–415.00	407.26
15	500–550	528	350.00–370.00	358.21
11	550–600	556	340.00–352.50	344.99
4	600–650	613	315.00–330.00	322.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	237	455.00–490.00	476.91
9	250–300	284	440.00–490.00	465.49
10	300–350	310	445.00–465.00	449.42
3	350–400	398	465.00	465.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	220	290.00–330.00	309.09
4	250–300	283	330.00–350.00	341.31
3	300–350	345	310.00–340.00	326.67
5	350–400	381	320.00–350.00	340.10
9	400–450	426	290.00–350.00	329.38
7	450–500	465	290.00–320.00	305.13
2	500–550	508	280.00–300.00	290.15
6	550–600	575	265.00–290.00	276.62
2	600–650	618	250.00–275.00	262.45
2	650–700	660	270.00–280.00	274.92
1	700–750	715	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	355.00	355.00
2	400–450	410	350.00	350.00
9	450–500	480	280.00–350.00	320.50
4	500–550	516	270.00–310.00	299.93
5	550–600	581	250.00–300.00	278.53
1	600–650	610	277.50	277.50
2	650–700	675	252.50–270.00	260.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	357.50	357.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	370.00	370.00
12	300–350	330	365.00–385.00	374.99
12	350–400	384	360.00–395.00	382.04
29	400–450	433	350.00–395.00	373.99
32	450–500	465	330.00–390.00	364.96
30	500–550	524	300.00–345.00	328.68
14	550–600	572	280.00–332.50	320.90
7	600–650	622	287.50–310.00	300.30
4	650–700	656	290.00–295.00	293.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	330.00–350.00	340.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	390.00–400.00	395.16
19	250–300	272	370.00–430.00	409.05
15	300–350	328	352.50–410.00	386.30
32	350–400	374	350.00–380.00	367.07
31	400–450	417	350.00–375.00	361.81
9	450–500	477	335.00–340.00	339.46
22	500–550	517	315.00–335.00	324.67
2	550–600	568	310.00–320.00	315.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	227	320.00–350.00	334.95
14	250–300	287	310.00–370.00	322.19
8	300–350	326	340.00–370.00	346.89
15	350–400	381	317.50–360.00	343.64
40	400–450	421	300.00–357.50	332.07
31	450–500	471	300.00–355.00	330.23
14	500–550	518	285.00–307.50	297.32
24	550–600	572	280.00–310.00	289.61
13	600–650	627	272.50–295.00	283.58
2	650–700	678	280.00–290.00	285.06
5	700–750	727	237.50–270.00	263.34
1	750–800	780	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	385.00	385.00
4	600–650	611	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	221	300.00–315.00	306.41
8	250–300	281	270.00–350.00	309.22
5	300–350	324	300.00–320.00	307.90
6	350–400	366	310.00–325.00	316.71
8	400–450	424	305.00–325.00	315.67
3	450–500	475	290.00–310.00	303.47
5	500–550	528	255.00–337.50	273.80
2	550–600	595	250.00–272.50	261.25
2	600–650	600	245.00–275.00	260.00
3	650–700	685	250.00–280.00	266.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	200	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	478	345.00	345.00
10	600–650	610	320.00	320.00
6	700–750	700	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	280.00	280.00
14	450–500	485	270.00–320.00	287.73
1	500–550	535	265.00	265.00
3	550–600	570	265.00–297.50	275.83
1	600–650	600	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	700	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	475.00	475.00
3	250–300	273	385.00–440.00	408.14
2	300–350	315	415.00–420.00	417.50
8	350–400	376	400.00–425.00	407.81
8	400–450	424	400.00–427.50	411.39
9	500–550	519	340.00–372.50	359.68
13	550–600	558	339.00–357.00	349.13
1	700–750	710	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	505.00	505.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	330.00–395.00	350.37
1	350–400	385	370.00	370.00
5	400–450	415	380.00–390.00	382.05
15	450–500	481	342.50–385.00	367.91
7	500–550	525	310.00–350.00	340.75
5	550–600	562	305.00–352.00	333.21
6	600–650	625	280.00–310.00	293.19
1	700–750	700	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	770	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	305.00	305.00
1	250–300	280	330.00	330.00
2	300–350	340	315.00–360.00	337.50
1	350–400	380	330.00	330.00
4	400–450	430	300.00–355.00	334.75
4	450–500	468	280.00–350.00	328.98
9	500–550	533	265.00–315.00	291.94
6	550–600	588	255.00–315.00	271.69
4	600–650	630	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	410.00	410.00
6	500–550	540	369.00	369.00
3	650–700	672	327.50	327.50
1	700–750	700	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	290.00–310.00	300.15
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	338	225.00	225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,203	141.00–169.00	154.09
11	—	1,742	171.00–194.00	182.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,438	128.00–145.00	138.63
15	—	1,424	146.00–164.00	154.07
3	—	1,332	165.00–167.00	166.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,015	67.50–133.00	111.78
14	—	988	133.00–145.00	137.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,156	143.00–160.00	151.37
29	—	1,070	111.00–146.00	132.42

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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