South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 189 priced lines covering 1,294 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,217 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 303 head. replacement cattle receipts at 149 head. Counted as USDA files them — 21 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,217Last week 1,064Year ago 1,982

Slaughter CattleReceipts 303Last week 229Year ago 422

Replacement CattleReceipts 149Last week 84Year ago 202

No comparisons made this week due to no sales last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	218	420.00–465.00	439.71
15	250–300	280	400.00–460.00	434.69
26	300–350	325	400.00–450.00	419.08
31	350–400	370	400.00–435.00	416.81
22	400–450	428	390.00–435.00	408.95
19	450–500	467	360.00–400.00	384.07
22	500–550	527	347.50–370.00	354.28
16	550–600	560	340.00–360.00	353.48
1	600–650	600	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	655	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	370.00–385.00	377.58
1	250–300	290	375.00	375.00
10	300–350	328	370.00–390.00	381.07
21	350–400	375	350.00–397.50	381.55
32	400–450	422	350.00–390.00	371.94
23	450–500	471	330.00–380.00	367.37
11	500–550	530	270.00–345.00	321.42
12	550–600	569	310.00–345.00	331.52
11	600–650	627	295.00–316.00	306.44
6	650–700	663	275.00–310.00	294.80
3	700–750	720	265.00–290.00	274.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	385	330.00–370.00	350.00
5	400–450	430	280.00–350.00	321.57
9	450–500	482	300.00–345.00	317.92
5	500–550	514	280.00–320.00	304.43
1	550–600	560	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	350.00–355.00	352.47
2	400–450	435	357.50–365.00	361.25
1	450–500	490	347.50	347.50
4	500–550	516	280.00–300.00	292.47
3	550–600	585	270.00–290.00	279.97
1	650–700	670	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	470.00	470.00
13	300–350	319	450.00–455.00	452.34
7	350–400	359	435.00–455.00	444.24
5	400–450	424	420.00–425.00	420.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	300.00–350.00	325.00
2	250–300	280	270.00–300.00	285.54
4	300–350	320	285.00–320.00	298.95
7	350–400	374	300.00–335.00	319.16
3	400–450	418	305.00–315.00	310.16
6	450–500	477	270.00–315.00	302.03
2	500–550	515	282.50–285.00	283.79
1	650–700	675	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	420	360.00	360.00
9	550–600	558	330.00–339.00	334.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	420.00	420.00
2	300–350	310	420.00–430.00	425.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	360	290.00	290.00
6	400–450	428	315.00–330.00	320.84
6	450–500	488	310.00–320.00	315.37
1	500–550	505	292.50	292.50
1	550–600	560	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	340.00	340.00
3	250–300	272	350.00–370.00	358.68
13	300–350	327	325.00–375.00	354.00
26	350–400	371	330.00–365.00	345.12
14	400–450	426	330.00–355.00	342.66
36	450–500	476	315.00–340.00	327.20
14	500–550	522	270.00–320.00	301.19
18	550–600	574	275.00–312.50	301.06
10	600–650	625	270.00–297.50	283.43
11	650–700	678	265.00–290.00	273.40
1	700–750	720	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	227	365.00–445.00	396.96
11	250–300	280	380.00–430.00	400.79
28	300–350	322	372.50–410.00	392.69
23	350–400	376	372.50–395.00	381.48
12	400–450	417	357.50–380.00	367.62
3	450–500	473	340.00–350.00	344.10
24	500–550	518	320.00–340.00	328.42
13	550–600	574	310.00–350.00	326.01
10	600–650	618	300.00–320.00	311.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	342.50–350.00	347.63
2	500–550	535	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	580	310.00	310.00
3	650–700	675	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	270.00	270.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	180.00	180.00
1	450–500	480	200.00	200.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	150.00	150.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	160.00	160.00
3	350–400	397	160.00	160.00
1	500–550	515	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	420.00–430.00	425.05
7	300–350	324	380.00–455.00	431.37
10	350–400	372	400.00–455.00	422.24
5	400–450	420	397.50–435.00	420.73
3	450–500	460	395.00–400.00	397.50
13	500–550	519	320.00–385.00	371.34
6	550–600	561	350.00–370.00	359.81
5	600–650	613	330.00–365.00	350.19
2	650–700	670	300.00–330.00	314.55
1	700–750	730	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	395.00	395.00
4	500–550	534	290.00–342.50	312.97
1	650–700	665	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	420.00–450.00	435.00
10	400–450	430	390.00–420.00	414.30
4	500–550	519	345.00–372.50	354.31
22	550–600	583	350.00–366.00	357.94
13	600–650	625	320.00–340.00	335.55
3	650–700	690	330.00	330.00
4	700–750	712	300.00–320.00	313.69
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	385.00–390.00	387.40
5	350–400	386	360.00–392.50	382.57
3	400–450	432	350.00–385.00	373.78
13	450–500	477	340.00–387.50	362.15
4	500–550	536	300.00–350.00	334.49
1	550–600	590	292.50	292.50
1	600–650	640	305.00	305.00
4	650–700	673	270.00–285.00	278.76
2	750–800	770	260.00–265.00	262.56
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	310	290.00	290.00
2	350–400	373	315.00–325.00	320.30
2	400–450	413	320.00–360.00	339.88
3	500–550	518	320.00–325.00	322.53
1	600–650	620	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	480	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	450.00	450.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	835	1,921.00	1,921.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,210	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	912	1,725.00	1,725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	2,775.00	2,775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	958	2,600.00–2,825.00	2,731.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,132	2,375.00–2,700.00	2,557.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	922	2,200.00–2,925.00	2,588.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	2,100.00	2,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	2,200.00	2,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	805	1,675.00	1,675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	2,900.00	2,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	655	1,025.00	1,025.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,020	210.00–285.00	225.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,223	178.00–195.00	185.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,140	1,743.00–1,837.00	1,791.24
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	708	1,950.00–2,050.00	1,999.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,230	1,966.00–2,271.00	2,127.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	1,639.00	1,639.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	860	143.00–184.00	163.04
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	160.00	160.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	738	1,278.00–1,377.00	1,329.35
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	883	185.00–275.00	219.55
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	1,926.00	1,926.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	924	1,450.00–1,647.00	1,539.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	948	1,312.00–1,642.00	1,527.05
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	758	677.00–1,089.00	921.75
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	685	1,500.00	1,500.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	708	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,698.94
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	675	1,700.00–1,925.00	1,816.67
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	825	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	575	2,000.00	2,000.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	678	2,000.00–3,000.00	2,570.08
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	43	—	712	1,925.00–3,300.00	2,561.81
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	998	1,575.00–1,750.00	1,687.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,220	1,850.00–2,125.00	1,975.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	159.00	159.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	982	1,131.00–1,950.00	1,729.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,085	1,675.00–2,350.00	1,918.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,018	1,539.00–2,145.00	1,805.01
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,330	2,125.00–2,175.00	2,158.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,328	1,875.00–2,205.00	2,060.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,380	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,125	2,225.00–2,325.00	2,270.11
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	670	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,365.00	1,365.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	820	718.00	718.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	1,406.00	1,406.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	2,200.00	2,200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	993	60.00–130.00	100.65
38	—	1,264	123.00–150.00	141.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,528	137.00–155.00	146.93
32	—	1,475	148.00–171.00	160.89
1	—	1,480	175.00	175.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,265	144.00–170.00	156.06
48	—	1,176	100.00–152.00	139.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,715	199.00–200.00	199.55
16	—	1,539	133.00–181.00	156.12
10	—	1,751	174.00–192.00	185.74

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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